Junking a car?

[Bronn]

Anyone here ever junked a car? By that, I mean selling to a junkyard or some other sort of buyer/recycler.

I’ve got a near 20 years old car that I was going to try to sell, but upon a good cleaning inside and out I discovered that it had developed some big issues after sitting out, not being driven for over a year. 

I could probably make it drivable again with $100 or so of parts and some elbow grease, but I was going to be lucky to get $1200 or so out of it to begin with.

 

[The_Light_Brigade]

I got like 400 bucks a few years ago for a 94 grand cherokee that blew the transmission.  Call up the yard and see what they require.  My BIL had a flatbed trailer with a come along.  We got it up and they plucked it off the trailer with a magnet. I was required to remove the gas tank.  That was easy enough to drop out of the Jeep.  I got rid of the gas later at a local hazardous materials drive they had in my County.  It wasn't so bad. 

[Bronn]

21 hours ago, The_Light_Brigade said:

I got like 400 bucks a few years ago for a 94 grand cherokee that blew the transmission.  Call up the yard and see what they require.  My BIL had a flatbed trailer with a come along.  We got it up and they plucked it off the trailer with a magnet. I was required to remove the gas tank.  That was easy enough to drop out of the Jeep.  I got rid of the gas later at a local hazardous materials drive they had in my County.  It wasn't so bad. 

Can I ask what region of the state, assuming it is NC, this was in? I haven’t called up any yards yet.

Basically, it is now dumping all the coolant out of the bottom somewhere. I’m thinking it is a hose or freeze plug or something but haven’t had time, or cool enough weather, to crawl underneath. 

Obviously since it has no coolant it gets hot fast. I don’t think anything else is damaged. I can’t let it run long enough for the battery to charge, lol, so that’s another thing that I might have to replace if I do try to sell it.

It’s a 2002 Chevy Cavalier with almost 200k miles. Before I parked it a long time ago, the only real issues were cosmetic.

I just hate to junk it and lose out on an extra $500 or so, lol.

[Dex]

I got $200 on a trade in with a 1999 Daewoo Lanos (not kidding) when I got a new Honda. The salesman had to bring out the manager and he said they can just junk it. I told them to please just take it lmao.

[Johnny Rockets]

23 hours ago, Bronn said:

Anyone here ever junked a car? By that, I mean selling to a junkyard or some other sort of buyer/recycler.

I’ve got a near 20 years old car that I was going to try to sell, but upon a good cleaning inside and out I discovered that it had developed some big issues after sitting out, not being driven for over a year. 

I could probably make it drivable again with $100 or so of parts and some elbow grease, but I was going to be lucky to get $1200 or so out of it to begin with.

 

I did about a year ago in NC (Cabarrus County).  Had a 1999 Toyota Camry with 200,000 miles that I originally bought new and handed down to my son several years back. He drove it up for Christmas and said he needed to get it inspected. I got in the thing and the struts and suspension were completely gone and it was so unsafe to drive. Gave him my Lexus and took it straight to the recycle/junk yard and it was simple. I never considered selling it even though the engine was still in great shape and didn't use a drop of oil. 

He had lost the title but even then, because of the year of the car I as able to junk it without the title. Think I got about $300-$350 for it and had to do nothing but drive it to them. 

[The_Light_Brigade]

1 hour ago, Bronn said:

Can I ask what region of the state, assuming it is NC, this was in? I haven’t called up any yards yet.

Basically, it is now dumping all the coolant out of the bottom somewhere. I’m thinking it is a hose or freeze plug or something but haven’t had time, or cool enough weather, to crawl underneath. 

Obviously since it has no coolant it gets hot fast. I don’t think anything else is damaged. I can’t let it run long enough for the battery to charge, lol, so that’s another thing that I might have to replace if I do try to sell it.

It’s a 2002 Chevy Cavalier with almost 200k miles. Before I parked it a long time ago, the only real issues were cosmetic.

I just hate to junk it and lose out on an extra $500 or so, lol.

Johnston County. It might be worth it to find the leak, if it's just a water pump or busted hose or radiator, it's not a hard fix. Easily find your parts at the junk yard and re-plumb the system and bleed the air out. Turn a 200 dollar junk into a 1k craigslist beater. 

[Bronn]

7 minutes ago, The_Light_Brigade said:

Johnston County. It might be worth it to find the leak, if it's just a water pump or busted hose or radiator, it's not a hard fix. Easily find your parts at the junk yard and re-plumb the system and bleed the air out. Turn a 200 dollar junk into a 1k craigslist beater. 

That’s kinda what I was thinking of doing. I’m comfortable working on cars, it’s just a matter of finding the time and the parts. 

[The_Light_Brigade]

2 minutes ago, Bronn said:

That’s kinda what I was thinking of doing. I’m comfortable working on cars, it’s just a matter of finding the time and the parts. 

If you decide just to junk, make sure you call every place in the area. Sometimes junk prices vary. I think when I junked mine it was $9 per 100lbs for a vehicle. Other places were 7.50 or 8.  I'd only try to save it if it was going to be worth something after fixing. 

[cookinbrak]

Put it on FB Marketplace or Craigslist just like it is. Include the info, be truthful, and someone will probably bring you 500 bucks.