Why Lakeway · how it works
Four steps. Paid on the spot.
One buyer takes you from the first message to the money. If you’re ready, it can all happen the day you reach out.
-
Step 01
Start online, or talk to us directly
Two minutes online, or call or text and a buyer takes it from there.
- VIN, plate, or year, make and model
- Mileage and how it runs
- Pick when we reach you
Corey, Reagan or Tom picks up, and stays your buyer to the end.
About 2 minutes -
Step 02
Get your market report and firm offer
Your buyer checks the market for you and sends one private report.
- KBB, CarMax, Carvana and recent sales, each named and dated
- Lakeway’s firm offer beside them, on today’s market
- Yours to keep, even if you sell elsewhere
-
Step 03
Schedule pickup or drop-off
Pick the time and place. We come to you, or you bring it to Walker Drive.
- Your driveway, your work or your bank
- Pickup included, any distance
- A quick walk-around against what you told us
-
Step 04
Paid on the spot
Paid on the spot, funds verified before you release the vehicle. Title in hand or a payoff, we do it all.
- Still owe on it? We pay your lender, you get the rest
- Title, DMV and release of liability handled
- Any change from what you told us is explained before you sign
Why us, not them
One number is not the market.
Marketplace, CarMax, a KBB offer, a trade-in: each hands you one number, and each comes with a catch. Here is what each really looks like, next to selling to us.
Selling it on Facebook Marketplace
- Pay to boost the listing, then answer “is this still available?” all week
- Meet strangers in a parking lot: lowballers, and people who never show
- Decide on your own whether a stranger’s payment is good
- Handle the title, the payoff and the paperwork yourself
Selling it to Lakeway
- No listing, no ad to pay for, no strangers
- One buyer and one firm offer, on today’s market
- Paid on the spot by a buy center with a front door on Walker Drive
- Title and payoff, handled
★★★★★“STOP wasting your time selling on Facebook Marketplace and to see Lakeway Auto! I was in and out in 20 minutes…”
Michael Adams · Google review
Taking a CarMax or Carvana offer
- An instant number from a form, conditional on inspection
- The offer can drop at the appraisal or the pickup
- One price for the whole country
- You still shop it against everyone else yourself
Selling it to Lakeway
- Their offers go on your report, checked and dated for you
- We buy for this market and a bidder network, so when your car is in demand here, we can pay more
- When we can’t beat them, the report shows it
- A firm offer that holds when the car matches what you told us
Taking a KBB Instant Cash Offer
- Conditional on an inspection at a participating dealer
- Often comes down at that appointment
- One dealer’s look at one number
Selling it to Lakeway
- We’re a participating dealer: your KBB offer goes on the report first
- It’s your floor, not our ceiling; we look for more above it
- If KBB is the best number, the report shows that too
★★★★★“They saw our truck on Kelley blue book website, called and offered more than quoted there.”
Johnny Cope · Google review
Trading it in at a dealer
- Your car’s value is folded into the deal on the next one
- You only get the number if you buy from them
- Hours at a desk, waiting on a manager
Selling it to Lakeway
- Not a dealer: nothing to sell you, just a firm offer for yours
- Every number in writing, on its own
- We come to you, and you’re paid on the spot
Buying a car anyway? A trade-in can lower the sales tax on it, so compare the numbers after tax.
Or skip the comparing. Your report lists all of them, then our firm offer. Start my market review →
Can’t make it in to us? We’ll come to you.
Home, work, wherever the car is parked. Pickup is included in your offer, any distance: a driver at your driveway, the paperwork done before the car leaves, and you’re paid on the spot.
“They were even able to come and pick up the truck from our home!”Johnny Cope · Google review
Fair questions
The three things sellers ask us first.
Straight answers, because you will have these questions either way.
“Do I have to buy a car from you?”
No. We’re not a dealer and nothing is bundled. You get a firm offer for your car and payment for it, and that is the whole transaction.
“What if something’s wrong with my car?”
Tell us what you know. The offer is firm when the vehicle matches what you described. If something is different at pickup, your buyer shows you what and explains the change before anything is signed.
“What if I owe more than it’s worth?”
We pay your lender directly and you get the difference on the spot. If the payoff is more than the offer, your buyer walks you through the gap before anything is signed. See the payoff math →
You’ve seen how it works.