Scrapping a car?

rowan222

Has anyone had any experience of scrapping a car.

Our situation: 2016 Peugeot 206 with 125,000 miles on it. It failed it's MOT pretty badly. Mostly on emissions which will require a major engine rebuild to deal with. Also got a few scrapes on body and bumper. But hey it has a brand new windscreen, rear tyres, exhaust and new bearings about  six months ago.

We have come to the decision that its simply not worth putting any more money into it. About 18 months ago a dealer only offered us £600 in part exchange. Now  with the MOT fail we get nowhere near that. So only options are to sell privately for a couple of hundred pounds (if anyone would even take it) or use one of these scrap agents online who claim to remove it for free. 

Any thoughts or experiences?

Mildly_Miffed

Phone your local scrapyards direct. They'll collect and pay.

As for the emissions needing a "major engine rebuild"... Sceptical.
Petrol or diesel?
How bad was the result? (Actual numbers, assuming the tester gave you the printout)

Murielson

contact scrappies and they will take it off your hands, probably pay and remove for free if you can't deliver

Just make sure correct paperwork done to transfer/scrap etc so you are no longer responsible for it

rowan222

Mildly_Miffed said:

Phone your local scrapyards direct. They'll collect and pay.

As for the emissions needing a "major engine rebuild"... Sceptical.
Petrol or diesel?
How bad was the result? (Actual numbers, assuming the tester gave you the printout)

Petrol. The result was really bad.  

CO2 1.63%

HC   pass just

Lamda 0.954

He tried to get it down.Evidence of oil inside which syncs with how often we have to top up now, we knew about that. Was similar last year but managed to squeak through on second test with Redex and premium petrol.  This engine is shot and time to get rid. Apparently Peugeot's are not known for high mileage. 

fatbelly

Try

https://www.copart.co.uk/sellForIndividuals

For a quote