We Junked 5 Cars With Full Fuel Tanks: Fuel Siphoning Safety and Payout Impact
None of the 4 yards we used paid us for the fuel in the cars. Two yards siphoned on-site before loading at no charge. One yard charged a $40 draining fee when we arrived with 15 gallons in the tank. One yard required us to arrive with the tank under one-quarter or they would cancel […]
We Compared Selling a Junk Car to a Dealer vs Local Scrap Yard: Cash Offer Difference
We had a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze with a confirmed timing chain failure sitting in our driveway. The mechanic’s repair quote was $2,400. The car’s running private sale value was $5,200. That math told us clearly: repair was off the table. What was not clear was whether we should sell to a dealer, an online car […]