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Answered by Dave Johnson and Sarah Michaels

Last updated February 10, 2023

Cedar Park, TX - Historically, your two main options for offloading your ride have been to list your car for sale to a private party or sell to a dealer. Selling privately has the potential to earn you a bit more cash, but that’s not guaranteed. Furthermore, selling to a private party may take a while and comes with a lot of extra leg work: you have to list your vehicle, correspond with interested parties, meet up with potential buyers, and draw up a bill of sale and handle all the paperwork yourself.

Selling vehicles to car dealers has long been known to be the faster option. When you offer your car to a dealer, you’ll often negotiate a price and close the deal pretty quickly. You avoid listing your car online, dealing with prospective buyers whose backgrounds you know nothing about, or waiting anxiously for a check to clear. There’s also the added benefit of being able to trade your existing car for a new one and drive off with a new ride. Selling a car to a private party may mean you’ll be without a car for a while, until you can find a new one.

Selling your car today can be a lot easier than it was in the past. We don’t really like to toot our own horn, but if you’re wondering, “What's the fastest way to sell a car for a good price?” look no further. Using Driveway to sell or trade your car online kicks that “selling to a dealer” convenience up a notch. Using our easy valuation tool, you just enter your license plate info or vehicle’s VIN and answer a few questions about your car’s trim, features and condition. Then, Adomatic will let you know how much your car is worth by providing an instant cash offer and trade-in quote. We give you our best offer upfront, so there’s no need to fret if you’re not confident with haggling. If you don’t have your VIN or license place info handy, you can even get an estimate just by entering your make and model. From there, we’ll come to you, inspect, and pick up your ride and issue you a direct deposit or check. We’ll even handle the paperwork. Easy.

Sarah Johnson
Dave Johnson

Sales Manager, Elder Mitsubishi

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Sarah Johnson
Sarah Michaels

Sales Manager, Elder Mitsubishi

This is a little biography about this author and how they are an expert in the field of automotive, their experience and expertise and what makes them such a great author to speak to this content.

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