Going rate for junk cars?

[-stew-]

Anyone junked anything lately? I found a suburban and I'd like to buy it for scrap price. Its got a bunch of interior parts I'd like, but I gotta tow it to east Troy. I think its worth little more than scrap value, I did some calling around and was told $350-400 picked up, but I think they'll pay less when they see parts off it. I offered him $400 and he got offended. I didn't think I was out of line.

[WickedSix]

Scrap price on a suburban? should be around 600 last time I had checked (couple months) was $200 a ton

[Car Guy]

Unless major heavy parts are gone they will not care. They probably will care if the converters are gone.

[-stew-]

May or may not have worked out a deal with the guy for the truck with no motor or trans for $400. But its Craigslist, so until I have the truck in my possession I am almost very unassured the deal is going to fall apart.

[easytoremember]

What is he asking for it? Some people are just idiots and think their shit box is worth it's weight in gold.

[-stew-]

He's askin $1100 in the ad and has said he'd take $800 for the whole truck. Its a 90 suburban that doesn't run and says he needs it needs the brakes bled, and to me that means it needs brake lines, wheel cylinders and calipers(if not more). The truck doesn't look bad in the pics, but station wagons that need $1000 in repairs and get 10mpg on $4 a gallon
gas don't draw much money in today's market. I'm cheap, and its not gonna be cheap to have it towed to east Troy. I mainly need a bunch of interior parts, so I'm I'm holding out to find a whole suburban with a nice interiorfor $500 or less. That's all I feel one of these is worth nonrunning/rotted to fuck/no title.

[Al]

If you know how to do brake lines and you have the tools, then it needs an extra $50 in repairs.

[BR3W CITY]

I had my friends roomates car picked off the street and scrapped, no keys no title for $275 for a non running cavalier (super old body style).
He paid me $70 to get rid of it, so thats like $345 for free.

[-stew-]

If you know how to do brake lines and you have the tools, then it needs an extra $50 in repairs.some brake lines, wheel cylinders and calipers is gonna run you $100, best case scenario. Then you have a truck that still doesn't run, he tried a fuel pump and that didn't fix it. So you're still taking a gamble on what its gonna cost to get it running, and you have no idea how the motor sounds and or if the trans works.

[WickedSix]

I never go below scrap price when selling a vehicle...if dude is smart he won't either or he will part out the pieces you want instead

[spooln30]

With the prices of scrap this week id pay $350-400 if its a whole truck. Minor interior parts I wouldn't care about. It must have the cat.

[-stew-]

Yeah, I did some calling around to a few yards and asked at one I stopped at, prices ranged from $350-400 to "I won't charge you to come get it."

[spooln30]

Yeah its cuz they would make $200 right off the top plus the cat @ $75-$120. Those older Chevy cats are gold. LOL.

[wrath]

Should be at least $200/ton. So to take a vehicle to the scrap yard at Suburban weight it should be close to $500.

Buy it and part it. Offer him $700, part what is good, scrap the leftovers. The fool injection parts are worth money to the right person.