Getting rid of old banger

JimmyTheWig

Fender1963 wrote: »

Who's getting/being offensive about it?

The "It sounds as though your car needs an owner who cares for it." comment was the one that stuck me as a bit offensive.

notanewuser

steve-L wrote: »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&Model=Vectra&_nkw=vauxhall+vectra+rear+light&_dmpt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=4

Say £20 each and same for the front and same for Fogs... = £120

Leather Interior seems to go for around £200 - £300 so priced for quick sale £150 shouldn't be hard.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-VAUXHALL-VECTRA-SRI-C-FACELIFT-FRONT-BUMPER-2006-2007-2008-2009-/110968950029?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19d643cd0d&_uhb=1

Say £100 each bumper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-VECTRA-C-PASSENGER-FRONT-DOOR-COMPLETE-IN-SILVER-Z157-2002-TO-2009-/170937266883?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27cca7b2c3&_uhb=1

Doors for say £50 each = £200

Boot, Bonnet, mirrors ..... etc.

You are soon well into £1000+

You then need to pay to scrap it..... but this is just stuff you can take off with a basic tool kit..... If you have the storage it's going to return a lot more than selling the whole lot for scrap....

I've been chasing a new boot for my partners Honda and I'm damned if I can find anything less than £150.....

Sadly suitable storage is the one thing I'm really stuck for.

Thank you for the idea though. I'm wondering whether a handy friend might break and store it if I split the proceeds with him.

Tobster86

steve-L wrote: »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&Model=Vectra&_nkw=vauxhall+vectra+rear+light&_dmpt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=4

Say £20 each and same for the front and same for Fogs... = £120

Leather Interior seems to go for around £200 - £300 so priced for quick sale £150 shouldn't be hard.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-VAUXHALL-VECTRA-SRI-C-FACELIFT-FRONT-BUMPER-2006-2007-2008-2009-/110968950029?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19d643cd0d&_uhb=1

Say £100 each bumper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-VECTRA-C-PASSENGER-FRONT-DOOR-COMPLETE-IN-SILVER-Z157-2002-TO-2009-/170937266883?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27cca7b2c3&_uhb=1

Doors for say £50 each = £200

Boot, Bonnet, mirrors ..... etc.

You are soon well into £1000+

You then need to pay to scrap it..... but this is just stuff you can take off with a basic tool kit..... If you have the storage it's going to return a lot more than selling the whole lot for scrap....

I've been chasing a new boot for my partners Honda and I'm damned if I can find anything less than £150.....

My personal experience of breaking cars; generally not worth it. Yes, the mathematics of it look a no-brainer as you've presented, but when you factor it around a 40 hour working week with friends & family to socialise with, and everyone looking at a car gradually becoming a shell on your drive, and then trying to parsuade a scrapyard that it's worth their time to come and pick up said shell, the whole thing just turns into a long, drawn-out debacle.

I won't be doing it again unless I find myself with a lot of spare time; but then again I studied academically so I wouldn't have to dismantle cars for a living!

Fixing cars can be great fun. Dismantling them is annoying at best, heart breaking at worst.

notanewuser

Tobster86 wrote: »

My personal experience of breaking cars; generally not worth it. Yes, the mathematics of it look a no-brainer as you've presented, but when you factor it around a 40 hour working week with friends & family to socialise with, and everyone looking at a car gradually becoming a shell on your drive, and then trying to parsuade a scrapyard that it's worth their time to come and pick up said shell, the whole thing just turns into a long, drawn-out debacle.

I won't be doing it again unless I find myself with a lot of spare time; but then again I studied academically so I wouldn't have to dismantle cars for a living!

Fixing cars can be great fun. Dismantling them is annoying at best, heart breaking at worst.

Thanks. I see your point.

In our minds it's the £700 a year saving that's the main thing, and anything above that is a bonus.

That said, OH was once pretty attached to this car and I think it would be very sad for him to watch her be taken to bits (possibky over many months) and sold on. We also have lots of "rag and bone men" (gypsies) who seemingly don't understand the meaning of 'theft' so we'd have to be careful about leaving anything lying around when at work/away etc.

I think I'll do a classified ad on eBay (and get OH to rid the boot of mushrooms on the weekend/swap out the stereo and put the original back in etc) and see of we can get a bit more than £250 for it. If not, then I'll use the online quote and get £200 for it.

Thanks for your help, everyone.

andygb

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

The "It sounds as though your car needs an owner who cares for it." comment was the one that stuck me as a bit offensive.

Yes, I meant it!
If you haven't the time to care for a car, then don't come asking people what to do with it, when it is taking root on your drive, and mushrooms are growing in the boot.
You are obviously not the sort of person who is going to carefully dismantle the vehicle and sell it for spares.

notanewuser

andygb wrote: »

Yes, I meant it!
If you haven't the time to care for a car, then don't come asking people what to do with it, when it is taking root on your drive, and mushrooms are growing in the boot.
You are obviously not the sort of person who is going to carefully dismantle the vehicle and sell it for spares.

Perhaps, just perhaps, I'm a very busy working mother, who simply doesn't have the time or inclination to spend every Sunday cleaning out a car that only gets driven to the tip once in a blue moon. It's not easy for 2 people to drive 3 cars regularly.

How much would you spend on a car that does less than 1k miles a year?

notanewuser

gozaimasu wrote: »

Why don't you sell it to...

webuyanycar.com?

They offered £75!!! :rotfl:

skivenov

Probably less a £50 fee and you taking it to them :rotfl:

If you don't want the arseache, just put it up for sale for spares or repair. Daresay the worst price you'll end up with is your weigh in money.

mkirkby

& the one person of this forum who works for the company chimes in with the immortal lines:-

gozaimasu wrote: »

Why don't you sell it to...

webuyanycar.com?

PS they might says it's worth £75 but if they came to view, (after taking your £50), they'd tell you it was worth 75p