Getting Cash For Junk Cars: Commonly Asked Questions

A few years ago, I was trying to do too much with too little time or support. Sure enough, it showed in my car. She (yes, she) was covered in mud from the winter weather, her interior was full of junk and, quite frankly, had I been asked to give anyone a lift, I’d have felt mortified.

My gentleman friend, Eric, had promised to call me after enough time had passed for me to get back home. I had become very accustomed to being able to trust him to always be true to his word… when he said he would do something, he always did. I had just said goodbye to Brian after finalizing plans to have my hunk of junk towed to his shop first thing in the morning. That is as far in the future as my mind could fathom. I began to regale my story to my puppy/house sitter when my phone rang. It was Eric.

There is not a certain type of vehicle that junk yards do not buy, but they tend to be most interested in automobiles whose parts are in high demand. For example, it would probably be easier to sell a 2005 Honda to a salvage yard that offers ford bakersfield than it would be to sell a 1985 Honda.

junk my car Children learn using all their senses. Reaction patterns develop from what a child hears, sees, feels, tastes, and smells. Everyone and everything are teachers to the developing child. From these input patterns, the child’s mind begins to form thoughts about the world around him or her. Young children begin to make judgments about people, food, animals, etc. based on what they learn. Some of those judgments are to ensure safety of the child, such as learning that touching a hot stove will cause pain. The child learns one thing and often generalizes it to more than one thing, such as a fear of being bitten by bees becomes a fear of being outdoors because bees live in the outdoors.

junk car buyers The stimulus is artificial. It does not come from the needs of consumers, but creates a desire for a new car. I would argue that few of the buyers of new cars under the program actually “needed” a new car. They already had a car. Sure, it might have gotten somewhat poor mileage. But buyers of SUVs don’t usually consider mileage in their buying decision. Passenger safety is their number one consideration when buying an SUV. The statistics coming out of the “Cash For Clunkers” program tell us that the most traded vehicle is the SUV, and the most purchased car is the Ford Focus. So, the government is skewing the marketplace to its own desires.

I love signing on and checking out my auctions, it’s fun! One thing though, don’t get discouraged if it is the next to the last day and you haven’t gotten any bids. eBay lists auctions pulled up by their search engine by those who are close to ending first, so I have had many an auction who didn’t have one bid for all seven days and then had two or three people in a bidding war over the item. It is amazing when several people like what you are selling because you can really make out.