Selling a car through COPART || Good or bad idea?

[@cossie6824]

I love the fact that you washed the car even though copart are going to do it as part of the package. It just shows what pride you take in your work. What a great attitude to have

[@DaveRebuilds]

👍🏻, thank you dude, I really appreciate that 😃

[@eamonkelly2792]

Hi dave great to see you back again, it was great to hear that rs cold start one last time, the weekends just haven't been the same without one of your videos, hopefully you'll have another one soon till then mate stay safe and well 👍👍👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude! Really appreciate it👍🏻, yeah hopefully weekly videos are back now, fingers crossed anyway 😂🤞🏻

[@kihonwaza5583]

Sorry about the RS, somebody got a very good deal. Glad you’re back on you tube and everything’s okay 👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thank you 👍🏻, Ah don’t worry about the RS, you can’t win them all (or at least that’s what I keep telling myself 😂). Yeah everything’s good, I missed doing videos a lot, so hopefully I’ll be back to weekly uploading 👍🏻

[@anthonyhopkins984]

Good to see you back Dave!!

[@DaveRebuilds]

😃👍🏻, thanks dude! Hopefully back to weekly uploads 🤞🏻

[@RumpleXstillXskin]

Bad luck mate 🍀I wish for better things for you in the new year 👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thank you, but don’t worry about it, it’s all a learning curve and part of the adventure 😃👍🏻

[@alancampbell1008]

Good to see you back. Shame about the RS but I think categorised high end stuff is difficult to move on even if it's well repaired, there's still a stigma attached for that kind of performance car purchase and a worry it's been bodged. A shame really as I'm sure there are several out there that have had unrecorded damage repaired and you'd never know unless it's really badly repaired or you knew the car/owner. Think if you're wanting to make money rather than just saving significant cars you're going to have to go lower.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, it’s good to be back 😃. Yeah that’s very true, I’m always sus when I see “user unrecorded” on Copart cars lol. Tbh, as long as I break even on them I’m cool with it as I do it for content rather than to make money (on these cars anyway lol) hopefully I win on the VW when it’s all complete as I got it for a good price 😃👍🏻

[@md-detailing]

Great video Dasi,good luck with selling it :D

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude 👍🏻

[@SAVING_ICONIC_MACHINES]

Great video and don’t worry about the loss you will make it up on something else.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, yeah I’ve no doubt I’ll make it back with another build, I usually do 😃👍🏻

[@kevinb7058]

Whoever got the RS got a gift. Some car 👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah they sure did! Hopefully they enjoy it and make it even better than it was 😃👍🏻

[@bigbhp6808]

Not saying I told you so buddy but when I seen that go threw auction originally I did say you payed over the odds and could not see a profit at the end of it, shame to see you take such a big hit on it thou dont let it dishearten you, only way forward is to keep spinning the money in more stock so you can recoup some back, have a great xmas and see you on the next vid bud

[@DaveRebuilds]

Lol, it’s ok, you can say it, I knew I’d paid over the odds for it as the market was bonkers when I bought it. Have no fear tho, this isn’t my first loss on a car, hasn’t disheartened me, I love it too much to quit 😃👍🏻

[@russellwade7810]

Sad day for the rs but what a car waiting in the wings to take it's place definitely a keeper my mk 2 rs is in green looks amazing good luck with it.👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude! Oh I love the green mk2, been looking for a good one for a long time but the prices are insane lol

[@michaelstevens7533]

Have missed ya. Glad your OK 👍 👌. Have missed the weather report too lol 😆

[@DaveRebuilds]

😂, thanks dude! I really appreciate it 👍🏻

[@steverotherham5672]

Good see you bk on mate 👍👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude 😃👍🏻

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Dave,it's a shame the money you wanted for the RS Focus wasnt on the reserve price.the Nissan is getting there.great video.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Hi Steve, thank you! Yeah was a bit surprised it went for so little, but can’t win ‘em all 😂, yeah the GTR is fully painted now, hopefully will have it back before Xmas 👍🏻

[@richardsarcheryreviews]

Hi dave glad you back mate and a cracking video as always mate like I said in my messages make sure you don't open that package till Xmas day and thank you you know why mate I'm feeling loads better

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, it’s good to be back!! Don’t worry dude, it’s in my cupboard waiting for Xmas day 👍🏻, glad to hear it dude 😃

[@richardsarcheryreviews]

@@DaveRebuilds I hope you like what Ive sent mate and the professionals say tried to do to much to fast and it coursed me to go down hill fast

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@richardsarcheryreviews I’m sure I will dude👍🏻. Yeah I’ve experienced a similar thing with doing too much all at the same time! Glad your doing better dude 😃👍🏻

[@richardsarcheryreviews]

@@DaveRebuilds so am I mate you want to see my van it hasn't seen a pressure washer in 5 weeks it's minging now I've got some energy back it's getting done this week

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@richardsarcheryreviews 👍🏻, good bit of pressure washing is awesomely therapeutic, well it calms my soul anyway lol

[@rab345]

Thanks Dave, a great video, did your navigator enjoy his run with his Dad ? 😊

[@DaveRebuilds]

He did indeed, he loves going for a drive almost as much as my 7 year old does, and thankfully he didn’t fall asleep at any point 😂, which is always the worry as the little bugger never goes to bed on time if he does lol

[@GG-im1cb]

I almost started to cry just reading the title, having been buying and repairing salvage for over 20 years the general consensus is that a private entry at Copart is either dodgy or fcuked, as such you generally get way less than it’s worth…..and then get absolutely reamed for fees by Copart. They definitely are not the place to sell a decent car and your much better getting a specialist performance car dealer to market it for you and take a commission / fee on the sale. That said I’m baffled as to why it didn’t sell, however what you also have to remember as well (without teaching ma granny to suck eggs) is that a repaired categorised / stolen recovered car is generally worth anywhere between a third and a quarter less than its equivalent unrecorded / straight car, and so many folk outwith the trade fall foul of this and end up paying over the odds for the salvage, and by the time it’s fixed they have spent the retail value of a straight car fixing up a recorded car. On this occasion though it’s just bad luck (and perhaps the wrong time of year) as that looked a decent car 👍🏻

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude! It’s definitely lesson learned lol, but I did buy it in the middle of lockdown when prices were crazy, and the dvla took so long to send me a v5 that I think the market disappeared while I was waiting 😂. That’s all handy info you said tho dude, I appreciate it👍🏻

[@GG-im1cb]

@@DaveRebuilds the market at the moment is for small engined supermini’s as there is a massive demand from new drivers due to the backlog of driving tests. My eldest is in that position and I could have got a GTI easier and cheaper than what I paid for a 1.0 Polo, and trying to get a decent one is a mission as well as prices in Scotland are higher than most of the uk and the availability is less.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@GG-im1cb yeah I noticed with how quick the little ST sold lol. That’s more super useful info, thanks dude, I appreciate it! Might go looking for a small car to rebuild next 😃👍🏻

[@jaymahoney1363]

Would you have not got more money selling through “we buy any car” ? Seems like you almost gave it away mate ? Enjoy your channel , keep up the good work 👍🏽😁

[@DaveRebuilds]

I did try wbac but they offered me such low money I assume it would do better at auction, turns out I was wrong 😂😂

[@stuartcraigon2003]

Dam that sucks mate but hopefully you'll win big on the van.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Ah don’t worry dude, it’s all part of the game and the adventure 😃👍🏻, yeah got my fingers crossed the van is a big win (assuming I don’t keep it and modify it lol)

[@stuartcraigon2003]

@@DaveRebuilds I had a quick look on copart there and it's not as bad as I thought on the things I fancied. Problem is I've nae driveway! 🤣

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@stuartcraigon2003 yeah the prices at the moment are pretty good, but yeah, you def need a bit of space to do them 😂👍🏻

[@jamesanketell-jones5600]

its good too have you back Dave.great content and a pity the RS didnt go as plan as you say win or you lose. on auto trader they are still holding good money think the cheapest is 26K mk2 stay safe and cant wait to see that GTR.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, it’s good to be back, I missed making content and chatting with you guys on a weekly basis 😃👍🏻, yeah win some lose some, just got to try and get a few winners in a row now to make it back 😂. Hopefully the GTR will be back before Xmas 🤞🏻, Christmas special? 🤔

[@paultaylor9652]

Personally don't know why it hasn't sold Scottie, it looks and sounds the dogs delicate parts.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah not gonna lie, I couldn’t figure out why it didn’t sell either, but hey ho, made (hopefully) some entertaining content 😃👍🏻

[@markg6jvy135]

Great video, shame it didn’t make the money tho 👍👏👏

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude! Yeah I was a bit disappointed, but it’s all part of the adventure 😂👍🏻, hopefully the VW will bring the scoreboard back to winning🤞🏻

[@1radek831]

4:31 very recognisable road for me lol

[@DaveRebuilds]

😂👍🏻

[@performanceworld02]

Hey Dave is the car local to you still ? Thing is every time you see it you’ll wanna cry it happened to me ugh 😩

[@DaveRebuilds]

I’m honestly not sure dude, I hope not as that’s happened to me before as well and it’s horrible watching a nice car get run into the ground 😫

[@RAPIDNISMO]

These focus rs's are going for a pretty penny now, I've seen some excess of 35k which is crazy money, but worth it for something with a volvo PowerPlant 🤣

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah they go for crazy money if you can find someone to buy them 😂, I didn’t seem to have that luck 😫

[@RAPIDNISMO]

@@DaveRebuilds copart is the place to buy...not to sell

[@Callumm45]

@@DaveRebuilds had to much of a iffy history that car. Stolen recovered but had a full body colour change and dodgy stamped vin number. I would of went back to copart when you bought it first time round, something definitely didn't add up with it.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@Callumm45 yeah I should have when I found out that it had been resprayed, but unfortunately I didn’t find that out until months after when I eventually did my own HPI as it didn’t state that when I bid originally. Live and learn experience for sure 😂👍🏻

[@markrs59]

@@RAPIDNISMO nout wrong with that volvo lump it's bulletproof

[@jake15470]

Have i missed something? Did something happen with everbody saying saying glad ur back? 🤔

[@DaveRebuilds]

Lol yeah I’ve not uploaded in about a month or so, been uploading weekly for over a year but life got in the way in November 😂👍🏻

[@simondarrie666]

At least its now out the way and you can free up some cash for a new toy, lovely car tho

[@DaveRebuilds]

Exactly dude! I’m on the hunt for a new build as we speak 😂👍🏻

[@baggedr32mk5]

Never knew copart was in whitburn

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah dude, they have them all over the country. The one in Whitburn used to be a different auction (or got bought out, not sure which) a few years ago

[@tonymcnamara9368]

Hope you're wearing a strong belt, because they'll try and have your pants down on the price!

[@DaveRebuilds]

😂, yup that’s pretty much exactly what happened lol

[@GokuPlaysUK]

what happened to the skyline?

[@DaveRebuilds]

It’s still at the body shop, almost done tho, should hopefully have it back either this week or next 👍🏻

[@glenncollins3323]

Interesting video….. someone got a cheap RS

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude! Yeah someone got an absolute bargain lol, hopefully they were buying for themselves and get to enjoy it 😃👍🏻

[@danielwiles1835]

Shoot! Was looking at this on Copart and as it was the other end of the country didn't bid, didn't realise it was yours, wasn't this up for 24k? Bargain for someone.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Lol that’s a pity dude, it was an awesome car! Copart deliver cars that you buy if you want to buy one further afield than you are willing to travel 👍🏻. Yeah I was looking for anything over £20k but it didn’t quite turn out how I wanted 😂

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

Suprised you made a loss on that beauty, cracking car worth easily 20k 😔

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I know dude, I was really annoyed it went so cheap! You can’t win ‘em all! Win big when you can, and when you lose, try not to lose big😂

[@flippingcarsrepairs]

@@DaveRebuilds Iyou win some you loose some hopefully you make a killing from the gtr unless you keeping it 😊

[@Etrusco59]

Cheap price for that Beast in Italy a used forcus RS costo around 260000 /300000 🙄

[@DaveRebuilds]

😳😳😳, that’s a lot of money

[@gillesLegein]

That's not so smart + will appreciate even more in let's say 5 years. Especially in Europe prices go crazy on them.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I know dude, but it was a choice of either keep it and don’t have much free cash to keep buying new projects, or sell and just take what I could. Plus I was hoping to show the other side of Copart along with the risks associated with selling at an auction. It’s all part of the adventure 😃👍🏻

[@lesbrown5829]

Would WBAC have done a deal on this?

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah but they offered me stupid low money, so I took the gamble. Got more than they offered me, but not what I wanted. Can’t win ‘em all tho 😂👍🏻

[@lesbrown5829]

@@DaveRebuilds Cheers! I was just wondering. Looking forward to the VW coming back. All the best.👍👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@lesbrown5829 no worries at all 😃. Yeah I can’t wait to get back on the VW, going to look awesome when it’s done 👍🏻

[@NavigatingTheMatrix420]

I got a brother looking a RS he from Dundee must send him this channel link

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, unfortunately tho, the car is sold now 👍🏻

[@NavigatingTheMatrix420]

@@DaveRebuilds aye I just noticed eh cracking wee motor.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@NavigatingTheMatrix420 yeah it was an awesome car, really wish I could have kept it but don’t have the space or the spare cash lol

[@NavigatingTheMatrix420]

@@DaveRebuilds I know how you feel bro I was in that business for a few year sadly I didn't last lol the wife lol. Anyway m8 good to see ya back on YT be safe bro. Looking forward to the next vid 👍🏻

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@NavigatingTheMatrix420 lol! Thanks dude, really appreciate that, it feels good to be back 😃👍🏻

[@stephenstyles4938]

How much

[@RAPIDNISMO]

Copart has some very bad connotations which come with its name, cars like this really arnt bad, they're sorted 🤣 it's a greta tool to buy anythign for reletivly cheap, never really heard about selling a perfectly good car but they are On there

[@DaveRebuilds]

True! 👍🏻

[@Evilne555]

Real shame dave 😔

[@DaveRebuilds]

Ah it’s ok dude, such is life! I’ll make it back with another build, always do 😃👍🏻

[@Evilne555]

@@DaveRebuilds I'm very sure you will make it back👍🏻 it was extremely cheap at 20k but was always going to be a struggle at copart to get near that ,majority of copart members are looking for cheap projects to flip not already fixed ones 😉 glad the transporter starts now tho,looking forward to that build 👍🏻

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@Evilne555 yeah very true! Yeah I’ll hopefully have the transporter back this week, then it’s full steam ahead with getting it back on the road and looking mint 😃👍🏻