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Where We Buy Cars

We're based in Cochrane and we cover a long way around it. Free towing runs out to 45 km, and we'll travel further than that when it's worth the trip.

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Cochrane, every neighborhood

Cochrane Car Buyers is in town, so there's nowhere here we won't come, and nothing is more than about ten minutes from us. Same-day pickup is the norm rather than a favor.

North

  • Sunset Ridge
  • Heartland
  • Heritage Hills
  • Cochrane Heights
  • Monterra

South

  • Fireside
  • Riversong
  • Rivercrest
  • Riviera
  • Precedence
  • The Willows
  • Southbow Landing
  • Towers Trail
  • River Heights
  • South Ridge
  • Riverview

West

  • West Terrace
  • West Valley
  • West Pointe
  • Bow Ridge
  • Jumping Pound Ridge

Central & East

  • Historic Downtown
  • East End
  • Glenbow
  • Greystone
  • Bow Meadows
  • GlenEagles
  • Sunterra Ridge Estates

Acreages

  • Rolling Range Estates
  • Rolling Trails
  • Cochrane Lake

Free towing within 45 km

Area Distance Typical pickup
Cochrane Lake7 kmSame day
Bearspaw15 kmSame day
Northwest Calgary (Tuscany, Royal Oak, Rocky Ridge, Crestmont, Scenic Acres, Silver Springs, Arbour Lake, Citadel, Hawkwood, Edgemont, Bowness, Valley Ridge, Cougar Ridge)18 kmSame day
Springbank20 kmSame day
Ghost Lake and Waiparous20 kmSame or next day
Morley and Stoney Nakoda25 kmSame or next day
Redwood Meadows30 kmSame or next day
Airdrie (Bayside, Kings Heights, Cooper's Crossing, Windsong, Luxstone, Ravenswood, Hillcrest, Chinook Gate, Woodside, Downtown)40 kmSame or next day
Bragg Creek40 kmSame or next day
Cremona40 kmNext day
Crossfield45 kmNext day

A note on the two biggest of those. Northwest Calgary is about twenty minutes up Highway 1A from us with no city driving in between, which is why we can often get to Tuscany or Crestmont faster than a yard in southeast Calgary can. And Airdrie sits at roughly 40 km, well inside the free towing zone, so whether you want a running car bought or a junk car removed, Airdrie is a normal week for us rather than a special trip.

Further out than 45 km

We still come, and the towing is still free. The difference is timing rather than money, because these are longer round trips and we group them together.

Area Distance What to expect
Water Valley45 kmBest arranged alongside other pickups
Carstairs55 kmScheduled, not same day
Didsbury70 kmScheduled
Canmore, Exshaw, Dead Man's Flats, Harvie Heights80 kmUsually two to three days
Banff110 kmScheduled, best for higher value vehicles

Canmore is worth a mention on its own. There are very few vehicle buyers in the Bow Valley, so most people out there end up dealing with somebody in Calgary, which means either driving the car in, tricky if it doesn't run, or waiting for a 100 km trip to get scheduled. We're the closest direction to come from. Cochrane to Canmore is a straight run west on Highway 1.

Abandoned car on a rural Alberta acreage

Acreages and rural properties

Rocky View County is full of vehicles sitting on land, and this is the job most companies quietly avoid. It's a long drive for one car, usually down a gravel road, often to something that hasn't moved in a decade and won't roll onto a standard tow truck.

We take these. We're closer to start with, and rural work is a normal part of what we do rather than something at the edge of a map.

Bring more than one and it gets better. Several vehicles on one property normally means a better price on each, because we only make the drive once. Tell us about access when you book, whether it's grown into the grass, sunk into mud, or tucked somewhere with no clear way in, and we'll turn up with the right equipment.

Why being based here makes a difference

Nearly every company advertising around Cochrane dispatches out of Calgary. That means waiting until they've collected enough pickups heading your way to justify the drive, which is how "same day" so often turns into Thursday.

We start the day in Cochrane. A Fireside pickup is ten minutes from us and forty-five from them. Out on an acreage near Bragg Creek or Water Valley the gap is wider still, and those are precisely the jobs Calgary firms tend to turn down without saying so.

  • Cochrane based: We start the day here, not in Calgary.
  • Fast town pickups: Fireside to Glenbow is ten minutes.
  • Rural specialists: We don't avoid acreages down gravel roads.
  • Evening & weekends: We schedule around your life, not a route map.

What we buy, wherever you are

Cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, motorcycles, RVs and motorhomes, trailers, and commercial or fleet vehicles. Running or not. Accident damage, hail, blown engines, dead gearboxes, cars that haven't started since winter, vehicles that failed an out-of-province inspection, and things that have simply been sitting for years.

Two situations come up constantly and most buyers handle them badly. Condo and townhouse parking, common in northwest Calgary and the newer parts of Cochrane. If a dead car is taking up an assigned stall and the board is chasing you about it, mention it when you book so we can sort out access first. RVs and campers, common in the Bow Valley and on acreages. Hardly anybody around here will take one, which is why so many of them sit for a decade. We will.

  • Cars & Trucks: Any make, any model, running or not.
  • RVs & Campers: We buy the vehicles others refuse to touch.
  • Condo & Townhouse: We handle tight parking stalls and access boards.
  • Fleet & Commercial: Retiring multiple vehicles? We'll pick them all up.

Questions people ask us

Which areas do you cover? +

We cover Cochrane and every surrounding community, with free towing within 45 km, which takes in northwest Calgary, Airdrie, Bragg Creek, Springbank, Bearspaw, Cochrane Lake, Redwood Meadows and Crossfield. We also reach the Bow Valley through to Canmore and Banff, and north to Water Valley, Cremona and Carstairs.

Do you charge for towing outside Cochrane? +

No. Towing is free everywhere we go and it never comes off your offer. Past 45 km the difference is scheduling, not price.

Which Cochrane neighborhoods do you cover? +

Every neighborhood in Cochrane, from Sunset Ridge and Heartland in the north to Fireside and Southbow Landing in the south.

Do you buy cars in Calgary? +

Yes, particularly the northwest. Tuscany, Royal Oak, Rocky Ridge, Crestmont and the communities around them are inside our free towing radius and roughly twenty minutes from us.

Do you come to Airdrie? +

Yes. Airdrie is about 40 km away, inside the free towing zone, and we're out there regularly. Ring early in the day and same-day pickup is usually fine.

Can you come to an acreage or farm? +

Yes, and it's one of the things we're best set up for. Just describe the access when you book so we bring the right gear.

Can you pick up more than one vehicle? +

Yes, and please say so up front, because several on one property normally means a better price on each.

How far will you actually travel? +

Realistically anywhere within about 110 km of Cochrane. Past the free towing radius it becomes a question of scheduling and what the vehicle is worth, so ring us and we'll give you a straight answer.

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