subject: What Is A Junk Car? [print this page] The term junk car is oftenly heard when you have an old car in your backyard for quite a while. It is not in running condition and can be called completely useless. Most of the people picture a junk car as an old damaged rusty car sitting idle in your backyard or garage for quite some time. But in reality a junk car can have several definitions. It may vary from person to person depending on their reasons.
For someone a junk car may be a car that stopped all of a sudden in the middle of a highway, or maybe if the transmission broke down, or the radiator blew up. For some one else a junk car could be a car that just met with an accident and the owner in unwilling to invest in to repair it. So such a car looses its value in front of the owner. So he will be willing to get rid of it as soon as possible. For him this is a junk car.
Generally a car which has very little or no value in to its owner, then such a car is considered as a junk car for the owner.
When a car is completely wrecked then it is taken to an insurance car company. When the repair of such a car comes about more then 75% of the current value then such cars are declared totalled by the insurance car companies. Several states are also there which have the power and authority to declare a car salvage or totalled.
Apart from all this, there are places where a junk car can be estimated. You can estimate it yourself and sell it in a private sale or an auction. If the condition of the car is somewhat satisfactory, you may be able to find prospective buyers. The other way may be to call the junk car companies. They always have updated database regarding the prices of junk cars or old used cars. They send a representative to check the condition of your car and offer a quote on it. Even if you do not want to sell it to the junk car company still they will be happy to help you estimate your car. You can use this quote to sell your junk car. Else the last and the easiest way can be to ask a car mechanic to check your car. If you trust his judgement and estimation then you can use his estimation too. One other way is to make use of the junkyards. They give you the money depending on the weight of your car. An amount is fixed per lb and so whatever the weight comes, it is totalled that way.
