Getting rid of a crap car

platypus · 13 Jul 2009 at 13:54

How much do scrap yards pay for cars these days? My fiat has pretty much had it and I doubt anyone would want to buy it.

Sime · 13 Jul 2009 at 13:54

Scappage Scheme? :rolleyes:

platypus · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:01

I dont want to buy a new car.

Glaucus · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:04

platypus said:
How much do scrap yards pay for cars these days? My fiat has pretty much had it and I doubt anyone would want to buy it.

ebay you'll be surprised.

You'll get far more on ebay han you would from a scrap place.

Sold my old fiat on ebay and got loads more than I expected. Loads of problems, no mot ect.

BigT · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:05

I'd have thought there's a few quid to be made in the scrappage scheme in this situation. Even though the £2K allowance only gets you close to what you'd get with a negotiated discount, I'm sure you could sell it on for a small profit.

A 1.1 Panda is going to cost £5K with the scrappage scheme and year old examples seem to be up for £5.5K so perhaps you can make a couple of hundred quid on it for an 09 plate with delivery miles.

Glaucus · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:10

how is scrappage scheme going to help him one bit?

People have to own teh car for at least 12months.for that precise reason. So people can't go buy a £10 write of and go trade it in.

Firestar_3x · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:13

I assume he ment trade his Fiat in for a new Panda and sell it for a profit.

platypus · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:14

AcidHell2 said:
ebay you'll be surprised.

You'll get far more on ebay han you would from a scrap place.

Sold my old fiat on ebay and got loads more than I expected. Loads of problems, no mot ect.

Don't have an ebay account and I'm not amazingly keen to get one

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Firestar_3x said:
I assume he ment trade his Fiat in for a new Panda and sell it for a profit.

Aye its a sound enough reason but I cant be bothered going through that hassle really for a few £hundred

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Glaucus · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:14

ah I see.

well without ebay you'll get next to nothing as scrap is pretty much worthless at the moment.

PiKe · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:15

Push it over a cliff.

markweatherill · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:17

Freecycle?

Firestar_3x · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:20

Put it up as a free car on RetroRides (they like sheds)

bledd · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:35

had £120 for my old vectra, sold it without tax or mot. and it had rust spots all over the bodywork

better than a kick in the teeth

just put it up for a week, think it costs about £8 to list

Dave M · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:36

If it has tax and mot on it someone will buy it - maybe only a hundred quid, but that's probably more than a scrappy would give you.

wijcc · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:45

i sold my old car a 1998 mitsubishi carisma for £240 but it had MOT and tax but had a dying clutch, sold it on a free listing website (gumtree)

BigT · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:49

If you don't like eBay then put it on Gumtree. Someone will give you £100 for it.

lmfy2k · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:52

try: http://www.webuyanycar.com/

wijcc · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:52

I agree theres no harm putting it on there. how old is the car?

bledd · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:55

lmfy2k said:
try: http://www.webuyanycar.com/

they offered me £50...

as above, just go with ebay

no tax, no mot, still got £120

platypus · 13 Jul 2009 at 14:59

wijcc said:
I agree theres no harm putting it on there. how old is the car?

Its a '98.