For anyone planning to sell their car in 2023, may I present some advice?

1) It's never too late. If you've been trying to sell your car for 20 years without success, that is no reason to give up hope.

2) You have to put your car out there.

3) Remember, the buyer is just as nervous as you are.

4) Don't put your buyer on a pedestal. It's up to them to impress you, not the other way round.

5) Exercise Drive your car every day

6) Shower Wash your car every day

7) Be honest.

8) Fake it till you make it. If you convince yourself that your car is a Ferrari, buyers will see it as a Ferrari.

9) If a buyer rejects your car because it's ugly, then it just proves he or she is shallow. You deserve someone better.

10) If you find you can't sell your car, maybe you need to lower your standards. Be realistic - you're not going to get an aristocrat or a movie star to buy your car.

11) Don't seal the deal on a first date meeting with a potential buyer. The buyer will respect your car more if you make him wait.

12) My friend manages to sell two, maybe three, cars every week, and they're way uglier, slower and more damaged than yours. If he can do it, so can you.

13) Finally - stop watching videos of people selling their cars. It may give you some short-term pleasure, but it will give you unrealistic expectations and will ultimately make it harder for you to perform well in a real-life sales situation. It's all fake - the cars are given a special wax treatment to make them look shinier and newer than they really are, the buyers look nothing like that in real life, and as for the obligatory "money shot" . . . don't even get me started! Nobody buys cars with cash nowadays, it's all done by bank transfer.