Why do people sell defective, wrecked, are inoperative cars?

Question

Nobody really wants to buy that. Also, they shoyld pay for getting ALL the work fixed themselves.

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Answer 1

I can think of 2 reasons why people sell defective, wrecked, or inoperative cars, and they are:

1. to obtain a vehicle make that they normally couldn't afford (BMW's, Mercedes-Benz's, etc) they then get new vin numbers and slowly put the vehicle back together again).

2. some municipalities will buy these vehicles so that their Emergency Service Units can practice on how to extricate people who have been trapped, how to rescue individuals in a submerged vehicle, how to practice uprighting a vehicle that is upside down, how to extinguish car fires, how to safely dismantle battery cables, etc.

Answer 2

The question is not why people sell defective and inoperative cars, the question is why people buy such cars. Buying a car is a investment for most the people, if you are buying a car from a private person, then have a mechanic that you can trust ,check it out. If the person refuses you to do that , then you know for sure something is wrong with it.

Answer 3

#1. Try looking for a good condition low mileaged 1997ish toyota supra. if you find one in good condition, youre going to be paying out the *** for it... whereas if you buy one that has 300,000 mles, you can easily swap out the major parts and have a good condition car that may be worth double what you put into it.
#2. http://www.erepairables.com/vehicle_information/456212/2002_porsche_boxster.html
$7500.
engine/transmission=$5000
interior=$4000
glass=$1000
axles=$2500
the car is worth more in parts then it is as a whole.
#3. customization.
so you find yourself a geo metro... ok, nothing special, funny looking car... your never going to win a race... but what happens when you swap out the storms drive train for a awd impulse RS turbos drivetrain?
ever see a geo metro smoke a corvette z06??
#4. this probably could fall under customization.
if you look at newer cars, theres nothing really special on the market.. but if you look at 80s cars, you have a great platform to start customizing. Take an 85 ford rs200 for example. http://www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk/alfieri180/gaydon-16a.jpg when you see it, all you see is an 22 yr old ford thats ugly and not even worth a consideration. when enthusiast see this car, our hearts start pumping. We see a 300hp 50/50 weight distribution, all wheel drive, turbo, 0-60 in 3.1 seconds and held the world record for fastest 0-60 car for 11 years after its debut.
you wouldnt even think about buying this car, but we would be willing to buy one in any condition, because it is such a rare hard to find car.
These are why people buy unrunable, wrecked, pos.

Answer 4

No, the real question is why do people buy defective, wrecked, and inoperative cars knowing they are as is, and never bother to have it checked out by their mechanic before the sale, but want to return it for a full refund "because it's a lemon" after the sale? If your mechanic found out the frame is bent and the engine is about to blow after the sale, he could have found it before the sale and saved you the trouble.

Answer 5

Some people like buying such cars for bargain prices, and fixing them up. Some even make a business out of it.

Answer 6

As P.T.Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute." Some people have no moral. They don't care how much they scam someone as long as they make a quick buck,

If they fixed the car up they might just as well keep it.

Buyer beware, always!

Answer 7

Some people buy them for parts, specially in classics.

Answer 8

They shouldn't to us "regular" people. However I can see where a mechanic may want to buy one and fix it himself.

Answer 9

i look to buy them if they have anything i need on them