06 / TRADE-IN
Measured offers, seven days firm
Most dealers quote a number from a book and hope you do not shop it. We measure the car, show you the market band we are working inside, and stand behind the offer for a week. If the car is not something we want, we say so and tell you who might.
21% OF OUR STOCK IS BOUGHT FROM SELLERS
PROCESS
Four steps to a number
SAME DAY
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01
Send the basics
VIN, mileage, and what you owe if anything. Email or call — there is no form on this site by design.
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02
We pull the history
Title, accident and service records, then the market band for your exact trim, not the optimistic one.
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03
Measure, then number
Bring it in, or we come to you inside 60 miles. Paint depth, tyre dates, brake depth, fault codes — the offer is built from readings.
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Same-day paperwork
Offer valid seven days. If you accept, we handle the payoff, the title transfer and the tag work.
Offer validity
7 days
Payment
Same day
Payoff handled
Yes
Travel radius
60 mi
we come to you
CHECKLIST
What we need
5 ITEMS
- VIN and current mileage
- Payoff details if the car is financed
- Service records or invoices you have kept
- Both keys, the manual pack and any spare parts
- Any known faults stated up front — it changes the offer less than you think
WHERE OUR STOCK COMES FROM
- LEASE RETURNS 21 %
- PRIVATE SELLERS 19 %
- DEALER TRADES 11 %
- AUCTION 46 %
- FLEET 3 %
VALUATION
What moves the number
MEASURED
- Service trace
- Invoices beat stories. A documented timing belt or transmission service is worth real money on a trade; “my mechanic looked after it” is worth nothing.
- Tyre and brake readings
- We measure tread depth and pad depth on the spot. Four matching tyres with 6 mm left versus four odd ones at 3 mm is a four-figure swing.
- Paint and structure
- A depth gauge finds prior repairs in seconds. Undisclosed paint does not kill the deal — hiding it does.
- Title status
- Clean, transferable, no liens and no branded history. Salvage, flood or rebuilt titles go to auction, not onto this lot.
- Market band
- We show you the live retail band for your exact trim and mileage, then explain what we need to leave in the car to recondition and warranty it.
RECORD
Recent purchases
1 ON RECORD
Cars we bought outright, what we paid and how long they took to move. If your car looks like one of these, the number is predictable before you drive over.
| Vehicle | Miles | Bought | Sold in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Honda Civic | 121,640 | $7,128 | 39 d |
| BOUGHT PRICE = OUR ACQUISITION COST INCLUDING AUCTION FEES · PUBLISHED SO SELLERS CAN SEE WHAT WE ACTUALLY PAY | |||
TRADE-IN / OFFER
Get a number before you clean it
Send the VIN and the mileage, or bring the car by. Tidying it up first rarely changes the offer — what changes it is paperwork, tyres and whether the title is clean.
Answer in under four business hours, from the person who inspected the car.