Pick Your Part Auto Recyclers

F– YOU! I drove an hour to get a part on a car you advertised having. When I paid 3 dollars, then 2 dollars into the premium parts area only to search and find out you didn’t have ENTIRE car. You guy behind the counter said «yea…sometimes they are slow to take the pictures down.» «What?» «OK, Give me and my pops our money back». «Sorry NO REFUNDS». You suck, you suck. Unilocalers, Go anywhere but this know-​nothing, rip-​off, scam arstist spot again. BTW, The other lots all laugh at you too.

I can’t find a better place to salvage your car in san diego.
i’ve junked three cars in san diego. the first two times i spent a while calling around finding a good place. I now go right to pick your part– and drop off my car. (call them first to make a claim #)

Each month they run a 50% off sale on all parts.
«Stop Making Sense» now you are ready to enter the ecology, welcome to the apocalypse.
This place is a mix of «Shadows of the Night» (or really «day») and Mad Max — the first movie — watch on Youtube.
Warning 1: Inventory (Stop making sense) They have no map or inventory. You must wonder around to the honda, or chevy or ford section. Why not at least take digital pictures quarterly and post on line?
Warning 2: There are some strange restrictions regarding power tools. I tried to bring in my portable 11 gallon compressed air tank because I needed to remove an axle nut off a front wheel CV shaft and they told me no. (Stop making sense! Why? Because there is no service that the offer to pull a part for you. I would understand if thay said we will use our air impact wrench and charge you $ 10 — which I would gladly have paid. No they don’t do at all.
Warning 3: MOST cars are at least 10 years old or older. Don’t expect to see lots of late model crashed cars. Those get rebuilt and go back on the road with salvage titles.
Warning 4: There a bunch of parts places on the same road. It is easy to walk into Pick your own Part vs Ecology. PYP is more expensive.
Do (not bring a Jack) as all cars are off the ground on blocks.
Do bring your own tools and a dolly /​hand truck as they get heavy.
Do (go to the window and ask for a print out of the years of car that contain the part you need. Ex bumper cover 1998 to 2001 Saturn SL2, etc. Do this for each part wheel spindles likely work from 1993 to 2005 because.
Do ask others or offer help to others if you lack a tool. I borrowed a socket and gave the guy $ 5 when I returned it — I said you saved me a lot of time running back home and back.
Do Expect to spend at least 2 hours: arrive, find car, pull part, get in a LONG line to cash out. Get in a line to exit — they mark you parts as you leave.
Do speak clearly as most people there English is a second language. There cool but you will need to make an extra effort to be clear so you get the parts you came for.
Do remember to wear sun screen, hat, safety glasses, hand cleaner, blue nitrile gloves, hammer, dolly, pipe for leverage, Cash $$$ etc.
Overall, parts are very reasonable. I got a bumper cover, fender, wheel spindle, air condition high pressure hose and AC radiator for about $ 100. New these parts would total $ 500+

My review is for selling a car to Pick Your Part. The process was painless, easy, and effective. Which is what I needed — selling my first car was a bit emotional, like a rite of passage or something.
So I called and got a quote on the phone. The quote was good for 24 hours. I went and got quotes from other car buyers. PYP offered the best price and the simplest transaction. They come get the car, you sign title, they give you a bill of sale and a check. File an online NLR with DMV and done. It’s easy peasy.
Now I’m a bit freaked out to know that my 20 year old green lantern (yes, car had a name) is being ravaged and picked over like a carcass but hey maybe I’ll see that dented fender on the road one of these days and know my green lantern lives on!!!

4 dollars to see the foreign selection and nothing but old bones in the desert. Go to Ecology for a fresher selection and half the price to enter.

I was a bit skeptical about using this company but I also know that usually people only vent when things don’t go as planned. Well, I contacted Pick your Park yesterday and as I type my son’s old car is getting picked up. The people I talked to were polite and friendly as well as the person that picked up the car. They were on time and they paid the amount that was mentioned before. If I have to I will use this company again.

Lots of medium to late model cars here. But, with any DIY salvage yard — you will find many cars are stripped of parts, like a Thanksgiving Turkey here. Or, many times you will find your part… but it will be carelessly broken by somebody else.
Just like Thrift Stores — it’s hit-​or-​miss over here. If you can find your part intact — the standard prices for used parts are excellent, though.

I haven’t written a review in a while. I haven’t had time and mostly I find other Unilocalers have got it pretty much covered. I just got done dealing with these guys, however, and I feel like an account of my experience will be pretty helpful to others.
So, this review is based on the experience of selling a car to Pick Your Part and having them tow it. Not on going to the yard for parts.
A list of things you’ll find necessary/​helpful:
The title to your car, in your name.
A key to your car.
An iPhone or equivalent device with some kind of time wasting activities like Facebook or games and the ability to make lots of calls. Make sure your battery is charged.
Patience, bring plenty of this.
A snack.
Comfortable shoes. you get the idea.
Joviality aside, my experience was not a positive one. I was quoted one price on the phone. The price seemed good, so I double checked. «When the guy turns up to take the car, that’s the amount of money I’m going to get, right? No funny business?». I was told «Yes» and «No» respectively. Good. Sounds like it’s going to be easy. Thank fuck. I’ve been pushing this thing up and down Adams Ave. for the past 2 weeks to avoid street sweeping tickets and I’m sick of it. I had a funny feeling, something about dealing with any kind of ‘car’ people. It was a subtle feeling, like an unsolicited hand running gently up my leg and a shallow breathing in my ear before I get completely bent over and fucked. I’ve learned to listen to my gut so I braced myself. The tow truck turns up. «So. $ 400, right?» says the man. «No.» I say. «$ 550» I say. This goes on for about 5 minutes and to cut a long story short (because you’re probably already bored of reading this, sorry, I’m just trying to make it funny/​interesting) you will be told one amount on the phone and a completely different amount when the man comes to take your car. You will then be told by a different (not so nice lady) on the phone that they wouldn’t even quote that amount. Then you will have to make several other phone calls to different people over the course of 20 minutes and wait for a busy signal to clear for about 10 minutes before the tow truck man gets a call and offers you $ 450 max. You will then have to start getting more firm and express a lot less patience for the situation. You will then finally be offered the amount you were quoted. Actually, you may not, I was but I’m willing to bet I got lucky and was prepared to make a bigger problem than a lot of folks. My main problem with this whole situation is the dishonesty involved here.
So. you have been warned. It is, by all means, an option to deal with Pick Your Part Auto Recyclers or any other junk yard if you have a car that won’t run and you need it gone but you’re most likely going to have to fight for a fair experience. It’s hard to pin point blame here, the tow truck man was actually very nice and patient. The people on the phone were not directly rude but they weren’t apologetic or particularly understanding either. I am a person that demands what I am promised. Too many people make compromises and too many businesses get away with BS. I’m glad I got what I was promised in the end but in the future I’ll probably find another place to do business with.

What a dump. Literally. Not a whole lot of meat left on these bones if you know what I mean.
I understand that the business end of this place is scrap metal and that usable parts are an additional spiff but man, when there is practically nothing left on the vehicles other than bare metal, remove them off of the line.
Nice taco truck outside by the way.

This place was kind of hard to see. It’s just past Ecology on the right. It’d be nice if they used big signs like Ecology. Anyway, you get in there and parking is easy. You had to pay $ 2 to go in and walk around. Their selection was kind of small. It consisted of Ford and GM models which is what I was looking for. I came looking for some tires but it seems that those must be the first thing to go because I hardly saw any there.