Guwahati, June 25 -- The clearest red flag is pressure. A buyer who wants you to hand over the car today, skip the paperwork, or trust a payment that has not cleared is creating risk for you, not convenience. Genuine buyers accept that a clean process protects both sides.

Other warning signs include refusal to share ID, reluctance to sign Form 29 and Form 30, an offer that is far above market with strange conditions, and requests to route money through a third party. Treat each of these as a reason to slow down, not speed up.

Organised platforms such as Cars24 try to remove some of these risks by using documented inspection, payment and handover steps, though the basic safeguards below apply no matter who you sell to.

For a direct buye...