re: Best thing to do with a junk car?

I don't want to tell you not to take the money that the tow truck driver is offering but if for some reason you don't want to go that route, I'll come get it first thing tomorrow. What part of Louisiana or Mississippi are you in?

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1-877 cars for kids, 1-877 cars for kidddddsssss... 1-877 cars for kids, donate your car to a kid.

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Dumbass... KARS KARS FOR KIDS

Donate it to the "National Kidney Foundation" or similar organization. Tax-deductible if you want it to be also.

Use it to fill a pot hole in the city and charge a $1 toll for everyone crossing over it.

In some places, maybe, because it can lower the amount subject to sales tax (Texas, for example).

But if you have to have it towed to get it traded in, you may spend more than you save.

So the suggestion of donation for tax write-off may be your best bet. Just make sure you get the current blue book value and deduct accordingly for condition.

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Call a junkyard and get them to tow it away and hopefully collect a few hundred bucks.

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Nowadays a lot of them want it to have all fluids drained: motor oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, fuel lines. Doable, I suppose, might need a pump for the transmission. But then you'd have to haul it down there and if you don't have a trailer or two truck that could eat half the profit.

Advertise it Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist as a "beater special" for $500, less if you don't have clear title.