What is your car worth?Start with the VIN or the plate. We ask the rest, then the number is in writing.
Don't Drive It? Sell It!
Sell your wrecked car anywhere in Florida
Wrecked, totaled, not running or simply finished. Tell us what happened
to it, get a written offer before any truck is dispatched, and be paid in full when we collect it.
Pickup is free from Pensacola to the Keys.
The offer is in writing, and it does not change in your driveway
Free pickup statewide, running or not, keys or no keys
Paid in full at pickup, with nothing deducted at the curb
Usually 24 to 48 hoursFrom accepted offer to collection
Paid at pickupIn full, nothing deducted
What we buy
If it is a car and it is in Florida, we are interested
We are not a junkyard and we are not pricing your car by the pound. "Wrecked" here
means anything that has fallen out of the retail market, from a dented fender to a car the insurer
has already written off.
Collision damage
Front-end, rear-end, side-impact, rolled. I-4, I-95, the Palmetto and US-19 keep us busy. It
does not matter whose fault it was.
Denied and underpaid claims
A claim refused on an exclusion, a lapsed policy, or a settlement that came in well under what
the car was worth. The decision changes who pays, not what the vehicle is worth.
Insurance total losses
Including owner-retained salvage, cars on a Florida salvage certificate of title, and cars on a
certificate of destruction.
Non-runners
Dead engine, blown transmission, no keys, flat tires, has not moved in a year. Most of what
we collect does not drive onto the truck.
Repairs worth more than the car
The quote came back at four thousand on a car worth three. Get our number before you authorize
the work, not after.
Florida wear
Salt corrosion underneath, clear coat cooked off the roof, an interior that has been in the sun
for fifteen summers. Still a car to us.
How it works
Three steps, and nothing changes between them
No account to create, no inspection to schedule before you see a number, and no
auction where strangers bid on your car.
Step one
Tell us about the car
Year, make, model, rough mileage, what happened to it, whether it runs, where the title stands
and the ZIP code it is parked in. Photographs speed this up more than anything else.
Step two
Get the offer in writing
A real figure, issued before any truck is dispatched. Sit on it, compare it, call three other
buyers with it. Nothing happens until you say yes.
Step three
Free pickup, paid on the spot
Usually within 24 to 48 hours. We collect from driveways, condo garages, body shops, storage
lots and tow yards, and you are paid in full before the car leaves.
We will beat a junkyard quote, and the number will not move
Two commitments, and one question we want you to ask every buyer you call,
including us.
1
Bring us the junkyard’s number and we will beat it
Show us a written quote from a junkyard or scrap yard on the same vehicle and we will
beat it. Not match it. Beat it.
That is arithmetic rather than a stunt. A yard prices your car by what it weighs and
which parts it can pull. We price it by what it is: year, make, model, trim, mileage and
where the damage sits. On anything late-model those two numbers are not close.
2
The price we quote is the price you are paid
Your offer is issued in writing before a truck is dispatched. It does not change when
the driver arrives, it is not revised once the car is on the deck, and nothing is
discovered on pickup day that costs you a few hundred.
The only thing that can move the number is finding the vehicle is materially different
from how you described it. Describe it honestly and the number you accepted is the number
you are handed.
Ask every buyer this before you accept
“Will this price change when the driver gets here?”
Ask us. Then ask everyone else you call, and listen closely to the answer. A buyer who
will not commit to the number on the phone has told you what happens next. The most common
complaint we hear from sellers is not that an offer was low. It is that the offer was
lowered in the driveway, after the car was already loaded and saying no had become
difficult.
The one exception, said up front. On a very old, high-mileage shell,
scrap weight may genuinely be close to what the vehicle is worth, and there may be little
room to beat. If that is your car, we will tell you on the phone rather than waste your
afternoon. We would rather lose the sale than talk you into a bad one.
The alternatives
What the other four options actually pay
There is nothing wrong with any of these. They are just built for a different car
than yours, and it is worth knowing which is which before you spend a Saturday on it.
Junkyard or scrap yard
Dealer trade-in
Private sale
Florida Wrecked Cars
How your car is priced
By weight and by which parts they can pull
As a trade against another purchase, if they take it at all
By whoever turns up, if anyone does
As a vehicle: year, make, model, trim, mileage and where the damage sits
Damaged or non-running
Yes, that is their market
Usually declined
Very hard to sell
Yes, it is most of what we buy
Salvage-title cars
Sometimes
No
Very hard to sell
Yes, routinely
Does the price hold?
Often renegotiated at the curb
Fixed once appraised
Whatever the buyer talks you down to
Written before dispatch and paid in full
Getting it there
Towing sometimes deducted
You have to get it there
You have to get it there
Free pickup anywhere in Florida
Florida paperwork
Your problem
Handled
Your problem
Walked through with you, including electronic titles
A scrap yard is genuinely the right answer for a very old, high-mileage shell.
If that is your car we will say so.
Florida paperwork
The four things Florida asks of you
This is where Florida differs from almost everywhere else, and where sellers
get caught out. None of it is difficult once you know the order to do it in.
Sign the title in the right place
Complete the Transfer of Title by Seller section in full: your signature, printed name,
odometer reading and the date. Signing in the wrong box is slow to undo and sometimes cannot be
undone at all, so call before you write anything.
If your title is electronic, deal with that firstMost Florida titles
Most Florida titles are held electronically and there is no paper document to sign. Either
request a paper title through the MyDMV Portal or a tax collector office, or complete the
transfer in person with both parties present. Any lien has to be satisfied before a paper title
can be printed.
Take the plate off, then deal with the insuranceIn that order
In Florida the plate belongs to you, not the car. Remove it before pickup, then transfer it
to another vehicle or surrender it at your county tax collector. Do not cancel the insurance
first: Florida can suspend your driver license if a plate is still active when the coverage
lapses.
File the Notice of Sale within 30 daysHSMV 82050
This is the step that ends your liability for the vehicle, and Florida has required it of
sellers since 2009. Skip it and a toll bill, a parking citation or a towing invoice can find you
months later for a car you no longer own.
Florida Wrecked Cars is a TrackWala site. These are Google reviews of
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★★★★★
These guys were so easy to deal with. They made me an offer, I accepted the offer, and they called me with pick up time. Then they showed up right on time with my check for the agreed on amount. Thank you so much Trackwala.
I had got a quote from a different company that Court horse me into signing the title and the wrong spot before they give me a price once I signed it they give me a price that was real low so I moved on to a different company and when they came to pick the vehicle up since I signed it there it blocked them from selling the car to me so I reach out to this company and he was able to coach me in the right spot to get the title fixed and my girlfriend entered in the wrong mileage which made the car worth more and he quoted the higher price and still honored the higher price even though the mileage was incorrect he's a good man good company I recommend them highly
I have had the best experience with trackwala Sam has been so awesome in preparing everything that was needed he was right on with everything and quick to respond and everything was just a really great experience I would recommend them to anybody
How much is my wrecked or totaled car worth in Florida?
A damaged car is worth what it is, not what it weighs. Year, make, model, trim, mileage and where the damage sits set the number. A late-model vehicle with collision damage usually carries value that scrap-weight pricing misses completely, and on newer cars the two numbers are not close. Tell us the vehicle and what happened to it and we will put a figure in writing.
What paperwork do I need to sell a wrecked car in Florida?
The Florida certificate of title and a photo ID matching the name on it. If there is still a loan, bring the lender payoff information or the lien release. If your insurer totaled the car, bring the salvage certificate of title. That is the whole packet for most sales.
What counts as a total loss in Florida?
It depends on whether the car was insured. When an insurance company pays you to replace the vehicle, Florida treats it as a total loss and the insurer has to obtain a salvage certificate of title or a certificate of destruction. For a vehicle with no insurance, Florida Statute 319.30 sets the line at repairs costing 80 percent or more of what it would cost to replace the car with one of like kind and quality. Percentages you see quoted online often mix those two situations up.
My Florida title is electronic. Does that stop the sale?
No, but it is the step that catches most Florida sellers out. Most Florida titles are held electronically, and there is no paper document to sign. You either request a paper title, which can be ordered through the MyDMV Portal and arrives in the mail, or printed the same day for a fee at a tax collector office, or both parties complete the transfer in person at a tax collector office. All liens have to be satisfied before an electronic title can be printed. Tell us when you call and we will tell you which route is quickest for your situation.
Do my license plates stay with the car in Florida?
No. In Florida the plate belongs to you, not the vehicle. Take it off before pickup, then either transfer it to another vehicle or surrender it at your county tax collector office. One thing to get in the right order: do not cancel the insurance until the plate is transferred or surrendered, because Florida can suspend your driver license if a plate is still active when the coverage lapses.
When and how do I get paid?
At pickup, in full, for the amount you accepted, before the vehicle is loaded and gone. No waiting period, no mailed payment weeks later and no fees deducted at the curb.
