# Selling a used car

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-car/354462>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-car/354462 "2006-04-27T15:46:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-car/354462/21 "2006-04-28T14:19:14Z")

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Looking at our local classified ads, there are two 1997 Honda Accords for sale, both around $10,000 (fully loaded with low mileage, they say). Your mileage is kind of high, but $3000 sounds low for an Accord to me. Have you checked your local listings for what people are willing to pay for Accords in your area? If I had seen a '97 Accord for sale for $3000 when I was car shopping, and it was in reasonable condition, I would have bought it ASAP.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-car/354462/22 "2006-04-28T15:10:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Honey]  
Huh? Where I’m from, people sometimes have 3 or 4 untagged cars in their yards and nobody tows them away.  
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I’m guessing the neighbors aren’t complaining enough. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-car/354462/23 "2006-04-28T18:15:31Z")

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[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff]  
Adhere to the usual warnings about accepting cashiers’ checks: don’t let the car go until the check (or a personal one) clears the bank.  
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I would never accept a personal check for selling a car, as I know they can still be returned quite a while after “clearing”, but I was always under the impression cashier’s checks were safe because they were issued by the bank, and so won’t be returned. Am I wrong? How do I know when it’s cleared?

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