Before You List It, Photograph It, Clean It, Price It and Invite Strangers to Your House... Give Yourself 20 Seconds Selling a car privately sounds simple enough. You own the car. Someone wants a car. You exchange money, sign some paperwork and everybody goes home happy. Except there can be a whole lot of aggravation...

Kansas City is a place where your car can experience all four seasons—sometimes with absolutely no regard for the calendar. Summer heat, thunderstorms, freezing temperatures, snow, ice, road treatments and the occasional pothole that feels capable of changing your ZIP code all become part of vehicle ownership here. Add daily runs on I-35, I-70, I-435...

Sacramento has a sneaky way of turning a perfectly reasonable car into a very expensive piece of driveway furniture. Maybe you bought it when you had a longer commute. Maybe your household needed two vehicles and doesn't anymore. Maybe you're working from home more often, living closer to work, sharing rides or simply driving far...

WHEN YOU’RE READY TO SELL, YOU PROBABLY DON’T WANT THE PROCESS TO BECOME YOUR NEW HOBBY Sometimes selling a vehicle is something you think about for months. Other times, you’re simply done with it. Maybe you bought another car and the old one is taking up space. Maybe you’re moving, downsizing, dealing with an inherited...

YOUR CAR HAS A “VALUE.” WONDERFUL. NOW FIND THE PERSON WILLING TO PAY IT. You looked up your car online. Maybe one valuation tool says $18,700. Another says $20,200. You found three similar vehicles advertised for $22,000, so now you're feeling pretty good. There is just one tiny, inconvenient detail: Nobody has actually offered you...

YOU'RE SELLING THE CAR. YOU'RE NOT SELLING YOUR DIGITAL LIFE WITH You cleaned out the fast-food wrappers. You grabbed the sunglasses. You found the missing charger under the passenger seat. Great. Now did you delete your home address from the navigation system? Remove your toll transponder? Clear your garage-door programming? Disconnect your phone? Take the...

YOU CAN SPEND DAYS TRYING TO SELL YOUR CAR YOURSELF. OR YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT CARBUYERUSA WILL PAY IN 20 SECONDS. Selling a car privately sounds simple enough. Take a few pictures, post an ad, find a buyer, collect the money and wave goodbye as your old car disappears down the street. Sure...and assembling...

YOUR CAR HAS A “VALUE.” GREAT. NOW THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION: WILL SOMEONE ACTUALLY PAY IT? Searching for a Kelley Blue Book car valuation makes perfect sense. Before selling a vehicle, you want some idea of what it's worth. Nobody wants to walk into a sale completely blind, and established valuation tools can provide a...

Fresno can be a strange place to own a vehicle. You may need it constantly. Fresno isn't a city where everyone can simply walk downstairs, hop on a subway and forget about driving. Work, shopping, school, family and everyday errands can mean plenty of time behind the wheel, and trips throughout the Central Valley can...

Tucson doesn't need snow, road salt or icy highways to beat up a vehicle. It has 100-degree afternoons, relentless sunshine, blowing desert dust and pavement hot enough to make your tires wonder what they did wrong. A car can run beautifully in Tucson while the desert quietly works on everything surrounding the engine. Paint fades....