If you have a vehicle sitting in a Mill Woods driveway, a Clareview parking pad, or a back alley off Whyte Avenue that hasn't turned over since the last cold snap, you don't need to list it, photograph it, or field a month of lowball messages.
YEG Cash For Cars buys vehicles across Edmonton in any condition — running, not running, wrecked, rusted, hail-pocked, or already stripped for parts — and we pay before the tow truck loads it.
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Most Edmonton car buyers only want clean, safetied, low-kilometre vehicles. We built this business around the opposite. If your car is a problem, it's exactly what we're looking for.
Seized engines, blown head gaskets, dead transmissions, frames eaten through at the rocker panels. If it's only worth what it weighs, we still pay for it — and we'll tell you honestly that's what's driving the number.
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The classic Edmonton story: it sat through a -35 °C February, the battery died, the fuel gelled, and by spring it wouldn't crank. We don't need it to start. We don't need it to drive onto the deck.
Central Alberta hail writes off a lot of otherwise healthy cars. If your insurer branded it or the repair quote came in higher than the vehicle's value, that car still has real resale and parts value to us.
This is truck country. F-150s, Silverados, Rams, Sierras, Grand Caravans and Escapes come off Edmonton driveways every week, and half-tons in particular carry strong parts demand because so many are still on the road here.
We also buy high-mileage commuters, insurance write-offs, salvage-branded vehicles, fleet retirements, estate vehicles, and cars that have been parked so long the tires have flat-spotted. Full list on Vehicles We Buy.
Year, make, model, roughly how many kilometres, whether it runs, and what's wrong with it. Be blunt — an accurate description gets you an accurate number, and it means the price doesn't change when we arrive.
We quote over the phone or by text, and that quote is the amount you're handed. No "reassessment" in your driveway, no deductions for towing, no surprise fees.
Our driver comes to you anywhere in Edmonton and the surrounding region. You hand over the signed paperwork and the keys, we hand over the cash, and the car is gone. Free towing across Edmonton →
Most people asking "how much can I get for my scrap car in Edmonton?" get a vague answer. Here's the honest breakdown of what moves the number.
A stripped vehicle's floor value is its recyclable metal. Shredded steel prices move with global demand, which is why a quote from last spring may not match today's. Heavier vehicles — trucks, full-size SUVs, older body-on-frame builds — carry more of it.
This is often the single most valuable component on an otherwise dead car, because of the platinum, palladium and rhodium inside. If yours is intact, say so. If it was cut off, tell us that too — it changes the offer, and we'd rather know upfront than discover it on the hoist.
A 2012 Corolla and a 2012 half-ton are not worth the same to an Alberta buyer even at identical weight, because the parts that come off them sell at very different rates here. Alternators, transmissions, doors, seats, wheels and body panels for common Edmonton vehicles have a real local market.
A vehicle with all four wheels, glass intact and no fire damage is worth more than one that's been picked over. Missing engine or transmission drops the number significantly.
Accessible driveway versus a tight back alley off 118 Avenue in January affects tow difficulty — though for us it affects scheduling, not your payout.
There's a reason this city produces so many end-of-life cars relative to its size.
Road salt and brine on the Yellowhead, Whitemud and Anthony Henday chew through rocker panels, brake lines and subframes. Deep freezes crack batteries, seize calipers and finish off tired starters. Spring freeze-thaw turns Edmonton streets into pothole fields that destroy struts, control arms and rims. Summer hail arrives fast and writes off entire blocks of parked cars at once.
The result is a familiar Edmonton pattern: a perfectly good ten-year-old vehicle where a $3,800 repair lands on a $2,200 car. At that point it stops being transportation and starts being a lawn ornament — and that's when the neighbours' complaints start. The City's Community Standards Bylaw treats derelict and unregistered vehicles stored in public view as a nuisance, and it can result in a fine. Getting it removed isn't just about the money; it's about the problem going away.
Selling a vehicle in Alberta is simpler than most people expect, and we walk you through it.
You'll need proof of ownership — the vehicle registration in your name, or supporting documents if the vehicle came from an estate or a lien payout. We provide a bill of sale listing the VIN, odometer reading, sale price and both parties' details, and you keep a copy.
Remove your licence plates before we load it. In Alberta plates belong to you, not the vehicle. Keep them for your next car or return them to any registry agent.
Cancel your insurance after the sale, not before. Alberta's private insurers may owe you a prorated refund on the unused term.
We cover the full Edmonton metro and the surrounding region — inside and well beyond the Henday.
Across the city we regularly pick up from Mill Woods, Old Strathcona, Downtown, Oliver, Windermere, Terwillegar, Riverbend, Castle Downs, Clareview, Beverly, Bonnie Doon, The Meadows, Ellerslie, Summerside, Griesbach, Jasper Place and West Edmonton — the whole ring from Yellowhead Trail down to Ellerslie Road, and from Stony Plain Road across to Manning Drive.
Outside the city we serve Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Fort Saskatchewan, Beaumont, Stony Plain, Devon, Morinville, Ardrossan, Bon Accord, Redwater, Westlock, Vegreville, Wetaskiwin, Camrose and Drayton Valley.
Not on the list? Check our full service area — if you're within a reasonable haul of Edmonton, we'll likely still come.
The number you're given on the phone is the number you're handed. Renegotiating in the driveway is the oldest trick in this industry and we don't run it.
Not "free" with a recovery fee quietly subtracted from your offer.
25 years operating out of Edmonton, not a national lead-generation site that sells your phone number to whoever bids highest.
Fluids drained and captured, batteries and tires handled to standard, reusable components pulled, shells sent to a licensed recycler. Nothing gets abandoned.
It depends on weight, whether the catalytic converter is intact, and local parts demand for that specific model. Call with your year, make, model and condition and you'll get a real number in a few minutes.
Yes — non-running vehicles are a large share of what we buy. It doesn't need to start, drive, or steer.
Yes, across the city and the surrounding communities we serve. It's never deducted from your offer.
Most Edmonton pickups happen same day or next day, depending on driver availability and where you are.
Registration or proof of ownership, photo ID, and the keys if you still have them. Remove your plates before we arrive.
Yes. Missing keys aren't a problem. Missing major components will affect the offer, but we'll still buy it.
Only once the lien is discharged. If you're close to paying it out, talk to us — we can explain the sequence.
