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Yeah I picked up my 99 Runner there in September. The issue with Copart is sometimes you can get a vehicle that has worse conditions than can be visibly seen or notated in their generalized description of the damage.
 
I have for motorcycles for parts bikes and rebuild bikes, CL for vehicles. The pit falls are there as mentioned, parts vs usable vehicle, what could you resale of leftovers, cost to get it safe and reliable .
What are looking to do?

The picures can tell you alot to a point if you can see the trees for the forest.
The body gaps/lines, on our runners the rear bumper tells alot. About rust, the trailer hitch reciever tells alot if it has one, at the wheel openings front of rear rear of front is another tell all.
Your a savy girl, (you don't like me as I am...) that's you right? I liked that!
 
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It's hit or miss. In the exotic car scene I know people who burned with cars from copart. An older 4Runner isn't much of a hit by comparison but we're still looking for a deal at the end of the day. Copart listings can be very misleading and I'd NEVER buy a vehicle from a Copart auction sight unseen. The way I see it, if it can't sell on the street, the next best option is copart. With that said, it does have some hidden gems.
 
Thought I'd check out some cars.
I hope this person survived. This should go straight to the crusher.
 

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What interior look like? Red.
Seeing that always helps me pay attention on the road.

First thought was is it a locker.
 
Scramble said:
Too bad this 3RZ in an A/T, only 54K miles, Cali car no rust.

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And that's how they get people. It might say "runs and drives" but that just means someone tried cranking it over and moved it forward and reverse a few feet. What it won't tell you is that it might start overheating after 20 minutes. I'd actually be more skeptical that it ended up at copart, since low mile 4Runners aren't hard to sell on the street. Maybe it burns oil horrifically because the owner's granddaughter did an oil change on it.
 
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And that's how they get people. It might say "runs and drives" but that just means someone tried cranking it over and moved it forward and reverse a few feet. What it won't tell you is that it might start overheating after 20 minutes. I'd actually be more skeptical that it ended up at copart, since low mile 4Runners aren't hard to sell on the street. Maybe it burns oil horrifically because the owner's granddaughter did an oil change on it.
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LOL but they only need 1.5 qts!

good point though, I bet it's the headgasket on that one then. I would want to rebuild that engine anyway with LCE high performance parts & put it in mine. Somewhere over 300hp.
 
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From what I've seen the 4Runners on copart go for too much for my liking. A careful eye on local classifieds is what I've used to find 4 or 5 solid 4runners anywhere from 300-800$. At the local copart yards they are usually at least 900 before fees.

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There's a large Copart yard not too far from where I live but unfortunately its for licensed dealers only, no "everyday guy" bidders on line.
 
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TrexRunnerGirl said:
has anyone ever used Copart to find a truck for use and/or parts?
Just looking around on the interwebs and found it. seems alot of Runners there.

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I’ve purchased two vehicles from copart, and my bro got his 4runner there as well. so I can offer some insight.

We had a big hail storm along the front range this past summer, so there were literally thousands of vehicles for sale at the three copart locations in Denver. They were selling them for months. There were a lot of good deals on great running 4runners. I bought a Lexus rx300 to fix as a daily driver, but I didn’t look at it in advance, and it had much more damage than I saw in the pictures after getting there and picking it up. I though it only had some body damage from the pictures AND description, which said that it only had body damage. It also said it was run and drive verified. Imagine my surprise when I got there and found that the front end had extensive mechanical damage. It was completely undriveable! When we pointed out the damage to them they lied and lied and then started arguing with us. They knew about the damage. They were ******* bold faced liars! But it was my fault for not looking at it before buying. I had to replace half the linkage parts on the passenger side. So with that in mind,

- ALWAYS go and look at the vehicle before buying. You may think it’s in great shape from pictures, and then find that’s it’s much worse when you pick it up, or visa versa. I looked at a few before purchasing my second vehicle that were actually much nicer than the pictures did credit. You are allowed to start them, bring a mechanic, look under the hood, inspect the interior, etc. so take advantage of that.

- If you know someone with a broker/dealer liscence you will save a lot of money. I used an online broker and you pay a lot for their services. On both vehicles I paid around a grand extra between the copart and broker fees.

- The whole process is kind of a pain. If they’re busy you will stand in line for at least an hour when you pick up the vehicle. Don’t plan on driving the vehicle home. Bring a trailer.

- They will lie out their ears and not care one bit that you paid for something that doesn’t match their description. They sell a ton of vehicles and know they’re going to make money so they don’t care if your unhappy with them. There’s not much you can do about it once you’ve won the auction and they know it.

- Do a carfax to see the maintenance history

- They use a tractor with an enormous set of forks to transport the vehicles, and they will absolutely damage something on the vehicle undercarriage, guaranteed. They punctured the oil pain on my lexus, and then proceeded to bend the rear lower control arms/alignment bars on BOTH sides. And of course, they didn’t care one bit. On to the next vehicle! Gotta make that money.

- Customer service is basically non existent.

- Once you purchase the vehicle it’s yours. You won’t get a refund if you find additional issues with the vehicle. And even if you open a case and win, you will loose a lot of money in the end

- That said, you can get a good deal. My brothers 03 4th gen 4.7 is excellent, apart from the hail damage on the hood.
 
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1985taylor1925 said:
I’ve purchased two vehicles from copart, and my bro got his 4runner there as well. so I can offer some insight.

We had a big hail storm along the front range this past summer, so there were literally thousands of vehicles for sale at the three copart locations in Denver. They were selling them for months. There were a lot of good deals on great running 4runners. I bought a Lexus rx300 to fix as a daily driver, but I didn’t look at it in advance, and it had much more damage than I saw in the pictures after getting there and picking it up. I though it only had some body damage from the pictures AND description, which said that it only had body damage. It also said it was run and drive verified. Imagine my surprise when I got there and found that the front end had extensive mechanical damage. It was completely undriveable! When we pointed out the damage to them they lied and lied and then started arguing with us. They knew about the damage. They were ******* bold faced liars! But it was my fault for not looking at it before buying. I had to replace half the linkage parts on the passenger side. So with that in mind,

- ALWAYS go and look at the vehicle before buying. You may think it’s in great shape from pictures, and then find that’s it’s much worse when you pick it up, or visa versa. I looked at a few before purchasing my second vehicle that were actually much nicer than the pictures did credit. You are allowed to start them, bring a mechanic, look under the hood, inspect the interior, etc. so take advantage of that.

- If you know someone with a broker/dealer liscence you will save a lot of money. I used an online broker and you pay a lot for their services. On both vehicles I paid around a grand extra between the copart and broker fees.

- The whole process is kind of a pain. If they’re busy you will stand in line for at least an hour when you pick up the vehicle. Don’t plan on driving the vehicle home. Bring a trailer.

- They will lie out their ears and not care one bit that you paid for something that doesn’t match their description. They sell a ton of vehicles and know they’re going to make money so they don’t care if your unhappy with them. There’s not much you can do about it once you’ve won the auction and they know it.

- Do a carfax to see the maintenance history

- They use a tractor with an enormous set of forks to transport the vehicles, and they will absolutely damage something on the vehicle undercarriage, guaranteed. They punctured the oil pain on my lexus, and then proceeded to bend the rear lower control arms/alignment bars on BOTH sides. And of course, they didn’t care one bit. On to the next vehicle! Gotta make that money.

- Customer service is basically non existent.

- Once you purchase the vehicle it’s yours. You won’t get a refund if you find additional issues with the vehicle. And even if you open a case and win, you will loose a lot of money in the end

- That said, you can get a good deal. My brothers 03 4th gen 4.7 is excellent, apart from the hail damage on the hood.
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I am not going to lie all this is actually true... I was lucky and had a broker who didn't charge me, and I was able to score a camry and corolla for 1150 drove the crap out of them. Driving home with them was not happening because good ole Sam tore the gas tank out of both of the cars as I was standing there.
 
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