First, calm down and don't make any rash deals.
Second, prepare the most professional one page ad on your car you can, featuring 1-2 COLORED photos, EXPLAINING WHY YOU ARE SELLING, listing the Kelley Blue Book price and the NADA price - and indicate you're willing to make a deal (____$) less than those values, Offer to give interested parties a free CARFAX report, and list the VIN# so others can run off their own reports if they so desire.
At the bottom of the ad, list your phone # like this:
Call Mary at (219) 123-4567 (08 Corvette)
Now list that material sidways multiple times, so you can cut them like little tabs that interested people can pull off.
Get the ad copied in COLOR (Unless your car happens to be white).
Now, you go to every local business in the area with a bulletin board - DON'T FORGET LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES - you can easily reach 1000 people that way!! And, why would you neglect your local gas stations??
Third, Visit every local mechanic (who is not tied to a particular car make) and give them a copy - remember, these are the guys who have the unfortunate job of telling a client that their car is brain dead and it's time to pull the plugs. Therefore, they know of folks who are in need of a car rather fast. Wear a pants suit or something professional - THAT MAKES A VERY GOOD, REPUTABLE IMPRESSION, and always ask for several of their cards to pass out to your friends!!
Fourth, put an ad on ebaymotors.com, automart.com, and any other on-line source for used cars - I've noticed that these cars are moving FAST right now. (See, I'm a car buyer - so I know what would impress me!)
Fifth, if you get a call and the person is not far from you, OFFER TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THEIR PLACE OF WORK, HOME, WHATEVER to make it SUPER CONVENIENT to get that steering wheel in their hands. Call your local police for concrete advice on the safest way to allow folks to take the car for a drive and they actually return with the CAR!! Don't laugh - that's happened.
Sixth, GET THAT CAR DETAILED!! It's got to be a driver's dream. Some folks, granted, will look at a car and think, well, I can always vacuum out the trunk and rub out that small scratch on the side. BUT MOST PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FEMALE BUYERS, want to see a car that is ready to roll in sanitary condition.
You can get a car of this age detailed with amazing results for about $100. There are also SUPER websites on how to do it yourself. [Personally, I love cleaning, so I do my own detailing and I'd put it up against the pros any day - but I also have some of the special equipment and products necessary to do the job - it might not be worth it for you to obtain these items.
There's an effective spray (available at auto stores) that makes the car have that New Car smell. BUY IT. USE IT. 5-10 MINUTES BEFORE ANYONE IS COMING TO LOOK AT IT.
If you were a smoker, use Odorzout(R) to get that smell out of there. Even smokers don't want to smell smoke in a car they are thinking of buying.
ADD IN THE EXTRAS: Put a snow scraper, classy tub of road salt, first aid kit prepared by the Red Cross, local and national maps, fresh kleenex(R), insulated beverage cups, WHATEVER in the car. Again, I'm a woman - WE LOVE THOSE EXTRAS - MEN STOP LAUGHING. Why do you think we purchase $100 perfume in a fragrance that's not our favorite when it COMES WITH A $10 VINYL TOTE?? The tote!! So we can tell all our girlfriends who we actually believe will be jealous that WE GOT A COOL DESIGNER TOTE with our foo-foo la-la perfume that our husbands are alergic to. Successful companies selling to women know how goofy we are about extras. And a whole lot of women buy Corvettes!
BEST WISHES - IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR MOST EVERYONE RIGHT NOW - BUT THE WEALTHY ARE STILL THE WEALTHY AND THEY LOVE GETTING A BARGAIN IF THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GETTING! Please let us know when you sell it!
Thoughts?