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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

Well all of us in the Houston area were effected by hurricane Ike. I had a long blog post on this site about the storm, but it was lost in the server crash. So I will touch on a few points concerning flooded cars from Ike.

First I would like to let everybody know that when we pick up flooded cars we will not sell parts off of them. Salt water destroys the wiring and most parts. Salt water to a car is like acid.

There are a lot of people fixing or trying to fix salt water flooded cars and reselling them. This is a no no. If you buy a vehicle at a car lot or from a dealer, later you find out that it is a salt water damaged car then please seek legal help. These cars will never ever be right.

Always run a carfax or a service similar to make sure that a used vehicle isn’t a flooded out car.

This brings up a good point, what do I do with my flooded car. Simple call us and we will pay you cash for it. We will need a title for the vehicle and a copy of your state issued drivers license or id. If you do not have a title and the vehicle is in your name or your spouse’s name, then I have a form that the state requires you to fill out.  Texas Motor Vehicle Department

We are here to help you in anyway that we are able. Even if you do not sell us your vehicle we are here to answer all of your questions. Please feel free to call us at 713-592-2576

We are now buying Rvs, travel trailers, old hauling trailers, and boats. To my knowledge there isn’t any other companies buying this here locally.

We will be recycling these. This is a test market for us. Our goal is to recycle up to 98% of the vehicles that we purchase and to make the selling process as hassle free as possible.

Please call us for a quote and for details 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

Accident Damaged Cars.  Yes we pay top dollar for them. Where a lot of junk automobile buyers will not buy them we will. It doesn’t matter how badly they are damaged, we will buy them.

The process is easy, all you have to do is call us at 713-592-2576. We will ask you a few questions then we will give you a quote. It that easy. If you like our quote we will schedule a pick up date and time. Of course when we purchase your vehicle we will include the towing free of charge,

Recycling your old junk car help the environment. By selling your old car to us you are helping the environment. You are actually doing a major part in saving the fragile eco system of ours.

When your old junk car or truck is setting  up in your yard or drive way, over time it develop leaks and starts to rust away. This allows oil, freon and other harmful chemicals to get into the dirt and eventually into the water system.

Not only that, when you sell your old junk car or truck to use you are actually saving the non renewable energy it takes to convert raw ore into steel.

Recycling brings local jobs to our economy. Cleans up your neighborhood. It is a win win situation. For all of us. So please do you part recyle your unwanted cars, truck, boats and RVs.

Hello all. If you are a returning reader of our junk car blog then you will notice that a lot of our blogs have changed. We had a server issue and lost all of our junk car blog post. This is ok. We will make it even better this time!!

We will continue to bring you information on options when you are trying to sell or have a junk vehicle towed off. Our goal is not to just buy your vehicle but to also educate the seller. If you have any question please feel free to call us at 713-592-2576