It was a man-made mountain of long, metal strips, each strip about 1 foot wide, 10 feet long and less than 2 inches thick. This debris stretched as least 30 feet long and more than 10 feet high. How many of those metal strips were in that pile? Hundreds? Thousands?

Most car parts are made up of metal; therefore even your non-functional part would be able to fetch you cash – that’s why you need to visit your local recycler. So, they don’t just help you get replacements; they even buy your corrupt parts and sell them as scrap metal.

The body of the car is also a money maker for you. Just like engine parts break down and need replaced, body components are damaged for a number of reasons. A person can damage their car in a wreck, someone can purposely inflict damage on their car, or their car can become physically damaged during a natural disaster. In these cases, doors, hoods, trunks, side panels, fenders, and even the wheels and tires are needed to fix those damaged areas. They can easily have the spare body parts installed on their car and refinished to look like nothing ever happened.

Lastly, if you are either a mechanic or someone in that league of under-the-hood skills you can always try the auto yard. Because these cars are sometimes used for unsanctioned racing you can usually find imports at the junkyard. «Pick a part» type auto parts businesses tend to work with salvage and insurance companies to get choice wrecks, and while you probably wouldn’t go there to get an RX-7 door panel, they are perfect spots to find interior RX-7 parts and engine parts. Used auto parts that come from «pick a part» yards are usually pretty cheap because you are doing the finding and removing of the part all by yourself. Again, this is recommended only if you really know what you’re doing. A mechanic who works with cars every day can spot a useful part from a throw away, can you?

Look around you when you are on the road. There are millions of cars, buses, motorcycles, boats and not to mention sports vehicles. They all require or will require some maintenance or parts down the road. It is just a matter of time. In fact according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Statistical Records there were 241 million registered vehicles in 2007 in U.S. alone, and this does not include the vehicles in stores, salvage yards, auto auctions, and countless other places. Now, multiply this many vehicles by the number of parts an average vehicle has, and you get into trillions.

lake norman hyundai Longing Desires: The other reason can be big dreams. Everyone wants to own personal car whether new or used. When people think that they cannot buy new vehicle, they prefer to buy second hand car. It is a shortcut to enjoy driving comforts.

If you’re bold enough to go this route, you could save yourself a tremendous amount of money if you buy a salvage car. But first you’ll need to find a salvage car. Auto salvage yards are like dealerships for salvage cars. Wrecked cars, those that have been in accidents and the like, end up on these yards, and are there for the taking if you know how to look. You can often find salvage yards in a phonebook or on the Internet. You should call ahead of time to see if they have any salvage cars available for you to buy.

Cut off the Catalytic Converter… Until recent years, this was one of the greatest secrets of the most profitable things to do, after you buy wrecked cars for sale. The catalytic converter contains platinum and other expensive metals that recycling centers love to get their hands on. Leaving the catalytic converter on the car is a huge mistake, because the average factory original catalytic converter is worth between $50.00 and $100.00, some of them even more!

Leased cars are not the only nearly new cars that you can find. There are some that have sat on the lot and not sold. These may have been used for many test drives, but for some reason they did not sell. That does not mean that there is anything wrong with them. Times are tough, and new cars sales in some areas are understandably low. Some of these cars are deeply discounted when the new model year comes around so that the lot can get rid of them. This is where you can get a good discount on a car that may only have a few hundred miles on it.