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How to get the best deal on a car
Ok so i purchased a pretty nice 98 vw bug for $4000 from some people on craigslist. They took very good car of it and its pretty good for a 98...everyone says they thought it was a newer model. The only issue i have is its a standard transmission. Ive learned to drive it and im good with driving it around our town because its pretty flat (hardly any hills) but i am terrified to drive on the interstate or to this town near me that i used to always go to (it has very many hills) so i was thinking about maybe selling my current car and getting an automatic transmission vw beetle instead. So my question is, how would i go about selling it? How can i get the best deal possible? Also my dad said something about trading cars in to dealerships...how would that work? Thanks for any advice! :)
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I wouldn't try to trade the car in at the dealership. It doesn't matter how much care you put into the car or condition they won't pay you much. It's 12 years old so the re-sale value to them is nil. If they offered a few hundred dollars you would be lucky. That's how they usually operate.
You could contact a scrap metal yard or junkyard dealer as they will pay you for the car and strip it down for parts. You might make more money off of it that way.
What you should do is keep the car because you genuinely like it and drive the wheels off of her. You can do that by taking a few classes (6 weeks) or so for a couple hundred dollars and learn how to drive a standard. You'll get a good rate too because most people use automatic and in some instances a reduction on insurance.
You might as well learn how to drive a standard because you never know when you might need that skill if in a situation where you need to drive someone home in an emergency or from a bar etc.
With trade-ins they give you the value of your car which won't be much or even lower if dishonest and then deduct that amount from whatever new car you buy and you pay the difference or they lease you something with better terms.
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