I liked it when you shared the fees, profit and appreciate your honesty. You did a nice job educating the viewers and I'm interested in a car from Copart to repair.
Your the type of guy that I can relate to. Honest and trustworthy. The prices you mention keep me coming back to your channel! Have faith in yourself and keep them vids churning.
Thanks for sharing your numbers. I’m helping friends sell their vehicles and parting out a car. I’m trying to save up so I can start buying cars from Copart and flipping them.
Keep it up!!!! You explain everything from start to finish.... from how much you bought it and how much you sold it....you also describe all the details like paper work and minor setbacks you might have.....which is a good thing because you leave us with no question...cause you answer them alll ..awesome
I like the ideas on your videos but I would love if you post more of the fixing part for those who have the same or similar cars like Infiniti. It will be a good learning experience.
We have the same ideals.. drive them for a while to make sure everything is good. I don't care if I make money or not, I do it for fun as well. Making money is nice, but it's not the end all be all.
Is there a color difference with the hood , top of car looks bright white bottom , from front bumper fenders and doors look greyish white , please respond as I would like to know
There area couple of copart and AiiA locations near me but i dont know how todo everything to buy one.. Im in Lake City Florida..im about 80 miles from Jacksonville.. 74 miles from Tallahassee.. And about 70 miles from Ocala
Waco Texas? I frequently shop at Copart Dallas, and Dallas South. Takes me about 3 hours to get there. How are you liking Copart? Learn much from your first go around, besides the fees? I still remember my first experience at Copart, which as at the Dallas location. I bought a towing rig, and while I did learn about the fees early on after much "study", my study didn't reveal to me that often times vehicles there aren't exactly perfect. I didn't know that "Run and Drive" means that it can move on its own power for a few feet and nothing else. I thought "Run and Drive" meant that it was fit for the road. So I bought my towing rig (lot number: 42878226), took the bus to Dallas because I was going to drive it home. When I left Copart I had a top speed of 60 MPH. After a few miles my top speed fell to 55, then 50, then 45... It took me 8+ hours to drive 190 miles. When I pulled into my driveway my top speed was less than 5 MPH. Still don't know exactly what was wrong, but I decided to replace most of the major components of the fuel system. Got a new fuel filter, lift pump and injector pump for a total of $600. Ran fine since. That was the last time I tried to drive a vehicle back from Copart. On your latest purchase, you said Geico was selling it so I'm going to assume salvage title. Branded title vehicles do sell, but sometimes the brand can scare away some customers. Often I try to get clean title only, and I thought I'd share an experience I had with that. I bought an early 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse, V6 manual, it sold quickly and it needed almost no repair. Sway bar link in the back was broken, but that was it, even tires and battery was good. So sell it, it was on the market about a week, and it was gone. I didn't disclose anything about the car because I figured there was nothing to disclose. About a month later the guy who bought it comes by and he's like "That car you sold me was salvage!" I was confused about this because I remember that I have never purchased a salvage car from Copart, and I go thru my paperwork and I still had a photocopy of the title before I assigned it to him and it was a clean title. But when I ran the VIN through VINCHECK at NICB.COM it came back salvage. Apparently the insurance filed for a clean title when they took possession of the car, and later put in the paperwork for it to be salvage. When the insurance sent the car to Copart, they handed over the clean title from before applying for the salvage title. I offered to buy back the car from the guy, but I got lucky. He had another Eclipse just like it and he bought the one I sold him as a donor car. This was before Copart offered the free AutoCheck on their cars.
Yes good info! Also Copart doesn’t allow you to drive salvage cars off the lot. The biggest thing I learned was to go see the car in person before buying. The pictures often don’t show the whole story.
I'm glad you made it home with your Tow rig. I just looked up your listing. Seems like you got a great deal.... Looks like a real nice low mileage truck. $600 in fueling repairs is very reasonable for a diesel. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Each state may be different but in Texas the answer is no. As long as it stays a salvage title no insurance is required. If I get the title changed to a rebuilt title then yes you need insurance
Just look on copart in your local area or as far as you're willing to travel. Or pay an arm and a leg for shipping. It's easy as hell man what state are you in.
@@dougvinson4808 www.copart.com/todaysAuction/ that link will obviously only be good for today. First auction of the morning is punta Gorda lot. I'm not sure if you need a special license in Florida. if you do you can have a broker been on your behalf for a couple hundred bucks. I would say there's probably a decent amount of lots in Florida for sure
PAUL MAUDE no. I’d rather see it for myself. Also the type of cars I’m interested in, aren’t worth paying that type of money for an inspection. Might be worth it if you are targeting more valuable cars and aren’t able to make it out to the yard yourself.
In Florida you need a broker to buy a car with a clean or salvaged title at least that what I know by reading through what copart had up on their sight but thay doesn't make sense to me to need a broker to buy a clean title correct me if I'm wrong
@@DIYD_Do_It_Yourself_Dad Only good for cars that are available to the public. Some cars are dealer only and some states have laws on who can buy salvage titles. Public can buy using a broker. The auction fees are lower this way but the broker will have his own fees which can be expensive.
i remembered the first time that i bought a salvage title car can't remember from whom/where exactly but it was in baltimore and i had to go inside with a broker to get the car and let him bid for it..... also i had to pay his entry and mine that was the deal so he could buy more for his own stuff... sometimes you just have to talk and it works lol.... by the way the car that i got was a BMW 318 is full manual transmission was a 93 perfect for drifting xD and a chrysler sebring 04 convertible i bought them back in 2005 senior year.. bmw was my first car and the other was a present for my stepmom .. best things is i got them myself & it cost me in total for both of them around 1500 .. yes i got lucky :P@@GusMahn
Give me a call please if you dont mind... I AM REALLY interested in the car..by the way.. If you happened to by a copart car from Florida and want a Mechanic to lookat it for you.. I am ASE Certified
Be very careful. It is illegal in every state to flip cars for a profit without a dealers license. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise. Severe fines and possible jail time on repeat offenders.
