A Step By Step Guide For Car Donation
Check with friends or business associates to see where they get their car serviced. Many shops offer free shuttle transportation when you drop off or pick up your car. If you have a more exotic car, be sure they specialize in that kind of car. Since the cost of parts can often be more than the cost of labor, you should realize that OEM parts from a dealer usually cost 50% more than the same parts from a good after market supplier, when available. But your dealer always uses OEM factory parts. And items like tires, brakes, filters and routine maintenance parts are inevitably a good bit more expensive from the dealership.
pick in pool The next tip involves cleaning, vacuuming and shining the interior of your car. Make sure there is no junk hiding under any of the seats. If they remove easily, take them out to do a thorough cleaning job. Vacuuming is important, and should be done throughout the entire car including the trunk. Next, use a mild cleansing solution to wash down all the plastic parts of the interior, including the dash.
The first thing you should consider is the year, make and model of the car. Even if the vehicle is a complete heap of junk, the body could be worth something to somebody who restores old vehicles. You might want to join a discussion forum on the internet for classic cars to see what people think of the junk car in your yard. Most people in these forums will give you an honest opinion and many have vast experience with classic cars.
It is time for reality check: unless you begin to do something about your junk car now, you'll never get this job going. Instead, why not sell your car and make some money? That's right, even junk cars can fetch some cash, money that can come in handy elsewhere.
sell junk car Cutting important parts: Most appliances come with many different parts, from metallic to plastic. Some of these parts like copper wires, thermostats etc, can get you a higher price so cut them out and sort them separately.
Many dealers will try to scare you and tell you that after market work will void your warrantee. This isn't always the case and dealers say this to make you want to roll in additional items into your loan and just get the work done there. This is usually not the case as most dealerships take their cars to local stores to put the items in for them anyway. By rolling the highly marked up items into your auto loan you are now going to be paying interest on them for years.
No harm will coming from responding to a we buy cars ad online or in your local newspaper; however, you should not make any agreements (even verbally) until you take the full financial aspect into consideration.