inspection before trying to sell your car.TIP: If there are unknown issues, pay for your own mechanical^
If the inspection shows a really expensive repair is required, it is of courseup to you if you even want to share it with buyers, but at least you’ll be an
informed seller. Based on what you learn, this will help determine the bestvenue to sell it on outright, or will perhaps motivate you to trade it in.
You’d be surprised though; I’ve counseled friends whose cars needed lotsof love, to put them on Craigslist.com at a price that reflects the needed
work, and just be honest about things. They’ve usually gotten more moneythan expected—and definitely more than they’d have netted at a dealer.
If your tires are about done in, plan on putting on inexpensive new ones;unless your car is some high-performance machine, tread depth is more
important than the name on the sidewall. It will have a big impact on ride,handling, and how quietly it drives. Check TireRack.com to see what they’ll (^)
cost, and then have a local retailer match them within $10-$20 per tire(which is the cost to ship them from TireRack anyway).
Or search eBay, Craigslist and Google to find a set of used tires that haveover 50 percent of their tread left—and note that I’m not talking about
retreads here. But decent used tires will cost you a lot less—usually $100to $200 for an entire set—than the amount a dealer will knock off a trade-in (^)
if it needs rubber.