Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Salvage Cars

by Dennis J James

Salvage cars are very popular nowadays due to many reasons such as; they are cheaper, the whole process does not involve as much time as buying a used car, or cost as much as buying new cars.
Of course, as with any other thing on the market, there are several difficulties, and in this case, there can be found many more downs than ups. Yet, for example, if you have enough money put aside and need to buy a car fast, and you do not worry that much about possible quality problems, then salvage car auctions are the thing for you.
For example, let us assume that you want to buy a car for your son, since he has not got that much experience as a driver it may be safer if in the beginning he would own a cheaper car and learn how to deal with small possible problems that may appear.
Of course, a salvage car can be great if you want to buy a second car for your or your family, because you can get it cheap and fast, because everybody needs at some point a new car for their family.
As mentioned before, the biggest advantage with salvage cars (and obviously, salvage cars auctions is that they are very cheap). Most of the times these cars are very cheap because they need to be sold right away and the buyer is more willing to offer a smaller price than bargain for a huge price.

This way, at auctions, in some cases, the final price might meet the ideal price for the seller, but most of the times, it will be under his price. Therefore, if you are low on money and need a car fast, if you can find a salvage car auction somewhere near you, it would be a great idea to take advantage of the situation.
The second great thing about these salvage car auctions is that because of the buyer's rush to sell the car; it will not take anybody's time. Practically, it is only a matter of days after you were announced the winner of the auction until you will actually have the car in your hands to drive it with all the papers written.
Of course, with salvage cars it is more difficult to tell if they are real quality, meaning that while at an used car dealer you can spot many faults in the car's system by discussing with the dealer, driving the car, carefully examining it on your time. It is harder to do that at an auction because there will be many people there trying to do that, and everybody seems to want to find something out, and get in your way.
Yet, there is a solution to people who are too afraid to a buy from these kind of auctions - they can buy the car for body parts. Repo vehicles can be used as spare parts for your own car, and this way save a lot of money with possible purchases.
You have all the parts you need now. Of course, it is a matter of luck and opportunity, and sometimes you may not find a model just like yours, or something similar. However, if you do, you can consider your car saved!

1 comment:

Roland said...

Purchasing salvage cars is a money-saving act. Of course, you need to get one from reputable resellers like the Copart auctions. But you need to spend money for brokers. Good thing there's Salvage Reseller which helps you find junk cars in Copart for free!