How much would you sell a 99 Honda Civic for that needs.....?

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melissa

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a new bumper, exhaust,stereo,battery and has a dent in the side of it the size of a football
It only has about 90,000 miles on it and the interior is in pretty good condition
 
Use nada.com or kbb.com to get the appropriate used value and get estimates from body shops and/or repair shops for how much it would cost to fix all the issues. Deduct the estimate from the value and price accordingly.
 
A battery really isn't that expensive, so personally, I would just go out and replace that myself...buyers are typically going to ask to shave off a lot more for a car missing a battery than the real cost of one. The cheapest one you can find is fine; it will be one less thing to put on the list of bad things with the car.

Other than that, I'd just check out the local classifieds (newspapers, craigslist) and find cars of the same year and make, determine what the average price of those are, and then shave off the costs of whatever's wrong with it (essentially the bumper and the exhaust...most people will want to replace the stereo for their own taste anyway and the dent shouldn't be a big deal).
 
I agree.

Look it up on KBB, or Nada. Subtract 10% to reflect actual market values.

Then subtract from it the total cost of all the repairs.

Which will leave you what buyers will roughly value the car at.

One point, though...saying it "only has 90,000 miles" doesn't mean a thing.

Do you have all the service and maintenance records during those 90,000 miles? If not, then there's 90,000 miles of unknown condition. Might be okay. Might not.

Think of it this way, it's like saying "I have a friend who's only 30 years old."

But he has cancer, and will die within a year. Meanwhile, my 80 year old grandpa likes to run marathons.

Numbers really don't matter......
 
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