yeah the sale ends tomorrow someone should but it and part the thing out if they dont wanna fix her up, i will but the wheels and grille for sure.

 

I looked at buying slightly damaged cars from Copart before. In case anyone thinking to do the same, it has a goofy routine to actually MAKE a bid.... You must either:
- Have some "special" license to make bids
- Go to a CoPart site (and actual brick-n-mortar building) and pay a fee to make a bid there.
- Hire a company that will let you place a bid under their account (fees to join such companies are anywhere from $100-$500, some offer first bid free, some have additional prices based on winning bid).

I found it to be WAY too complex with hidden fees.

 

I buy off Copart its not too bad, & as far as this car is conserned its a parts only car title so u cant fix it & if u wanted to it would cost about 8k to do it mine cost 10k & was far worse, rollovers arnt bad cars to pick up, most newer cars will automatically shut down the engine in a rollover so no worries with tha just got alot pf cleaning to do under the hood, if it had a rebuildable title id have a bid in already

 

When I first moved to Florida; my first job was as office manager at Copart Orlando when they were still on Landstreet Rd. in order to buy at Copart you have to be a licensed dealer or have a salvage license. The majority of the cars are branded unrebuildable (parts only) and their fees are rediculous. When I was there the buyer had to pay a buyers fee, a fee to move the car (loader fee), another gate fee to put the car in an area where it could be loaded onto a carrier, and yet another fee if you wanted Copart to put the wreck onto your carrier. I was constantly having to deal with buyers upset over fees.

I hated seeing so many cars that had minimal damage with titles branded unrebuildable.

I think there are better auctions than Copart. I used to buy from APC (Auto Placement Center) in Vermont. Their fees and requirements were reasonable.

 

I would only buy it as a donor car. It wouldn't be worth all the money it would cost you to rebuild that car. Including legal stuff. If all you want is a Tony Stewart edition, there's a lot better choices out there. And you'd have a hard time selling that car, if you wanted to sell it.

I don't believe Mike has any intent to sell his Jeff Gordon edition. So it was worth it to him. If I was Mike, I would never sell it either.

If I was in a roll over accident, the last thing on my mind would be to turn the engine off. I'd just want to get the hell out of the car.

 

idk when I was in my rollover it was the first thing I did

 

For the last twenty years all cars built new with a high pressure fuel pump have a fuel pump kill switch that kills the fuel pump in the event of a roll over or rear end collision. Unless the switch fails the car will shut off.

I think rebuilt wrecks are an awesome bargain provided they were repaired competently. I have seen some that we're butchered though.

 

For a roll over that doesn't look that bad. But i'd agree just part the car out.

 

I think I'd have to agree with Taz, that TS Edition has a LOT of damage to it. Sure, perhaps it could be fixed, just about anything could be fixed, all it takes is money, but I am not sure it's worth it.

 

That Monte isn't hurt that badly. It looks worse than it actually is. The unibody does not appear to be twisted.