How to Sell Your Wrecked Car for the Best Price Many drivers assume that their vehicle is worthless after it is involved in an accident that causes it to be “totaled.” That is, repairing the damage to the vehicle would cost more than the car is worth on the fair market. After all, even when...

Junk Cars in Killeen: Four Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Vehicle When it comes to selling junk cars in Killeen, Texas — or any other city, for that matter — it is important to evaluate your options for choosing a buyer by answering some crucial questions about your vehicle and the prospective buyer, particularly...

Recycling a Vehicle: What Happens to a Car When It’s Recycled? Since companies have become more environmentally conscious about their business practices, auto recycling has been one of the most talked about topics related to the automotive industry. However, the process is often discussed without providing an explanation of what recycling a vehicle entails. In...

U-Pick Junkyards Vs. Counter-Jockey Junkyards Junkyards are often separated into two categories: “U-pick” junkyards and “counter-jockey” junkyards. At U-pick junkyards, customers bring their own tools to remove parts. At counter-jockey junkyards, parts are removed by employees and transported to the payment counter, where the customer pays for them and is quickly on his way. If...

What Components From the Average Vehicle Are Recyclable? Almost everyone knows that vehicles can be recycled, but not as many people are aware of the parts of vehicles that can be recycled and repurposed. In this entry, we take a look at the recyclable materials that are found in the average vehicle by weight, what...

How to Sell Your Junk Car in Temple, TX, for the Most Money Junk cars typically aren’t worth lots of money, but you can often receive hundreds of dollars for a junker when you sell it to a professional junkyard that competes with competitors’ offers. For many drivers, this is enough to peak their interest...

Recycling Options for Used Tires The process of recycling a vehicle often involves several steps, one of which is deciding how to recycle the tires on the automobile. When they shop at junkyards, some drivers buy used tires that still have good tread and use them as replacement tires. But what happens to tires that...

Four Things You Didn’t Know About Self-Service Auto Parts From Junkyards If you are thinking about buying self-service auto parts from a junkyard, you probably know that a junkyard is one of the best places to acquire inexpensive auto parts, but buying self-service auto parts from a junkyard can have other benefits as well. As...

Why Buy Used Vehicles for Sale From a Junkyard? When most people are in the market to buy used vehicles for sale, they head to an auto dealership to check out the used car inventory. However, there are several reasons to consider buying used vehicles for sale from a junkyard instead. When you buy a...

End of Life Vehicle Solutions Creates Battery Recovery Hotline End of Life Vehicle Solutions (ELVS) — an industry-leading proponent of cutting edge auto recycling solutions and programs — recently announced the creation a free hotline that helps automotive dismantlers recycle high-voltage batteries, such as the kind you find in hybrid vehicles and electric automobiles. The...

Should You Buy Used Vehicles for Sale From a Junkyard or an Auto Dealer? A person typically purchases a used automobile for one of two reasons: the vehicle is considered a classic, and the buyer wants to restore it to perfect condition; or the buyer is looking for a reliable mode of transportation that doesn’t...

Do Junkyards Buy Lemon Vehicles? If you live in Killeen, Texas, and have a lemon vehicle that you would like to get rid of, you may wonder whether you could sell the car to a junkyard that offers cash for cars in Killeen. In most cases, the answer would be yes. Most junkyards are interested...

GM Earns $1 Billion a Year From Recycled Auto Waste Since the middle of the recent recession, GM has had lots of financial ground to make up. While the obvious way to improve its finances would be to sell more vehicles, the automotive giant isn’t depending on car sales alone to put it back in...

Pick Your Own Parts: Tips for Getting Auto Parts From Junkyards If you need to save money on replacement vehicle components, opting to pick your own parts from a junkyard is an excellent option. However, before you hop in your car and travel to the nearest vehicle salvage lot, there are some helpful tips that...

How Are Cars Recycled? Vehicle recycling has recently become more popular with the general public, thanks in part to the success of the green movement, but the U.S. auto recycling industry has existed for 75 years. Today, auto recycling is the 16th largest industry in the U.S. and generates about $25 million in annual revenue....