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4 Ways to Retain Your Car’s Value

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If you want to keep your vehicle in good condition and maintain its value, there are things you can do early on to ensure it’s maintained properly regardless of the type of car you drive. You might think that retaining your car’s value means just avoiding accidents and fender benders on the road, however, it goes beyond that. Keeping your car’s value up means taking care of your car inside and out throughout your entirety of driving it.

4 Ways to Retain Your Car’s Value 

To keep your car up in value, there are a number of different things you can do. However, our top four picks at Scott’s Auto include: 

Maintaining the interior condition

If you’re like most people, you are probably spending quite a bit of time in your car. Whether it’s your commute to and from work each day or driving the kids around to all of their activities, you are in your car a good amount of time each day. Due to this, you should be taking care of your car’s interior, just as much as everything else.

Over time, dirt and dust buildup which can affect how you’re breathing in your car, while additionally affecting how well your car’s AC system works. Further, when you have a messy car, you are at risk for safety issues. For example, having soda bottles on the floor can roll under your pedals and cause potential danger, not to mention spilling the remnants and causing a sticky floorboard. 

In the future, if you ever wish to trade in or sell your car, the interior will be evaluated in determining what your car is worth. To keep up the value, keep your car clean, tidy, and free from sticky messes that could rip off paint or damage your cloth or leather seats. 

Watching wear you park 

Getting a scratch or small ding on your car, as well as color fading, are normal overtime and are rather inevitable. However, you can minimize these things by watching where you park your car. To better maintain value, try to park away from other cars when possible, parking under cover when available to you out of the harsh effects of weather will help protect your car’s exterior. 

Correcting cosmetic issues quickly

When you notice a small scratch or ding, have them removed by repair as quickly as you can. Having these dents remedies will help prevent larger issues from occurring. As Driving News explains, one dent can lead to two, two to four, and more. The more cosmetic issues, the further loss of value your car will incur.

Getting regular maintenance 

Just as you get a regular doctor’s checkup to make sure you’re healthy, your car needs regular maintenance check ups to ensure it’s running properly as well. Regular maintenance of your car will help prevent costly and extensive repairs, and it will help you get more money when you go to sell your car in the future if that’s what you choose to do. IDriveSafely explains that vehicles are machines, and like any machine they need maintenance. For most cars, regular maintenance begins once you drive 5,000 miles and continues from there every 5,000-10,000 miles. Doing this will help retain your car’s value overtime. 

Call Scott’s 

If you want to maintain your car’s value, call Scott’s Auto. Within your engine are dozens of parts that all have to work properly to keep it running as it should. To maintain value, stop by to see us regularly to tune up at Scott’s Auto. With a variety of locations, we’re easy to locate and here for you! Visit us today in Fort Collins, Loveland, or Montrose. 

 

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