Auto appraisal site?
October 24, 2011 10:51 AM Subscribe
A while back, I was pointed to a site that helped you price your car for sale. It asked you for make/model, year, miles, condition, and then allowed you to print up a 'certificate' that you could show to potential buyers. Does anyone know what this site was, or do you know of a similar one?
Edmunds also does that (maybe not the certificate part).
For what it's worth, last time I was car shopping it seemed pretty much accepted that Kelly Blue Book values were typically a little high so while it's a good place to start pricing your vehicle it may not accurately reflect what a car will sell for in your market.
posted by ghharr at 10:59 AM on October 24, 2011
For what it's worth, last time I was car shopping it seemed pretty much accepted that Kelly Blue Book values were typically a little high so while it's a good place to start pricing your vehicle it may not accurately reflect what a car will sell for in your market.
posted by ghharr at 10:59 AM on October 24, 2011
I recently went through a long sell-car/buy-car process. Kelley Blue Book does seem like the numbers are little high, and NADA seems to be the new go-to place for pricing vehicles. I don't know if they have a certificate you can print and it may or may not have been the site you were looking at before, but hopefully you find it helpful.
posted by TinWhistle at 11:18 AM on October 24, 2011
posted by TinWhistle at 11:18 AM on October 24, 2011
Cars.com, too. You could print out several, and show that prices vary, and yours is still a great deal.
posted by theora55 at 11:37 AM on October 24, 2011
posted by theora55 at 11:37 AM on October 24, 2011
Carfax will give you a cert that shows your car has a clean title etc
posted by zeoslap at 11:44 AM on October 24, 2011
posted by zeoslap at 11:44 AM on October 24, 2011
The typical sites like kelley and edmunds seems to have totally missed the recent 'bubble' in used car prices. I like this site, Truecar for new car prices and clearbookfor used cars. They use actual pricing data from the web and car dealers for their prices. The other sites seem to use some kind of auction/formula method and seem to regurlarly underprice desirable cars, especially in todays market. The used car market has gotten kinda weird in the third year of the current economy and it isn't all following the old depreciation models. People are holding on to cars longer, cash for clunkers cleared a lot of old inventory out and credit is much harder to get. All of these together have driven up the price of good used cars A LOT.
posted by bartonlong at 11:57 AM on October 24, 2011
posted by bartonlong at 11:57 AM on October 24, 2011
The typical sites like kelley and edmunds seems to have totally missed the recent 'bubble' in used car prices.
Which, by the way, is a good thing for injecting some sanity into the situation. If you're selling, go for the bubble price. If you're buying, stick to the KBB price...but if someone accepts it too readily, get the car inspected first.
posted by davejay at 12:57 PM on October 24, 2011
Which, by the way, is a good thing for injecting some sanity into the situation. If you're selling, go for the bubble price. If you're buying, stick to the KBB price...but if someone accepts it too readily, get the car inspected first.
posted by davejay at 12:57 PM on October 24, 2011
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posted by exogenous at 10:55 AM on October 24, 2011