Junk car disposal

[krismoriah72]

Looking to get rid of a junk car.

It's intact, and aside from a dead battery, and slow tire leak, still functionally driveable. But it had issues even before it stopped being used, and is not saleable from a used-car perspective.

Two easiest options seem to be donating it to a charity, or selling it to a salvage yard.

Anyone ever sold a car to Pick-n-Pull?

Im not sure what im missing in your statement but if that vehicle was in my driveway i could sell it probably the same day. Possibly even trade it.

I just traded a vehicle with a dead battery and needed an arm long list of things that was worth about $500 for $2500 in tree work.

I have 2 more vehicles that were worth $500 pre-inflation but could sell for $1000 or trade for alot of good things..


I am fairly confident with the way things are right now you could sell for cash or trade up very well for services or goods that you want on FB marketplace.

Someone has a nice chainsaw, generator, or boom boom and needs a car or wants to go the extra mile to flip yours.

 

[GR_CoB]

What's the car though? Maybe even some pictures?

 

[zzyzzx]

pedal.com

 

[Finklejag]

If you lived in Portland, Oregon, you could just drop it off at the closest tweeker homeless camp and they will strip it down in a few days. It’s like those beetles that eat all the meat off of animal bones that taxidermist use. It’s amazing to watch.

 

[vavavroom]

I California, if the vehicle is still registered and if it has failed the smog test, the DMV will pay you $1,000 for retiring the vehicle. You have to hand it over to them in drivable condition. They will have it scrapped.

 

[dishdude]

pedal.com

peddle.com

But yeah, that would be a good option.

 

[Andrew1972]

Looking to get rid of a junk car.

It's intact, and aside from a dead battery, and slow tire leak, still functionally driveable. But it had issues even before it stopped being used, and is not saleable from a used-car perspective.

Two easiest options seem to be donating it to a charity, or selling it to a salvage yard.

Anyone ever sold a car to Pick-n-Pull?

You sure in todays market. Used cars are very expensive and terrible cars are viable. What kind of car is it?

 

[Kira]

Most of the above "is true" but which way the wind blows depends on your region, whether you're in a rural vs urban area.
What the "junk car" pipeline has determined to be a flat rate for picking up a dead car is also part of it.

In my experience in northern NY and VT, if a car moves...someone will buy it.

Charities come to your address and leave with the trash.
I prefer the HS or trade school donation. We always had that here as a county vo-tech was in the neighboring town.

DO NOT for one second believe the "poor charity fixing up a beater to sell" argument. It doesn't work that way. The picker-upper culls the car.

Make real sure your plates are off it.

 

[Carmudgeon]

Thanks all for the tips. Will take under advisement.

I choose my words carefully, so when I said junk car, I meant it, even for these times. A tired, oil burning, beater with bald tires, faded paint, minor body damage, and in need of new struts and bushings has lived out its useful life.

 

[dishdude]

Thanks all for the tips. Will take under advisement.

I choose my words carefully, so when I said junk car, I meant it, even for these times. A tired, oil burning, beater with bald tires, faded paint, minor body damage, and in need of new struts and bushings has lived out its useful life.

If it moves under it's own power and isn't rotted out, someone will appreciate it. Why so secretive on make/model and other details?

 

[nthach]

DO NOT for one second believe the "poor charity fixing up a beater to sell" argument. It doesn't work that way. The picker-upper culls the car.

I’ve read somewhere if a car is donated to charity, it ends up either at a Copart yard with the next stop being Pick & Pull and the crusher or shipped off to Africa or Central/South America.

There’s a market for older cars from America in Africa and Southeast Asia, even in LHD form.

If your car was given up to the state as part of an “clean car” incentive(CA does this for 1996-older cars), you get $500-1000 in your hands, car gets crushed ASAP, it doesn’t go out to the yard for parts. The catch is the car has to drive to the junkyard under its own power and be mostly intact.

 

[PandaBear]

I’ve read somewhere if a car is donated to charity, it ends up either at a Copart yard with the next stop being Pick & Pull and the crusher or shipped off to Africa or Central/South America.

There’s a market for older cars from America in Africa and Southeast Asia, even in LHD form.

If your car was given up to the state as part of an “clean car” incentive(CA does this for 1996-older cars), you get $500-1000 in your hands, car gets crushed ASAP, it doesn’t go out to the yard for parts. The catch is the car has to drive to the junkyard under its own power and be mostly intact.

Did one this year, BAAQMD gave me $1200 instead and yes, they crush it and not part out.

 

[vavavroom]

Did one this year, BAAQMD gave me $1200 instead and yes, they crush it and not part out.

Like this?

 

[Snagglefoot]

I gave a car to the Kidney foundation. I even cleaned up the inside of the console. It was driveable, but they just pulled it onto a flat deck. It went straight to Pick and Pull to be parted out. At our pick and pull everything goes into the yard lineup, them x months later goes into the crusher. They are very methodical.