I’m planning on selling my car to my successor (*hopefully* they actually want it), and I was wondering what I should sell it for.
Should I give some *discount* to my successor for the car? Or should I sell it for what it’s *actually* worth?
My idea is to give the actual car to them for “free”, but charge them for what remains on the **shakken** and what I just paid for the **yearly tax**.
What do you think?
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I think your plan sounds fair, but I recommend selling it to someone else for the true value. There’s no guarantee your successor will even want it after all.
I would say let your successor know you have a car and ask if they want it. I would give them a price (not sure the market value of your car) but leave room to haggle. If they don’t want it then you could sell to a dealer or some other JET (or anyone else).
I gave my car away since where I was moving to I wouldn’t need a car anymore. I just had them pay me the remainder of shaken. (I didn’t have taxes but if I did, I would have asked for that too).
It’s really up to you. Just don’t fleece them if you know the car is in need of repair or isn’t up to spec enough to charge retail. My pred, tried to charge me **new** prices for her old beat up car. I refused the ___amazing___ offer and found my own car.
In my case, having a car was basically required (nearest real grocery store was an hour drive away, etc…) for the ALT.
I had just paid for the shakken + a new A/C system (I think both came to like 88,000yen) so I just rounded up and asked for 10man
I think just selling it for the price of your shakken + tax is a good idea. That’s what I mostly saw so far with leavers. It would be a better deal than them trying to find something privately.
I’m car shopping now and I’ve been told there’s a nationwide car and parts shortage so the price of used cars has skyrocketed. Most things that are left in my prefecture now are ボロボロ af and not worth it.
I’m sure your successor will appreciate it.
I mean, the “actual worth” of cars is pretty debatable. The dealership you buy you car from, the dealership you sell your car to, and your insurance company will all calculate 3 different numbers for the worth of your car.
If you’re going off the price you bought your car for, remember that you’ve put at least an additional year’s worth of wear and tear into the car since you bought it, which inherently lowers it’s value.
Older, beat up cars have more expensive shakens than newer cars, so your shaken based plan could end up being a pretty raw deal depending on how much it is.