In development

Know what the car will cost before you visit the dealer.

The plan: you paste a listing URL and add your own details, such as where you’ll register the car and how you’ll pay. You get an independent, itemized out-the-door estimate before you set foot in the dealership. Anything we can’t establish stays open. It is never counted as zero, and there is no total until every line is known.

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Listing estimates are planned and not available yet. Price and turnaround are to be announced.

Example estimate

Fictional example · New Jersey purchase · Not a real customer, dealer or result

A listing from Example Motors, plus the buyer’s own details: a financed new car registered in New Jersey, with the fee figures from the dealer’s quote entered as given.

New Jersey estimate, itemized line by line
Number	Charge	Amount	Details
01	Vehicle selling price	$38,400.00	Details: Vehicle selling price From the listing The listing’s advertised price, as given. We don’t appraise the vehicle’s market value.
02	Documentation fee	$599.00	Details: Documentation fee Shown on the quote Taken from the dealer’s quote as written, not checked against anything else. A dealer charge. Part of the taxable amount.
03	Appearance protection package	$895.00	Details: Appearance protection package Shown on the quote Taken from the dealer’s quote as written. A dealer add-on. Ask whether the appearance protection package is optional and request a worksheet without it.
04	New Jersey sales tax	$2,642.98	Details: New Jersey sales tax Calculated tax 6.625% of lines 01 to 03 ($39,894.00), the statewide rate. Matches the dealer’s quote.
05	Tags & registration	Not known yet	Details: Tags & registration Still needed Title fee, as quoted $85.00 Shown on the quote Registration and plates “TBD” Still needed Neither is a confirmed tags amount, so we don’t add them up or count either as zero.

Out-the-door total

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Tags and registration aren’t known yet, so there is no total. The dealer’s quote prints a bottom line of $42,621.98. The quote does not establish whether registration and plates are fully included, so that figure is not a confirmed complete out-the-door price.

Questions to send the dealer yourself

“How much are tags and registration in total?”
“Is the appearance protection package optional? Please send a worksheet without it.”

What an estimate covers

Covers

The advertised price, discounts and rebates as given on the listing
Dealer fees and add-on products you enter from a quote, line by line
Estimates for selected New Jersey and Pennsylvania purchases
Any amount we can’t establish stays open, and we hold back a complete total until every line is known.
Written questions you can send the dealer

Doesn’t cover

Negotiating, or contacting a dealer or lender for you
A guaranteed price, savings or dealer response
Credit checks, financing or loan approval
Appraising a vehicle or trade-in
Legal or tax advice

Price: To be announced
Turnaround: To be announced

Listing estimates are not available yet, and there is nothing to buy on this page.

How we work

We don’t currently take money from dealers or lenders.

We do not currently accept payments from dealers or lenders.

We don’t contact the dealer for you.

You decide what to send, to whom and when. An estimate gives you the questions; you ask them.

How we handle your data

The launch-list form is currently inactive and does not collect email addresses.

Available now and planned

Now

The line-by-line estimate shown in the example above
Estimates for selected New Jersey and Pennsylvania purchases, in a private alpha for testers with a shared password

Planned

Paste a listing URL, add your own details and get an independent, itemized estimate
Public access, with price and turnaround announced first
Lease estimates
A private workspace for listings, quotes and estimates

Planned items have no dates. We will announce each one when it is ready.