From downtown Tampa and Ybor City out to Brandon, Riverview, Plant City and the strawberry fields east, we buy junk, wrecked and storm-damaged cars across all of Hillsborough County. Free towing, a firm offer up front.
Tell us the year, make, model and condition. We give you a number that holds when the truck shows up.
Hillsborough County is Florida’s fourth-largest county by population — about 1.46 million people at the 2020 Census, now estimated near 1.57 million, spread across roughly 1,020 square miles of land from the downtown Tampa core and Ybor City out to Brandon, Riverview, Plant City and the rural east. Tampa, the county seat and largest city, anchors it all. Wherever your car sits in that range, it is a Hillsborough County pickup to us, and the deal is the same: free tow, cash on the spot.
This is Gulf-coast hurricane country, so we see a lot of flood and storm-damaged cars — the sedan that took on water in a tropical storm, the trade-in that never ran right after a flood, the work truck rusting behind a Tampa body shop. Those are exactly the cars we want. You do not clean it, fix it, or move it. We bring the truck to you.
Most of the county gets same-day pickup when you call before noon, especially across Tampa, Brandon and Riverview. The rural eastern edge near Plant City sometimes runs to next-day, but we tell you the window straight when we book.
No title is usually not a dealbreaker in Florida. There are clear options for older and lost-title cars, covered below.
Florida handles junk cars under specific FLHSMV rules, and the right paperwork depends on the car. Here is the breakdown:
You have the title. Simplest case — sign the “Transfer of Title by Seller” section over to the salvage buyer and you are done.
The car is 10 years or older with no title. Florida lets you use FLHSMV Form 82137, the Derelict Motor Vehicle Certificate and Request to Cancel Title, instead of hunting down the original.
You lost the title on a newer car. File Form 82101 for a duplicate, then transfer normally.
For the official process, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles publishes the junk-vehicle steps, and the Hillsborough County Tax Collector handles the local tag and title side.
We build out Hillsborough County street by street. City and zip pages are rolling out — start with the county or jump up to all of Florida.
Often yes. A car 10 years or older can use FLHSMV Form 82137; a lost title is replaced with Form 82101 at the county tax collector. We walk you through it.
No. The figure quoted on the phone is what you get at the curb, assuming the car matches what you described. We do not lowball on arrival.
Nothing with us — in fact we pay you. The tow is free and there are no disposal or pickup fees. You are handed the quoted cash amount when we load the car.
Yes. Flood and storm damage is common in Florida and those cars are squarely what we buy. Running or not, we tow it free from hillsborough-county.
There is no Florida $3,000 rule for junking a car — it is a personal-finance guideline (roughly: if a car needs more than about $3,000 in repairs a year, it is usually time to let it go). For actually selling the car, what matters in Florida is the title or, for older low-value cars, the Form 82137 derelict process. If repairs have passed that point, a firm cash offer and free tow is the simpler exit.
Yes. Non-running, wrecked, flooded and stripped cars are exactly what we buy in hillsborough-county. We bring the truck and tow it free.
Cash on pickup in hillsborough-county. No waiting on a check to clear, no payment apps — you are paid when we load the car.
Donating can give a tax deduction, but for a low-value junk car the deduction is often small and only helps if you itemize. A cash sale puts money in hand the same day with no paperwork wait. We can give you a firm cash number to compare against the likely deduction before you decide.
