Articles on Getting the Highest Value on the Resale of Your Car, car maintenance, repairs, engines, transmissions, drive trains, tires, wheels, exhaust, air conditioning, tune-ups, suspension and brakes. So the decision has been made to sell your car. First, get off the horse of emotion when ascribing a value to your car.
Many people develop emotional attachments to their vehicles.
While this is understandable, emotion has no place when it comes to vehicle pricing. Once you adopt that frame of mind, get your hands on a pricing guide and price the car realistically, taking into consideration year, make, model, condition, equipment, and mileage. The buyer is looking for consistency in maintenance practices and any major repairs that have been done on the car. The buyer is also looking for any major repairs that have been done and why. If a repair such as half-shaft replacement keeps popping up frequently, this could be an indication of an underlying root problem, such as a bad transmission, or shifted or broken motor mounts.