If you have the time and don't care so much about the quick buck, taking your time selling a vehicle (if it's somewhat decent) can really pay off.



Around here, if you offer parts off a vehicle, on craigslist for example, people will just come and pay for specific parts. They come take the parts off themselves too. $20 for a mirror, $100 for the bed of a truck, a few bucks for the lights, etc.

It can take a little bit of time depending on where you're located and the seasons of course, but I saw my friend part out a beat up old dodge truck and ended up getting over $1,000 for it in the end, probably took like a month until it was down to half a frame and the bed at which point that part of it went to the scrap yard.

The quick buck usually always wins, I know, but if you don't need the quick cash it might be worth giving it a shot to part out the old junk cars/trucks.