Things You'll Need:
- Car Wash Supplies
- Car Wax
- Car Wax
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Step 1
Give the car a good cleaning. The way your car looks reflects how well you've cared for it over the years, so cleaning is the single most important step you can take to ensuring a fair trade-in valuation.
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Step 2
Do your best to get the smell of smoke out of the interior, if you're a smoker.
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Step 3
Change the oil. Old oil shows that maintenance has not been a priority.
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Step 4
Decide whether to buy tires. Some dealers prefer matching tires because that's how they sell vehicles on their lots. If the tires are new, however, you may not want to bother.
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Step 5
Fix any "star" in the windshield. Once a crack starts to spread, the whole windshield has to be replaced, and a dealer will deduct the repair cost from the trade-in.
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Step 6
Consider fixing obvious mechanical and body problems, especially big dents and scratches (door dings are OK). But forget about pricey repairs, or you may spend more than you'll get back.
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Step 7
Be realistic. Most owners are too optimistic about what their cars will fetch in an honest trade-in.











Comments
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Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Use websites, such as Kelley Blue Book, to get a general idea of what you will get for your car both trading and selling; you can input what work the car does/doesn't need, and it will let you know what condition it's in, and the value. This will give you a little leverage during the trade-in process.