Cars for Sale
Purchasing a Vehicle from ATF
The Automotive Trades Foundation (ATF) program operates a licensed used car dealership in which vehicles are reconditioned by students in the ATF program and offered for sale to the public. Vehicles may be purchased at one of our lottery style used car sales that are held three times during each school year at a Montgomery County High School.
The Next Car Sale will be held at Thomas Edison High School on Saturday, May 12th. View the list of vehicles being offered HERE.
All vehicles are Maryland State Inspected prior to delivery. Vehicles with less than 90,000 miles come with a 30-day or 1,000-mile warranty and vehicles with 90,000 or more miles are discounted and sold in "as is" condition. Customers may preview and test drive the sale vehicles at the car sale between 9 and 11am. All people test driving vehicles must be at least 21 years of age and have a valid driver's license.
The ATF program processes all tag and title work. Tags and title fees and sales tax are in addition to the vehicle price.
Description of Lottery Drawing for Vehicle Purchase
If a customer wants to purchase a vehicle, he/she must complete a lottery ticket (1 ticket per household/address). The drawing
will take place at 11 a.m. Customers must be present at the time of the drawing to purchase a vehicle.
As each customer's lottery ticket is drawn, he/she is asked which vehicle he/she wants to purchase. Customer then completes a tag/title/insurance information form. Most vehicles are deliverable at the sale. A customer may purchase the vehicle or leave a deposit of $100 (check preferred; cash accepted) at this time. The balance of the purchase price (plus tax, tag, title expenses) is paid at the time of delivery of the vehicle. A deposit will hold the vehicle through the following week (generally 5 working days after the sale) to allow customers time to complete the transaction.
All interested customers should stay for the entire drawing. We draw all names and give each customer a lottery number. That number is used to call the customers on the "back-up list." Occasionally a customer is not able to acquire financing or declines to take delivery of the vehicle. We then look at the "back-up list" for the next lowest number interested in that vehicle and call that customer.