Real Bargain Car Buys!

[@tonimor9721]

We have bought back from insurers our Hyundai I10 Comfort twice following write off 2 minor shunts ( both offside front wing !! ) . Bought car in 2015 for £4750 , repairs cost us £800, the Insurance company paid us total £4300 and we kept the car its at 33k miles fsh and even as a Cat N its still worth £1500 + , we will keep it .

[@tshaped82]

Copart have just put their fees up. Winning a car for £1000 will cost you about £1350 after fees then you need to pay for delivery as well. Combine that with more private buyers pushing prices up, not being able to inspect the cars in person, the possibility of hidden damage, and the current popularity of salvage flipping channels on KZbin, it’s much harder to find decent cars compared to a year or two back. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I honestly think most people would be better off going to an auction that allows private buyers and viewing the cars in person such as Aston Barclay, G3 etc.

[@martinellicott]

Looks like it costs £100 to be a member of Copart, which is needed in order to bid?

[@paulanderton9424]

I have been buying cars from Copart for the last 4 years. Prices are silly now because every Tom, Dick and Harry either wants to start a You Tube Channel about it, lots of migrants in my area now seem to buy them, Joe Public thinks it's an easy way to buy cheap cars and dont have a clue. All of this has driven up prices that are now stupid. Bargins are a lot fewer nowadays. It's not easy money. It's not a certain bargin even with Cat N's. Lots have hidden damage. Lots have mechanical problems. Even if you do your homework it's still Russian Roulette on what turns up.

[@robblack7560]

Migrants are lucky, pulling up to your free hotel in your new car with an empty car park.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Totally right on all that bud

[@shogunedpada4293]

I would not advise people to buy from copart unless you are a mechanic or good diy guy.The prices at auction get run up to crazy prices then you have to pay astronomical fees,high delivery cost.All cat cars have hidden damage and what looked like a light hit on a bumper in a picture , can very quickly be you replacing a slampanel,radiator,aircon,intercooler,air intake guides and the bumper.If you cant repair cars yourself forget about it.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@shogunedpada4293 yes bud,totally agree with all you say

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@shogunedpada4293 back in the day you'd get a corsa b with top of door bent out, attempted theft, go to the salvage auction in person, buy it for 80 quid, bend it back into shape and you were done, now it's a lot more complicated.

[@dennishaggerty463]

So true Chops - rear end on an 08 Vectra Estate, low miles for its year. The car was written off because there was a bend on just one corner of the estate rear door, a smashed rear light cover and broken bumper. I sourced the second hand parts and a local repairer did a lovely job on the rear door, filling and spraying etc. Total repairs cost £600, insurance paid out £1250 for the car and I kept the cat N ‘salvage’ - why I wanted the car was because we owned it since 2009 and it had a full service history, cam belt change etc. Decent tyres too. That was 5 years ago, the car is still going strong, bit scruffy perhaps, but proves an old car that is well maintained can give you years of reliable motoring. Equally if someone had bought this car at a salvage auction and repaired it, whoever bought it from them would have had the benefit of acquiring a car with nothing mechanically wrong with it. Because you can’t buy cheap cars easily any more, this Vectra is probably still worth £600 - £1000. It just refuses to die!

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I've just bought some cheap cars this week bud at auction, 15 plate scenic, 1700 bid, 58 plate newer shape ka, 425 (!) old volvo s80, same 425 and a 14 plate corsa with a dpf issue for 1200 bid, cheaper cars are still about, but not under 10 years old, under 100k and under 2 grand, if people are coming round with those parameters they've got absolutely no chance, I'd not even waste my time talking to them.

[@Nicknofish]

Interesting video chops. But it sort of makes me realise why my insurance has through the roof!! Cheers.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

That white fiesta has had a fair shunt, it's buckled that rear corner in, bumpers sprung back so it doesn't look too bad, but it is, needs pulling, should deffo be cat s.

[@rbeamish6492]

I don't get why people are so hung up on age and mileage as opposed to condition and service history. I drive a 14 year old Skoda Superb which is rapidly approaching 180k miles - in the 9 months/12k miles I've owned it so far I've had 1 minor issue which I sorted myself in a couple of hours (I'm not a mechanic). Full service history is the key, along with good recent MOT history.

[@localreviewking134]

and belt changes

[@TheRealD4]

Yeah things which Copart don't make visible on listing page UNLESS you first commit to a £100 membership. Waste of time.

[@kevinthacker8349]

James, this is so correct. Just upgraded my own car, not because it was unreliable or has high mileage. But my son need to replace his car. ( it’s past putting more money into it ) It make more Financial sense to let him have mine. Then to try to find a good car at a low price for him. When I was thinking of upgrading my car next year.

[@deanevans5346]

Most cars for sale on Facebook are from these places....with sellers who have unpronounceable names.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

People moan about today's prices but back in the day we'd do say a metro for 995,thats equivalent to 3.3k now with inflation, same with tax, it was 55 quid for 6 mths, that's like 250 now, so 500 a year, nobody moaned about a car at 995 like it was dear, people just want cars to be the same price since the 80s,average family might pull in 4k a mth now, enough to buy a decent car in one mths wages, something it would take mths to save for years ago.

[@betagombar9022]

That was very interesting, I'll definitely be having a look over the weekend, thanks 👍

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Back in the day we always drove our new purchases back from hbc and USA auctions, once drove a cavalier with my head stuck out of the window as the screen was smashed, good days.

[@liamegan4303]

Hello from Ireland again, James. Wow, there aren't any Cars there with bad damage to them. And the mileage is good. I hope you can grab something cheap without any bad damage bro. Thanks James. Great video again Mate 👏👏👏👏👏

[@NotRubensDad]

I always found the route to a cheaper car was buying something a bit odd, unpopular or unknown, so often cheaper as people struggle to sell them even if they are in good shape. Early Dacia Sanderos are cheap and simple, prob where I would go at that price point.

[@stepheng8779]

No wonder insurance premiums are sky high

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Your idea was OK back in the day, sandtoft Co part was USA, universal salvage auction, you could walk round the cars, buy them and drive off. Now with Co part, firstly joining fee, next you'll deffo get bid right up, then it's a grand in fees, you've got to send a transporter, they won't let you drive off, another big expense, used to be genuine light damage cars, now you don't know who's put what in, last 2 we bought were bad mechanicaly, light body damage to throw you off the sent, most of the repairs are a lot harder than you think, take that BM, copart probably wants more as it wasn't sold outright, say 3k,then a grand on top, transporter, 2 doors and probably pulling that door pillar out, needs a jig, you'd be in at 5.5k to 6k and as a cat car it's basically half retail these days, people really, really don't want them, I had a bodyshop in the 90s and salvage was all we did.

[@farmingbrit4611]

I used to go there in the 90's for the motorcycle auctions...used to pick up some very good buys back then

[@fatwalletboy2]

Just when i thought id heard it all but the bit about light body damage to throw people off the scent is genuinely shocking and sad that there are people out there prepared to do it.

[@shogunedpada4293]

100% agree with everything you have said.I buy cars from copart and it really is just a gamble.All the cars i have bought have had the price run up in auction,then the fees,delivery cost and dont forget membership fee.90% of cars have hidden damage, light damage on a bumper in a picture can very easily be you replacing a slam panel, radiator,aircon,intercooler,air intake guides and the bumper.If you cant do the work yourself dont bother.If my copart delivery driver is telling me he would not buy from copart what more do you need.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@shogunedpada4293 yes bud, people think it's easy, I used to do salvage for a living back in the day,naively thinking there easy, good cars with an easy repair isn't going to work out,

[@malcallen695]

James I brought back our Fiesta which was written off, took insurance pay off with car, had it repaired although it had a long current mot I still had to have it re tested until I could legally put it back on the road. It was classed as a N

[@restoringsalvage]

I buy and sell cars from Copart, there great for content but I do sometime struggle to sell them people are scared to buy Cat cars for some reason!

[@williamfence566]

Maybe buy something a bit left field. If it's just a commuter car you need get a Honda CRZ . Just been on autotrader and they can be bought non Cat for £2.5K. Had one for 8 years and it's Honda reliability ( when they were good ) and high 40's to the gallon on all journeys.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Bought a jag xe from Co part, just the sill trim missing, cat s, great, well no, it was cat s, but not for that repair, it had had a massive shunt, quickly repaired, trim left off to look like like an easy cheap repair, a total con, car was a nightmare and we blew a lot of money. You'll not get any joy out of Co part either, they're totally not even vaguely interested.

[@markfoden765]

Great insight into copart james so good content and some of those cat cars were bonkers with little damege

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I've just sold a one owner, 59k picanto for 1895 on a 10 plate, so you can get a decent car for under 2k,just not maybe a 13 plate, I did a new starter, service, mot on it so a good buy for them.

[@paulb6816]

I wopuln't rule out a Cat S either, some of these can have something as simple as a dented rear quarter panel, in fact I've seen easier repiarable Cat S than N's at times.

[@ChopsGarage]

I agree but I'll open myself to everyone in comments claiming I'm encouraging unsafe cars

[@roystonvehicles9129]

​@@ChopsGarageI used to get loads of cat c (later s) cars, cheapie ones got cat c for a little dent, you then had to go for a Vic check and it was marked on the v5, unfortunately that killed it a bit.

[@frazbombe]

If its got an MOT, can you drive a car out of copart or do you always need delivery?

[@Mach_One_Photos]

no you cant. cars must be trailered away or put on a recovery truck no cars can be driven out of Copart.

[@GaTiz1]

@@Mach_One_Photos😂 you can drive out up to yourself your own risk

[@Mach_One_Photos]

@@GaTiz1 Please ensure you have a high-visibility jacket. The loader will then collect the vehicle and bring it to your location. Please note that all vehicles must be loaded onto another vehicle to be collected or towed with professional towing equipment or a solid tow bar and cannot be driven out of our Operation Centres

[@GaTiz1]

@@Mach_One_Photoshaha ive driven out many from wisbech and sandy nobody cares

[@richfixescars]

Its £100 to register with Copart, then you have to pay delivery and their charges, you can't turn up, pay road tax and drive it away. So not as easy as you portrayed it to be. As always if you want something decent, reliable and safe you have to pay a bit more for it.

[@ChopsGarage]

I'm not sure why you have issues with a registration fee. I've always driven mine away after booking my pick up slot.

[@JohnClark-ew8dh]

Genuinely dont know this, but with a Cat N car (providing it is safe to do so) can you just rock up, pay your money and drive off in them without any re-MOT or inspection requirements? I would kinda take that even if it is classed as running and driving, doesnt mean it should be driven so you would need to transport anything you bought. I know any type of sale you could end up 50yrds down the road in a ball of flames (or a failed clutch....) but at least there is some comeback to that

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Need to be transported, Co part will put it onto your truck with a fork lift, probably bending the exhaust and busting brake pipes and fuel lines, maybe bursting a tyre as well, chances of just driving home are very slim tbh.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Need to be transported, Co part will put it onto your truck with a fork lift, probably bending the exhaust and busting brake pipes and fuel lines, maybe bursting a tyre as well, chances of just driving home are very slim tbh.

[@joeg8186]

I like the odd cars even some big Makes, mitsubishi colts,or 5 door smart cars , got a nice Brabus 5 door 2006 ,24000 miles for £2400 , or a 1.1 for 700 ,

[@colinedwards4815]

Great video keep them coming 👍🏿

[@bunguini]

Oooh is that the little orange Ibiza Sport i see 🧡 😂 been looking at that on your website! Great vid thank you

[@Hilux-jt6bo]

Tried to register with Copart, they wanted £100 per year just for that. Am I missing something, or doing something wrong? Seems very excessive.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

No, that's what they charge

[@Hilux-jt6bo]

@@roystonvehicles9129 Thanks for that, bit like a shop or supermarket charging an entry fee to be able to go in and see what they sell? Having said that, I stopped when they asked me for payment, but still got an email saying welcome, and to set my password.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

If you tell your insurance company it's come from a salvage yard they'll want you to re mot it, just as a basic check to see if its roadworthy,

[@TRD1949uk]

Problem your forgetting is a lot of branches now aren’t allowing people to drive away so you need a trailer…..

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I lock down only copart were open so I bought cars and bikes there, after loads and loads of work I'd have been better not to bother, a grand in fees and delivery (manditory) even on a cheap car, got a golf, driver said, only 1 pedal works, no clutch and no brakes, a bike turned up, it was like it had been in a swamp, cat N but frame was broken, non structural (?)

[@johnmcmahon4364]

Great advice James very interesting

[@davidhaslam1056]

Judging by the comments already, i think you could be wrong on this one. Especially if your new too buying, this is a potential minefield.

[@ChopsGarage]

Why's that?

[@davidhaslam1056]

@ChopsGarage plenty reasons in the comments is all I'm saying. You spend your hard earned this way and there's little or no protection if things go wrong. I'd personally recommend pay extra and go with a reputable garage, someone like you for example 😉

[@ChopsGarage]

@@davidhaslam1056 No I was just asking as there seem a large amount of positive comments re this

[@chris010281]

Are the retail prices that they give the price to sell as a cat car ?

[@stevenmoran4060]

No, retail is for an original car, cat N usually discount minimum 25%

[@chris010281]

@stevenmoran4060 thanks for the reply

[@JamesTargett-um4dm]

The price provided on an auction listing of a vehicle is what the payout was to the individual to settle their 'claim'.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Only advantage of a salvage car is, maybe the lowish (?) bid price, it's all down hill from there and when you come to get rid no one will want it until you give it away, I've had a few recently, previously repaired ones from years ago, dacia, 13 plate, took a grand for it, Mx5 auto, same 13 plate 500 sport, 44k,2.7k and a 13 plate ka, 30k miles, mint, 1950,so a total waste of time.

[@paramedicchrisbookseries]

I guess a decent budget these days starts at around £3500

[@jimmyquinn9639]

Good video 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@brianridley1102]

Great shout, really interesting vlog

[@karlplatt9080]

I just sold Mk4 Mondeo 1.8 tdci 2009 for 1250 350 pound more than I paid for it 6 years ago 😂

[@DB-eh4yk]

Strange as we’re trying to sell a 2013 seat Ibiza 1.4 - (£3.5k) nice little car and we’re getting hardly any interest, yet a friend sold a 2010 cat N polo with 110k on the clock got £2.8k - market is odd!

[@summerjunk929]

Similar here, selling a 2015 C3 with 56k for £3k, couple of emails with some interest but that's it

[@guy4469]

My friend bought 2 cars front end only from CO, PART Both cars came out with big crush damage in both passenger side marks and doors pushed in He refused them both .

[@stepheng8779]

Probably their forklift

[@guy4469]

@@stepheng8779 The drivers only see lumps of metal not peoples cars no one is in Control not Even managers .

[@michaelthompson6885]

copart have it listed as a diesel and your mot check was for a petrol?????

[@inspirality]

The Ford Focus. Thanks you saved me posting the same thing 👌

[@thebanditsix]

Door pillar on that BMW looks like it damaged,not an easy repair.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Yes, not a rattle can job, needed pulling out.

[@derekfleming3095]

Surely the pillar would be structural, so not cat n

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@derekfleming3095 yes, you'd have thought so, you can't trust the cat system, quite often no ones seen the car, just wrote it off from a few pics, also companies are wanting the best prices so putting the best marker on them, there even putting cars thru as clear now, to get the best price.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

A girl called to my pitch the other day looking for a car on the road for 300 quid (!)

[@clareowens2376]

I bought car from copart for my first car cat n it was complete disaster was more cat n wasted 1500 pound was gonna cost 1700 to fix 90 percent garages wouldn't touch it

[@andrewbarnes1295]

Sounds tempting but far too risky for the likes of most people like me, plus you can't even just drive MOTd cars out of there apparently.

[@ChopsGarage]

You can I've always done so

[@andrewbarnes1295]

@@ChopsGarage ok really thank you, that would make it much more viable but still too much of a gamble!

[@roystonvehicles9129]

​@@ChopsGaragemost places want to put your purchase St on a truck bud, I used to always drive off, but that was a few years ago

[@italsounds001]

Same search, I get 16 cars within 50 miles of Worcester, but most are at the top end of £2k, only one below £1k. I’m happy to go older than 10 years, I picked up my 24 year old Saab 95 fully loaded for the time, that’s cruise, climate control, heated and cooled memory leather seats, heated and cooled rear seats too, parking sensors, with 2 owners, 98k miles and full service history for £1500, I removed the cd changer and replaced with a Bluetooth adapter that plugs in the cd changer cable (called blue Saab) and works with the dash and steering controls, and the display, and just needed normal servicing so far 2 years in. The down side! It’s a 3l V6 turbo auto, it does 25-30mpg, and road tax isn’t cheap, but it’s ulez compliant 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@patrickh7368]

Hi, do you know results of the raffall, only I had an email saying click the button for results and no button and the website is useless… searching just gets “there are no raffles on” great advertising on their behalf…🤣🤣🤣

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I hope your not going to start cat cars bud, now that everyone can cheaply check then out, even seeing pics of the damage that jobs had it, I had some cat cars recently and you can't get rid of them, comes up on auto trader with a nice big, s, n, d or c and no one calls, until your absolutely giving it away.

[@fatwalletboy2]

I wonder if theres an idea there at that point to make more from breaking it if uou buy one thats being given away

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@fatwalletboy2 maybe, all I know is if I'm unlucky enough to get a cat car nobody wants them, just my experience.

[@robblack7560]

Here in Northern Ireland a car with 7,000 annual miles is considered high. The car transporters going to GB are filled with NI cars and they all have UK "dateless" number plates.

[@paulf2529]

Admittedly, i usually buy higher end used vehicles at 2-3 years old but no way would i consider a cat car.

[@frazbombe]

Yeah, a 2-3 year old cat car will have much more extensive damage than these...

[@frankiepitt9135]

@@frazbombehow do you know?

[@paulf2529]

To be honest, I would be wary of potential damage that hadn't been noticed. I'm happy to admit I'm very particular and do a low mileage split between two cars so for me I tend to buy clean vehicles , either just within or just outside manufacturers waranty so in other words the main depreciation is done then part ex or private sell them after a few years loseing very little.

[@bmwman1981]

I would definitely buy a cat car if I could see what damage it had and if it had been repaired to a good standard

[@keithposter5543]

@@frankiepitt9135 Because a 2-3 yr old car will be more valuable, therefore more damage needed to write it off

[@TheRealD4]

Ok I've no experience with Copart but I decided to take a look. You have to pay a £100 membership to bid. Fine but first I need to see what they have, so I created a free account. EXCEPT, the free account doesn't even show full listing, i.e service history, vehicle report, etc. So you have no idea if the current bids are expensive or cheap for what it is. Why is Copart not being transparent to people not yet ready to join and bid?! Fuck them! Also their watch list doesn't even save the cars to monitor listings unless you pay membership fee. What a bunch of grifters. Also why do they charge a separate £50 fee to every sale on top of the fee for "moving car to loading area for collection"... just include fee inside the BUYERS FEE FFS. More deception if you don't read all T&C's. Not impressed at all Chops. :/

[@ChopsGarage]

Everyone has the right to charge what they wish for their service. And everyone has the right to choose to use the service or not. There has to be an incentive to upgrade from free as there is will any platform.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Copart will charge you for everything they can think off, current bid means nothing until it's in the ring, a cheap (!) car say a grand is 2k by the time it's back at yours, 600 quid in fees on a cheap car and they will only load it onto a transporter, so you've a few hundred quid to get it back, up to a few years ago i bought from Co part every week. The main worry now is who's put the car in? All these on line scrap buyers buy cars and then send co part to pick them up for example, back in the day it was all genuine ins companies, it's different now.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Putting a search in for under 2k 2013 to 14 under 2k isn't going to get you anything, I went for a 2013 mint fiesta 1.2 at auction the other day, 53k, did 4.4k, plus fees, retail was 5.9k (!)

[@fatwalletboy2]

That sounds nuts for an 11 yr old fezza

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@fatwalletboy2 I was hoping for say 3k, but it started near 4k.