Government auto auctions $1500.00 what did we buy?

You can buy cheap government surplus vehicles for low low money at this web site. police cars state vehicles and much much more.

[lorieandpatrickdavies]

You can buy a decent, reliable vehicle at these auctions. A guy I know bought a former police Crown Victoria for $2K. He drove it for 3 years, and all it needed was gas and the occasional oil change. He sold it for $2500. It wasn't a fancy ride, but it got him back and forth to work without any issues.

[chazman]

I havent seen a cheap auction police car in years. I have seen them in massive bidding wars. The days of cheap auction cars are over.

[Ammut]

Man forget the cars, I want one of those single family homes for $19k O_O

[mikewillemin]

Bought a truck on this site once and it was a great running truck! Just remember on each bid the buyers fees and state taxes can add up quick

[londen]

I've picked up 3 cars at state auctions, all have been good runners. It used to be they would sell off cars before 100k miles, now you're lucky to find one under 150k miles.

[TheSportcamaro]

I worked Military Police for 8 years. 1 thing to keep in mind with these vehicles that people don't often think about is idle time. Miles may read 100, 000, however that doesn't account for the 100's to 1000's of hours we sit around idling. Also, I have NEVER seen a work vehicle receive oil changes or maintenance anywhere near on time. Factor in that idle time and that motor is going to have excessive wear and tear. Just something to keep in mind. Check for leaks, bad gaskets, knocks and ticks, etc.

[lostsidewalk]

The risk with the police cars is the amount of hours they sit running idling not moving, this wears out engines, especially the hemis, ... A hemi that's been driven in normal situations will last

[boilerroomed]

In my personal experience as a Govt. worker, many guys ABUSE the heck out of the vehicles! As in think Rentals! If it's a Cop car they never shut them off except at the station. All that idling is what wipes out the cams in the Dodges. They messed up the newer design by moving the cam too high in the block and it doesn't get splash oiling when at idle, etc...

[Doc]

Years ago I worked with a nurse and he needed a little pickup for a commuter.
He bought an older Ford Ranger 4WD with a 2.3L 4cyl and a 5spd manual transmission.
It was an older Forester service pickup.
It had about 140K miles on it when he bought it. He paid $500 for it.
He drove it for several years before it finally died at almost 400K miles.
The first thing he did to it was he changed the front and rear differential, transfer case and transmission grease. He did that every 50K miles until it finally died.
Around 300K miles he had to replace the 4WD system. It had the manual locking front hubs.
He absolutely loved that old Ranger.
When it finally died he bought another Forest Ranger pickup and had driven it for a few years. I retired so I don’t know how long it lasted.
Another friend of mine was a Forest Ranger and he was given a new Jeep Cherokee with the inline 6cyl and a 4spd manual transmission. It too was a 4WD. He babied the Jeep and when it hit around 150K miles his boss came to him no and said that it too was going to auction, but if he wanted to buy it, the Forest service would sell it to him for $600.
He too bought it because he had babied it for its entire life and knew that it was in great condition for the mileage.
When it hit about 200K miles they gave it to their son for his college car. That old Jeep got him through his Masters degree.
We’re thinking about selling our current low mileage pickup and buying a 3/4 to 1 ton 4WD pickup for work around our property and putting the money from the sale of our current pickup and buying more gold.

[ftojukc]

My man. Thank you so much! This has opened so many doors for us. Social media influencers and general knowledge had misguided me for over a decade lol.

[wisfl]

The only issue with GovDeals is not every auction is setup the same. Some will extend the timers to allow the bids to continue while others will go off the best offer submitted in the final second.

[kenjohnson]

Had a buddy who would buy all his off road tires from this web site and save hundreds on a set of 4 almost new tires.

[eddie]

good video, always look at the buyers preminum, adm fee and possible taxes that are added to the final bid. they can add a lot of $$

[DadsTrucksBarn]

Dude I am so glad you made this one because you and me have talked about the police auction ones before and most of the auctions are Brasher auto auctions or Copart because all the tow companies keep the police impound this one this one actually has stuff that I can use sweet

[richsmith]

Thanks for taking us along. I have wondered about this site. Will have to start following this site too! ❤😎

[bryangoldsmith]

It’s the long hours of just idling that’s the hardest on most of them, especially the Dodges.

[wildbill]

That dodge had half a tank, that should pay for almost the price 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[lo]

Never knew of this. Thank you. I just subscribed

[OzarkMountainKing]

I just found your channel and subscribed. These comments arguing over which engine is garbage is kind of funny. Every manufacturer has had some bad years, bad design, or bad updates to every motor and transmission. Some recalled, some allowed to fester and wreak havoc on the publics pocketbook. I've owned virtually every single configuration brand, engine, and configuration in my life. My old F-Series with a 351 and 3 speed manual had 500k miles in it when I sold it. My 2017 3.5 EcoBoost was a beautiful piece of garbage. Bad cam phasers 3 times in 96k miles. My brother's Chevy High Country was actually bought back by GM because it had so many issues. Personally, a 2500 truck that needs a steering rack or new main seal is still a good deal. Good luck, everyone!

[annagaddisnetwork]

I looked at the site. Cool. Thanks. I’ll look more into this