Depending on value, there may be a tax advantage to trading it in (if she’s getting a new car).

Edit: I see you’ve explicitly said not a trade in, so I disavow my tax comment.

Also, the tax deduction benefit goes away if you don't itemize (ie - if you take the standard deduction which became much more common after the tax reform in 2017).

Carvana and Vroom are where a lot of people on my car groups are doing well on.

CarMax will give you pennies on the dollar. It is highly likely that, unless the car is 3 years or newer, clean/spotless, with low mileage, that whatever you sell them will get put on a truck and sent to auction with no fucks given. So they're not going to pay a lot, even with the environment now.

I used CarMax to dump my ride before I moved to New Zealand. They were very fair and it was zero hassle, got significantly more than I thought I would. One of the few big firms I'd actually recommend to other people.

For what its worth that was the type of car I sold them.

That the car was an older, higher mileage one? Again, nothing wrong with them, as I love to buy older high mileage ones, spend a weekend in a junk yard or sourcing any necessary used parts, driving the car for a year and flipping it for more than I paid, but yea, CarMax, unless they're gonna put it on their lot, won't pay much.

Carvana and Vroom are where a lot of people on my car groups are doing well on.

CarMax will give you pennies on the dollar. It is highly likely that, unless the car is 3 years or newer, clean/spotless, with low mileage, that whatever you sell them will get put on a truck and sent to auction with no fucks given. So they're not going to pay a lot, even with the environment now.

Yea, this market it friggin insane. Everything used is through the roof. Which is why some of the guys I know are selling some of their "toy" vehicles. They're getting big dollars for them.

I certainly wouldn't be a buyer now. Unless you're buying new and can work something, buying used is absolutely silly.

I was just pricing out a car (a newer gen of one I have), just because... Anyway, used, with mileage, are going for $15k - $20k more than what you could've bought them new in 2016'ish when GM threw 20% off MSRP. By that I mean, had I been in a financial position to do so then, I could've bought the car NEW, from Chevy for $36k - $40k. Right now, the same car USED, is $50k or more.

consider any interesting trades

Thanks for the tips. This should be pretty easy. She is a selling a 2013 Toyota Tacoma 4*4 that is in perfect shape with just a little over 100K miles. The demand for trucks specifically Tacomas is very high and she could get a crazy amount selling it outright but she wants safe and easy. I told her I would take care of all of it but she is stubborn. I have learned not to argue with her.

Carvana is cornering the market on used cars.