Selling a car in Japan
I went to the old BOE and asked their advice. They were like, "sell a car? Such a thing has never been done in Japan. What you need to do is pay someone to throw it away." Screw. That. I just payed shakken in Feb. Surely used cars can be sold somehow in a country where they are so expensive in the first place.
So I went to Fukuoka Now and posted an online classified ad. We'll see if it sells. This was the only pic I had on hand of the car:
Humour and sex. I should be in advertising.
Oh and I got the car tax note yesterday. I wonder if I still have to pay that if I sell this thing soon.
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And speaking of "Frack me," caught season three of Galactica on youku (the Chinese pirate's answer to youtube--odd how knowing Japanese lets me navigate that site). That finale was awesome! And it even made me like Lee a little. Just a little.
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Posted by Claytonian at 20:43
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8 Comments:
LOVE the ad. My license is expired, I can't afford a car, nor do I need one, nor could I realistically have one since I live in a crappy room in crowded Roppongi, but I still had to fight the urge to BUY YOUR CAR!
By 
, at
May 01, 2008
Why don't you sell the car here in Saitama?
By 
Martin J Frid, at
May 05, 2008
I'd have to find parking in the meantime before it sold.
By Claytonian, at
May 05, 2008
Hmmmmmmmmm...
By Martin J Frid, at
May 05, 2008
does that hmmmmmm mean you have an idea?
By Claytonian, at
May 05, 2008
Well, I get flyers in my mailbox from companies that want to buy used cars. Yet, I understand you have a problem, if you don't have a parking lot until you sell it. I also see ads in real estate companies' windows that sell parking space on a monthly basis (no idea about the rules, sorry) and then having considered all that information, and the fact that it is still GW, I kind of just went "Hmmmm..."
Seems like a waste of money if you just consider getting rid of it without getting any money for it.
Loved the cool hat, BTW.
(Alternative answer - the girl in the photo made me go "Hmmmm...")
By Martin J Frid, at
May 06, 2008
Of course you can sell a used car in Japan. Just look at all the massive magazines and online listings of second-hand ones. There are chains (eg Cow-Cow) that specialise in buying them. However, and this is probably what the BOE was on about, the typical JETmobile probably isn't worth the shaken. Do a search on something like goo.net for the same make and model and see what it's worth.
By , at
May 06, 2008
American Gis are always looking for used cars. Park it on a lemon lot on a base somewhere. Its worth a try.
By , at
May 15, 2008
