Scrappage scheme cars: Still on the runway!
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"someone" I know went here, before top gear said about it.
I... ( I mean someone
) have loads of pictures somewhere, will upload them if you want to see them?
A lot of decent motors just sitting there rotting away!
There was a Range Rover beach buggy there aswell, which still started.
Edit: All the cars had keys in them, and some nice mint cars there!
I... ( I mean someone
) have loads of pictures somewhere, will upload them if you want to see them? A lot of decent motors just sitting there rotting away!
There was a Range Rover beach buggy there aswell, which still started.
Edit: All the cars had keys in them, and some nice mint cars there!
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"someone" I know went here, before top gear said about it.
I... ( I mean someone
A lot of decent motors just sitting there rotting away!
There was a Range Rover beach buggy there aswell, which still started and drove.
Please do upload
.
Soldato
subcribing to thread.
Such a shame, ok so the cars cannot be driven on the road but atleast let them be stripped down for parts.
Looking forward to seeing more pictures.
Such a shame, ok so the cars cannot be driven on the road but atleast let them be stripped down for parts.
Looking forward to seeing more pictures.
Soldato
They could either sell them abroad which probably cost to much to shift. Or pick the better ones out and allow people to scrap even older cars as p/ex against them.
The country needs all the money it can get.
The country needs all the money it can get.
Soldato
Such a waste of perfectly good serviceable cars which would have served people well for years to come.
Not everyone wants the latest new reg car with big alloys on finance. I, like a lot of people, prefer to actually own an older car with zero depreciation.
Not everyone wants the latest new reg car with big alloys on finance. I, like a lot of people, prefer to actually own an older car with zero depreciation.
Soldato
Don't want to look at them pictures again, makes me sick.
I, like a lot of people, prefer to actually own an older car with zero depreciation.
The way forward.
Soldato
such a shame, these cars should have been checked over and the good ones sold to family's in need, or at least given to people who do banger racing 
Soldato
I very much doubt they are scrappage scheme cars. As part of the paperwork to claim the money from the government the car dealerships had to send off a certificate of destruction for each car. These are issued by the scrap / breakers yard and guidelines state that the vehicles should be destroyed within 7 days of the certificate being issued.
It was pretty sad seeing some of the cars that came in. I remember speaking to the manager of a yard in Bristol telling me about an old Jag that they had to crush.
PK!
It was pretty sad seeing some of the cars that came in. I remember speaking to the manager of a yard in Bristol telling me about an old Jag that they had to crush.
PK!
Soldato
Such a waste. It actually makes me angry to look at those pics. What a ****ing retarded scheme that was
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seriously.. so many parts.. cars.. i mean why the hell would you do this? there's money there and this country needs it..
its quite obvious that this is wrong so why no one cares?
Associate
I'd love to know whether my MR2 is in there somewhere, also whether it's any mouldier now than when I got rid!
With them being scrapped cars that are not moving there probably wouldn't be anyone on the site where the these cars are. The things is that you can just walk past a couple of bollards and are then on the Paragon site (See Merc picture and also have Ford, VW, Seat, Peugot and Chrysler).
There is security on the main site with the car storage but only at the entrance, once you get down to the runway there really isn't anyone bar the odd person driving a car down there and with a site of this size that isn't often!
Don't know about the scrapped cars but the other cars lined up have their keys in, bar some of the more upmarket Mercs. Peugots are a waste of time though, nigh on all of them are broken and have a flat battery after they are left to stand for more than 10seconds. Every other manufacturer was normaly fine
Soldato
Soldato
poor minis
Such a waste. Surprised most of the cars in the photos look intact and at least have some parts worth selling in them.
As said above, should do a OCUK destruction derby meet.
EDIT: Is there a railway track that goes by there?
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Caporegime
Fascinating, great pics. Just what the hell are they going to do with all of those?
Appreciated the £2k though ukgov.
Appreciated the £2k though ukgov
.