Cash for junk cars in Des Plaines, picked up

Des Plaines sits just north of O’Hare. A junk car here might be on a driveway off Oakton or Dempster, in a detached garage off an alley, or in a numbered space in a condo building by the train. Junk Car Pickup Chicagoland Easy handles all of those the same way. You tell us where the car is; we come get it.

Getting to your car in Des Plaines

We give the tow truck the address you type in the form, so make it the address where the car sits, not where you live if that’s different. In Des Plaines, a few details help us plan:

• Which part of town. The Des Plaines River runs through the city just east of downtown, and I-90 and I-294 cut through it on the way to O’Hare. Knowing whether you’re off Rand Road on the north side, down by Touhy Avenue, or near River Road saves time.
• Driveway, garage or lot. A car in a driveway is the quickest job. A detached garage off an alley needs a clear path. A condo garage needs the level, the space number and the height clearance posted at the entrance.
• Whether it rolls. Flat tires and seized brakes are normal on a car that’s been sitting, and they don’t stop a sale.

Main roads we use to reach pickups here include Rand Road, Lee Street, Mannheim Road, Golf Road, Oakton Street, Dempster Street, Touhy Avenue, River Road and Algonquin Road. Rivers Casino, at Devon Avenue and Des Plaines River Road by the Tri-State, is a landmark most drivers know.

Condo and apartment pickups near the Metra

Des Plaines has two Metra stations on the Union Pacific Northwest line, Des Plaines and Cumberland, and plenty of multi-unit buildings near them. If your car is in a shared garage or lot, our tip on pickup from apartment and HOA lots walks through the gate code, the clearance and who to tell. Pickup is still free and you’re still paid at pickup.

Des Plaines rules on cars that don’t run

Des Plaines is a city, and Illinois lets every city adopt an ordinance treating an inoperable car in public view as a nuisance, with removal possible 7 days after a notice. If you’ve got a notice, or just want to know where the line is, read our guide to what Illinois allows cities to do about inoperable vehicles, then check the city’s own code for the details that apply on your street.

What we’ll haul away from a Des Plaines driveway

Cars, pickups, vans and SUVs that are junk, wrecked or scrap, running or not. That covers the sedan with a blown head gasket, the minivan that sat through two winters, a crossover the insurance company totaled after a crash. Flood or fire damage, missing parts and flat tires all go into the offer; they don’t stop it.

The offer itself comes from what you send: year, make, model, condition and title status. Lost the title? Gather what you do have (a bill of sale, the registration, an insurance card) and we’ll sort out on the call which of those Illinois rules let us use.

The car that’s been in the garage for years

If your car was parked “for now” a long time ago, our old car removal page covers getting a long-parked car out of a tight garage, the expired registration that usually comes with it, and what to do if the title went missing.

This page exists because we pick up in Des Plaines, and it’s here to tell you what pickup looks like on your street. When you’re ready, the form is at the top.