Car - Government Auctions

Government Car Auctions

Where do you find a good used car for a few hundred dollars? Where can you buy a government surplus vehicle? These kinds of cars are available at government car auctions. These auctions are held all over the country and there is one taking place almost every day of the week. You can find information on these auctions available in your community paper or you can look on the internet at the Firstgov.gov website that lists information on all government auctions, federal, state, and local.

The cars sold at auction come from a variety of sources. Some of them are government surplus vehicles. Government decides to replace some of its vehicles. What do they do with the old cars? They sell them at auction. Other vehicles are seized or forfeited property. People who earn their income from crime have, when they are arrested, their assets seized. These assets are sold at auction. Seized property sold at public auction is available for the public to bid on. People can get a good deal on a car when buying at an auction.

Before you buy a car at an auction, you want to know what you are bidding on. Most car auctions have a viewing period. The viewing period is a time period where you can go at look at the cars that will be available at the next auction. You want to inspect the car you are interested. You would like to have a mechanic inspect it but that may not be allowed unless he is with you. You also want to obtain as much information as possible about the car before you bid on it. The car's VIN number is available so you can send for a report on it and see what its history is. You won't be able to drive the car or remove it from the premises so you have to do the best inspection that you can given the circumstances. You are basically bidding on the car in its "as is" condition. There are no guarantees that the car is good. There is no one to perform warrantee work if something on it doesn't work.

Before the auction, find out the details about the functioning of the auction. Is it voice auction or can you submit a written bid? How do you make payment? How do you qualify to bid? You want to have as much information as possible before the auction begins.