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What's your car actually worth?

Enter your VIN and mileage — see a ballpark market value plus live comparable listings. The number you need to know before accepting an insurance total-loss offer.

VIN (17 characters)*

Found on your dashboard by the windshield, or inside the driver's door jamb.

Current mileage*

On your odometer right now.

ZIP code

For local comparable listings.

Condition*

Excellent

Like new. No visible wear.

Good

Normal wear for age. Runs great.

Fair

Cosmetic issues, minor mechanical.

Poor

Needs work. Salvage or high-mileage.

Optional — improves accuracyShow

Original sticker price (when new)

If you know what your car cost new — check your original purchase paperwork. Skips our baseline lookup for a more accurate estimate.

Insurance offer (if you have one)

If your carrier already sent you an offer, enter it — we'll show the gap between their number and the fair-market range.

Free, anonymous, no email required. VIN decode via NHTSA (U.S. government). Nothing is saved or shared. This is a ballpark within about ±15 % for common vehicles — for a certified written appraisal, call +17077777747.

How the estimate works

A quick tour of what happens when you hit "Show me my car's value." No black box — you should know how any tool that spits out a number about your finances arrives at it.

1. VIN decode via NHTSA

We call the U.S. Department of Transportation's free VIN decoder to pull your car's year, make, model, body class, and engine info. Nothing is stored.

2. Depreciation curve

We apply a standard depreciation curve to your car's original MSRP: 20 % in year 1, ~13 % each of years 2-5, slower after that. Luxury brands get a make-based multiplier.

3. Mileage adjustment

The 12,000 mi/yr benchmark is the market's expectation. Above it, we subtract ~10 ¢ per over-mile; below it, we add. That's how trade-in guides do it.

4. Condition + range

Excellent adds 10 %, fair subtracts 15 %, poor subtracts 30 %. We return a ± 10 % range around the midpoint to reflect real market spread.

Honest limitations

Ballpark tools like this are within about 10-15 % of a formal appraisal for most vehicles. Certain cases are trickier: rare trims, salvage titles, unusual mileage patterns, aftermarket modifications, and collector vehicles. For a written appraisal you can send to your insurer, contact us — free, no obligation.