Sell your exotic car in Chicago.

Chicago selling is defined by the calendar

This is a six-month market that people try to treat as a twelve-month one. From roughly November to April, private exotic sales in Chicago slow to almost nothing — buyers are not shopping for a convertible in February, and cars in storage cannot easily be shown.

That creates a specific trap. Owners decide to sell in autumn, list, get nothing, and end up storing the car for another winter — paying storage, insurance and depreciation for six months to arrive back where they started in spring. A direct sale is unaffected by the season, and we collect from storage.

Salt is the value question

• Was it driven in winter? This is the first thing a national buyer asks about a Chicago car. Never-in-winter cars are worth more, and storage invoices or seasonal registration prove it.
• Underbody condition. Inspected closely. Salt corrosion on subframes, exhaust hardware and suspension components is what buyers are looking for, and it is why midwest cars are discounted by default.
• Storage quality. Heated and dehumidified is a genuine value factor. Unheated storage over many winters produces brake and fluid issues that show up on inspection.

Collection from storage is normal here

A large share of the cars we buy in the Chicago area come straight off a lift or out of a storage facility. The car does not need to be running, registered or insured for us to collect it. If it has been sitting since October on a battery tender with flat-spotted tyres, that is an ordinary Tuesday.

Getting a figure

Send the VIN and photos. One written offer, firm for seven days, enclosed collection from anywhere in the metro or out to Lake Geneva at our cost. If the car has not run in a while, that is not a problem.