Selling a used car is trickier than you think

Or sometimes you attend an event like the Mascom Derby and everyone is driving a GD6 when you are rolling in a rickety jalopy. You take out the abacus and calculate that if you sell the car you are currently driving then you should be able to pay a hefty deposit on your next baby.

The first thing to do is to get it into a sellable state and this involves working on the dents and paintwork. Care must, however, be taken not to spend too much on this part of the fix so you avoid the big panel beaters and go to the ones with questionable competence with a tagline like ‘Satisfaction guaranteed or your dent back’. These are usually found in residential areas where they are constantly in fights with residents and council bye-law officers.