Scrapping VS sellin...
 

[Closed] Scrapping VS selling an old battered car

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So I have a car (old V reg 206) which runs and is MOT'd but it has the following problems:

Starter Motor knackered
Head gasket shot
Cat is paper thin and about to go
Bodywork not great a few dinks scrapes and scratches
Apholstery not in great nick

So what would most people do with it, take it to a weighbridge, stick it on ebay with an honest description and sell it for scrap/parts, contact a lousy website who suggest they buy any car (Gggrrrr even saying that makes my blood boil - flippin adverts)?

cheers

toby1


 
Posted : 01/03/2011 10:57 am
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A search of completed items suggests that cars that are driveable under their own power, will sell for reasonable amounts of money, even if they need a shedload of work doing. Anything thats not driveable seems to struggle as it requires someone to recover it.

ebay listing is cheap though...


 
Posted : 01/03/2011 11:06 am
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Nah, insure it, report it stolen, drive to a dodgy part of town, and burn it.


 
Posted : 01/03/2011 11:07 am
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my mate sold his N reg corsa which needed various including welding for £400. A guy training to be a mechanic bought it. So probably worth selling IMO


 
Posted : 01/03/2011 11:09 am