Keep your car clean!

We already know that keeping a clean car is very important for a happy and stress-free lifestyle. But did you know practicing excellent exterior and interior upkeep can directly affect your vehicle's resale value? If you're planning to put your vehicle on the (booming) used car market, use these tips to succeed in this competitive space.

Cleaning your car, inside and out, will help to give you a boost, whereas dirty, unkept cars do not retain as much value. In fact, a pristine vehicle can have from 10-20% greater value than a vehicle of the same model in worse condition. 

Let's take a deeper dive into how to implement regular car-cleaning practices into your life and how it will affect your car's value should it hit the used car market. Remember, your car is considered used as soon as it's driven off the lot.

Exterior

Of course, the outside of your vehicle will draw more attention if it looks pristine. Exterior cleaning and detailing will help your car to have an increasingly better appearance to potential buyers. (This is what will draw them in.) You want to hook the customer upfront, rather than trying to convince them your car has a great value, despite a potentially dingy appearance.

A good detailer will know how to choose the correct paint protector that will help to restore and protect your car's paint job against scratches, fading, and wear and tear. They will also polish any existing scratches, wax your car, and dry it appropriately; with a microfiber cloth. They'll even wash the wheels for a final enhancement!

Interior

Before listing your car, you'll want to do a deep clean and detail its interior. While it won't be the first thing someone sees, an unkempt interior certainly has the power to deter someone from buying a car they may have initially been interested in. A standard interior clean includes a vacuum and wipe down. After all, no one wants a smelly car!

If you don't allow your car to live up to its potential, buyers may not be able to see what value it can hold. Keeping a clean interior will also make you seem more trustworthy. Personally, I would be turned off from buying a car if it was stinky or had trash and dirt inside.

Luckily, ensuring your car's interior is spotless and respectable doesn't have to be as much of a chore as you think. There are places, such as Waterworks Car Wash in Denver, that will take care of all of this for you!

Waterworks Car Wash has experienced detailers who are extremely diligent in their work. They offer an array of packages and services to suit your car's needs, and use the highest quality, name-brand products! You barely have to move a muscle when there are places like Waterworks that will do all the work for you!

Given how hot the current used car market is, it's very beneficial to take all of the steps to improve the appearance of your car and increase its appeal and value.

You can't always control every factor that goes into your car's resale value, such as the current economy, there are simple things you can do to really help in the long run. If you haven't been practicing regular upkeep, now is the perfect time to start!