Selling your car to a dealership is one of the fastest ways you can sell a car. The problem that lies in doing this though, is that you may not get what you want for the car. However, the process is super easy. They check your car and test drive it and then follow by giving you an immediate price quote. Usually car dealerships will pay you less than a private party because they are looking to resell your car afterward so that they can make a profit on it.
If you demand selling car to local dealers at "book value", they may not take you seriously. Due to the fact that the car market fluctuates a lot, the sentiment
of buying cars can mean little because of the costs to operate a car lot. They also run the risk on actually losing money by buying your car in the events that
your car doesn't sell. So if you don't mind earning maybe a couple of thousand dollars less this might be the best way to go.
Another option you have of selling your car to a dealership is by consignment. You pay a flat fee or a percentage of the car's price and in return the dealership
will let you park the car at their lot and market the car for you. The fees are not cheap (generally couple of hundreds) because of the risk involved, and the
cost of keeping the vehicle at the lot, the insurance, and other particular circumstances the dealer might have. The advantage though is that you get to sell
the car at a higher price, and you also get a lot of exposure from buyers who walk into that lot.
Finally, if the sale price is not enough to make it worth your while to sell it to a dealership, or by a dealership, you may want to donate it to local charity,
to help a good cause and take a nice tax deduction.
