Selling our car - what's the best way?

A one-family car.  Toyota 2008 Yaris - "S"  260k km.  Asking $6,000.  Snow tires included.

We bought the Yaris from Toyota in the Lower Mainland - new, although it was used as a demo for a bit.  We drove it for a number of years until gifting it to Leanne (our daughter) as an incentive to finish her post-secondary education.  She drove it until last month when, after taking a job in Abbotsford as a teacher (in French, no less), she purchased a new car.  Another Toyota, given the reliability of her previous one.

To help her out, we hauled it back to where we live in Kelowna where we plan to sell it.  We have all the paper work necessary to store it, drive it for testing, and sell it.  I have listed it on Marketplace (you can see the listing here).  It is coming off tomorrow but will go back on when we return from our upcoming trip.

The thumbnail of the paperwork in the image above is shown in full size below.  It is the report on the vehicle's readiness and safety from a local trusted repair shop.  You can see the whole thing below.

Mountain Transmission report on 2008 Yaris

I will put the car on Auto Trader when we return.  I guess my questions are: 1) is listing it on Marketplace and Auto Trader the best plan?  2)  how long do I keep it there before reducing the price and 3) Is anyone reading this that wants to make an offer?

Yes, it's true that the car is 19 years old and has 260,000 kilometers on it.  However, it has been reliable, seems to be a fair price, and is in good working order.  Plus it comes with 4 good tires and a set of 4 almost new winter tires.

Let me know if you have any thoughts that will help us sell the car.  Proceeds to back to Leanne.

Thanks for reading.

Eric Svendsen

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