The first step to undertake after you’ve made the decision to sell your old car is to scour it for personal belongings. You may not even remember tucking a cherished photo behind the sun visor or leaving important tools in the trunk. Therefore, it’s a good idea to comb through the car’s interior spaces to make sure you’ve left nothing of value behind. You might have regrets when you later realize that you failed to recover an important personal effect.
A salvage yard generally bases junk car payments on scrap value, or the value of the weight of the metal in the vehicle. Therefore, it makes sense to remove any valuable parts prior to the pick-up of the car you’re selling. If you have a nice stereo in your old car, for example, you may want to pull it out before selling it. Likewise, if you put a new alternator on your old car just weeks before another part failed and took the vehicle off the road for good, you may want to remove it and sell it online. You’ll get more money for it that way, and the salvage yard will still pay you the same amount for your scrap vehicle in most cases. Some people also remove new tires and wheels or car batteries if they are relatively new, as they too can fetch more money on the secondary market.
In many states, you’ll need a title to sell a junk car to a salvage yard. While that’s not the case everywhere, if you have a title for your vehicle, go ahead and prepare it for the transaction. If you don’t have the original title, you can get a duplicate title in most cases from your state’s department of motor vehicles. You also may need to prepare or sign a bill of sale stating the details of the transaction. Be sure to remove any license plates that are on the car as well.
Just as you would shop around for the best price on any goods or service, you should call the salvage yards in your area to get the best price for your junk car. In addition to asking for their quote, make sure you also know whether they’ll charge to remove the vehicle or do it for free. It’s also important to ask what state they’d like the car to be in when its sold. For example, some salvage yards prefer to have cars stripped down to the bare metal before buying them, while others will just buy the entire car. If the preference is the former, you’ll probably need to pay a mechanic to strip the car and remove the fluids, which represents an additional cost that should be reflected in the amount the salvage company is paying for your car.
If you need salvage car removal in Montcalm, MI, consider selling your old vehicle to a salvage yard for recycling. Before doing so, make sure you’ve considered the steps above to speed up the transaction and ensure that it goes smoothly. To learn more measures you should take when selling your junk vehicle to a salvage yard, contact Fair Salvage Company at (989) 386-7552.
