Should I scrap my car? If so, how?

hewhoisnotintheknow

any more details on the car?

Dave70

ind a cscrap yard that weighs the vehicle and pays the apropriate rate. general scrap is at £200-£250 a tonne at the moment

Dont_Settle

Hi, there are lots of scrap car recycling companies out there who offer FREE collection and who offer payment at various levels dependant on where you live in the UK.

Unfortunately (from experience) there are a lot of rogue traders out there who may pay high prices (or try and offer FREE collection) but unless it's an Environment Agency licensed Car Scrap Yard, I personally would not use them.

Reason being that if you use a scrap car recycling yard who are licensed by the Environment Agency, you know that they will be monitored and adhere to their legal requirements for removing all the pollutants of the car, recycling it responsibly. Providing they are EA licensed and provide you with a DVLA Certificate of Destruction AFTER scrapping the car, then you have comeback should the car end up in a ditch or being driven around illegally (i.e. not recycled).

Current scrap metal prices mean that car scrap yards located in many parts of mainland UK will pay you to collect your car, and provided they offer you the DVLA Certificate of Destruction and an EA licensed address you should be fine, they make cash on the weight of the metal and the sale of parts if they are a breakers yard.

I have used two sites in the past few years for an old Fiesta and a failed MOT Audi. Was happy with both. One was a local yard: delrenemotors.co.uk who were really clean and professional and the other collects nationally: cartakeback.com

Hope this helps for future reference. I've heard some pretty bad stories.

Blobby8_2

Dave70 wrote: »

ind a cscrap yard that weighs the vehicle and pays the apropriate rate. general scrap is at £200-£250 a tonne at the moment

This is correct, £240 apiece for Mondeos last week.

charly12

tomstickland wrote: »

That quote is wonderful scare mongering. One the biggest scrap yards round here pays cash for cars.

I totally agree! Breakers will pay cash for your car to sell off the parts and save people a fortune on manufacturers prices so its unfair to state all scrap buyers are going to sell on your car and put it back on the road.

greensofskiptonltd

I would like to clear something up for you all. Firstly you should find a local ATF(authorised treatment facility) as they are registered with DVLA and will also pay cash for you scrap car. They will also issue you with a COD (certificate of distruction)while you are there. You will have to provide ID as this is also law. Once a car has gone to the correct yard it can never be re issued with a registration document and must never leave the yard and be crushed once parts are sold. Your posts are wrong to suggest otherwise. what you should NEVER do is let some one come to your house and buy it who is not any of the above, they may offer more money thatn an ATF but they do not depolute or recycle 84% as current ATF's do. Make sure you use a DVLA ATF and you will be given the correct paperwork not a handful of parking tickets and fines, you will also be given the current realistic scrap value which at the moment I write this is £100-£200 depending on the size of the car. If you are going to scrap a car ask the company if they will be giving you a COD. If they say no then do NOT allow them to take your car for scrap it will end up being used on the road, for crime or something else. Use an established company there are plenty out there.

vaio

I'm surprised that people are suggesting that yards which break or repair and sell on the car are some how a bad idea. My view, for what it's worth, is that yards that do that are much more MSE and environmentally friendly than the direct crush yards.

reusing parts (or better still the whole car) has got to be better than a direct trip to the crusher (although if it is broken then the remains will still end up in the crusher once all the useful bits have been removed)

Scrap yards are a god send for people running a car on a budget, long may they remain so

paddedjohn

greensofskiptonltd wrote: »

i would like to clear something up for you all. Firstly you should find a local atf(authorised treatment facility) as they are registered with dvla and will also pay cash for you scrap car. They will also issue you with a cod (certificate of distruction)while you are there. You will have to provide id as this is also law. Once a car has gone to the correct yard it can never be re issued with a registration document and must never leave the yard and be crushed once parts are sold. Your posts are wrong to suggest otherwise. What you should never do is let some one come to your house and buy it who is not any of the above, they may offer more money thatn an atf but they do not depolute or recycle 84% as current atf's do. Make sure you use a dvla atf and you will be given the correct paperwork not a handful of parking tickets and fines, you will also be given the current realistic scrap value which at the moment i write this is £100-£200 depending on the size of the car. If you are going to scrap a car ask the company if they will be giving you a cod. If they say no then do not allow them to take your car for scrap it will end up being used on the road, for crime or something else. Use an established company there are plenty out there.

this thread is 3 years old, so some of the advice was relevent at the time although not now as you correctly point out.

Rolandtheroadie

paddedjohn wrote: »

this thread is 3 years old, so some of the advice was relevent at the time although not now as you correctly point out.

Still, dont let an old thread get in the way of a way to advertise your business.

jase1

I'd also place the car on ebay.

What difference does it make to you what happens to the car after you sell it? Not your problem any more. Lots of old cars with good mechanicals but ropey bodywork (including just about every Nissan Bluebird ever made, sniff) end up on the banger circuit. Some others are dismantled, and still others are fixed up and sold.

In any of these cases, what exactly is the problem? Just get as much as you can for the car and move on. Selling to a scrapyard is rarely the best way -- unless you take off all the "easy-sell" stuff first -- good tyres (replace with the cheapest junk you can find), light clusters, batteries, alloys, spare wheel, switches etc etc etc.

If you just want an easy life, ebay the whole lot, get £200 and someone else can do the legwork for you.

Giving the car away? Don't be silly. Any motor has some residual value as long as the scrapyards aren't charging for disposal.