Sell My Car
Although we have many people coming to our dealerships looking to buy cars, we also have folks who come to us and ask, “I want to sell my car. Can you help with that?” The answer, of course, is a resounding “Yes!” because we’re here to help our customers with everything they need, including buying a vehicle from them that they no longer want! The internet has made it much easier to list your vehicle and sell it privately, but that has also made it much easier for sellers to be targeted by bad actors looking to undercut them at every turn. This is one of the main reasons it is much safer and easier to sell your vehicle to one of our DePaula Auto Group dealerships!
When you sell to us, you don’t have to worry about figuring out all the paperwork needed when selling a vehicle—we do this daily, so we know how to keep things quick and easy. All you have to do is clean your car and bring it to one of our dealerships with all the documentation you have for it; we’ll take care of everything else! We’ll make you a fair offer, handle the legal process of transferring your title, and you walk away with money in your pocket. That is how easy it is to sell your car when you rely on the friendly and knowledgeable folks at DePaula Auto Group!
Why Sell Your Car to a Dealership
One of the biggest things many people wonder about when it comes to selling a vehicle is whether they should sell it to a dealership or try to sell it to a private buyer. Private buyers might cut you a bigger offer, but they’re uncertified, unsupervised individuals who might not care about losing any reputation even if you catch them in a scam. Selling to a friend or family member might seem the most straightforward option on paper, but your appraisal of your car’s value might be skewed or inaccurate. After all, you don’t want to charge your loved ones too much, right? Besides the slim potential for more money with some risk attached, there are few good reasons to sell your vehicle privately.
When you sell to a dealership, you make your life much easier and ensure no drama or legal problems from the sale. For starters, selling your vehicle to a private buyer you do not know is a serious way to open yourself up to potential scams or to criminals looking to target car sellers. There has been a huge surge in scams in recent years targeting people selling things online. Given the value of cars, they are a major target.
One of the other benefits of selling to a dealership is how simple and effortless it can make everything for you. Selling your car online takes time; you must take pictures, make a post (probably sign up for a website), manage communications from potential buyers, negotiate a price, and much more. That’s before getting to the actual sale when you need to worry about how they want to pay, transferring the title, and any other paperwork to complete the transaction. Instead of all that, you can simply bring your vehicle to our dealerships, and we will take it from there; nothing more on your part than a few signatures, and then you walk away with your money.
What to Do Before Selling Your Car
No matter who you choose to sell your car to, there are a few things you should take care of before the sale. First, clean your vehicle well inside and out so it looks as good as possible; you want it to make a great first impression. Second, get together all of the paperwork you have for your vehicle, including its owner’s manual, any service records you have kept, the title on it, and everything else you have. Finally, ensure you have all of the original equipment and accessories that came with it; these might not be essential, but they can make a difference in the value of your car.
Going into a bit more detail on paperwork, the most crucial document that you need for your vehicle is its title because that has to be transferred to the buyer of your car. If you have a loan on your vehicle that you are still paying off, then you need documentation about your lender; we will need to pay off the remainder of the auto loan when one of our dealerships buys your vehicle and then pay you the difference between that and our offer to you. This is one more reason to choose a dealer if you still have a loan on your vehicle; private buyers are not typically interested in dealing with that.
Differences Between Trade-In and Selling
This is something we are asked about pretty often because there are some similarities between trading in your vehicle and selling it to one of our dealerships, but also some key differences. In both instances, you are getting rid of a vehicle that you no longer want or need; we will make you a fair offer on your vehicle regardless of whether you are interested in using it as a trade-in or selling it to us. In fact, you can get started right now by visiting one of our dealer websites to value your trade and see what it may be worth.
The key distinction between these two scenarios is whether or not you are interested in buying a vehicle from us. If you have an extra vehicle that you want to sell, with no interest in buying another model right now, then selling us your car is the way to go. On the other hand, if you are looking to buy a car, truck, or SUV right now (or even sometime soon), then it can make your life a lot easier to simply use your vehicle as a trade-in rather than sell it to us and then buy a car as a separate transaction (and an extra step).
With a vehicle trade-in, we will make you an offer that is used to reduce the overall cost of buying or leasing a vehicle from us. So if you want to buy a vehicle for $30,000 and we make you a $10,000 offer for your current car, which you use as a trade, then your new vehicle only costs $20,000, and that is all you have to worry about for financing. In some instances, we might make you a better offer for a trade-in rather than buying your vehicle since the process benefits us as well as you. Ultimately, however, it comes down to whether you need a new ride or not, and then you can pick the option that works best for you.
Sell Us Your Car, Hassle-Free
As you can see, selling your car to a dealership makes life a lot easier for you and ensures you get a fair price for your vehicle without worrying about someone trying to steal from you. At our DePaula dealerships, we pride ourselves on helping our customers with integrity and respect, which means we will make you a terrific offer and stick to it when the time comes to finish all of the paperwork. That way, you get a car-selling experience that is just as easy and rewarding as the car-buying experience we offer to all of our customers. Plus, if you are interested in a new or pre-owned model to replace the one you are selling, we can show you a variety of fantastic options that can meet your needs. Contact us or visit one of our DePaula dealerships today and discover how simple everything becomes when you work with people who care.
