For months, Jake had been staring at his old sedan in the driveway. It wasn’t a car anymore; it was more like a piece of junk, rusting away, slowly sinking deeper into the ground. It had been his first car, one he had driven proudly around the streets of Houston when he first got his driver’s license. But over the years, with repairs piling up and no end in sight, Jake knew it was time to part ways with his beloved vehicle. The question was, how much could he get for it? What was the cash value of my car now that it was nothing but a rusted shell?