Personal Consumer Issues • How to get rid of car

I'm probably going to call AAA and have them replace the battery. Then possibly tow it to a mechanic to do maintenance on the fluids and check the tires and drain / replace the gas. I really don't like car dealers so my preference would be to donate the car to charity.

That's a bad idea for old cars and horrible idea for a near new one because at best if you deduct the entire amount you will get a best around 40% of the value back in taxes.

I am not trying to make money here. I want it gone ASAP

In the time you've been thinking about what to do you could have called a couple of dealers and probably had the car gone and a check in your hand by now.

The Corolla is likely worth in the ballpark of $20K (+/-) if you sold it yourself once it is running again so don't just dispose of it.

One thing you should use is to check the carmax and carvana website to get a quote for what they would pay for it if was running. That only take about five minutes. Those are not the best price you could sell it for but if they will pay you $17K(????) if it was running and perfect then you would know that selling it for $10K would be way too low.

Statistics: Posted by Watty — Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:10 am — Replies 44 — Views 3020