By Henry Green


There are some people who drive their cars until they are ready to fall apart. If you have a vehicle that you've decided to get rid of, but it isn't worth taking to a used car dealer, you should consider scrap car buyers. You have to understand how the process works though in order to get the most money for your junk auto.

You need to be prepared for the fact that cash for cars businesses and salvage yards are almost exclusively concerned with the metal weight of a vehicle. You might tinker with a vehicle yourself, installing new parts hoping to get the thing running again. It won't do anything for the value of the auto in the eyes of a junk buyer though.

It's not going to matter that the air conditioning is working or you have a custom stereo system. These may have value in the parts market, but not when you are selling a vehicle for salvage. In the same vein, you won't impress a salvage yard into offering you more because the vehicle is still operable. Salvage yards are mostly concerned with metal recycling.

Selling the parts yourself is an option for those who are auto mechanically minded and with nothing else to do. You'll make more money selling the parts, but you need to factor in the labor intensity involved. You have to drain all the fluids and pull out the engine, wires, seats, and transmission for starters.

The best scenario is one in which you've already found a buyer for the parts. If you haven't, the parts will need to be stored until they're sold. You need to do the research in order to find out what those parts you're selling go for in the surrounding area.

The fastest way to get rid of your junker is usually selling to a salvage yard. You can find the nearest one by going online and searching for them using your zip code. Most of them pick up cars for free and pay cash on the spot. They will even handle the paperwork for you.

The amount of money you get for your junker and its parts will depend on what kind of vehicle it is. If you are selling a make and model that has been, or was, around for years without a lot of changes to it, you won't get as high an offer for it as you would for something rarer. The parts for mass produced cars are usually plentiful, which lowers the price of them. You may have to do some shopping around to find a dealer who has an interest in the particular parts you are selling.

Even small things can affect the amount of money you get for a junker. The region of the country is one. Certain cars are popular in certain parts of the country and not in others. If a tow truck has to travel a long distance to pick up your vehicle, the price offered will go down. You might save some money by driving the vehicle, if it's operational, to the salvage yard yourself.




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  1. Think about all those things you can do with the extra space that you will get once you get rid of the car.

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