Guides

There is one part of selling a car in Perth that owners routinely forget until it bites them: the paperwork with the WA Department of Transport. The moment ownership changes, the department becomes part of the deal, and getting that step wrong can follow you for months.

CarsGuide is one of the names Australians trust most when researching a car, full of expert reviews, price guides and buying advice built up since 2011. What trips up a lot of Perth sellers is that CarsGuide is no longer a place to list your car privately; these days it points you to other routes to sell.

Checking whether a car dealer is licensed takes about two minutes and costs nothing. Every Australian state and territory keeps [...]

When it comes time to sell, the fuel type under your bonnet can shape your car's value as much as its age or kilometres. Across Perth and the wider WA market, petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric models each follow their own depreciation curve and pull in a different crowd of buyers. At Sell My Car Pro we value cars of every fuel type across WA each week, so here is how fuel type affects resale value, and what it means for the price you can expect.

A past car accident does not make your vehicle unsellable. With honest disclosure, the right paperwork, and a realistic price, [...]

Selling a car is rarely "just list it and wait". In Western Australia, you need the right prep, the right pricing, and the right paperwork so the process flows and you can legally sell without headaches months later when a parking fine you did not commit lands in your letterbox.

Moving on from your car in Perth comes down to three paths: trading it in at a dealership, selling privately, or taking an instant cash offer. Each one balances price against effort differently. Here the team at Sell My Car Pro breaks down car trade in vs private sale, plus where our instant cash offer fits.

Selling a car in Perth looks simple until you are three weeks in, fielding lowball texts at 11pm and wondering why nobody has turned up. At Sell My Car Pro we buy vehicles across WA every week, and we see the same mistakes selling a car come up again and again. Here are the ten that cost private sellers the most time and money, and how to sidestep each one.

Selling a financed car is perfectly legal and far more common than most sellers realise, so you do not have to keep driving a car you no longer want. At Sell My Car Pro we help WA drivers move on from a car under finance all the time, so we have put together this thorough guide to walk you through the whole process step by step.

Before you advertise anything, get your paperwork in order. Buyers trust a seller who has the documents ready, and it speeds up the whole process. Gather your service logbook, current vehicle registration papers, photo ID, and the transfer paperwork you will need on the day.

At Sell My Car Pro we have walked hundreds of WA owners through every version of this, from quick relocations to finance-owing headaches, so here is the exact sequence we use ourselves.

Getting a clear car valuation up front helps you set a fair asking price, sidestep lowball offers, and sell with confidence. In this guide our team walks you through how the value of your car is worked out here in WA, what moves the number up or down, and how to land on a figure you can trust.