Selling a used car today requires time, money, patience, and the willingness to expose yourself to the dangers of dealing with a stranger or strangers who could have other ideas about your car.

Desperate people do desperate things. In this case you be carjacked, assaulted in your home, or setup for a home invasion robbery.

Crimnals are very bright and have no fear. What protection do you have if you allow a stranger to drive your car with you in it, and he has a group of individuals waiting several blocks away in a isolated area to force you to surrender you car. As they drive away, they have already stuck a gun in your face, taken your cell phone and wallet. Now what do you do?

If you are trying to sell a Honda Civic, Accord, Toyota Camry, Cadillac Escalade, or a Ford F-150 pickup be very cautious as these vehicles are in high demand on the Black Market. If you live near a port where containers are used to ship products overeas, be rest assured that once in a container your car is gone forever. Cities like Oakland, California and Long Beach have huge container ships which travel not only to the civilized world, but third world countries as well. A pink slip means nothing, and the authorities are to busy worrying about terrorist activities, not a car in a container headed to Mexico or South America.

American cars are worth three to four times as much in other parts of the world, so auto theft is a huge business.

To protect yourself there is a very simple solution to insure your safety.

When seeking the maximum amount possible from selling your car, and the money being good, is CarMax. CarMax pays top dollar for most vehicle depending upon its condition and current market values.

They have an excellent system to buy your car from you outright, whether you owe money on it or not. CarMax ship's their cars to the location that has a demand for that particular car or truck. But not all cars today are sell able, in fact some are sale proof.

Cars like Kia's, Suzuki's. Dawoos, Buick's, Pontiac's, Fords, Chevrolet's, and Saab's are just a few, that have no market value, or willing buyers to purchase them.

Now any gas guzzler SUV, is worth half of the wholesale value in a best case example.

I have sold over over 75,000 used cars during my fourty year career, yet I have not seen the market as slow as it is currently, and the prospects for the future are not much brighter.

No matter how much you get your car ready for sale, when there are no buyers, it is going to be a long winter. The banks now have repossessions coming in daily, and they are reluctant to make any tyoe of automobile loan currently.

So if you are intent to sell your car, get it clean as can be, new tires, touch up the paint, and give it that new car smell and head straight to CarMax. There the have your best option, and can be assured that their check is good.

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