We’ve been trying to sell our 2015 minivan for at least six months. With the boys off to college, we don’t really need it anymore and I’ve been driving one since 2005, so it was time for something new.
We were in the market for a used car, a compact hybrid SUV – Toyota RAV4, Honda CRV, or Hyundai Tuscon. It seems there is still a shortage of used cars, and I’m still blaming COVID-19. 😷
We found one that fit our criteria (no more than 4 years old, less than 40,000 miles). Problem was, it was located in Oklahoma City. At Carvana. You know – the car vending machine place.
We’ve bought from Carmax, but not Carvana. At Carvana, you buy the car online, pick it up, test drive it for 15 minutes, then decide to take it or leave it. If you don’t like it, you get a full refund. If you take it, you still have an additional seven days to bring it back – for a full refund.
To get your car, you receive a “coin” and insert it, just like a vending machine.
The cars are stacked and once you insert your coin, a big platform makes a production of going all the way to the top to retrieve your car. It brings it down slowly, and once it reaches the bottom, it turns rotates the car several times so you can see it from all angles.
It then moves along the conveyer belt until it’s ready to drive out. A Carvana rep drives it out for you, and then hands the keys over to the buyer.
It took a while for the title and paperwork to come in, but otherwise seemed like an decent process.
One Kansas Girl 