Scrapping cars with Canadian titles

**RSComputer** · 09-29-2012, 08:46 PM

This is a tough one without being able to get ahold of your yard. To be honest I've never come across a situation like this. Here are a couple of flags that are going off in my head. First can you verify that the title is real? Secondly if you do purchase and your yard wants/needs more documentation will you be stuck with it? If you do get stuck with it will you be cable to tear it down enough to take to the scrap yard and still be profitable? I'm not saying to do or not do. Just be careful and try to look at all the pros and cons. Good luck either way.

**gustavus** · 09-29-2012, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by RSComputer

This is a tough one without being able to get ahold of your yard. To be honest I've never come across a situation like this. Here are a couple of flags that are going off in my head. First can you verify that the title is real? Secondly if you do purchase and your yard wants/needs more documentation will you be stuck with it? If you do get stuck with it will you be cable to tear it down enough to take to the scrap yard and still be profitable? I'm not saying to do or not do. Just be careful and try to look at all the pros and cons. Good luck either way.

I often use the free service from Carfax where you enter the Vin of the vehicle which in turn gives me the engine size and a few other good pieces of info, if you choose to use the paid option I believe you get a whole list of owners right up to the current one. Possibly any lien holders as well.

As far as the Canadian Dept of Motor Vehicles goes you'll not have the report to them, they do not follow any vehicles to end of life.

http://www.carfax.com/cfm/general_ch...?partner=car_q