Is your car badly damaged and can not be used any further? Then you have no option but to discard it. However, various parts of your car can be sold to an auto wrecker for a price. The auto wrecker rejects all the parts without adversely affecting the environment. You not only earn from your wrecked car but also avoid polluting the planet.
Let us see what parts are purchased by an auto wrecker and what happens to them:
1. Complete Car:
You can drive your car to the concessions of an auto dismantler and he will give you a good price for it. In case it is in such a condition that it can not be driven, the auto wrecker also provides towing services for the car. The auto wrecker sells the parts that are intact and sells the body as metal scrap. Alternately, you can extract the functional parts yourself and sell them in the market for used parts. You can sell the rest of the car body after that.
2. Engine Blocks:
Engine blocks are made up of Aluminum with steel running through it. Auto dismantlers purchase the non-functional engine blocks and sell the Aluminum and steel as scrap.
3. Car Batteries:
Car batteries need to be replaced from time to time in functional cars as well. Car batteries contain hazardous substances such as lead and sulfuric acid. Here, they should not be disposed of carelessly. The good news is car batteries are easy to recycle. Discarded batteries are used for manufacturing new ones. Most car battery manufacturers offer a good price for old batteries.
4. Aluminum Parts:
Aluminum is used in quite large quantities in the fabrication of a car. The Aluminum rims in combination with other aluminum parts can be sold at quite a high value. The aluminum is shred and recycled for other applications.
5. Catalytic Converters:
These are high-value items in a car. This is because they contain platinum, palladium, and rhodium. When you are discarding your car and selling it to an auto wrecker, you can consider removing the catalytic converter and selling it yourself.
Therefore, we see that different parts of a discarded car can be sold profitably in the market. This is the only way of extracting some value out of it. It also benefits the environment because the discarded parts are not left to occupy the precious landfill. The dangerous chemicals are not released into the environment.