Best place to scrap a car?

BIGDENNIS10UK

Got a car thats basically knackered, I Won't sell it because I think it would be wrong to offload it on someone else, so I'm going to scrap it.

I've never scrapped a car before so where's the best place to get maximum money, it's a Peugeot 206 (S reg, 1999), I put it in www cartakebackand it's 140 and they collect it, is this a fair price?

Thanks for any help

ilikewatch

Firstly, what's wrong with the car? - just because a garage has quoted you silly money to repair it doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't be happy to buy it in its current state and cheaply and effectively repair it themselves using used parts. I would be tempted to list it on ebay with £140 as the starting price and see what it sells for.

Secondly, if you have any practical skills whatsoever I would consider what you can remove from the car yourself and sell seperately, - I've just taken a look on ebay, and the following prices seem acheivable:

Radiator & fan £40
Wings £15 each
Instruments £30
Headlights £20 each etc. etc.

Personally, I would strip whatever good condition working parts I could, then phone up a couple of local scrappies to see what they would pay to collect the remains...

paddedjohn

I would echo the above post apart from the stripping the car bit, those prices are what someone wants for parts but they could be hanging around for months before you get a sale, most people who buy second hand car parts go direct to the scrappy and get them instantly. If you definitely want to scrap it you will get the most cash by taking it in yourself rather than using a middleman.

diesel_dog

As above.
Maybe put it on gumtree - it's free and see what happens then. I'm sure it won't hang around for long and it's easy peasy to place the advert. Happy days and you'll be a proper MSE :beer:

worried_jim

If you don't sell it (I would try) then cartakeback is the easiest way to go and £140 is a fair price for collected scrap.

BIGDENNIS10UK

Well, it's a death trap to be honest lol, I wouldn't sell it for that reason, I'm not trying to rip anyone off or kill someone.

Thanks for the slice, I'll strip some stuff off it and scrap it.

Stooby2

Or just stick the whole thing on eBay as "spares or repairs", thoroughly explaining what's wrong with it and that buyer has to collect. Someone will buy it, turn up with a trailer and take it away.

ilikewatch

Stooby2 wrote: »

Someone will buy it, turn up with a trailer and take it away.

Alternatively, someone will win the auction, then not contact you for several days. When you eventually get in touch with them then:

a)they will have changed their mind
b)they will profess to know nothing about the auction
c)they will explain that their young child actually made the bid in error
d)they will ask you where the nearest tube station is to your home town, then be amazed and indignant that you don't live in London.

If by some slim chance someone does turn up to collect the vehicle they will:
a)be later than they said they would be - sometimes by a matter of days.
b)be shocked and disgusted that it isn't in better condition than it was when it was brand new, despite how well you described it.
c)turn up without a trailer expecting to drive it home, despite it being advertised as missing wheels/engine/brakes etc.
d)suck their teeth for a bit then offer you half of their winning bid.

If (and this is extremely unlikely) they actually pay for and remove the vehicle they will hassle you for months for a partial/full refund because of various issues they/their mates have spotted with it, they will threaten you with Trading Standards (despite it being a private sale), tell you that their dad (a top barrister) has advised them to reject the vehicle or in the worst case scenario, turn up on your doorstep shouting the odds and threatening you.

I did hear that someone once bought a vehicle on ebay, and promptly collected and paid for it, but I think this is probably an urban myth...

[Deleted User]

Those maybe the prices being asked for the parts on ebay, but there are hundreds of parts and most of them have been listed for months and months on end unsold.

GJ_WRX

I'd call a few scrappys and if possible drive it there for a better price, if not get them to collect it and have done with it. Just make sure to take off the tax disc if any is left and cash it before the end of the month.

I've sold a few cars on ebay which have all gone well but think I was lucky. Best case you may get twice what the scrappy offers but is it really worth another week of having the car, wasiting all that time writing a description then waiting for someone to turn up and collect it?

ilikewatch

Deleted_User wrote: »

Those maybe the prices being asked for the parts on ebay, but there are hundreds of parts and most of them have been listed for months and months on end unsold.

That's a fair point, but I still think that if you stripped lights, trim, instruments, mirrors, engine auxillieries, brake calipers, wipers etc. and stuck the lot on a 10 day listing starting at 99p, then you would stand to make £100+ after fees, and still be able to scrap the rest of the car for the best part of £150.

If you had the time/space/inclination to strip panels/doors/bumpers you could do even better.