{"id":488,"date":"2013-06-28T22:28:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T22:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/?p=488"},"modified":"2014-09-16T01:13:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T01:13:03","slug":"how-does-dennis-buys-cars-determine-what-your-car-is-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/how-does-dennis-buys-cars-determine-what-your-car-is-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Dennis Buys Cars Determine What Your Car is Worth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a car comes in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/index.html\" title=\"Dennis Buys Cars\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Buys Cars<\/a> for an evaluation there are several steps we take so that we can determine what we can pay for your car. The first thing we do is a careful \u201cbook out\u201d using our dealer version of <a href=\"http:\/\/kbb.com\" title=\"Kelley Blue Book\" target=\"_blank\">Kelley Blue Book.<\/a> We enter year, make, model, mileage and all options. This will give us the KBB dealer \u201cwholesale\u201d price which is similar to the \u201cTrade-In Value\u201d option on the KBB website. We do not use <a href=\"http:\/\/kbb.com\/sell-it-myself\/\" title=\"Kelley Blue Book Private Party\" target=\"_blank\">KBB \u201cPrivate Party\u201d<\/a> figures because they are generally retail prices and are close to what we would ask for your car after we safety check, recondition and prepare your car for resale to the general public.<br \/>\nNext we walk around the car and take inventory of its condition. We check for paint imperfections, scratches, dents, previously repaired damage and condition of the interior. We start it, check for <a href=\"http:\/\/edmunds.com\/car-care\/what-your-check-engine-light-is-telling-you.html\" title=\"Check Engine Light\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCheck Engine\u201d<\/a> light, listen to the engine, check the AC and put the car in Drive and Reverse to listen for anything unusual. We check under the hood and look at the oil, remove and look under the oil cap, check for coolant or oil leaks or any evidence of a previous accident. We then drive it, check for any unusual sounds in the engine, transmission or suspension.<br \/>\nThe next step is we check to see what your car is selling at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manheim.com\" title=\"Manheim\" target=\"_blank\">dealer auction network<\/a> of which we are a member. This gives us an idea of what we could get for your car if we were to sell it the next morning at auction.<br \/>\nWe then do a <a href=\"http:\/\/dmv.ca.gov\/FeeCalculatorWeb\/index.jsp\" title=\"DMV Fee Calculator\" target=\"_blank\">DMV background check<\/a> on your car to see there are any back fees due which would of course affect what we could pay for your car. In some cases we may run a CARFAX to see if there are any past accidents or odometer issues reported and we examine your title.<br \/>\nWe then make you an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sell-my-car-for-cash.html\" title=\"Sell My Car For Cash\" target=\"_blank\">offer for your car <\/a>and pay you on the spot in any manner you wish; cash, check, cashier\u2019s check, etc. and even drive you home if you want! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a car comes in to Dennis Buys Cars for an evaluation there are several steps we take so that we can determine what we can pay for your car. The first thing we do is a careful \u201cbook out\u201d using our dealer version of Kelley Blue Book. We enter year, make, model, mileage and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[37,17,38,158],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2fjvg-7S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dennisbuyscars.com\/sellmycar-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}