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SELLING YOUR VEHICLE

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Below is advice and information on how to present and sell your car, and the places you can sell it. Read on for further information about the best way to get value for your vehicle!

How Much For My Car?

This is the first questions that comes to one's mind when it comes to selling a car - how much should I ask? What I can get for it? The car actual value is not what you spent on it or what blue or black book tells you. It's the money you can actually sell your car for. Which means that no matter how much you paid for a car when you bought it (even if it was just few months back) or how high is the book value of that car, if the highest real offer you get is just €2000 - this is its actual current market value. It depends on many factors - time of the year, vehicle's mileage, place where you live, and so on. To find out how much the car worth let's look at the market.

Looking up your make and model of vehicle on various car sales websites, comparing for mileage also, will give you a good ballpark figure of how much to ask.

Prepare Your Car for Sale

Wax and polish you car, wash it and clean it up. Change the tyres if the treads are low, change the engine oil and give the engine a wash. Also clean and hoover the interior, polish any plastic surfaces, and if you smoke, don't smoke in the car for at least two weeks before selling.

Where to Advertise

The Buy and Sell is a good place to start, local newspapers and classifieds also, and there are various car auction sites listed in the resources section.

Further Tips

Keep in mind your bottom price and keep it firm. But if someone make an offer close to your bottom line, go for it, don't be stuck for a couple hundred euros difference.

If your vehicle is a real lemon or has hidden problems and you know this, don't try to sell it as a "very good car", be nice, don't let other people get into troubles. Instead try to sell it cheaper to the dealers - they will be able to fix it. Well, less money but at least less headaches.

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