Selling a Broken Car: How to Go About it?

There will eventually come a time when your car breaks down. You know your car is broken and has probably lived out its life. Now, what do you do? Some owners of such broken cars will choose to abandon it in order to avoid the hassle of dealing with it. However, the truth is that there are a number of ways that can be used for selling a broken car. You can sell entirely damaged vehicles or you can salvage the parts and sell them to used car parts dealers. The only requirement is for owners to be aware of the lemon laws and put in time and effort for protecting themselves to ensure they don’t go against the law.

So, how do you sell a broken car? Listed below are the steps that you can take:

Assess the damage

Before you come up with an estimate of the money you can make from your vehicle and decide to sell it, you should first know exactly what your car is worth. You need to reach out to a mechanic to get them to inspect your vehicle and give you an overall report on its condition. This means they will tell you the condition of the different systems that can be found in a car. It is important for you to know which parts and systems are still functioning properly because this will have an impact on how you market your car later on.

Repair the car

There is a way that broken cars can be used for making more money; you can take out the time to repair the vehicle and then sell it to someone interested in buying a car that works properly. If you want to sell the car in an individual sale, you should repair it to the point that it is drive-able and functional. In most cases, there will not be a lot of difference in the cost of repairing the broken car and the increased value of the car after the repairs. Nonetheless, this can vary and it is up to you to decide whether it is worth it to repair the car or not.

Sell the car in its existing condition

The easiest and sometimes the best option for people with a severely damaged or broken car is to sell the vehicle in its existing condition to a salvage lot. Salvage car lots are where the vehicles that are available for sale have been declared irreparable by their previous owners. Therefore, the vehicles you find there do not operate properly and it is not possible to drive them off the lot in their existing condition. However, these cars are still useful. How? They can be used for spare parts or for systems that still work. If nothing else, they are used as scrap metal.

You can also choose to strip the car out and sell its parts individually for getting more money out of it if most of its systems are functioning.