List it yourself if it runs and drives
A car with a current sticker that starts, drives and passes has a private value well above scrap. If that is yours, list it. You will do better, and an honest junk buyer will tell you so.
Call a junk buyer once it stops moving
When a car will not start or will not pass, the private market shrinks to hobbyists and flippers, most of whom want it free and will leave you waiting three weeks. Meanwhile it occupies a space and may be collecting tickets.
Count what listing really costs
Photos, the listing, the messages, the no-shows, the haggling, and then the problem of physically moving a car that does not run. A tow you pay for eats a serious share of a small sale price.
Parting it out rarely pays
It works if you have space, tools, time and storage. Most people pull two or three valuable pieces, find the rest hard to sell, and end up with a shell worth less than the whole car was.
The genuine judgement call
A car that runs but needs one expensive repair. Get a repair estimate and a junk figure and compare. If the repair costs more than the car is worth fixed, the decision makes itself.
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We are at 3916 S Lake Park Ave and the phone is answered 24 hours: (224) 591-5855. Free tow across Chicago, the south suburbs and northwest Indiana.
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Tell us what you have
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