Scrapping car vs selling to highest bidder

veryintrigued

Hi there

1999 car is now developing fault after fault and is becoming expensive in time and money (and uncertainty of journey!!).

MOT is looming and really dont want to shell out a load more.

I know there are sites out there (webuyanycar for instance) but is there a (decent) comparison website?

Also what is the likely price for a 206 for scrap?

Thanks as always in advance

System

ebay/gumtree - wbac will give you nowt

veryintrigued

Thanks for the reply - I've started to track a couple of similar cars on ebay.

Also called up a local scappy. They are offering £110 a T.

The 206 looks to be around 1.1T - hence a paltry £121 this route.

That makes 'webuyanycar' 'quote' of £225 the leader so far.

OddballJamie

What engine, spec, mileage and how much MOT left?

Dukesy

veryintrigued wrote: »

Thanks for the reply - I've started to track a couple of similar cars on ebay.

Also called up a local scappy. They are offering £110 a T.

The 206 looks to be around 1.1T - hence a paltry £121 this route.

That makes 'webuyanycar' 'quote' of £225 the leader so far.

However, the WBAC quote will drop significantly if and when you actually go with them and the car is inspected, if it's just been done by the internet quoting service.

veryintrigued

Dukesy wrote: »

However, the WBAC quote will drop significantly if and when you actually go with them and the car is inspected, if it's just been done by the internet quoting service.

Yeah - I wondered that hence the quote word in quotations.

Am guessing you're speaking from experience?

veryintrigued

OddballJamie wrote: »

What engine, spec, mileage and how much MOT left?

1.4lx, 118k and MOT for 8 more weeks. Almost FSH from new.

Heck this is turning into an advert!

Dukesy

veryintrigued wrote: »

Yeah - I wondered that hence the quote word in quotations.

Am guessing you're speaking from experience?

Not personal experience - I've always sold my cars privately or broken them if unsaleable as a whole, but I know a couple of people who have used WBAC and who have had this happen.

paddedjohn

Bung it on ebay with an honest description, start it off at £120 (scrap price) and the most you can lose is the ebay fees.

OddballJamie

veryintrigued wrote: »

1.4lx, 118k and MOT for 8 more weeks. Almost FSH from new.

Heck this is turning into an advert!

This is a lower mileage one with longer MOT at £500
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/peugeot-206-14low-mileage/1025282022

List yours at £300-£400 and see if you get a bite.

wallbash

Also called up a local scappy. They are offering £110 a T.

I have used

http://www.cartakeback.com/ twice .

Its easy , they do all the paperwork , they arrive at a time that suits you
They give you a price up front and stick to it