Online instant offers are estimates generated from a description of your car, not from your car. They are commonly adjusted or withdrawn once someone actually inspects the vehicle. If that happened to you, nothing is wrong with your car — you just have not had a real appraisal yet.
Why an instant offer changes
An instant offer is priced from the year, make, model, mileage, and the condition boxes you checked. A person then inspects the vehicle and finds the things a form cannot capture: tire depth, brake life, a check-engine code, paintwork indicating a prior repair, curb rash, or a missing second key.
Wholesale market values also move week to week. An offer generated three weeks ago was priced against a market that has since changed.
What to do next
Get an offer from a physical buy center where a person looks at the car before quoting you. The number takes about thirty minutes, and because it is based on an actual inspection, it is the number we stand behind.
Bring your service records and both keys if you have them. Those two things alone frequently move an offer.
What we do differently
We inspect first, then quote. We are a family-owned Washington dealer group that has been here since 1959, with five buy centers you can physically walk into. Because a specialist looks at your actual car before we give you a number, that number is the one we stand behind.
There is also no obligation. If our offer is not right for you, you keep your car and we part as friends.
Get a real offer in about 30 minutes
No obligation, and no pressure to buy a car from us in return. Five buy centers across Washington.
Get my offerFrequently asked questions
Why do online offers get lowered at pickup?
Because the initial number is generated from a description, not an inspection. When a person examines the vehicle, they find condition details a web form cannot capture, and the price is adjusted.
Is a Bud Clary offer subject to change after inspection?
Our offer is made after a specialist has inspected your vehicle, so there is no second, lower number later.
Do I have to sell if I don't like the offer?
No. There is never an obligation. Take the offer, use it to compare, or drive home.