Should I advertise car as towable?
I will be selling my 2012 Ford Focus. I have flat towed it over 40K miles. It will come with a Roadmaster setup, missing the Invisibrake breaking system. It is an asset or liability to have the towing equipment?
Forum Discussion
- Advertise it both ways, and see who responds.
BTW, In my opinion, not disclosing the additional towed miles would be dishonest. Even though they are not on the odometer, it is slight additional wear on the car.
Matt B - Great marketing.
- If you were buying a car, settled on the price, and then seller told you that in addition to the 40,000 miles on the odometer the car was also towed across the country for an additional 40,000 miles would you think you got a steal of a deal or would you want to either walk away or negotiate a much lower price?
I am not a lawyer, but if I bought a used car, had suspension trouble shortly thereafter and found out that the car had be towed for 40,000 undisclosed miles, I would think a legal action might be warranted. The fact the car is a tow car is a big negative to most people. I personally would disclose that fact and have it signed by the buyer and expect to have to discount the car to make it go away. But I err on the side of caution. - The car is what it is. Put as much info in the ad as you can. Someone is either going to buy it because it is set up to tow or will not care that it is set up to tow as long as it drives like a normal car. When I sell something I try to give the buyer as much info about it as I can.
