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A guide to writing the best ad for the car you’re selling

Great condition, one minor dent in rear side door.

Great to drive, economical and comfortable.

We get that you’re excited to flex the creative muscles, but. The person on the other end just wants to know how often you’ve changed the oil. Keep to the point and delete anything that doesn’t help sell the car.

The make, model, year and variant of the car.

Service history (hopefully a full service history!).

Any optional extras ( a factory optional sunroof).

Are you selling with a roadworthy certificate. Or not? (Only applicable to Victoria, Queensland and ACT if the vehicle is over six years old).

Your price (of course). If you’ve lowered your price to your minimum acceptable in order to quicken the sale, you might want to mention that the price is “firm”. You don’t have to mention it’s negotiable otherwise. It’s assumed that it is.

Should you mention why you’re selling the car? You can if you want to, but it’s not necessary. Some people like to mention they’re “upgrading”, “moving overseas”, “buying a bigger car” or “don’t use it anymore”.

Also mention connectivity as it’s a big question in the modern age. Can you somehow connect your phone to the car? Does it have Bluetooth? Or even an aux-in cable? It’s worth including.

Focus on what attracted you to the car in the first place.

What made you fall in love with the car to begin with? Was it the powerful V8 engine with its scintillating exhaust note? The plush leather seats? The amazing 10-speaker sound system? The huge boot? Or, if it’s a sports car, the sublime handling? Or all of the above?

Mention all this in the ad. What attracted you to buy the car all those years ago, will be what attracts the next buyer too.

Don’t think about it too much, though. Otherwise you might end up wondering why you’re selling….

Are you a non-smoker? Mention this in the ad. “Owned by a non-smoker”. Nobody wants to buy a car that smells like the beer garden of their local RSL.

If it’s an older car and you’ve had it since new. Mention that it’s “one owner”. Something about knowing a 2002 Subaru Forester has had one owner builds trust – probably because it’s possible to know its entire past.

If it’s a sports car and you haven’t done any track days. Mention this in the ad. “Never tracked” or “never done a track day” will suffice.

If it’s a vehicle that’s often used for towing, like a LandCruiser or a Ranger – and. You haven’t towed much with it – mention this. “Never used for towing” or even “rarely used for towing” is a magic sentence for many would-be owners.

Likewise for an off-roader. “never taken off-road” will be attractive to potential buyers.

Did you just spend a small fortune fixing a heap of stuff? If it has a new clutch, a new gearbox and. Just had a major service – or four new tyres – put this in the ad. This helps build the value proposition for a potential buyer.

Have you spent a small fortune on aftermarket accessories that will be sold with the car? Winches, light bars, bull-bars, and the like? Or an aftermarket exhaust, bigger wheels, bigger brakes and trickier suspension? List them all and the original RRP prices, too. Add it all up at the end always looks great – “$12,000 worth of aftermarket accessories also included”.

Use your ad to set expectations. Don’t undersell what you’ve got, but also it’s always best to ‘under-promise and over-deliver’ selling anything.

If the car is in new condition. Write “near-new” or “excellent condition”. Don’t write “new condition” as cars rarely are, unless they are genuinely new.

Also, if the car is still under finance. Put it in the ad. If it’s a repaired, formerly written off vehicle, put it in the ad. Same as any dings, dents, scratches or other damage.

It’s advanced to be as upfront as possible so that a potential buyer isn’t getting any surprises when they come to inspect the car. This wastes their time, and yours – but also leaves you vulnerable to haggling that will drive down your price.

Never not mention anything at all in the hope that they might just not notice. This is just bad life advice.

How do you want to be contacted? Phone, email, SMS? Something else? And within what hours? Put this on the ad if it’s essential to you.

Moving to another aspect, there are plenty of free spell-checking services online these days. An ad free of spelling and grammar errors talks to an attentive owner fussy about detail, which is likely how they looked after the car as well.

Consider attaching your ad to the side of the car.

You’ve gone to all this effort to write an ad worthy of a Walkley, so you may as well fit it on to a single A4 bit of paper, put FOR SALE at the top and stick it on the rear side window (if you’re selling a sedan or an SUV, or similar) with your preferred contact method at the bottom.

Your car’s next owner could be parking next to it at Coles – and hopefully not opening their door on their future ride.

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Polestar's 'Trade In Your Tesla' $20,000 Deal Is Already A Hit

The EV maker launched a $5,000 discount for Tesla owners who lease a Polestar 3.

The brand's head of sales stated Polestar 3 orders jumped the week that deal ran.

Electric-vehicle maker Polestar wants to capitalize on growing discontent around Tesla. Apparently, it's working.

Last week, Polestar presented a special $5,000 discount for Tesla drivers looking to lease the business's new Polestar 3 crossover. With that deal and another $15,000 of incentives to lessees, Tesla owners could get a $20,000 lease discount to become ex-Tesla owners.

On Friday, the brand's head of sales introduced in a LinkedIn post: "This week saw some of the highest order days for Polestar 3, and the response to our Tesla Conquest Offer has been incredible."

We've reached out to Polestar for specifics around the numbers and. The Tesla deal, which ran from Feb. 21 to Feb. 28, and we'll enhancement this story if we hear back. To be clear, not everybody who took the deal necessarily traded in their Tesla. They merely had to prove their household currently owned or leased a Tesla. Regardless, it's not hard to believe that more than a few Tesla owners took Polestar up on the offer.

First off. Who doesn't want an extra $5,000 off of a lease for a cool EV that's already discounted by $15,000? Moreover, the bad vibes emanating from the Tesla brand are more palpable than ever.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's brutal cost-cutting efforts in Washington have sparked protests at Tesla stores and, in many circles. Have made owning or buying a Tesla simply a bad look.

Tesla was always bound to lose market share in the EV space as an increasing variety of strong competitors ramped up production. Musk's quarter-billion-dollar bet to get President Donald Trump elected and controversial role in government may just accelerate that trend.

The Polestar 3 may be shaping up to be a strong alternative. It's more upscale than a Model Y, but cheaper than the aging Model X. Its 111 kWh battery delivers 279 miles of range in Dual-Motor Performance Pack spec, 315 miles of range in Long-Range Dual-Motor spec. And a very impressive 350 miles of range in the new Long Range Single-Motor trim. As Polestar's CEO lately told us, it could be one of the few truly software-defined vehicles in the —along with Tesla and Rivian—thanks to its smartphone app integration and over-the-air updates.

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Tesla deliveries expected to go down to levels not seen in more than 2 years

Tesla deliveries are expected to decrease this quarter to levels not seen in more than two years. We have to go back to 2022 to see the delivery volume the automaker is expected to deliver.

Prediction markets are entering the game of setting expectations for Tesla’s quarterly deliveries.

These markets use financial incentives, similar to betting. To predict specific outcomes. They became extremely popular during the latest US elections and have since expanded to predict a lot more outcomes ranging from sports to business to virtually anything.

Kalshi, one of the biggest prediction markets, has been running markets to predict Tesla’s quarterly deliveries that already gathered half a million in volumes.

It currently predicts that Tesla will deliver 359,000 vehicles in Q1 2025:

Additionally, this would be down 7% year-over-year and a massive 27% down quarter-over-quarter.

Additionally, in fact, you have to go back more than two years, Q3 2022, to get a quarter when Tesla delivered fewer vehicles than what is expected this quarter:

As we previously reported. Tesla’s sales are crashing in Europe this quarter – down by as much as 50%.

In China, Tesla’s most key market, sales are down slightly year-over-year.

Moving to another aspect, the US is the most opaque market, and it will be the difference maker this quarter.

This quarter would finally be the time to prove to Tesla shareholders that Elon is bad for Tesla. Unfortunately, they will blame the poor performance on the Model Y changeover, which will definitely impact Tesla negatively, but. Nowhere near that level.

I think it’s clear that the Elon effect is also working its magic here.

We know it since it’s not the first time Tesla has done a changeover. Now, it’s true that it’s the first time for a Model Y, which is Tesla’s best-selling vehicle, but the impact is more significant than when Tesla had factory shutdowns and supply chain issues last year.

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