Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
Saw Ramblejam's post about him buying that Saturn. I hadn't heard of Copart.com before. I created an account and bid and won on a car.
It's a 2001 Buick LeSabre with just shy of 250k miles
. It was listed as a running and driving car, clean title, was a donated vehicle. Won the auction for $225 but after all of their fees it came out to $478. My brother went with me and we waited for the forklift to carry it out. The 5-1/2 year old battery was completely dead, but thanks to my handy-dandy Walmart lithium jump box it fired right up, I think it'll even hold a charge. Runs great, smooth as glass. No CEL or other warning lights. Tires are going on 9 years old
. Windshield is cracked pretty bad and it's missing a hubcap. Pretty dirty inside and out. Also, A/C doesn't currently work. I noticed it clunked when stepping on the brakes. Had my brother pull it forward while I watched and hit the brakes. Both front wheels move back and forth about 1-2 inches, yikes. I'm guessing control arm bushings. All power windows worked which surprised me being it's a 16 year old Buick.
My plans are to flip the car. Looks like $40 for control arm bushings, $100 for a windshield, $15 for a hubcap, and around $50 to have the A/C recharged. Hopefully it holds refrigerant for a while. And also a good deep cleaning. Ive got a pressure washer so I'll probably degrease the engine too. Hopefully I'll have $700-$750 into it and can sell for $1500+
I figured I'd give it a try to keep busy and earn a few bucks on the side. So, anybody out there needing a cheap car to get around or wanting to flip a car, copart.com is a good auction website to try out. Be careful, I accidentally bid $600 on a truck I meant to type $300. Thankfully I was outbid on that one.
It's a 2001 Buick LeSabre with just shy of 250k miles
My plans are to flip the car. Looks like $40 for control arm bushings, $100 for a windshield, $15 for a hubcap, and around $50 to have the A/C recharged. Hopefully it holds refrigerant for a while. And also a good deep cleaning. Ive got a pressure washer so I'll probably degrease the engine too. Hopefully I'll have $700-$750 into it and can sell for $1500+
I figured I'd give it a try to keep busy and earn a few bucks on the side. So, anybody out there needing a cheap car to get around or wanting to flip a car, copart.com is a good auction website to try out. Be careful, I accidentally bid $600 on a truck I meant to type $300. Thankfully I was outbid on that one.