Autobidcar.com is open about whom it writes for. When we checked in October 2026, its home page described the site as a free archive of cars sold at Copart and IAAI that helps visitors make a better decision before buying a car. Once you put your car up for sale, that visitor is your buyer. Below is the page as a buyer meets it, one click at a time, followed by the reason sellers often have it removed before the ad goes up, what no removal changes, and how much time to leave.
First contact: the search result
A buyer who types your VIN into Google can meet Autobidcar.com before opening anything. On the page we checked, its title, which is what Google normally prints as the clickable headline, opened with the VIN, and the short description it supplies for search results listed the lot number, the date of the sale, the price it sold for and the odometer reading. In other words, the amount your car fetched at auction can sit in the list of results, readable without a single click.
One click later: a verdict on the sale
The page then does what the home page says the site is for and helps its visitor judge a purchase, using your car. In October 2026 a panel titled “How this [car] compares” expressed the sale price as a percentage above or below the median of similar sales, measured the mileage against its group’s average, and listed the keys, a condition remark and the title type. Then came a handful of questions a shopper might ask — what cars like this one fetch, whether the odometer reading is high, whether keys were included — answered from the same data. A “Market Price Comparison” section added what the model averages at auction in the USA and in Europe.
So the page does not just state a figure; it explains it, to the very person you are about to negotiate with. That person may well read the auction price as what you paid.
The photos, and the cards elsewhere
The numbered gallery shows the car as it was offered at the auction, and auction photos can show a plate, papers or things left inside. Each image is filed under the VIN, which is why the pictures can surface in Google Images by themselves. The car can also turn up as a card, with a photo and its sold-for price, in the lists on other cars’ pages. Our article on Autobidcar.com photos follows the pictures in detail.
Why sellers act before the ad
The honest reason is privacy. A private sale spreads your VIN among strangers, and this page ties it to three things most people keep to themselves: what was paid for the car, how that price compares with what other people paid, and photos that can show a plate or personal belongings. Removal deals with that exposure. It does not change what the car went through, and it is not meant to.
What a buyer can still check
- Title records, including any brand, the NMVTIS entry and insurance claims stay exactly as they are.
- A Carfax or AutoCheck report for the VIN reads the same as before.
- Copart’s and IAAI’s own records are untouched, and other websites that copied the sale keep their copies.
- Whatever the law where you live requires you to disclose, you disclose. We refuse orders that look meant to mislead someone.
How much time to leave
Order before the ad, not while a buyer is waiting for an answer. Expect the page itself to go within 12–24 hours; a Google update or technical problems on the servers can stretch that by 1–2 days. Pictures may keep loading for up to 3 days afterwards, and the old search result normally leaves Google a day or two after the page has gone. In practice, that means ordering a few days before the ad goes live. The removal costs $65, and the VIN goes into both the order details and the order information; the guide shows where.