Broken Cars - Copart

A written off poverty spec. A-Class. Just not worth the hassle at all.

That's not going to be cheap to fix up and I bet it goes for silly money, most Copart stuff does.

Possibly worth it so someone who has a vehicle and needs bits they think they can salvage and then sell the rest on Ebay.

I've not been to a scrap yard in years - probably 50 or so- when I went with my brother or father (I was too young to drive at the time). Back then, you wandered round, perhaps having been told there was a Ford XYZ 'over there' until you found a suitable car, removed the bit(s), took them to the shed (calling it an office would be a joke), the man said one price, you haggled, and a deal was done.

The ground was always soaked in oil, almost like tarmac, and the weather always seemed dull and damp.

and the price took account of the little bits in your pocket ;)

I remember them fondly. I knew one to the west of Leicester quite well.

Yep just like that it was!

Ah well it was only a few bulbs and the like, bonus parts but it was as described .

Now its gone and is an upmarket housing development:(

Can anyone explain the plate with the four eight numbers?

Gross vehicle weight. Gross train /combination weight. Gross weight on front axle. Gross weight on rear axle.

So it can tow 1200 Kg (braked). You have be careful how you load it close too max laden weight as there isn't any margin for imbalance.

Minimum Kerb weight 1395 kg Max. Loading Weight 565 kg

'88-94 Nissan 200SX hatchback

So it too can tow 1200 Kg (braked).

Kerb weight 1224 Kg Max. Loading Weight 450 kg

Plenty of margin for rear load bias on to driven wheels.

god you took me back to my mini and mg days then

Thanks, such details are apparently more common on german cars? e.g. look at under the bonnet of this 1971 BMW 2002 Tii at 0.44 min into the vido. I'm quite impressed with cited the oil change intervals: Summer: 4000 miles (my own choice nowadays) Winter: 2000 miles (only) wheels are 13"/165 on this top performance model. I believe it was 130bhp. Yes I saw one passing my school at the time, the driver was wearing a white racing helmet :)

Those were days when anything over 100 bhp was a powerful car.

Triumph responded in 1973 to the BMW 2002 with the 125bhp Sprint. It had made 150 bhp on test. They up-rated to the 2.5L TR6 drive train.

Can't help but wonder if the people that created and passed the eco laws understand that they are the root cause of the higher horsepower of modern cars. Power = Efficiency x BMEP x Volume x power cycles / min. So unless they legislate maximum engine size or power limits (like learner classes of motorcycles) every demand for greater fuel efficiency leads to more power.

Very few makers have increased the "power cycles / min" factor. Toyota VVTi engine is one of the few that runs a mean piston speed of 25 m/s but most still only achieve 20 m/s and this has been typical for over 50 years. When mean piston speed is used as the measure then Power = Efficiency x BMEP x Piston area x mean piston speed / 2 (for 4 stroke). Short stroke, big bore, WINS horsepower wars. Ducati V4S produces over