| As a young driver I used to dream of owning a | | | | the now lucrative market if selling used car parts off |
| newer faster and bigger car than I owned. One way | | | | the shelf. Vehicles that were of a young age, when |
| of doing this was to buy a salvage car, spend some | | | | broken down could make many times the salvage |
| time doing the car up, whilst driving it around, and | | | | price, from each individual used car part that was sold |
| then hopefully sell it for more than I bought it, to | | | | from it. The remainder of the vehicle was then sold |
| then buy another salvage car and the cycle start | | | | as scrap metal. In these days you did not need the |
| again. | | | | licence you need to day to break a vehicle and take |
| The source for buying the vehicles was the car | | | | it off the road, cheap imported car parts has still not |
| salvage auctions that did not occur as often as a | | | | hit the shelf's yet and the internet was not even |
| normal car auction, but did come around every few | | | | heard of. |
| months or so to the local area where I lived. If I | | | | But now in the 21st century things have changed |
| could not wait for the next event I found by reading | | | | again. It is virtually unknown for a physical car salvage |
| an auto car magazine, I could find some car salvage | | | | auction to take place. It is too much hassle, to |
| auction with driving distance every few weeks. | | | | transport the vehicles to the auction house to be |
| If the truth were known, by the time I added up the | | | | sold. Most salvage auctions are now done online |
| total cost of putting these salvage cars back on the | | | | either after they have first been bought direct from |
| road, i probably could have bought a normal car | | | | the insurance companies or through a trade only |
| without the hassle. But at the time I was blinded by | | | | auction before being sold on. |
| the process and because I did not fork out for | | | | Of course the disadvantage is, you find yourself |
| everything ion one go, I never really felt the real cost | | | | bidding on vehicles you cannot see or touch. The |
| hit me. | | | | benefits are, with so many cars being sold off, there |
| However as time moved on, it seemed that | | | | can be bargains found again. It should be noted that |
| everyone and his dog was now buying car salvage to | | | | the cheapest car salvage auctions tend to be to |
| repair and the prices of vehicles started to get to a | | | | trade only and other sales, tend to be a re-sale. |
| price point where it just was not worth buying and in | | | | So of you are looking for car salvage auctions, you |
| fact I never understood, why they were such high | | | | will have to look online and take your time to find |
| prices until a while later. | | | | out, are you buying direct, or as a re-sale. It may |
| The reason for the high prices was I competing with | | | | make a huge difference in price. If you are looking |
| breaker yards, which had no intention for rebuilding | | | | for car parts, then buying from a salvage yard may |
| the cars they were in fact stripping them down for | | | | be the solution. |