[cbloom]

I've been thinking about this, mainly Re : how to maximize value.

Everyone knows when selling a home, you do a lot of cheesy [censored] to pump up the value - clean it up, put in new carpet/drapes, do some landscaping, bake cookies, put cut flowers all over - all that stuff shouldn't really affect the home price at all, but buyers are morons and it does.

So, what kind of stuff can you do for a car?

Obviously get it detailed, maybe spray some new car smell inside.

But are there other things?

Like if I get a $300 paint job so the car looks all new and unscratched is that going to give me like +$1000 in sale value?

Another one would be small repairs that are obvious, like if the wind shield has a small scratch, is it +EV to replace the windshield before selling?

Also a lot of people like to pop the hood and look at the engine even though they have no idea what's going on. I think that cleaning the engine would really impress these people, but I'm not sure how easy that is. (eg. getting caked oil off the engine block)