Sell a car with problems.
Hail, a transmission quote, 200,000 miles, a car that will not start. Every one of these is still worth money in this metro — the only question is whether fixing it first makes you any.
Get My Two Offers6 situations priced honestly No repairs, no detailing, no listingMissouri and Illinois titles

The one rule
A repair you fund is a repair the next owner enjoys
Almost every page below makes the same argument with different arithmetic: a repair paid at retail prices rarely returns its own cost in resale value. We price the fault at our cost, with our parts and our shop rates, which is why a car sold as it sits usually nets more than the same car sold after you have paid someone else to fix it.
The pages are not interchangeable, because the economics genuinely are not. A hail car is mechanically perfect and worth real money. A car that will not start is a different transaction entirely. Each one says plainly where we are the wrong buyer, too.
Mechanical
Engines, transmissions, and the repair quote in your hand

Bad transmission
Slipping, shuddering, or will not shift? A transmission replacement rarely returns what it costs. Get a real offer on the car as it sits, at our Ballwin or O'Fallon lot.
How we price it
Blown engine
Seized, knocking, or overheated beyond saving? A dead engine does not make your car scrap. Get a real offer on it as it sits at our Ballwin or O'Fallon lot.
How we price it
Will not start
Dead in the driveway? Before you take a scrap quote, find out what is actually wrong — and what the car is worth either way. Offers from our Ballwin and O'Fallon lots.
How we price itCosmetic
Damage on a car that still drives perfectly well

Hail damage
Hail-damaged car in the St. Louis metro? It runs perfectly, which is why it still has real value. Get two offers without repairing it, and keep your insurance payout.
How we price it
Accident damage
Collision damage, deer strike, or a repair you never finished? We buy damaged cars as they sit in the St. Louis metro and handle the paperwork, including Illinois titles.
How we price itWear
Miles and age, priced on how they were earned
Every one of these is a normal week at either lot — in Ballwin or O'Fallon, on either side of the river. If the paperwork is the part worrying you, start with the St. Louis selling guides, and see every area we serve.
Straight talk
Sometimes the answer is not us
A genuine parts car with no drivetrain left belongs at a salvage yard, and a vehicle an insurer has already declared a total loss is almost always worth more as a settlement than as a sale. Every page in this cluster says so in its own words, because a buyer who will not tell you that is not worth trusting on the rest of it.
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