Scrapping my car

SMDTS

stick it on ebay with an accurate description and £190 starting price. if it isnt beyond saving you should get £500 for it, 205s are going up in value.

Ditzy_Mitzy

Please don't scrap it!  Put it on Ebay or similar with no reserve and a low starting price, someone will come and collect it.  

Grumpy_chap

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

Please don't scrap it!  Put it on Ebay or similar with no reserve and a low starting price, someone will come and collect it.  

The OP can get £190 for it scrap.  Why would they put it online with a low starting price?

nick74

I'd certainly try it on ebay. Going by completed listings of 205s even a 1.1 3dr base model with the grille, lights, wing and front bumper missing sold for £225!

caprikid1

As has been stated, a complete 205 is worth good money and very much an up and coming classic , Facebook Market place or ebay will see it find a home quickly and more importantly not drop straight in the crusher.

jules2021

Thanks guys, I will definitely advertise it now and see what I can get for it, would be such a shame to just scrap it. I only really kept it all this time due to sentimental reasons-I'm not into cars in general but it was my very first and I did get rather attached to it, kind of silly but looks like it was a good move to keep it this long now.

Grey_Critic

Scrapped a 2003 CITROEN XSARA DIESEL 138k miles MOT failure today for £250 for a friend.

shane2k

old cars even 205 you will easily get £250 or more

ive seen saxos sell for £600+ car value have gone up since covid bangers ive seen sell for £300 

Username03725

Today's Telegraph motoring Q&A (Alex Robbins, not the marvellous and much missed Honest John) has a guy in a similar position, what to do with a 1991 205 diesel that's been standing for 5 years but is in ok nick. The answer is as above, try and sell it as a project, for between £300 & £600.

A diesel 205 might have a bit more value - the 1.6GTi was based on the ordinary shopping 205 but the 1.9GTi (magnificent, I had one... ) was built on a diesel body shell to match the engine that the 1.9's was derived from, so a 205 diesel would make a good project to build into a 1.9GTi. I'd put that in The Telegraph but refuse to sign up to it these days.

AdrianC

Username03725 said:

A diesel 205 might have a bit more value - the 1.6GTi was based on the ordinary shopping 205 but the 1.9GTi (magnificent, I had one... ) was built on a diesel body shell to match the engine that the 1.9's was derived from, so a 205 diesel would make a good project to build into a 1.9GTi. I'd put that in The Telegraph but refuse to sign up to it these days.

Both the 1.6 and 1.9 GTis (as well as both 1.9 diesel and 1.7 turbodiesel) were XUs, so they're all the same basic block...

The quicker versions had a different front subframe, with an extra attachment point for the front lower arms.