Classics of 2015 Already Predicted in Hagerty Hot List
Here are cars that you can look forward to traveling with you through generation after generation. Classic cars are made every year, and certain features make them to stand out from others. But what truly makes a car memorable and remarkable enough to stand out from others? Hagerty Hotlist has…
Self-Service Salvage Yards Growing
Many DYI’ers want the option of pulling their own parts from auto salvage yards for even more savings!! It takes a lot for an industry with more than 8,000 businesses and $22 billion in annual sales to change direction. That’s what’s happening now in automotive recycling, where self-serve salvage yards…
Salvage Yard Fire Damage in Oceanside
A North County auto salvage company was heavily damaged by fire late Wednesday night. Firefighters were called to San Luis Rey Auto Salvage & Towing on North El Camino Real near Douglas Drive about 11:40 p.m., Oceanside Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Ward said. Read the full article here.
Green Batteries Will Be a Challenge
With fleets of electric cars starting to hit the roads, the next big mother lode for salvage companies is expected to be the expensive, newfangled batteries powering them. Yet even as automakers vaunt the ways these cars can benefit the environment, they are divided over how best to handle the…
FTC Confirms Recycled Parts are OK for Warranties
Michael Wilson of the Federal Trade Commission confirmed in a letter to the ARA the use of recycled automotive parts is OK for warranties! In the letter, the FTC says: “Warrantors may not claim that a warranty is void simply because a consumer has used an authorized or recycled part.”…
Crazy Tattoo – Notebook
This guy is crazy but we loved the fact that the first thing on his to-do list was go to the scrapyard!!
Super Junk Car
Now this is what I would call a Super Junk Car!!!
Batmobile Junk Car
Looks like the economic recession in the USA has really hurt Bruce Wayne’s millions.
Scrap Metal is a Booming Business
Daryl Law over at the Sentinel wrote a nice article the other day. What does recycling junk metal and China have in common? China needs the resource and America’s supplying it. Because of demand, the value of scrap metal has reached its highest point ever and some area businessmen are…