Very tidy, slightly damaged E86, salvage sale...

[inkey$]

Is it an auction or is that the price ?

This has got your name all over it, Eddie.

It has but getting another car now wouldn’t make sense because of the move.

If only it was up north

[Lynchy]

This has got your name all over it, Eddie.

It has but getting another car now wouldn’t make sense because of the move.

If only it was up north

[Rockhopper]

I'd never buy a car like that without looking at it in the flesh first. One of the YouTube channels I follow bought a Golf with a hole though the block where it had thrown a rod. Amazingly the engine still ran and didn't sound that bad but it was more work than they wanted so they moved it on through Copart.
Copart described it as "runs and drives"....

Sounds like a fair description! LOL

They even included a video of it running!

[Toed64]

It sold this morning for £4600, plus commission. I think that's a pretty good deal for someone.

[Toed64]

I'd never buy a car like that without looking at it in the flesh first. One of the YouTube channels I follow bought a Golf with a hole though the block where it had thrown a rod. Amazingly the engine still ran and didn't sound that bad but it was more work than they wanted so they moved it on through Copart.
Copart described it as "runs and drives"....

That's probably sensible, I normally have a look. There's no come-back; Trading Standards legislation does not protect the buyer for vehicles sold on these salvage sites...even though Copart sells to the public now... CAVEAT EMPTOR!

CAT X (undamaged) cars are very often those that garages, dealers and traders don't want to fix. Copart is often very economical with the description of these vehicles. A friend of mine who is a garage owner, was astonished that Copart did not declare that the engine was knocking on his own late diesel Jaguar XF that he did not want to fix again. It too was described as runs and drives...which it did, but it wouldn't for very far, it needed a new engine. Being very low mileage, it sold for a lot more than it was worth.

In my experience, Synetiq (formerly Motorhog) is a far better company to deal with. I've bought from both of them and I've now let my Copart membership lapse.

I also think that it's safer to buy a damaged (CAT N or S) vehicle than a CAT X, because it's likely that it was serving well until the recent crunch.