There is a real difference between a website that says it buys damaged cars and a yard you can drive into, walk around, and see for yourself. Lou Appel’s Auto Spares is the second kind. We have...
A blown gearbox, a seized engine, a motor that keeps cooking itself: at some point the repair quote stops making sense. When the fix costs more than the car is worth, the money you pour in is money...
If a car has been sitting in your driveway for months and simply won’t start, you don’t have a problem, you have something we want to buy. Sellers across Johannesburg, Pretoria and the...
A car that won’t start is the hardest thing to sell privately and the easiest thing to sell to us. Private buyers in Johannesburg want something they can drive away today. We look at the same...
If you have decided to sell your damaged car, the best day to do it is today. Every month a wreck sits in the driveway it loses value: tyres go flat, the battery dies, and rust works into panels that...
If your car is headed for a scrap yard, read this first. The word “scrap” makes it sound like the vehicle is worth nothing but its metal, yet most cars written off as scrap in Gauteng are...
A scrap yard weighs your vehicle. We value it. That one difference decides what you actually walk away with, and on most cars the gap is bigger than sellers expect. The word “scrap” makes...
Selling a car for scrap sounds simple: weigh it, pay for the metal, done. It is simple, and that is exactly why it is usually the least you can get. There is almost always a bigger number sitting in...
A wreck sitting in your yard is not worth nothing. If your car has been in a smash, will not turn over, or would cost more to fix than it will ever fetch, Lou Appels Auto Spares will buy it for cash...
