Of course, if we were to talk about which car parts were the most valuable, before the apocalypse it would naturally be compressors and gearboxes, but after the apocalypse, since cars are no longer being produced, the generators and batteries on them have become the most valuable.
Some parts can be refurbished and reused, but of course, after years buried in the sand, some cars are too damaged for that, so all you can salvage is the sheet metal, car body, and seats.
Some cars can still run or hold value as luxury cars, so they are transported whole, earning a bit of oil, equivalent to the price of scrap metal, which can be traded for some oil.
All in all, it's not a loss, otherwise keeping those rotten mermaids around would be for nothing.
On the pitch-black roadside, it was usually very quiet; at this time, most people were asleep. Those still awake would be the rich still attending auctions, throwing parties, or figuring out how to make money off the poor.
