 Posted 4/2/2008 7:32:12 AM
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What do you do when Decommissioning/Retiring vehicles?
Do you clean them up for sale privately or auction?
Leave emergency equipment installed or strip it down.
How do you plug body holes, if at all?I have been to alot of auctions and wonder if a vehicle would be more desireable if it were cleaned up and holes properly plugged instead of leaving a hole there or covering it with tape. Anytime a vehicle is retired, I clean it up really nice. Wash, wax, tire shine, clean up wiring, etc.
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Posted 4/2/2008 12:30:55 PM
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With the tight budget constraints if I decommission a police car it's really crap and damaged. We deinstall all equipment, lightbar, siren speaker, radios, computers, racks decals. We also drill out the trunk key lock and both doors and change out the ignition cylinder. Since these cars are all keyed alike, cab companies buy up our old cars and they show up yellowed and cab drivers brag that they can get into our police cars, and we found keys in their pockets. So now our stripping will go out to auction as is with just a cylinder keyed for that car.
A/Sgt. Rich Lee
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Posted 4/2/2008 7:29:37 PM
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| I thought the law in SF was that all cabs had to be bought new and be replaced every 3 years. Either way, WOW.
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Posted 4/3/2008 9:07:30 AM
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 WE REMOVED ALL THE EQ PLUG ALL THE ANNTENA HOLES WITH RUBBER PLUGS REMOVE THE DECALS AND BUT UP FOR BIDS ARE LAST CV WITH 120000 MILES ON IT BROUGH 7700.00 SO THERE IS A MARKET
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Posted 4/3/2008 6:42:20 PM
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You are correct. The Taxi commission changed the rules recently requiring cab companies to purchase used cars with not more than 75,000 miles. Of course we surpass that. The new one which the cabbies hate is that they all have to be green. There is a war at the SFO airport, if you are CNG you go in front of the line for fares.
A/Sgt. Rich Lee
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Posted 5/4/2008 8:15:07 PM
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| So nobody else cleans up the cars before they put them out?
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Posted 5/5/2008 5:33:07 PM
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Once the equipment is out it goes on the trailer with the title papers, see ya later.
A/Sgt. Rich Lee
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Posted 9/10/2008 2:28:04 PM
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| We clean them up and have just recently started using govdeals.com to sell them. In the past we took them to our local auto auction for sale. The cars usually have around 120,000 miles on them, but they are well maintained.
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