First Capitol Auction Inc

3 Stars for the potential deals you can get here. First Capitol Auction is where corporations, municipalities, governments, and rental car companies retire their assets to.
This company holds these assets on consignment and offers them to the public through an auction periodically.
The process is very laid back and the staff aren’t the most helpful but somehow, everything works out. Supposedly, this is where you would purchase a repossessed Porsche or Mercedes for $ 1,000.
I can inform you that I looked at every car there today and didn’t see one. Most cars are Ford rentals but there are a lot of Pick up trucks, Jeeps, what not averaging from 40k to 140k miles.
I saw anything from Welding Trucks to Bobcats to regular cars to camper containers. The process works with a public viewing on a Thursday from about 9am to 4pm and then an auction of the larger vehicles on Friday 9am-​4pm and then, an auction of the vehicles on Saturday from 9am –4pm or whenever they are all sold.
The quality of the vehicles aren’t great and the price you get isn’t much cheaper than a used car lot. There’s a catch when you win an auctioned item in that they will charge you about a 10% commission on whatever you get from the auction and will overcharge you if they register the vehicle for you.
The cars are identified with a tag id # referred to as a lot number. All in all, the good items are competitive but if you need a cheap, ugly, emergency car or an old pick up for the occasional haul of a large item, it might be worth your while to check this place out.
Take your first exit once you’re off the Carquinez Bridge and look for Sonoma Ave and then turn left about 1 mile later at Solano. There’s free parking, albeit in a dirt lot.
This place is essentially a flea market for vehicles and heavy equipment.