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Has anyone any experience of buying damaged cars on copart?
Just been looking and saw some potential bargains.
I have no problem with cars with a history if the moneys right. I also have a little experience now in fixing and fabricating after my own 996 project.
I'd be all on for a cheap car and possibly keeping it cheap to make it as usable as possible without the worry of hurting it.
Or fixing something to a high enough standard to keep good.
Not necessarily Porsche stuff but I have a little experience now so it'd be a good place to start
I can't speak directly about buying a salvage car although a friend's Audi S3 was stolen/recovered and whilst it looked to have superficial damage, the salvage company (not Copart btw) had lifted the car around the yard with a forklift during the process and had created hidden damage to the underside of the shell (& associated components). With all the extra gubbins around the front of a car, there's so much risk if you don't spot an expensive damaged part/s.
YouTube is awash with content from people buying and fixing "salvage" although whether they actually make any profit at the end is another thing. If you are buying a salvage car as a means to get yourself an otherwise unaffordable car as you can buy replacement bumpers/headlights etc. that you'll keep for a few years, then that might be a different matter.
Funny a neighbour said that he bought an e46 m3 and when he went to collect it, it was brought out on a forklift but luckily no damage. Not sure if that was copart but definitely somewhere in England. We're in Northern Ireland here.
I wouldn't be looking to make a business of it, just more to obtain something that normally might be out of reach
That's a bit of a wild, sweeping statement.
It takes very little for an
insurance
firm to write off some cars as salvage.
My car was a Cat C over 10 years ago. It's since passed 10+ MOT's and nothing has fallen off.
I used to buy salvage and sell it repaired in my spare time in my 20's and this is when you could make some money doing so. Nowadays the salvage companies sell cars as high as they can get away with, which when you add up the parts you need to fix them you could just go and buy a straight car.
Maybe 20 years ago. That market has changed so much. Loads of nightmare stuff out there now. Not really worth the hassle as a private individual these days.
Fine if it's your business and you know what you're doing but I wouldn't bother.
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