Toller wrote:
Oddly, there are no good usergroups I know of for a question like this. ahr
seems as good as any place.

I have my car for sale.
Is it okay to let them take it for a test drive? If they don't come back,
have they stolen it, or have they just borrowed it for longer than I
intended? When I bought a used car two years ago nobody thought twice about
letting me test drive them, but I look really harmless.

Is a bank check secure enough? Except for cash I don't know of anything
safer. And I suppose if they gave me forged check it wouldn't be much
different than stealing the car.

Any advice, or good websites on the subject, would be appreciated.


You go on any test drive with the prospective buyer.

Think.

What does the local new car dealer do?

In my neck of the woods, the local car dealer never lets a car off the
lot without a salespersn in i, too.

And that car dealer can better afford a theft loss than you can.

And on he actual sales transaction, you have the buyer meet you in your
bank with the cash. You accep and count the cash; sign over the title
documents, deposit the cash to your account.

Bank checks ( so called "cashier's checks) are routinely counterfeit