Several Ways to Sell Your Junk Car

Almost every area has several options when it comes to selling your junk car. Most scrap yards or auto junk yards will offer something for any car that is on its last legs or has already died. This is a useful way to gain a few extra dollars on something that will be useless to you and wouldn't look too good sitting in your driveway. Some areas will even have codes that result in a fine if your home has a junk car just sitting around as an eye sore. It seems getting some cash as opposed to paying fines would be a great motivator and you will want to check local codes if you have a junk car in your driveway or yard.

The Internet is a great source of information on junk yards in your area. Selling your junk car to the highest paying scrap yard should be your goal to begin with but you will also want to make sure that they offer to pick it up as part of the price agreed upon. Most junk yards will include this service but not all so it is a good idea to do some research and call ahead. It is also a good idea to make sure they can work around your schedule if needed so as not to make you miss work or other important commitments. You can also drive around and find signs that say "we buy junk cars Denver" for salvage yards or junk yard that buys cars.

You will also want to check to see if you need a title for the car for the shape it is presently in. This is no problem if you have all of the legal documents to begin with but if you don't have any of these documents it is a good idea to let the yard that you are thinking about selling your junk car to know about this before scheduling a pick up. The junk yard should be able to give you some advice on what works in your location and how to get around not having documents for cars that are not road worthy at all.

In some cases you may want to look into donating your car for a tax break if this equals more that the price you would get for selling your junk car. Of course this may also depend on how much you could use the cash at the present time and if the car has just recently died you may want anything extra you can get to help you afford another car to take its place. Many households cannot afford to be without a car and it may be the only option for getting to work

The amount of money you get for your beat up car may depend on the shape of it and its parts. Most junkyards make money by recycling the metal and selling the used car parts that will still work. Older collectable cars that may still have some good working parts should command a slightly higher price but this depends on demand in your area. Whatever you are looking to get from selling your junk car will be more than you are getting while it takes up room in your yard or driveway.