When you’re ready to sell a junk car or wrecked vehicle, be armed with these tips to avoid being scammed.  These tips will also help you maximize your dollars when your wrecked car or truck is sold.

1. Beware of junk car buyers that claim to not need the vehicles title.  Cars, trucks, and SUV’s, whether they’re junk or totally operational, can’t be transferred legally without the vehicles title.  So while there are junk car buyers that will buy vehicles without titles, it is not legal.  If you have lost your title, there is relatively simple process of getting a duplicate from your department of motor vehicles.  Having title in hand will allow you to sell to legitimate junk car buyers and should bring you more cash for your car.
2. Contact reputable salvage yards for bids on your vehicle.  Generally, salvage yards can pay the most for wrecked car or truck.  We’re the end user of the vehicle, so by selling to salvage yards, you skip the wrecked vehicle haulers, auto auctions, or any other middle man.
3. Avoid large corporate vehicle purchasers.  There are a number of companies that purchase large amounts of ad space online and market there companies well.  But they don’t process wrecked vehicles or junk cars.  They simply get your vehicle information and send that info out to salvage yards for junk car bids.  While this is not a scam, it is the ultimate middle man for wrecked SUV’s, junk cars, and junk trucks.  They’re only recourse for any vehicle that they buy is to sell to the salvage yards that will process the wrecked vehicles.
4. Making you pay for the tow.  Some wrecked car buyers will deduct a significant amount of your payment for the tow.  This can be a shady practice because you’ve already agreed on the value of the junk car or junk truck for sale.  They can be charging you in excess for a tow that may cost them next to nothing.  Make sure you work with junk car buyers that include pickup of the vehicle into there bid.  This will give you the most accurate information to make a decision on which salvage yard to sell your junk car, truck, or SUV to.
5. Giving you a zero dollar estimate.  Some shady wrecked car or junk car haulers will tell you that your car has no value, but they’ll haul it away free of charge.  They attempt to make you think that they are towing your junk car as a favor, but there is almost always money to be made on salvage cars and trucks.  Make sure you get three bids from reputable salvage yards in your area before making a decision.  The extra ten minutes or so should net you some extra cash when you’re selling your junk car or truck.

If you have a wrecked vehicle, junk car, truck to sell, broken down SUV, or anything else that you cash for.  Call us today! We buy wrecked vehicles from all over the great state of Colorado.  So far this year we have purchased junk cars and trucks from Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broomfield, Canon City, Castle Rock, Centennial, Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Denver, Englewood, Erie, Fort Collins, Golden, Grand Junction,
Greeley, Greenwood Village, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Louisville, Loveland, Montrose, Northglenn, Parker, Pueblo, Pueblo West, Thornton, Westminster, Highlands Ranch, Wheat Ridge, and even Windsor.

We're always looking for junk cars like these models Volvo 70 Series, Buick Lucerne, Infiniti G37, Lexus IS250, Acura TL, BMW, Subaru, Prius,  and any other wrecked cars and sedans.

We also purchase thes makes and models wrecked trucks and SUV's or junk trucks and SUV's.  We love Toyota trucks like Tacoma, Tundra, Sequoia, 4 Runner, and HIghlander.  Junk Chevrolet trucks are always on our buy list, like Surbuban 1500, Yukon, Avalanche, Silverado 2500, Tahoe, and Envoy.  We're purchasing wrecked SUV's like Lexus RX300, Volvo XC90, Land Rover LR3 and Range Rover, Xterra, Pilot, Grand Cherokee, Forester, and all other makes and models of trucks and SUV's are junk cars that we are interested in purchasing.

Thanks to all of the awesome people throughout the Denver Metro Area that have given us an opportunity to buy there junk car, wrecked truck, or SUV that isn't running.

 

The salvage process is one that I am often questioned about.  People seem to be curious about how salvage yards function.  Since our salvage has been operating in Denver for nearly 40 years, I believe I can shed some light on the subject.

 

Sourcing Vehicles

The procurement process is of paramount importance to automotive recyclers.  Do it poorly, and you will suffer.  Do it well, and you will thrive.  We have a dedicated employee to this specific component of the process and we use the most cutting edge software available to aid him. This is the first step in the process, we have to get our “raw inventory” from somewhere before we can begin our salvage vehicle dismantling process. Insurance companies get vehicles from accidents that are considered a “total loss”.  They then sell those vehicles through insurance auto auction.  All of the junk vehicles and wrecked cars end up at 2-3 different salvage auctions.  Bidders from across the world can bid on these wrecked cars and trucks, and whoever ponies up the most cash gets the salvage vehicle.

 

Add Parts to Inventory

Now that the wrecked vehicles, junk cars, and totaled trucks have been acquired and are at our facility, we need to physically inventory the vehicle and it’s parts.  We’ll actually assess the damage to every part that we put in stock and assign a grade to many of them to help our salespeople understand the condition of the part.  Based on the value of the parts and our historical sales data, we’ll inventory the used parts with good value. We use a tablet to electronically enter the parts with descriptions into our yard management system.  This allows our sales people to easily look up parts when they’re requested and access all the information about the vehicles and their parts.  Once the parts are in our inventory, they’re broadcasted real time over the internet to hundreds of other salvage yards, shops, and even to the retail public on various websites.

 

Disassembly Process

This is the heart of our manufacturing, disassembly, dismantling, process.  We start by testing anything in wrecked car that we’re able to, emphasizing the more valuable components like the engine and transmission.  Next we’ll systematically remove of all the fluids, gases, oils, etc., from the junk car in the most environmentally sound way possible.  Finally, we’ll actually remove the engine, transmission, and core parts.  Wrecked trucks are always the best for core product.  The engine and transmission will be stocked in our warehouse so they can be delivered to our customers the day after they are ordered.  The removal of the engine and transmission is key to removal of most other parts on the vehicle.  Upon completion of the dismantling process, our lead dismantler will inspect the vehicles and verify that proper procedure has been applied and the vehicle is placed in a row in our yard.

 

Selling Parts Off Wrecked Cars and trucks

Once the wrecked vehicle is dismantled, parts will begin to sell off the vehicles at a rather quick pace.  We’re primarily a wholesale provider of used auto parts, so we take hundreds of calls a day from body shops, insurance companies, independent repair shops, and dealerships, and process there orders as quickly as possible.  The parts are not 100% ready to be sold at the time we receive the order.  Many need to be removed, inspected, and cleaned before they are sold. Through our yard management system, we create electronic work orders that prompt our production staff to pull the specific part that has been ordered. 

 

Removing Parts from Cars and Trucks

A work order is created that will route our parts pullers in the removal of all the correct parts.  This is one of the final steps in the process, as the part that has been ordered will be removed from the junk vehicle or picked from the warehouse.  The parts puller is responsible for doing basic quality control, pulling the correct part, marking, and tagging the part with the routing information.

  

Logistics

Now that the wrecked car has been processed, inventoried, and parts are selling, it is time to get the parts to one of our valuable customers.  We will deliver many of parts to customers within our delivery zone and we freight or ship a fair percentage of our products out as well.  We don’t do residential delivery and some shops opt to pick up there parts in store.  We try to accommodate the needs of our customers as much as possible, and provide the product as quickly as we can.

 

Crushing the Wrecked Vehicles

Everything must come to an end, even the beautiful if of car, truck, or SUV that was wrecked, considered a junk car, and now fully recycled!  After a vehicle has spent it’s “useful life” at our yard, it’s time to put new inventory that was recently purchased in its place.  In order to make room, we must “scrap” the vehicle and send it to be shredded and recycled.  We will remove a final round of core products from the vehicle and move it into a large container to be hauled off to the recycler to be crushed and processed into metals.  This is the final element of recycling the vehicle as it is returned to the raw material state from which it was originally built.

 

That’s the nitty gritty on what happens everyday at our salvage yard.  Sometimes it isn’t pretty but we have found this method to be environmentally friendly, efficient, and effective at providing quality used auto parts. 

Central Auto Parts has been going crazy buying wrecked cars, junk vehicles, hammered SUV's, and totaled trucks! We're buying like crazy and spending money that coud end up in your pocket.  Here's some of the various makes and models of junk cars and truks we've been buying lately...

'04 Honda Pilot
'11 Toyota Prius
'09 Volvo S70
'13 Volkswagon Jetta
'05 Subaru Forester
'06 Subaru Legacy Outback
'99 Toyota Camry
'03 Honda Civic
'11 Kia Sorento
'08 Ford Focus
'08 Mazda 3
'02 Ford Explorer
'10 VW Jetta
'08 Jeep Grand Cherokee
'09 Toyota 4unner
'05 Lexus RX330
'13 Hyundai Elantra
'11 Subaru Impreza
'14 Kia Optima
'09 Dodge Caliber
'06 Honda Element
'02 Toyota Highlander
'06 Toyota Tacoma
'04 Chevy 1500 Silverado
'08 Nissan Xterra
'06 Audi A4
'12 Mazda 6
'02 Honda Accord
'07 Volkswagon Beetle
'11 Dodge Ram 1500
'09 Ford F150
'07 Toyota Sienna
'06 Chevrolet Avalanche
'04 Scion TC
'09 Nissan Murano

This is less than half of the vehicles we might purchase in any given month, so we're ready to give you TOP DOLLAR for your junk car.  We're buying many different makes and models of trucks and SUV's.  We buy diesel trucks as well, so don't hesitate to give us a call or send in our secure form with your information and we'll give you a bid for your junk car.

 

It is so simple to get the most out of your wrecked car or unwanted vehicle! You need to remove the middle man.  By selling direct to a salvage yard you eliminate all of these middle men...

1. Tow Companies
2. Wrecked Vehicle Traders
3. Auto Auctions
4. Insurance Companies

All of the above companies will purchase your vehicle and the SELL them to a salvage yard in order to MAKE PROFITS! You can outsmart these guys and MAKE MORE MONEY on your wrecked vehicle by going around them and selling direct to the salvage yard.  Here's how...

1. Pick up the phone or open a web browser...
2. Call Central Auto Parts or submit a vehicle sell form
3. We'll come get the car and pay you the amount we would have paid the middle man!
4. Celebrate having made more money on your car or truck!

Everyone likes to make more money and cut out middle men, so do it.  It's a beautiful thing.