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Scrappage

markstev27
markstev27 Posts: 152 Forumite
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Does anyone know of any car companies that are running their own scrappage scheme? We have a 13 year old Ford Focus

Thanks
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  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    You ought to be able to do better than any scrappage scheme. If they give you £2k off to take your £100 piece of scrap you will be paying that £2k somewhere.

    Search the online brokers and find yourself a good deal and scrap or sell your old car yourself.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    markstev27 wrote: »
    Does anyone know of any car companies that are running their own scrappage scheme? We have a 13 year old Ford Focus

    Thanks

    Birchwood Ford,Kia,Skoda etc have just given me 2Kscrappage for my '95 Charade so if you are in or near the south its worth a look. Kia also have 7 year warranty.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    Hintza wrote: »
    You ought to be able to do better than any scrappage scheme. If they give you £2k off to take your £100 piece of scrap you will be paying that £2k somewhere.

    Or it's £2k off that they'd have given you anyway.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
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    bazster wrote: »
    Or it's £2k off that they'd have given you anyway.

    Exactly. Any dealer will give you something for your scrapper. Usually it will be about the same as they would have given you for not having a trade in.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Can't see they would have given me 2k on my 17yr old car but you might be right.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • motorguy
    motorguy Posts: 22,623 Forumite
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    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    Can't see they would have given me 2k on my 17yr old car but you might be right.

    No, they would just have given you £2000 discount instead.....
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    LandyAndy wrote: »
    Exactly. Any dealer will give you something for your scrapper. Usually it will be about the same as they would have given you for not having a trade in.

    Or maybe even slightly less, after all it's going to cost them to dispose of the junk.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    They will simply eBay it to get back as much as they can.
    FTR, I sold my '98 Focus with engine fault for £475 on eBay and used the same site to purchase a '00 Octavia from a dealer for £675 that the dealer allowed £850 trade-in on.
    Ok, I paid-out £375 to get the timing belt and waterpump replaced, but I would have done that anyway due to the mileage a rack-up over a week.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • Tobster86
    Tobster86 Posts: 782 Forumite
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    Find a car first and see what you can get the price down to before mentioning scrappage schemes.

    Your Focus, if running, is worth at least £500. If it's a low mileage diesel it's worth the best part of a grand.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    patman99 wrote: »
    They will simply eBay it to get back as much as they can.

    No way will they ebay it (perhaps as spares or repair). Far too much down side for a dealer.
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