Hello all, asking for advice here on whether I should just trade in my car ( free hassle ) or try to sell myself if I do purchase a new car.

I plan to get a new car next year, currently 2 of my old cars is a 04' Volvo S60, and a 06' Mitsubishi Oultander VRX, I did inquire to the salesperson of the car brand I want to buy, he said that trade in does not limit quantity, but the price they open will obviously be the lowest possible, since they are just simply selling to their secondhand car partner, so in this case, they quote me on surface 1K for the volvo, and "few Ks" for the mitsubishi, is it worth it to just trade in to them or try to sell myself in my situation ?

Dear /k, any 2nd hand car seller / trade in here?

With such a volatile market now, you gonna be shock of what the price they trade in, even for Toyota & Honda also getting very low nowadays due to China cars competition. My advice sell your own in FB market/group, mudah.my etc website. Do own survey of the market average selling price.

I am also looking. A relative wants to buy my wife's 2023 Honda HRV V-Spec with 15k mileage, always service in Honda. Low mileage as I have a company car and only driven once or twice a week. Can a dealer pls contact me as my relative is purchasing via loan.

Selling yourself will get more. But dealing with buyer is not an easy thing.

Usually, salesperson will try to get high trade-in so you will buy new car from him. It is weird that he/she didn't try to get higher value. Maybe the car you want is in demand that he/she doesn't bother to entertain you.

I would ask another salesperson or a different car brand.

If you able to sell it by yourself much better 😅🐝

you can get more $$$ by selling the car yourself, however, be prepared to wait for months to get buyer. not to mention the need to entertain, ghosted, etc...

yea this. more over need waste time to "joyview" n then "sorry la bang, saya cancel dulu ye" . rly kek

I guess the choice or decision will be dependent on your own preferences? No right or wrong as people can decide how they want to do it. If you are in no hurry to sell your cars, then you can slowly take your time to sell them on your own as surely this way will get you a higher price. It may take a bit more effort as mentioned above but if lucky, you may find a potential serious buyer and hence a quick sale without much fuss. If you want to cut all the hassle, you can of course trade it to the salesperson of the new car which you plan of buying. I previously do it this way as I traded in my car to buy a new car. Save all the hassle. Of course the trade-in price will be lower.

Also, if the car has a defective or damaged part which requires a high cost of repair, it may be wise to trade-in the vehicle to the used car dealer than selling it yourself.

So you have got a RM1k offer for the Volvo S60 year 2004. Interesting. Looks like there's not much value in an old Volvo.

Sometimes you need to entertain joy buyer, in the end they just keep quiet 😩🐝