If you need a spare part for your vehicle you may not have considered going to a junkyard. Your local wrecking yard can be a valuable source of car spare parts, and can save you a lot of money. The cars that come into a salvage yard may have been involved in accidents, been damaged by fire, by water, or been stolen and later recovered. Such vehicles are deemed by the insurance companies to have been written off, and are then sold on to the wrecking yard. The parts you get from a junkyard can still be in very good condition. The cars that go to a wrecking yard can be quite new, so you will be getting a lightly used part for a bargain price. The junkyards will strip every usable part from an automobile, and will then remove all materials and liquids that are hazardous so they can be disposed of safely and with as little harm as possible to the environment.

The wrecking yard may test the parts removed, and may even refurbish them. The salvage yard will then sell the parts on with a warranty. All the parts carried in the junkyard are listed, so that when you phone up it is very easy for them to see if it is in stock. You may even be able to check for the part online. If they do not have the part you need, they may phone around for you. This means that it is worth going to a junkyard for parts even if your auto is relatively rare, as they will try very hard to track it down for you.

Using a junkyard is a very environmentally friendly way of keeping your automobile on the road. It saves you money and is a great way to be green. Next time your automobile starts to sound ill, and you are worried about receiving a huge repair bill, it could be worth seeing if they can help.