Top Dollar For Junk Cars!!

I want to look at this program for a minute. I do not agree with this slick way of getting people in more debt. Let’s look at the criteria for the program.

Your vehicle must be less then twenty-five (25) years old.

Car must get less then 18 MPG

Must be drivable

Must have been registered for the past 12 months

Must have been insured for the last 12 months with no lapse in coverage

You only get the grant if you are buying or leasing a new car

These criteria are pretty basic but let us look at the last one. You have to either lease or buy a new car. This worries me. I feel like the Government is just trying to help the car makers.

If this was ment to help the public you would be able to buy up to three year old vehicles. The only people that are going to profit from this grant is people that were going to buy a new vehicle anyway.

Another thing that bothers me, what cars are the dealers going to be pushing on people? One thing that a lot of people fail to look at is the resale value of the vehicle they are buying. Please if you are looking into purchasing a vehicle under this program look into the resell value of the vehicle you are thinking about purchasing.

Now don’t get me wrong this will help some but I fear that it might hurt just as many.

Now for the record, I have received a contract to dispose of some of the vehicles that are being sponsored in this grant program. But as usual I give my personal opinion.

The other day a lady called me out to buy a couple of old junk cars from her so she could get up enough money to buy her grandson a car. I agreed on a certain amount .

When I got there she had all of her paper work and a copy of her state issued driver licese. I bought the first and towed it off. Then I went back and was about to tow the second car and I asked what was wrong with it. She said the mechanic told her the the motor was locked up.

I got to looking at the vehicle and connected my jumper cables to it. Once trying to start it I noticed that the starter was hung  up. I pulled out my hammer and hit the starter a few times, the car started right up.

The lady started to cry and said “I sold you thid car and I could have given it to my grandson.” I promply told her no worries and got my money back for that car.

I didn’t buy that car the other day, but I think I made a really good new friend.

We treat people like people.

I wanted to take a minute to mention the differences between freshwater damage versus salt water damage. The main thing that a salt water flooded car does is rust out the car immediately. With in days you can look behind the rubber that is on the door and you will see rust starting to form. This is the salt starting to eat away at the metal on your car body.

Salt water damages your electrical connection in your car real bad. With in days the electronic motors are trash. It’s all most like taking your car and dropping it into a vat of acid and quickly taking it out.

Fresh water flood damage is bad but no where near the same as salt water. With fresh water you can drain the all of your vehicles fluids, replace all the filters, and more then likely your vehicle will start an you will be able to drive it.

I don’t know of any junk yards that will purchase known salt water flooded cars. The damage is just to severe. Nothing can be sold to the general public. The parts are either to corroded or the parts rust apart.

Any salt water flooded vehicle we will tow it away for free.

Salt water damaged cars

We are your primer Houston junk car buyer. If you want professional courteous service, with no hassles, then we are the company that you need.

Not only are the the biggest Houston junk car buyer, we are also the only company that tries to educate the people that are trying to sale their vehicles. There is not one company in the Houston area that tries to educate the public about junk car recycling.

We also encourage people to call us for any questions, even if we are not buying your vehicle. If you are in another region of Texas or the United States we are willing to answer your questions. We are here to help you. Any way we can.

We are a small business. Family owned and operated. We are small by choice not by need. I learned this business from my grandfather, when it was time I took over the company and have keep the same values as my grandfather. When you call us you don’t get an operater or a person just simply taking down information, you talk to either me or my wife. This is what I like to call simple old fashioned business values.

So anything you may need please call us and we will be more then happy to help you. 713-592-2576

Houston Junk Car Buyers

As time goes by, our age grow old as the cars goes broke. And how would get rid of your non working vehicles?

You can put ads in your local papers and online. This is great if you have the time to wait and answer your phone. Also you take a chance of strange people that you don’t know coming to your house. This could be a danger to you and your family.

You can drive it around with a for sale sign on it. This puts you in the same category as above.

Park it on a street corner with a for sale sign on it. Well this will get your phone ringing and will generate interest, but you take a big chance on receiving a ticket for not having a dealers license, your car getting vandalized or even stolen.

We will be more then happy to buy your vehicle. We pay top dollar for all vehicle. Please call us for a free quote and free towing, as always. 713-592-2576

Junk car buyer

A Teaser  quote is when you call a buyer and they knowingly offer you more then what they will pay for your junk car. This is a very bad and deceptive practice.  We at Houston Junk Car Do Not practice this.

The reason the other junk car buyers in Houston do this is to get out to the car. Once they are at the location of your vehicle they feel like they can find a fault in your vehicle or tell you that it isn’t as you described to them over the phone and go down on the price.

This is a horrible practice. I wish the companies that do this would stop. But we all know that there are bad in all industries.

We will never do this to you. We ask you a few questions about your vehicle then give you an estimate about how much we are willing to pay for your vehicle. Simple as that. If there is a possibility that we may change the price we will tell you at the time of your call.

Please call us for details 713-592-2576

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We buy some cars with lost titles. There are provisions. We have to follow the state and federal laws. S we have to ask for extra paperwork.

One thing that we do is document all transactions. From the date and time we receive your call to the time we arrive to inspect your vehicle.

Once we give you a quote we arrange a time and date that is convenient with your schedule. If you have lost your title we will ask you to fill out a form mandated by the state of Texas giving us permission to obtain a duplicate title to your vehicle.

At this point we take pictures of the vehicle and the vehicle identification numbers.  This is to document where and when we purchase a vehicle. At this point we will ask you for your state issued drivers license or id. We also take a picture of it. The state has a strict set of guidelines that we have to follow.

Once we get all of the information that we are required to obtain we write us a bill of sale. You will have to sign it and place your right thumb print on it.

Once we purchase your vehicle we send your state issued title to the state to get it marked as salvaged.

How do I release myself from being liable for my donated vehicle in Texas?
You fill out a form VTR-346 (found here) and submit it to the Texas Department of Transportation. This can also be done easily on the TxDOT website. For additional information, please refer to the Texas DOT web site: TxDOT.

I hope this information has been very helpful. If you have any questions please feel free to give us a call at 713-592-2576

If you are trying to sell your junk car in the Houston area you are probably asking yourself  “How do I sell my junk car.” Well hopefully this blog gives you some solid advice.

We would like the opportunity to purchase your junk vehicle. We are a licensed automobile salvage buyer, that cares about the people we are buying from. Our company is small by choice. My wife and I operate and run the company. In the future my hopes are that my children will step in and help.

We are very proffessional with speedy pickups. We pay cash when we come out to look at your vehicle. If we quote you a price over the phone we stick to it.

We would be honored if you would call us with your junk car needs at 713-592-2576

The first step for us is paper work. We make copies of your title and all information concerning your vehicle. Then we log them into our salvage title book. We turn in our titles about once a month or sooner, depends on when we need to.

After this we drain all fluids out of the vehicle. The fluids are all drained in separate containers to keep cross contamination down. We go to great lengths not to spill or drop any of the vehicles fluids on the ground. Accidents do happen but not as often as you might think. We then send these fluids out to be recycled.

After the fluids are drained, we then remove the tires and wheels. The rubber is removed from the rims and stacked to be recycled into either other tires or even fuel. The wheel itself is usually steel or aluminum, we stack the wheels in separate stacks to send them off to get processed and recycled.

Once the tires are take car of, we remove the engine and transmission. After we evaluate the engine and transmission to see if it can be used as a core, rebuildable, we place it in the proper stack. If the engine and transmission isn’t rebuildable then we simply recycle them for the metals that they contain.

At this point we are ready to remove the break parts and any front end parts that my be rebuilt and most of the electrical parts.

The salvage car is now ready to be crushed. We load the vehicle into a huge press that smashes it flat. Once we smash it flat we stack it and wait for the processor to pick it up.

This is how we crush junk cars.

The left over car bodies are picked up by the processor and processed again by them. What basically happens is the car body is ground up into half dollar sized pieces. the grinder then separates the aluminum, brass and interior parts that is left over.

At this stage the half dollar pieces are ready to be melted down into new metal. Most of the time your old car becomes a brand new car. By us recycling you vehicle we save valuable resources that otherwise would have gone to waste.

Car being sreaded into pieces

About 98% of the vehicle is recycled. This is a huge improvement over the years past. In the past your old vehicle could have sat in a dump or in your backyard. By recycling your vehicle you are doing a great good for the environment.

Please call if you have any questions 713-592-2576

Always sale you junk vehicle to a licensed salvage dealer!! Only a licensed salvage automobile dealer can turn the title into the state and has the proper paperwork to report that the vehicle is no longer  in your possession anymore.

When a licensed salvage auto buyer purchases you junk vehicle they will then fill out a register and turn your title into the state of Texas. The state of Texas the marks your title as sold for salvage. /this protects you against any liabilities that may come up from your vehicle.

A Texas Licensed Salvage dealer has to remove all registration, stickers and plates, then distroy them. This is for your protection.

Let me give you a scenario. You call up a company out of your local paper or off of a sign, this bandit junk buyer comes out and buys your junk car. The bandit junk buyer then repairs a few things on your vehicle and sales it to the guy down the street, then that guy sales it to another guy, never transferring the title.

Well you have a car running around in your name that you are responsible for. Let’s say the last guy that bought the car is a bad character and goes out drinking and driving. He hits a family in your old vehicle and hurts someone or even flees the scene. Well that vehicle is in your name you are held liable for it.

By using a State licensed Auto Dealer you protect yourself against this. If you are in doubt ask the buyer to show you his license. If he doesn’t have, which you have to carry it on you, you can call Texas Department of Transportation, (TXDOT) to verify that they are valid.

Even if you do not sell us your vehicle please make sure you sell it to a Texas Licensed Salvage Dealer. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call us at 713-592-2576