Sell Your Car

Selling your car is the gateway to either acquiring a stark upgrade for yourself or simply swapping to something more akin to your wants and needs. Drivers who are not into owning vintage and collectible muscle cars are not likely to hold onto their run-of-the-mill automobile for more than five to ten years at most. When the time comes to sell your car, you are going to find that you have some options that offer you a wide range of pros and cons. However, if you want to sell your car with the least amount of hassle and uncertainty, CBS Quality Cars is the place to go.

When you are at the point where you feel as if you’re ready for an upgrade, you can either sell your vehicle to a reputable dealership like us or become a private seller for the time being. Our recommendation? Bring your vehicle to CBS Quality Cars because the benefits associated with trading in your vehicle to a dealership far exceed the benefits of being a private seller. There are many pitfalls that can befall you when selling privately, like sifting through shady or lowball offers to handling the necessary paperwork. Here, you can bring your car in, get a good offer that matches your vehicle’s value, and be out the door with cash in hand or on your way to owning something new in no time.

Why Sell to a Dealership?

Let’s start with what is likely to be the largest benefit of avoiding private sales, and that’s the ease of it all. Those who have privately sold a vehicle before will already know this, but those who haven’t may understand that several precautions must be taken to ensure a fair and legitimate sale. That’s not to mention that privately selling your vehicle is not easy if you don’t have a vast enough understanding to answer any of the buyer’s questions. Also, the likelihood of a buyer requesting a CARFAX report or records of the vehicle’s maintenance is high, so you must ensure that you have them readily available at the request of the buyer.

The most noteworthy advantage that privately selling your vehicle has over the dealership is setting the price yourself. The value of your vehicle is a crucial part of understanding which dealerships are trying to swindle you into a bad deal, but that’s still only part of the overall picture. Private buyers are going to try to haggle with you or will just offer you outright bad offers, and if you don’t know any better, you could end up on the wrong side of the deal.

Now, let’s discuss some of the benefits that selling your vehicle to a dealership has. Firstly, a dealership won’t be asking you questions about specs or anything related to the vehicle itself since they’ll already have the info. The only questions that you should expect to answer are the easy ones, such as the service history of the automobile, mileage, etc.

A benefit of selling your vehicle to a dealership is the choice between cash or trade-in credit. Those who are simply looking to unload their vehicle and place the cash in the bank are encouraged to visit a dealership for an instant sale rather than seeking out a buyer. This is the quickest way to make a vehicle sale and requires the least amount of work on your part.

However, in most cases, drivers who are looking to sell their vehicle are likely hoping to swap it out for another. This is where trade-in credit comes in handy, and you’re nearly always more likely to receive more trade-in credit rather than cash. To sell your vehicle and to acquire one on the same day, you’ll want to trade it to a dealership and use the trade credit to help fund your new car, whether you’re buying a brand new, used, or CPO vehicle.

What to Do Before You Sell

There are a few things that you should do before you sell your car. The first part is simple, and that’s to clean your vehicle. Go inside the cabin of your vehicle with a vacuum and begin cleaning everything from the carpet to the seats. If your seats are stained, try investing in various home remedies for stain removal, such as apple cider vinegar, dish soap, hot water, and other useful mixtures to clean the seat material. The same can be said if you have any damages that you’d like to rectify before trading it in, such as tears in the seat fabrics. However, if you feel that the price of fixing the interior far off-sets the value of the trade-in, then this step is one that you can avoid.

Before you visit a dealership, it’s also important that you understand the average market prices surrounding your vehicle. Vehicle prices are always fluctuating, and this means that if you received an estimated value for your vehicle a few months ago, you are going to want to look again to ensure that the price hasn’t moved up or down too much. Ultimately, understanding the worth of the vehicle you’re selling is perhaps the most important part of the entire process.

What Paperwork Do You Need

When you’re selling a vehicle to a dealership, there isn’t that much documentation that you’ll need. You won’t have to bring along anything like a CARFAX report as the dealership can run this themselves. However, what you’ll always have to bring along with you is the title of your vehicle. Why is this? Simple, without the title of the vehicle, you can’t prove that you’re the rightful owner. This is one document you will want to keep safe with all of your other important legal documents, so make sure you know where it is.

With that said, the title of your vehicle is the only paperwork that is necessary when trading in your vehicle. There are a few other important pieces of documentation that are important to bring along if you have the means to. For example, if you have documented service history for the vehicle, the dealership would likely prefer to see this. It’s worth doing because it has the potential to slightly increase the value of your trade-in if you can prove the car has been well taken care of.

Visit Us to Sell Your Car

If you’ve never sold a vehicle before, either privately or directly to a dealership, then there’s nothing to worry about. While the prospect of it all may seem a bit daunting, selling your vehicle to a dealership such as ours will alleviate you of the most stressful parts of the process, and you’ll be getting your cash or trade credit in no time. After you’ve sold your vehicle to us, the choice is yours whether you want to take the cash somewhere else, or you can shop directly with us with both cash or the trade credit we’ve given you. We not only make the act of selling your vehicle a much simpler one, but we also offer one of the most hassle-free shopping experiences in the greater area of Durham, NC.

At our dealership, you’ll find a wide range of available used vehicles that you can shop for after trading in your vehicle. Let’s say you’re trading in an SUV to downsize to a sedan; we can help you with this, and vice versa. Our sales representatives can answer questions about each automobile that we sell on our lot, and based on your current trade-in, we can assist you in finding the best upgrade for the cost. When you’re ready to sell your car, come visit CBS Quality Cars.