Your Questions About Police Car Auction Vehicles
George asks…
Location in or around Tacoma for police auction auto car?
Where is the location for car auction in or around Tacoma?
I want to know if police or government has any auctions where they sell seized cars?
If police is not directly involved in auction, how do they get rid of vehicles they have seized? do they give it to towing company? and those towing company has auctions ? or police is having those auctions at a particular location?
richermo answers:
Vikasintl, I found a review of several auto auction and government seized sites. Http://www.autoadviceonline.com/Government-Seized-Auto-Auctions.html These sites can probably answer your questions. However they cost a small fee to join, but I couldn’t find any free resources online. Since the vehicles are always being sold, your signup fee is probably used to employ people to keep the site up to date.
Donna asks…
Would you consider buying a former police car at auction without seeing it up close beforehand?
For a little more than $2k, a county near me is selling a number of former police cars on an online public auction site used by state and local agencies.
The following is an example:
Year: 2003
Make: Ford
Model: Crown Victoria
Mileage: 114,817
VIN: 2FAFP71W83X169857
Running Condition: yes
Engine: 4.6L
Transmission: A4
Tires: 225/60R16 Good
Color – White
Condition: GOOD
The prices range from 2k to 3k right now, depending on mileage. The auction closes in the next hour or two, and I won’t get to the physical site of the vehicles before the auction closes.
At this price, is it worth putting down $2k for a former police car? I assume that the county has maintained the vehicles fairly well and that they are simply being retired. The pictures of the outside of the cars makes them all appear to be in decent condition and are listed as being in good condition, but there’s no way to be absolutely sure.
Thanks for your feedback.
richermo answers:
I currently drive a former police car (’98). It runs very well and I haven’t had any major problems with it, apart from the regular maintenance you’d have to keep up with on an older car.
My grandparents have owned three of them over the years and all have been the same deal.
They’ve been driven hard, but they’re also well maintained, so for the price I’ve had good luck.
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