If you are looking to sell your car, there a few things your car mechanic needs to ensure are in check. This will help you avoid selling your car for close to nothing if you’re lucky at all. Most buyers will run away if they notice your car has mechanical issues.

This is why you need to take your car to a qualified car mechanic to ensure that your car won’t be lying in the driveway for ages simply because you didn’t fix a few problems.

To get you prepared to sell your car, ensure you have the following checked out by a qualified car mechanic.

  • Oil Change

Getting an oil change is inexpensive and is vital when it comes to ensuring that you have a robust engine. It will help your car’s engine components to work smoothly and prevents carbon from building up in your engine.

Other than waiting to have an oil change just before you sell your car, ask your car mechanic to have the oil changed as part of your routine maintenance. This should be after covering 3,000 miles or after 3 months but it’s best to stick with the odometer than your calendar.

Forsaking an oil change may end up being costly especially if carbon builds up in your engine and may require an expensive engine clean up or replacing more major engine parts. Worst case scenario, you may damage your engine which is the last thing you want.

  • Brakes

Nobody wants to buy a vehicle whose brakes don’t work. You’ll simply be risking the lives of all the passengers in the car. Therefore your car mechanic should ensure that your car brakes function perfectly well before you can sell it. You can find out if there are any problems with your car breaks by stepping on the brake pad and listening for any sound.

  • Transmission Fluid Check

Having your car mechanic check out the transmission fluid is just as important. Some may advocate for you to change your transmission fluid after 100,000 miles but other car mechanics have argued that you should do it after 50,000 miles. If you happen to drive under high-stress conditions such as stop-and-go city driving or hauling heavy loads will definitely cause your transmission fluid to deteriorate faster.

In so doing, you lengthen the life span of your car and in turn it makes it very east to sell it since the buyer will be aware of how well your car mechanic maintained your vehicle and improved its longevity.

Other than fixing up your car, you may want to consider the following factors as well:

  • Cleaning

Ensure that your car is well-washed including the doorjambs and body seal and then wax it. You shouldn’t forget to vacuum clean the inside of the car to leave it sparkling clean .

  • Advertisement

This is how you lure in your potential buyer after working hard on maintaining the car and ensuring it’s in good shape. Make a professional looking ad which is void of any spelling mistakes and use proper English.

Pictures that cover every side of the car will give the buyer a better view and feel. Remember not to forget taking pictures of the interior of the car.