How can I get rid of a junk vehicle?
I have a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am. It runs and drives, but it overheats, needs a power steering pump, and quite a few other problems. Pretty sure it has a blown head. I put it on Craigslist but nobody seems interested in it, even at $300. I called the local towing/body shop company and he doesn’t want it for anything. I’m trying to at least get a little money out of it. I’ve put about $300 of work into so I’m just trying to get back what I spent on it. What sorts of places buy junk vehicles?
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As those wonder if charities can take junk vehicles as long as there is a clean title when some charities can offer a receipt as the donation is likely written off one's taxes. Those know if repairs are a ticket for something newer when the current vehicle needs repairs worth more than what the current value of the vehicle as those donate the current vehicle to charity and use what they get on a down payment for something a whole lot newer.
Take it to a junkyard, it is possible that you may get a little money for it
sell it to a cash for junk cars company
Call the local car graveyard they will come and get it and pay you a few bucks for it.
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Scrap metal yard. They will pay you per pound.
Call your local auto recycler.
The pick-and pull junkyard near where I live will usually pay $250 for any car with a title that doesn't have extensive damage (they won't pay much for a demolished/burned out hulk etc., but your car definitely sounds like something they'd take for the $250) assuming you can get it there without them needing to tow it in themselves. Otherwise they charge about $50- $100 to come pick it up depending on distance from the yard, leaving you with ~$150-$200 overall.
I'd call around to local junkyards and see what they'll offer you assuming you have the title and can drive it to them because it sounds like your car COULD make it there if you know that's its last trip. You'll probably get close to to what you want out of it that way without having to foist a worn out P.O.S. onto another poor person who might legitimately hope to drive it on the road again only to find after purchasing it that they're stuck spending ~$1000 to make it minimally roadworthy again. Good luck.
Why not donate it to Goodwill or some place like that? Now you get to write the donation off on your taxes, so in a way you would get paid for the car.
You can donate it to all sorts of charities - they pick it up at your house. Nearly all my vehicles go to KidneyCars when I am done with them.