Archive for December, 2008

You would think so, wouldn’t you? At a time when Wi Fits, mobile phones, laptops and iPods would rule the spending during the run up Christmas, you would have thought that those looking for salvage cars, would just wait until January or when the bills had been paid. But that has not been so. Credit crunch or none, the demand for salvage cars, still grows even during the build up Christmas.

It could be that the right cars have been released this month, or it could be that many buyers put the cars back on the road and make a profit. Or it could be that buying a salvage car is the only way to afford the type of car they are looking for. Whatever the reason, things did not slow down for the Christmas of 2008, so the expectations of 2009 are huge.

The only days the salvage auctions were closed were Christmas day through to Monday. As there would be no auctions on Sunday anyway, there were only 3 days lost. There were even salvage auctions still going on, during Christmas Eve. It is true that a repairable salvage project could also be a Christmas present; I know my son wanted an engine, to repair his second car.

If you are not yet in the repairable salvage market, you should at least to look to see what bargains there are available. It might not be for you, the time to work on these vehicles may be too extreme for you. If you rely on breakdown cover and garages even for the simplest repairs, then it clearly isn’t for you.

But of you like working on cars, then buying a repairable salvage project, might keep some of your money in your pocket.

It is a few weeks after the visit to set up a Auto salvage business in the States starting in Florida. The business will have the same name as in the UK, namely SalvageSpareFinder, but will have access to many of the salvage auction houses within Florida.

This is a huge market with prices much cheaper than here in the UK for the equivalent cars, even after you have taken into account the shipping and Vat costs of getting the salvage vehicle back home. We see a huge demand from eastern European countries who are crying out for cars. This will be a great way of buying, especially if eth Euro stays high.

Of course we will be selling Auto Salvage to the locals also to mirror the same as back here in the USA.  Although we still have to see what kind of customers the Yanks are. Will they appreciate what will be doing, or will they complain and expect prefect cars for salvage prices, we will have to wait and see.

It has been a huge project and the business is no set up, although the website does have a bit of optimisation and visitors to go. The auto salvage market is huge, especially for the repairable salvage cars that are to be put back on the road. So watch out for the official start of the business, when the cars are added to the site and can be found by me and you.