How to dispose of a moped

carolinabirichina

Hi

I'm looking for some advice regarding my son's old Peugeot moped which has been residing in our back garden for the last 7 years since he wrote it off in a bad accident.

I need to get rid of it as we may be moving soon and I am at a loss as to the best way to do this.

The moped was written off but I do not know exactly what the damage was (and he wouldn't know either - he was just glad to be able to walk away from it!) - looking at it, it appears that most of the bodywork seems ok and I was wondering if I might be able to sell it to someone who could break it up for spares? Would the best way to do this be say on ebay? Or local paper?

Or should I just call a breaker's yard and ask them if they can take it?

I'm a bit worried also about where I stand regarding road tax as we haven't received any reminders in the last 7 years about declaring SORN (which it has been because it has been in the back garden!) so I don't want to open up a can of worms!

I would be grateful to receive any advice because I've never had to do this before and don't want to mess it up.

Thanks

Gloomendoom

See here

What to do if your vehicle is scrapped or written off

Markyt

The traditional method is to leave it out in plain view, unsecured.

carolinabirichina

It might have to come to that!

societys_child

Markyt wrote: »

The traditional method is to leave it out in plain view, unsecured.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


Just did that with my sons old gas cooker .. gone in 2 days.:D

but doesn't help the op and the legal side of things, but after 7 years maybe nothing will come of it ...

Markyt

I could be wrong, but I thought that as long as it has never been SORN'd, i.e. it was off the road before the SORN legislation came in, then it doesn't have to be and you're ok in that regard.

forgotmyname

Ebay, They sell for silly money. people will pay £75 for one undamaged panel.

johnnyroper

Round where I used to live the normal method to dispose of mopeds,bikes or anything else really was chuck in the canal.

Seriously now as said just bung it on eBay listed exactly as it is even if you get a fiver someone will take it away.

paulofessex

Try contacting your local Youth Offending Team they may have groups/programmes running where they could really do with spares etc.

ajuk

I once followed a pathway into some undergrowth in a meadow in the outskirts of Bristol and found 7 burned out Mopeds a shovel and a Nova.

Wig

check on "vehicle enquiry" what its tax status is....