VinBucks — turn your VIN into cash

How it works

1. 01

   Send the VIN

   Seventeen characters from the dash, the door, or the title. No VIN? Type the year, make, and model.

2. 02

   Get a cash range

   Miles, how it runs, and the title set the number. It is a starting range, not a guess pulled out of a hat.

3. 03

   Joey the Kangaroo shows up

   Free tow inside DFW. He pays you before the car leaves. If the number isn't right, you keep the keys.

What Joey buys

Running or not. Pretty or not. If you're done with it, start with the VIN.

• Daily drivers

  Cars that start, drive, and just need to be gone this week.

• Trucks and SUVs

  Pickups, Tahoes, vans. If it has a VIN, it gets a number.

• Needs work

  High miles, check-engine lights, bad transmissions. Still a buyer.

• Doesn't run

  Dead in the driveway or the side yard. The tow is still free in DFW.

• Salvage title

  Rebuilt and salvage pay less than clean. You still get a straight number.

• We come to you

  House, apartment, shop, or storage lot. You don't drive it anywhere.

Same math. Sample cars.

These aren't sold deals. They're what this desk prints for four ordinary trucks and cars.

• 2019 Camry · 78k · runs great · clean title

  $9,100–$10,900

• 2016 F-150 · 140k · needs work · clean title

  $6,400–$7,650

• 2012 Tahoe · 190k · rough · salvage

  $1,200–$1,650

• 2006 Silverado · doesn't run · no title

  $450–$650