When it comes to cars like Mercedes and BMW it's another story. Sure these are nice cars, however their entry level models start around at the $30k range. These are hardly outrageous prices and these cars are within the financial reach of may individuals and families. Even top of junk yard car as a S-Class from Mercedes or a 7-Series BMW are not indicators of wealth because as we all know, many people lease these autos.
Once you have made the choice not to fix your car, you then have to decide how to dispose of it. You do not want to sell a potentially dangerous vehicle to an unsuspecting person. If that is the case, selling it to a private person should not be an option. That will narrow your choices down to selling it to a junk yards open near me or donating car to charity.
Our big sale was set to begin around nine in the morning, but we were all surprised to find people already parked in front of our house an hour earlier. Nothing was ready yet, so we started hustling to move the items from our back yard into the front yard and quickly set up all the stuff we had in our garage for the early birds. People started buying things while we were still moving everything into place and we were surprised at how fast everything was sold.
My favorite resource when it comes to this kind of research is Kelly Blue Book on-line. They have break down of the different grades of cars based on overall body condition, options that may be available with that particular car, and the region that you are looking in. All these factors are important so don't ignore any of them. If you have a lot of time on your hands you can even research other regional values for the same car and import them from other states, given its cost effective.
You know the job is being done right because you will be doing it yourself. DIY is always better than letter someone else tamper with your car. Once you know, what has to be done, you will be able to get the right auto parts and do the jobs right yourself.
We were two weeks away from moving and the clutter needed to go. My father happened past one of the rare yard sales of that day. It was packed with bargain hunters and he instantly saw the solution to our problem. We planned a yard and garage sale for the coming weekend and took out a small ad in the newspaper. The rest would either go into the trash or to charity.