RE: Scrappage carnage detailed
Discussion
A few that made me cry
Various Minis
Ford Escort Mexico
Triumph TR8
Metro GTA
Lancia Delta Integrale 16v
Daimler Double 6
Jag XJS
Ford P100
Alfa 145 Cloverleaf
The Mexico would have been work £5000 even if it was just a pile of rust. The idea of a quick £2000 was a strong pull for some people.
Various Minis
Ford Escort Mexico
Triumph TR8
Metro GTA
Lancia Delta Integrale 16v
Daimler Double 6
Jag XJS
Ford P100
Alfa 145 Cloverleaf
The Mexico would have been work £5000 even if it was just a pile of rust. The idea of a quick £2000 was a strong pull for some people.
Dr Interceptor said:
suffolk009 said:
AndrewEH1 said:
Anyone know what actually happened to all these cars?
I remember there being pictures of airfields full of them. I guess they have all been crushed by now?
I wouldn't bet on it.I remember there being pictures of airfields full of them. I guess they have all been crushed by now?
Not every "classic" is a concours winner. There are a great many out there that are in effect rusty, tired, worthless moneypits. The fact that they have an MOT means very little.
That doesn't mean they aren't worth saving, but market forces being what they are, they aren't necessarily worth £2k either.
I'm sure there are lots of classics scrapped every year, before and after the scrappage scheme, its just we don't see them in list format.
That doesn't mean they aren't worth saving, but market forces being what they are, they aren't necessarily worth £2k either.
I'm sure there are lots of classics scrapped every year, before and after the scrappage scheme, its just we don't see them in list format.
Edited by GTEYE on Monday 29th September 15:51
64 Corrado's total. Damnit.
Though I can't be completely absolved of responsibility. I turned in my Mercedes 200TE for scrappage as it had developed a majorly expensive problem with the hydraulic self levelling suspension system, amongst a number of other faults - and I didn't have the desire to get it fixed up, and my missus wanted a new car. Felt extremely bad leaving it to go to the crusher though as I loved that old thing.
Though I can't be completely absolved of responsibility. I turned in my Mercedes 200TE for scrappage as it had developed a majorly expensive problem with the hydraulic self levelling suspension system, amongst a number of other faults - and I didn't have the desire to get it fixed up, and my missus wanted a new car. Felt extremely bad leaving it to go to the crusher though as I loved that old thing.
It seems some of them were museum worthy!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6168650/S...
Never heard what happened to this moggie though
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6168650/S...
Never heard what happened to this moggie though
Garett said:
Is this not just a list of every car scrapped in 2009, rather than every car scrapped via the scrappage sceme? It lists things like the Nissan Qashqai and Peugeot 407s. IIRC the car had to be over 10 years old at the time meaning the car must have been registered in 1999 or before.
Nah, they're not there in the numbers you'd expect in that case; I'd guess it's data entry errors - people typoing 407 instead of 406 and putting Qashqai in the box for the car being scrapped instead the car being bought.Zod said:
Is there a Sport Quattro on there?
No, it says 1.8T Sport Quattro. It'll be an A3 or A4 and a data entry error.Edited by ImpossiblyDaft on Monday 29th September 15:46
It's sad to see the list but you could trade in a complete wreck so long as someone signed an mot certificate for you. Most of us know of or at least knew of a mate or local garage that would do that for you.
I scrapped an old punto that had just scraped through an MOT on the promise to the friendly tester that I was buying a new car on the scheme. Guess the punto was worth however much you could get for the bulbs and tyres. Got a Mazda 2 for £7300 and traded it in after 19 months for £6500 with a sizeable dent in the drivers door (not caused by me). Cheap motoring.
I scrapped an old punto that had just scraped through an MOT on the promise to the friendly tester that I was buying a new car on the scheme. Guess the punto was worth however much you could get for the bulbs and tyres. Got a Mazda 2 for £7300 and traded it in after 19 months for £6500 with a sizeable dent in the drivers door (not caused by me). Cheap motoring.
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