Advice about scrapping the car please,

[bobg]

Just been told by the garage that he poor old thing needs a new automatic gearbox, the cost of which is £1.200. That's £400 more than I paid for the whole car 8 years ago hence a call to the scrap yard seems the only solution Pity really cos the rest of the car is fine.
Anybody had any experience of scrapping a car, I don't want some dodgy yard owner doing a temp fix and selling it to a gullible punter.... I presume I get written evidence of write off if I ask.

 

[smokeysmoo]

HERE you go

 

[chillyuk]

The fire brigade are often glad to receive cars for training purposes, and sort out all the formalities for you. Once they've finished with it no dodgy cut and shut merchant will reassemble it!

Obviously you don't get any money for it.

 

[Bobtoo]

You should be able to get close to £200 for the car from a scrapyard, phone around for the best price.

 

[Norm]

The fire brigade are often glad to receive cars for training purposes, and sort out all the formalities for you. Once they've finished with it no dodgy cut and shut merchant will reassemble it!

We did exactly that with our last car. The RBFRS were most grateful to have it as it was an estate and (they said) they didn't get many of them.

 

[gbb]

Local scrapyard in Peterborough was giving either £170 or £270 ( i can't remember which ) the other week. Thats a scrap merchant, not a car scrapper...they were just driving them in, hand over the paperwork, cash given. Easy.

 

[ianrauk]

Drive it to the Basildon travelers site and leave it outside the gates... it will soon disappear.

 

[Night Train]

On a similar line, anyone know how to scrap a car at a scrap metal yard?

A car dismantler will sort out the paperwork so that the car is 'properly disposed of' but what about a scrap yard?

My MR2 has already been mostly dismantled and all the hazardous fluids and parts properly disposed of. I only have the shell, some electrical parts and glass left over. It is worth weighing in for scrap steel but I don't want to be completing SORN forms every year or getting any come backs for not taking it to a proper dismantler.

Cheers.

 

[biggs682]

is it worth taking the good parts of it and selling them off first then take it to scrappy .

or leave it open with keys in hoping somebody nicks it then claiming on insurance !!

 

[Night Train]

All the saleable bits are already on ebay hoping to sell.
It will be just the shell and glass and some wiring and maybe the suspension struts all sitting on some logs.

Its on my drive and keys or not won't make any differnece as there are no doors steering column or anywhere else to put a key. Worse that would happen is someone nicks it and weighs it in themselves.
But then they would need to get a hiab up my driveway to get it.

 

[BluesDave]

Get another quote. You don't specify what car you have but there are re-conditioned gearboxes and engines available which are far cheaper to fit than new ones. Your garage should have offered you this option. If the rest of the car is fine why scrap it.
Thats akin to topping someone because they've got a boil on their arse.
Make enquiries, you could probably buy a second hand gearbox on ebay even.

 

[vernon]

is it worth taking the good parts of it and selling them off first then take it to scrappy .

or leave it open with keys in hoping somebody nicks it then claiming on insurance !!

The insurers won't pay out if the keys are left in the car.

 

[vernon]

If the rest of the car is fine why scrap it.
Thats akin to topping someone because they've got a boil on their arse.

Phew!
That's a relief!

Vernon
(sitting uncomfortably)

 

[Black Sheep]

On a similar line, anyone know how to scrap a car at a scrap metal yard?

A car dismantler will sort out the paperwork so that the car is 'properly disposed of' but what about a scrap yard?

My MR2 has already been mostly dismantled and all the hazardous fluids and parts properly disposed of. I only have the shell, some electrical parts and glass left over. It is worth weighing in for scrap steel but I don't want to be completing SORN forms every year or getting any come backs for not taking it to a proper dismantler.

Cheers.

sell it to them and get them to fill out the part of the logbook that you send to the DVLA to notify them of the change of ownership,

failing that, they could fill out that it's being scrapped.

get them to fill out the name and address for the logbook before they put it on the wagon.

I was under the impression that it had to be a DVLA approved yard, but could just be that it has to be an approved yard to disassemble it.

 

[Bobtoo]

Get another quote. You don't specify what car you have but there are re-conditioned gearboxes and engines available which are far cheaper to fit than new ones. Your garage should have offered you this option. If the rest of the car is fine why scrap it.
Thats akin to topping someone because they've got a boil on their arse.
Make enquiries, you could probably buy a second hand gearbox on ebay even.

I think that probably was for a recon/second hand unit.