I checked my car (2004 Mazda RX-8), which was estimated around $8k. I actually sold through a Carvana-like service for under $1k because I got tired of listing it myself at under KBB's rec ($2k at the time, IIRC)The other online price checkers come in closer to the actual amount I received.<p>What's the difference between what you're doing, and why should I trust your number? Something that far out of expectations and experience, plus other low trust factors on the site[0], lead me to ditch your conclusion. Sorry if that sounds blunt - but the whole thing appeared to me to be a RNG lead gen for local car dealers who are short on inventory - the incentive is to give me a higher number so I become a lead for you.<p>[0] low-trust indicators I noticed: poor data curation - inconsistent capitalization (some all caps, some lowercase), multiple options for the same trim with nearly similar names. Rougher design than most modern sites. SEO Keyword stuffing at the bottom of the page. Leadgen pages for 3rd parties in general tend to be sketchy in general.
I always love going to used car listings websites like Cargurus and Autotrader and having to scrub the price range all the way down to the furthest left 2 pixels because I'm not looking for a $250,000 fully specced Toyota, and if I sneeze and move the mouse too far, I get a search result with one car with a salvage title for $2,000 with 250,000 miles on it.<p>Oh, you're not looking for a $150,000 Ford F-150 either? Weird how they don't do something about that price range UI element user experience.
I tried all my cars and the values are really high.<p>A 2003 Toyota Sienna with 200,000 miles isn't worth $5,500 in Good condition. I mean I wish but no. Maybe $3,000 under crazy current market environments but probably more like $2,000-2,500.<p>Likewise a 2006 Toyota Corolla with 180,000 miles isn't worth $7,000.<p>But great job OP at trying this. It's a service that's really needed.<p>I would suggest figuring out a way to clean up the options for the trim levels. Some are just random garbage that describe part of the car - I had one trim option that was literally "1.8L" which refers to the engine. Along with 30 other options, many of which were repeats of each other.
Not looking great as it doesn't have the option to input my car (Mazdaspeed Miata).<p>However if you move past that you do have the option to input your model as the MX5, MX-5 Miata and Miata. You could argue that the car we are talking about has had all 3 of those names over the years, but it makes you pick a year first, so you should know what name it has in 04.<p>Then you move on to the trim!<p>Zero options for trim for MX-5 Miata. Zero options for trim for Miata. 31 options for trim for MX-5, including ones that absolutely were not sold in 04 including "Grand Touring Manual <i>1-OWNER! ONLY 7K MILES!</i>".<p>Really bad user experience.
I'm not sure where the trim level is being populated from, but for my vehicle (Mazda3) I have a list of maybe 50 options. Compared to KBB which has the 6 levels I was expecting (with a step to select 4 or 5 door prior), it's quite confusing and overwhelming. A lot of the options seem to be equivalent as well, just with abbreviations or capitalization differences. They don't seem to change the valuation much, but perhaps some sanitizing on that dropdown would be helpful.
I won't be using this service as it requires a VIN, for no apparent reason, other than accumulating a valuable list of people who are in the used car market. If the purpose is to accurately evaluate the resale value, a zip code would be more useful and less invasive.<p>Edit: I appreciate the quick response, and it does resolve my objection. Good luck!
Hah I tried making an estimator like this using a multiple linear regression model in a weekend. I RE'd the android app of a local car listing portal and wrote a scraper.<p>The problem was that there were way too many variables not annotated in the json but instead just thrown into the description tag. I manually extracted the key ones like AC, seat material etc but it was never accurate enough mainly because of this.<p>Maybe one day I will try again with another site or even scrape several sites for more data.
My car's value was way off. 2002 Acura RSX Type-S valued at 3.7k. These go for between 5k and 11k depending on condition.<p><a href="https://carsandbids.com/search/acura/rsx" rel="nofollow">https://carsandbids.com/search/acura/rsx</a><p>Note that the base trim is worth far less in reality, 4k or less. Maybe a bug in how trim levels are considered?
A car’s worth is what it sold for not what it was listed for. For my vehicle your estimate is over twice it’s actual value- no dealer is going to offer you more than the kb.com trade-in value
please check out our new "what's my car worth" feature and share any feedback you have.<p>after you get a valuation there is an optional "sell my car" service where you can request offers from multiple local dealerships to get the best price when selling your current vehicle.<p>we are actively making improvements to this sell my car online functionality and greatly appreciate your input...<p>whether it's regarding issues with the valuation estimate we provide for your vehicle...<p>or user flow feedback like "please move VIN to the notify dealers page i don't want to share that just to get the market value estimate"<p>:)<p>thank you!<p>dan<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjackson/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjackson/</a>
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