I put the Audi on Craigslist.
The listing was for a black 2001.5 Audi S4. Manual transmission. Upgraded. Never tracked. Asking price: $29,500.
That was the car in one line.
An S4 was already quick from the factory. Mine had enough work done that the upgrades belonged near the top of the ad. The manual transmission mattered. So did the statement that I had never taken it to a track.
Those details separated it from a stock used car listing before anybody reached the asking price.
Craigslist sent a confirmation before the post went live. I still needed to use the private link in the email to publish it. The message explained how to edit or remove the post after that.
The confirmation put an exact car and asking price into the listing system. Publishing still required the private confirmation link.
I sent the link around. Friends knew the car and had opinions about it. A modified Audi was transportation, a project, and an easy subject for a long conversation.
The timing was busy. I was leading IT at Beatport and keeping my resume active with recruiters. Now the car was active on Craigslist too. Work, job messages, and the sale all ran through the same inbox.
I did not have a buyer or final price yet. The email was only the listing confirmation.
The exact fact that day was that I listed the S4 with a $29,500 asking price.
The listing was the first step. A buyer and final price were still open.