Getting rid of a car

[Chris S]

Webuyanycar value it at a few hundred but that's contingent on it having 6 months MOT.

Webuyanycar offered me less than my car's scrap value when I took out the deductions!

 

[Sharky]

It's older diesel cars that fall foul of ULEZ. I too live just a smidge inside the S Circular. It's frustrating, but I am actually pro ULEZ, Ella Kissi-Debrah, the little girl who died from pollution related asthma lived not far from me.

One of our recent cars was a 2010 kia diesel. A really nice car and I thought quite modern, but it failed the ulez check. We gave it to our son, who lives far from London in Faversham and is more than happy with it.

If yours passes the mot, you might find a buyer outside London who would be happy to take it.

The ulez zone is a step in the right direction, but it excludes the south circular, a main culprit in air pollution.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Thanks everyone.

I'm going to take it to a garage recommended by a mate and get it MOTd. If it passes or if remedial work is cheap I'll sell it to whoever is easiest to deal with. I'll have a couple of months to do that before the tax runs out. If it fails I'll just find the easiest way to get rid of the thing by scrapping it.

The spanner in the works is I need to get to a funeral on the 13th. So I don't want to test it before then just in case it fails and gets declared unroadworthy (I have no reason to believe it will, but it's a risk). But that leaves everything incredibly tight time-wise. Plus loads of other complications that I won't bore you with.

Even if it fails, having it on the computer what it failed on will help the sale, as potential buyers will know what to expect

 

[Cerdic]

It depends on how you want to balance convenience verses cash!

The simplest way of getting rid is to not bother with an MOT test and bung it on eBay or faceache. This will yield maximum cash for least amount of effort. But you will have to deal with the type of muppet who phones at eleven pm offering to take it away "in half an hour" for twenty quid!

At the other extreme, if you are not worried about money and just want rid without the input of dodgy geezers, most local councils will take away your scrap car for free...

 

[Moodyman]

Second hand car prices are strong at the moment due to a) supply issues for new cars b) many people giving up their PCP due to employment prospects and buying used and 3) people moving from buses and trains to cars due to the pandemic.

Stuff that was advertised around the £1000 mark is now being advertised closer to £2000. If you think an MOT can be done cheaply, I would get it passed and sell privately yourself.

Stuff like an A class sells well. It's the big Mercedes' that people baulk at due to their big bills.

 

[slowmotion]

My last two vans went to the scrappy who gave me £10 per 100kg. I've no idea how much a Merc weighs but I would have thought it was probably good for at least £100. It's completely painless. No tyre kickers and teeth suckers. You might get the added bonus of seeing it go into the crusher!

 

[Drago]

Fill the tyres, engine and fuel tank with water before towing it to the scrappies.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Shame you're so far away, I can't honestly think that a 2007 Merc would need that much to get through a test, I'd give you a couple hundred if that was all you're looking for.

 

[Cavalol]

Car Take Back are mostly very good. There offers are usually pretty good (it seems to me they must use different scrap yards who I assume compete to offer their service to CTB) and they don't turn up and moan it's on steels instead of alloys etc.
I'd also suggest a cheeky 'Anyone buy scrap cars' message on local social media selling pages. It usually flushes out every man and his dog with offers from the hilarious to the good. Getting them to turn up is another matter, but you can bet your last quid someone will buy it. Would humbly suggest though if scrap pays (for example) £100 and you get offered £130 off some random bloke then take the scrap yard money as once it's gone, it's gone.
eBay could be worth a bash too, would suggest lobbing it up (with lots of pictures and good description) for about £250 and having that submit offer facility. You can set it to reject anything below 'X' value and accept anything above another price.

Those Mercedes are (I'm afraid to say) not known as one of the greatest cars of all time, but if the MOT costs little you might as well have it done then roll round in it for another year.

 

[Nibor]

I would try facebook market place if you use facebook or find a mercedes specialist scrap yard the specialists will often pay a little more.