Are you being serious? A 9yr old accord sold for 24k? No way!
I would drive car until the repair cost is beyond it's value and I have to get it fixed to be road legal, one of those drive the car into the ground type. When I am done with the car, I don't bother cleaning it. I call junk cars and get it off my lot within a day and get $150 or $200 cash back.
That's incorrect. The window sticker of the 2011 car was $24K. When I made the car in near showroom condition and posted the original window sticker it attracted lots of neighbors in front of my house. The car sold in less than 24 hours.