It looks like we’ll have to sell our car. Why? To buy a better car. Ours is not bad, but it’s time to upgrade. And besides, I’d rather have a kombi (wagon) than a 2-door coupé.

So, my guy delegated me to prepare a sale ad. Since I’ve never done it before, in any language, I thought I should take a look at how other people do it.

The first site I visited is the largest car site in Sweden (Sveriges största motorsajt) – bytbil.se. I clicked on “personbilar” (passenger cars) and started to read.

First I was asked to select “märke” (make, such as Audi, BMW, etc…). The next box asked me to select “modell” (model). So first, you click on make, and then choose the appropriate model. Easy enough.

Next came “fordonstyp” (kind of vehicle). The choices were many: sedan, kombi, halvkombi, SUV, etc… I determined that my car is a sportkupé.
Drivmedel (fuel) was next. Again, there was a plethora of choices, but the two most popular ones are of course bensin (petrol) and diesel. My sportkupé runs on bensin.

Ok, what’s next? “År” (year) was self-explanatory. So was “mil” (mileage). But, one thing to remember about mileage in Sweden – it’s normally shown in Swedish miles, and 1 Swedish mile = 10 kilometers. So, for my car, the mileage is 11800 Swedish miles. Yes, that’s a lot, but it’s an old car, too.

And finally, we get to the mysterious and oh-so-important “växellåda” – transmission/gear box.
Here the choices are: “automatisk” (automatic transmission), “manuell” (stick shift) and “sekventiell.” And I had to look this one up on the internet – it’s a sequential manual transmission, which I just learned is used mostly in race cars and high-performance vehicles.

My car has automatisk växellåda.

So, now I think I am ready to write my car ad! Now let’s hope it sells quickly!