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#8 of 85 I sold my car by afk_x May 11, 2001 (12:54 am)
Using them. I used their freebie ad and it sat there for a couple months and got numerous calls and finally sold it.   I worded my ad to keep away anyone but serious buyers - as I was in no hurry to sell.
#9 of 85 Bought a couple of wagons by lambdapro May 11, 2001 (6:17 am)
I bought a couple of mid 90s Caprice LT1 wagons with 25K and 47K miles using autotrader. They mistakenly had a picture of a minivan instead of a full sized wagon and the seller had not gotten any calls. I was in need of replacing my tired, worthy workhorse wagons. I have ordered one Suburban and have now gotten a couple of low mileage wagons. My wife wanted one new vehicle and maybe two. This way I added a couple of wagons that I hope to fall in love with for about half of the price of another Suburban. I'll post in a month how the wagons are doing. They passed inspection just fine, but you never know.   I would've bought a new Caprice wagon instead of the Suburban if they still built them.
#10 of 85 Bill by stickguy May 11, 2001 (6:23 pm)
I ended up with a '99 Maxima SE 5-speed to tide me over for a few years. Too many factors to go into, but a real nice car, lots of room, for a lot less than a Volvo or the like. I'll deal with the 5-speed resale issue down the road again.
#11 of 85 stickguy by im_brentwood May 11, 2001 (6:25 pm)
5-speeds dont punish Maxima SEs badly... not to worry.   Nice car, and easy to resell in Jersey.   I had been wondering!
#12 of 85 by stickguy May 11, 2001 (7:06 pm)
I didn't have any reason to post more price requests once I got it. Tough car to find with the 5 speed, and I just happened to stuble upon it at the local Lexus dealer.   After selling my Mystique quickly to someone who only wanted a stick, I know that the cult is out there. Not a lot of people want them, but look out if you find one that does.   And the Max might not be a Jag, but a heck of a step up from the Mercury. Plus I have money in reserve for a toy down the road.
#13 of 85 I sold my '97 Explorer by qwalls May 12, 2001 (6:54 pm)
It was in great condition, and only 35k miles. A dealer offered me $11k as a trade in. I listed it for $15,499, and got one call in a week. After lowering my price to $14,999, I got a call about every other day. I sold it two weeks later for my asking price. I got the $30 "run until it sells, bold, etc." package.
#14 of 85 Why won't they list the dealerships the cars are at. by photog0264 May 13, 2001 (7:08 pm)
I am in a NO-Hurry look and see whats out there mode for a high mileage under $5k used Station Wagon or hatchback. Following a recent buying fiasco for my current new car I vowed I wouldn't visit two or three dealerships ever again. Alas they don't list the dealers by name.   It would be nice to have an E-mail only generated quote system as well. As it is I usually just give a phone number with no phones attached to it...
#15 of 85 Basic ad by scottdude Jun 23, 2001 (5:42 am)
I've had a basic ad up for a couple months and have not gotten any responses. It would be nice if they ran the ad in the Auto Trader magazine too. I'll bet more people read that.
#16 of 85 Autotrader helped by expanding my search area ... by mtwallace Jun 25, 2001 (4:01 pm)
...to 75 miles. I was looking for a Corvette, and there weren't many locally in the price range and age I was looking for.   I ended up buying one from someone who had ONLY advertised in AutoTrader. I got the feeling it had been on the market for several months, and the seller told me he had gotten very few calls and no lookers. Still, he optimistically proclaimed "the car is so nice, all I need is to get one person to see it and drive it, and they will buy it."   I saw it, I drove it, I bought it!
#17 of 85 Stopped looking at Autotrader by cbyrne Jun 26, 2001 (2:48 pm)
I had been checking Autotrader for the car I would like to buy, but I became annoyed with dealerships that continue to post ads for cars they no longer have. I've had this happen twice and the ads are still online (over a month later).

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