# Anyone know a good site for car estimates?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658 "2003-01-19T17:38:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/1 "2003-01-19T17:38:09Z")

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An online website that will give you free and accurate quotes? Thanks guys, much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/2 "2003-01-19T18:21:30Z")

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For what? Repairs, insurance…?

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/3 "2003-01-19T18:33:23Z")

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[www.kbb.com](http://www.kbb.com) - Kelly Blue Book.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/4 "2003-01-19T19:33:40Z")

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[_Caveat emptor_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=157407) with regard to Kelley Blue Book _and_ Edmund’s.

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/5 "2003-01-19T21:07:38Z")

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I had success with Jeff Offstroff’s site [www.carbuyingtips.com](http://www.carbuyingtips.com)

It covers both new & used.

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**Author:** ![fishcrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/6 "2003-01-19T21:35:29Z")

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Thanks for the links guys. The kelly blue book link was really beneficial.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-a-good-site-for-car-estimates/149658/7 "2003-01-20T16:52:33Z")

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to find out what things actually sold for: [ebay.com](http://ebay.com)

yep, they have a car area.