| Salvage car auctions are becoming big business in | | | | it, then the vehicle is considered totaled and the |
| America today. In todays more ecologically | | | | insurance company buys the vehicle and salvages it. |
| considerate world where Reduce, Re-use, Recycle | | | | The interesting point to all this is that insurance |
| has become a catch phrase, recycling of salvage | | | | companies then sell these cars at a salvage car |
| vehicles has become a major player in saving our | | | | auction and these cars can be bought very |
| ecology. The salvage car auction offers a great way | | | | inexpensively. What makes this such a great deal is |
| for salvage yards to buy damaged vehicles for their | | | | that, while most of the cars that come thru a salvage |
| recycling purposes. Most generally these salvaged | | | | car auction are destroyed beyond repair, some |
| vehicles are taken back to salvage yard and parted | | | | vehicles with very minor damage are considered |
| out before the left over husk of the vehicle is crushed | | | | totaled due to the age of the vehicle or the expense |
| and generally sent off to be melted down to make | | | | of a particular repair. Many times a summer hailstorm |
| new metal products. Thus the lawn chairs sitting on | | | | near a new car lot will result in a huge loss for the |
| your patio, in another life, could have been your first | | | | insurance company and a large number of cars that |
| car that you wrecked on prom night. | | | | are mechanically sound but suffer from cosmetic |
| What Is A Salvage Car Auction? | | | | damages. What does this mean for you? |
| So what is a salvage car auction? Basically most of | | | | What it means is that you can buy a new or nearly |
| the vehicles brought up for sale at a salvage car | | | | new vehicle for a very low investment at a salvage |
| auction are from insurance claims. When a car is | | | | car auction so long as you can deal with the minor |
| involved in an accident, the insurance company takes a | | | | cosmetic flaws such as dinged paint or chipped |
| look at the damage to the vehicle and other factors | | | | windshields. So it is quite easy to see that salvage car |
| such as the age of the car and the Kelly Blue Book | | | | auctions serve a purpose in our society and can make |
| value. If the estimated cost of repairs to the vehicle is | | | | for some wonderful savings. |
| more than the value the insurance company assigns to | | | | |