I Flipped a $600 Car.
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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The act of flipping a car is simple. You buy an automobile at a low price and resell it at a higher price for profit. Well it’s not just that simple because the most difficult part is actually finding a good deal.
Using my prior experience, I ended up searching for a car on Copart.com which is not a sponsor of this video. Copart sells clean, rebuilt and salvage title cars that go through insurance claims. They do also sell donated vehicles that sometimes if you get lucky don’t have any problems.
The auctions are held 100% online so that means you can buy cars from different states
In order to bring this car to run mechanically sound, there are a few items that need to be done to this car. Let’s break it down. As previously mentioned, this model of the Ford Focus has a few common issues, the valve cover gasket will need to be replaced, along with the engine mount. This car will also need a fresh oil change along with a complete full detail inside and out.
The first item I decided to tackle was the valve cover gasket. In order to replace the valve cover gasket, the coils needed to be taken off.
The timing of this flip turned out very well. While I was repairing the car, I found out that my brother in law was looking for a cheap car to buy. So I decided that instead of posting the car up for sale for around 2.5k - 3k, I would just sell it to him for 2k and immediately secure the profit. And that is what I ended up doing. With the sale secured, let’s break down the cost, the true profit and the hourly rate.
I won the car for $675. After all the fees, I ended up paying $943. The total cost of the parts came out to $102.34. A detailed breakdown of the parts that I bought, you guys can find down in the description while you’re dropping a like on this video.
The car detail was $350 and the trip permit that I purchased for it was $34.
So all in, this car cost me $1,429.31 bringing my clean profit to $570.69. Based on that profit I walked away with a $71.34 hourly rate. If I would have waited for a buyer at even 2.5k, my profit could have been $1,070.69 and my hourly rate would have been $133.84. Not too shabby.
Here is the detailed breakdown:
Bought: $675
Fees: $268
Gasket: $13.98
Engine Mounts: $40.98
Spark Plugs: $10.39
Oil Change: $36.99
Car Detail: $350
Trip Permit: $34
Total Cost: $1,429.31
Profit: $570.69
Hours: 9 hours - 1 hour for filming
Hourly Rate: $570.69 / 8 hours = $71.34
My videos are not financial advice so please take it as a grain of salt. I hope you have a good laugh out of it as well. Enjoy the video and please share your feedback, like, and subscribe!
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Great video and flip!
Wow appreciate it! Feels awesome hearing that from the OG car garage! 🤝
So with due respect, the title and thumbnail are outright deceptive or wrong.. it wasn’t a $600 but rather closer to $1,000 and you didn’t sell it for $3,000 but rather $2,000..
You did a nice job on the car, but why stretch the truth??
Thank you! I just wanted to show the amount I won it for (without fees) and the potential sale that could have happened if I weren’t in a rush to sell. I would have actually gotten about 3.5k for it judging by it’s great condition. Thank you for the feedback.
also the thumbnail is almost the same as buddy's diy
Because he wanted more views obviously. RUclips is a business also. I understand dat.
@@kevinj7051could just make better content instead of piggybacking. That’s how you actually get views.
Karens always finding something to complain about 😂
That little bit of milky oil you saw as likely from it being started a bunch of times and not brought up to temp while at the auction. The duratec is a pretty robust engine (I have ones with 400k on them still going strong) and isn't known for blowing head gaskets.
i bought an 05 hatch for $400 daily drove it 70 miles per day to work & took multiple 600 mile round trips across florida lol ran dry of oil one night somehow. no oil light, nothing. just gave er some sauce to pass someone & boom knocking.. i filled it up and drove it still for another few months until i replaced it with a lil turbo 6spd car. put 3k miles on it. the knocking got so bad i was scared to drive to work, but i had to do what I had to do lol..
Great flip, however, I can't pay someone $350 to detail a car I'm going to sell. Keep up the good work!
I totally agree!
I'd do the detail myself. No one is going to do as good a job as I am or want done!
Good job bro
Just a tip before you start the car you need to check the oil the cooling and you can actually go see the car in the copart yard
$600 into $3000
$1400 into $2000
I guess the former gets way more views....
I just wanted to show the amount I won it for (without fees) and the potential sale that could have happened if I weren’t in a rush to sell. I would have actually gotten about 3.5k for it judging by it’s great condition. Thank you for the feedback.
@@mikhaxl not giving you a hard time though I think the video was great and well done. Thanx for creating it and showing us how you worked on this specific car.
Good job on the flip young man, but in your breakdown of your investment you left out the price of your father's tow bill. If he didn't charge you I hope you bought his fuel for the haul. Enjoyed the video.
Dude you sold probably head gasket blown car to your relative?! Good job🤣
Deduct the cost of the tow from the auction lot from the profit for most viewers, unless your dad also has a tow truck.
Love those car flipping videos!!! Few things I would advise you to do next. When teightening the bolts use a torque wrench to torque it to specs and before putting the oil filter on fill it with fresh oil.
Looks good
Cool, more clickbait. Sells the car for 2 thousand but has 3 thousand on thumbnail.
This guy is awesome! 👏
So U sold ur brother a car with leaking head gasket ?
Fords also like Motorcraft plugs. My cars always ran better with OEM plugs and sensors. Fords seem to be picky with that stuff.
Nice job.
Kinda half ass on the engine mounts, I’ve done several ford focus with that vibration issue and they needed all 4 motor mounts replaced
what about the blown head gasket lol
Spraying perfume on a pig,obviously that car wasn’t well cared for…
13:30 you forgot to change the inner engine mount, that's why the car rattled like crazy on start
t. has 3 ford focus
How do you not have more subs? I like this flip simple
Thank you! Idk, tell your friends and family 😁
Reconditioned process is crazy most people have no ideas!
How did you buy thru copart do need a license of sorts?
good job
Where can I buy a flip car?
1k for a head gasket? Bruh...
great content
So, how was the head gasket?
It seems to be working well. Was probably some condensation that piled up.
Why can't I find a car this cheap anywhere? The same car here would be at least 2 grand
Gotta say that I wasn't thinking this would be such a high quality video since you seem young! Great job man! 😊👍
Thank you for the kind feedback! 🙏🏼
There are many YOUNG MILLIONAIRES employing older workers ❤️🔥
Nice editing nice info thank you 🤝🏻
Thank you! It took lots of time.
@@mikhaxl we appreciate you 🙏🏻
At 7:02 in this video the ads was funny. You said "and this right here is...(a house or a laptop?) I said a house . Lol. Because is oil mixed with coolant and that is a head gasket problem a warped head
That’s funny. 😅
Как долго ты уже в штатах?
Классные видосы, продолжай)
600 $? No. 973 $ !!
+ 62 % more! Be honest! Clickbait!?
This vid should have ALOT more views.
Haha thanks! Hopefully one day!
LETS GO PNW 🔥
11:51 the car is farting. I’m sorry but it had to be said
Nice job 👏 👍
Thank you! 🤝
That was sus 5:33
🤣🤣
I was worried for a second @6:30 that you might be in over your head, but then you went right on to calling out the obviously blown head gasket a few seconds later - kudos. Good work. This is a great flip candidate since you don't have a huge intake manifold sitting in the way of your valve cover and head - you could easily pull the head and replace the gasket on this boy. (hopefully disclosed to purchaser)
Detail ur own vehicle...
Your video advertised that you made a $2400 profit. That's a far cry from a $500 profit. I was enjoying the video, but felt completely deceived by your headline and thumbnail. I lost 15 minutes of my life based on your dishonesty. Im reading in the comments that you were just showing what you could have potentially made. Anything could POTENTIALLY happen.
why did you rip off buddys diy's thumbnails? Maybe that's why his videos get more views than yours. He puts effort into videos, while you steal other peoples thumbnails.
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To anyone watching this something to take note just cause you see engine oil like seen in this video doesn't mean it popped a head gasket there can be a few variables to this, 1. the car sat at an auction site for a set amount of time and the engine went through cold mornings and hot evenings causing condensation to form in the valve cover which can cause the oil to look like this. 2 the oil cap seal if equipped can cause moisture build up causing the water in oil, dont panic with out doing further testing its simple to say its one thing just by looking at 1 piece of evidence but its better to rule all variables out. This was a great video but a bit misinformative.
I was thinking the same thing. Probably a condensation since it's sitting a while at the auction lot.
Bought the same one for 2.5k but it’s grey
I have a 2011, which is about the same mechanically. You covered 2 of the main weaknesses on the car: valve cover gasket, engine mounts (espec. the passenger side). Sway bar end links are the other one. I have read that OEM engine mounts are getting hard to find, and aftermarket ones always fail fairly quickly. I have seen used Focuses, usually between 06-11 with the Duratech engine with 200-300k easily. They are not perfect cars but easy and relatively inexpensive to fix and will last with good care.
I have a 2010 focus. And I also have a lot of shaking in the dash. Which new motor mounts would you recommend?
@@landonk4566 try to find that one that have "hydraulic" in it's description. Cheapest that have only a rubber insert are trash.
Got a 2011 Focus SES here, had bought it in 2022 and had to have the engine mounts and valve cover gasket fixed as soon as I purchased it, and recently had problems with my power steering pump. Other than all that she runs like a beauty at 184K and no check engine yet
The guy who did the detail probably earned a higher hourly rate.
Haha perhaps. Not sure how long it took him but probably more than 7 hours.
Actually that detail was a good deal he removed the seats and the carpets plus buffing it that made a big difference 👍
I can assure you, he most definitely did not yield a higher hourly rate.
@@joestewart8966facts, 71 an hour is great
He would have made more on the car had he not hooked a homie up plus that 350 for the detail was absolutely worth it.
Bro think he's Buddy's DIY 😂😂😂
Not even close
You dickeating heavy
Shhhhh! We need these RUclipsrs!
Buddy diy hasn't posted anything in ages !!! He's the best in this game
So? At least he’s hustling. What about you? Stop hating and go get your own. You pussy ass nigga.
"Flipping a car is quite simple."
Step 1) "Find an automobile for a low price." -- Yep, that sure is easy to do these days. Quite simple indeed. Except for the part where everybody thinks their broken-down, rusted-out sh!t box is worth a fortune.
Haha true 😂
LMao.. I saw a 2009 Yaris with 246,000, just needed brakes , shocks, and an AC, body had mismatched doors. $1795. First, who the hell could SIT in a yaris for 200,000!
I've never seen anyone detail under the carpet... of a car. That's insane level of detail, kudos to that guy! Also, you're a nice bro for hooking him up for $2k... you could have got @ least $3.5K
Yeah, it's very rare you would go to that length. I upcharge like a MFer for that service level just because of the things that could (and often do, even if you're careful and know what you're doing) go wrong when you're stripping it down to metal and wiring. If he charged any less than like $600-750, that was a serious favor, and that's assuming a bare clean without any kind of protective coatings or anything.
@@Guynhistruck He charged about $350 for the detail, it's shown in the fees of the video.
I agree though, that detailer should be charging a minimum of $500, especially since he's going above and beyond by cleaning the engine bay, cleaning the carpet outside of the car and also putting a protective sticker over the carpet for an even more premium feel.
@@Obstone0 yeah, I'm an idiot for missing that. Absolutely ridiculous deal, though. I'm in a huge major city, so prices are naturally inflated compared to most everywhere else in the country, but even where I used to live in the middle of nowhere that'd still be around a $500 job like you said. I'm impressed by the level of work he was willing to put in for the price, but also feel a bit frustrated on his behalf: people pay you for your expertise, track record, and the quality of job you do, not your time or labor. Seems like he's got all of those in spades, so it seems like the work was very undervalued and he really deserves more. No slight to the creator here, because a deal's a deal. It's more that it's sad to see people who do such high-quality work charging so little, while many huge shops do mediocre jobs and charge insane prices for it, and everyone is just ok with that.
That’s not detailing . More like reconditioning & light restoration.
I wouldn’t even get out of bed unless I was paid 600 to 1000 dollars to deal with that mess
if you buy used from a dealer you can sometimes find things under the carpet
forgot to add in the cost of the tow. I know it was your Dad but it still should be accounted for. Also, zero chance your parts only came up to $100. Also, the fees were more expensive than you listed. At the end of the day, you probably yielded maybe $400 profit. Great video nonetheless
Thank you
Great watch, and I'm in no place to critique as I've never flipped a car before but I feel like you spent a bit too much for the cars worth. For a 2-3k car I ain't looking for it to be prestine so a 350 detail seems a bit wasteful but still it was fun to watch 👍👍
Good job bro
Just a tip before you start the car you need to check the oil the cooling and you can actually go see the car in the copart yard
You're killing me. What became of the 800-pound gorilla in the room called the head gasket? You never return to the subject
Thank you so much for this video متشکرم از شما
awesome but title is a clickbait. car is $1000, not 600,
Great video man! I love your video style - informative and fun. Thanks!
In your calculations you are not considering your salary. The average hourly rate for a mechanic is $90. You should have spent 6.3 hours(570/90=6.3) working on the car. Honestly, going to pick up the car, the towing service and the time invested in the repairs was only 6.3 hours? I doubt it
Yessir. I kept track of my time
The thing with your concept is.....
When I'm doing a job like what is done here I don't consider my own work as money out. My labor on things for ME are free in my thoughts.
I get it... It's still time taken from my life when I could be doing something else like mowing the yard or fixing some plumbing or what ever I could be doing but, with your idea, those things would be considered costing me money as well, right?
With respect.
До свидания? У тебя очень хороший английский. Ты родился в США?
Спасибо. Я родился в России а приехал в Америку когда мне было год.
Sir you need a torque wrench ASAP !! 😄
I've sold several focuses at my car lot , and usually do a lot of the cheaper style cars like on my videos
This is not a flip, this was a waste of time. Smh!
So you claimed it had a bad head gasket then sold it to a family member?
Haha, I left you with a cliff hanger. It did not have a head gasket problem. My brother is still driving it a year and half later.
For $350 you should buy the equipment and learn to detail yourself. Great video!
Dude looks 18yo !
Also Him : *Using my past experiences* 😂
If it needed a head gasket why would you NOT do it yourself for $60 parts?
Is it knowledge of doing so or?.......
detailing under the carpet is just a waste of money, 350 is a very expansive car detail, requesting not deatiling under the carpet and just doing it yourself would've saved you about 150 bucks , great flip though
couches make more sense , way less work better profit margin! I'm still making between two and $3000 a week off of completely free couches
Lol I enjoy watching non mechanics talk about things they know nothing about. Silly boy taking off the upper mount will not drop the engine out the bottom there's lower motor mounts also and the engine is bolted to the transmission.
Bro, you seem like competent person, a head gasket is not a deal breaker. Its a lot of work, but the part itself is only maybe $40. And, i bet if you search RUclips you can find instructions.
Yo just so you know you need to always always put a thin layer of new oil on your oil filter ring always just dip your finger in the oil and apply to the rubber it did not seem after you popped the seal on the oil you did that btw
Also, detail the car yourself! Dont pay $350. Take all the seats out and maybe the center console. And scrub that shit!!!!
My Grandparents live in Madisonville Tennessee and behind and beyond their back yard there is a huge Copart field filled with cars and they hate it lol
Great video man. Well done work. Cool to see someone local doing this so well
So what happened to the oil and water mix issue?
Looks like it was just condensation. It went away afterwards.
Also you didn't replace the lifetime air filter, all of those are clogged up by now, its really easy to cut the maf tube and clamp on a cone filter
Those old Focuses are nuke-proof. It can probably do another 100K with hints of mayo in the oil, especially if you service it on the regular. Also, those old spark-plug electrode gaps.. you could park a bus between 'em :D
The car stayed on it's wheels for the whole video and you said, you flipped it. It's a click bait >:(
What are those carpet protectors that makes the car look like new?
By the way, very nice flip! The car ended like it deserved to be treated.
I hate my college Dean 6:17
brother how did u get trip permit with no insuranse? how to do that
оу ты что русский? Теперь я точно сомневаюсь что ты цент бы потратил на иншуренс и трип пермит бро))
I did have insurance on it. I insure all my cars
So you didn't buy it for 600 and you didn't sell it for 3k. What's the point of the thumbnail 🤣
Just fill the old engine mount with 3m window weld urethane, it will last forever, did that on my focus
You should've figured out how water got in there, that mold is coming right back.
Jesus Christ!! The Copart fees were 40% - what an absolute rip-off.
Great informative video. Thank you. God bless you.
Truth in advertising. You made $570 on 8 hours worth of work.
Where tf do you get a car for so cheap I’m looking on Fbmarket place and even if I do find em they never respond
These are NOT flips! These are mechanic specials , if you are NOT a mechanic don't buy cars at auctions
u did all that work without confirming the head gasket was bad. makes no sense....
IT WAS NOT A $600 CAR😡
Technically…. it almost was 😩
You shouldnt need big guns to torque a valve cover. It’s usually less than 20 ft lbs
In the description, you say it took over 35 hours to make this video. I am a RUclipsr and have made many videos. How can it possibly take that many hours? If I count 9 hours of setup and filming every hour of work on the car and subtract that from the 35 hours, you have a remainder of 26 hours. 26 hours of editing? I just do not get it.
😂😂😂😂
tbh they have head gasket in a can in a bottle you could buy for any future reasons
Did you steal the oil, filter and spark plugs?.. I smell BS
They have condensation that creates on top of the engine from cold and hot Temps
WHY IS THE MUSIC SO LOUD BUT THEN YOUR SPEAKING VOLUME ALL OVER THR PLACE?
Mention that you need a dealer license to buy from copart. Public can’t buy
That detailer gets the W on this one, wow.
Yeah crazy. Never seen them take out the whole interior like that. BTW, what kind of monster gets a car that dirty?
Great video. Really enjoyed your process and how you explained everything you were doing. Definitely looking forward to more flips!