Selling High Mileage Used Cars Today
Posted Date: 12/21/22
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POST COVID USED CAR TRENDS
Over the last several years, if you own a car dealership, you better know how to improvise, adapt, and overcome or risk being left behind in the dust.
Since supply chains and microchip shortages started back around Covid in 2020, never has a car dealership had to adjust how they do business on the fly like they have had to learn how to today.
Due to a host of factors, both new and used lot inventory has dwindled in dealerships across the country, making things tough for both the customer and dealership when it comes to the choices of cars available to sell or purchase.
This is especially true when it comes to used cars and the choices many dealerships have had to make keeping high mileage cars for resale. Normally, a car dealership would send high mileage trades to auction for the independent dealers to squabble over. Not today!
Today, dealers don’t want to miss out on that revenue stream especially when the price of used cars has gone up the way they have due to supply shortfalls. A dealership doesn’t want an empty lot with limited choices for the customer either.
Of course, inventory supply does seem to be on the up and up but until things get back to normal, dealerships need to consider how best to prepare high mileage vehicles for resale. It’s of the upmost importance, in today’s automotive environment, to make sure you have a good detailing and reconditioning process that works to help you along.
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Onsite Dealer Solutions (ODS) is a nationwide service company that specializes in the automotive make ready process. Partnered with car dealerships across the United States, ODS brings our labor force to you, onsite, and offers a variety of custom dealer solutions and inventory management software that helps increase speed to market and effeciencies without sacrificing good quality craftsmanship.
Let’s face it, it’s not easy selling a car with hundreds of thousands of miles on it. Most buyers move past ads or website inventory images that show cars with high mileage but due to the lack of supply options and the prices of used cars today, more and more of these types of vehicles are being considered.
A couple of ways to make sure that you appeal to consumers who might be looking at a high mileage car is to make sure that you have spent the time necessary to clean, detail, and recondition as best as possible.
Things to consider during the reconditioning phase include upholstery cleaning, removing stains, eliminating odors, paintless dent removal, or buffing and polishing techniques like wet sanding and ceramic coating, all of which help restore the cars original appearance.
ODS RECONDITIONING SERVICES AT A GLANCE
In addition, adding plenty of quality online images of the vehicle along with a clean vehicle history report goes a long way in helping showcase cars with high mileage more favorably.
Peek into a list of ODS custom solutions and see the value hiring Onsite Dealer Solutions provides. If you’d like to ask any questions about our car detailing and reconditioning services specifically, you can reach us by email or call us at 913-912-7384.