Weighing in a car for scrap

[Mikeyplum]

Good morning all, well stty morning for me.

Long story short, the OH stbox is on deaths door. I paid £350 for about a year ago and today it started coughing it's final breaths.

No one is going to want to buy it and I really cannot be fecked to break it and sell the parts, mainly because is a 1999 VW Bora 1.6 8v peice of turd!

So, I'm thinking of weighing it in. Does anyone know how much I might be able to get for it? Kerb weight is 1275kg.

Cheers all! Oh, and happy new year!

[ikarl]

I recently got £140 for a mk1 clio.... think the weight was <1000kg

[Mikeyplum]

ikarl said:

I recently got £140 for a mk1 clio.... think the weight was <1000kg

That's not too bad. Was that fully depoluted and did they pick it up, or you deliver?

[LuS1fer]

I got £150 for a 1996 Golf GTI. I just shopped round the internet offer sites and the first guy on the phone within 5 minutes matched the highest quote. However, if you do it through the site, they have to pay a commission for the referral so the price tends to be slightly lower.

[Andyjc86]

Go onto cartakeback and get a quote. They always seem to come up best for me and take it away hassle free.

[s_zigmond]

Andyjc86 said:

Go onto cartakeback and get a quote. They always seem to come up best for me and take it away hassle free.

Either this. Or put it on ebay, 10 day listing starting on a thursday, being entirely honest in the description and you might be surprised.

[ThomDean]

I recently scrapped my old shed, and the offers online were pretty good. Around £100, I think. However, having entered my contact details into the website not one of them ever got back to me. Ended up using a local scrappy after a week of hassle!

[Mikeyplum]

Andyjc86 said:

Go onto cartakeback and get a quote. They always seem to come up best for me and take it away hassle free.

Interesting, up to £145 going through that site. I'd be happy with something like that.

I wonder if the price would be increased by going direct to the scrappy

[carreauchompeur]

s_zigmond said:

Either this. Or put it on ebay, 10 day listing starting on a thursday, being entirely honest in the description and you might be surprised.

Definitely try this first, it's amazing what things go for on eBay. Plus, VW Bora is prime Polski export/breaking car. I'd not expect it to go for less than £200.

[Mikeyplum]

carreauchompeur said:

s_zigmond said:

Either this. Or put it on ebay, 10 day listing starting on a thursday, being entirely honest in the description and you might be surprised.

Definitely try this first, it's amazing what things go for on eBay. Plus, VW Bora is prime Polski export/breaking car. I'd not expect it to go for less than £200.

It is a complete stbox mind you.

Engine - fked
central locking - fked
suspension - fked
drivetrain - fked

[carreauchompeur]

Meh, details

[tbc]

Always arse for every pair of trousers

You never know you might get a good price as there's bound to be something that still works on the car

[MJK 24]

If you can take it straight to a metal processing plant (not a breakers yard, next one up the food chain) you're looking at £150 per ton plus £25 per catalytic converter.

[Getragdogleg]

ebay it ! Then if that fails find a scrapyard local to you and take it in with the v5. Do it in mid Jan after the prices have gone up a bit.

[SuperHangOn]

I only managed to get £150 for my Omega v6 auto a few months back- not for lack of calling about either.

[Mikeyplum]

MJK 24 said:

If you can take it straight to a metal processing plant (not a breakers yard, next one up the food chain) you're looking at £150 per ton plus £25 per catalytic converter.

Hmmm... there's one fairly local to me that's in Cardiff I think.

Worth a phone call. Cheers!

[MJK 24]

Mikeyplum said:

MJK 24 said:

If you can take it straight to a metal processing plant (not a breakers yard, next one up the food chain) you're looking at £150 per ton plus £25 per catalytic converter.

Hmmm... there's one fairly local to me that's in Cardiff I think.

Worth a phone call. Cheers!

There you go! If you're lucky to have one local then you're quids in! I got £180 for a Volkswagen Scirocco a few months ago that was missing all suspension components, all bolt on panels plus it's entire interior. I was delighted!

[john2443]

Ring local scrappys, prices vary quite a bit, a friend scrapped his Scenic, loads of miles, good body, cambelt snapped, engine shagged, some places offered peanuts, one recommended somewhere who gave him £250.

They'll normally give more if you can get it to them.

[ikarl]

Mikeyplum said:

ikarl said:

I recently got £140 for a mk1 clio.... think the weight was <1000kg

That's not too bad. Was that fully depoluted and did they pick it up, or you deliver?

I delivered but it's a local well known breaker to me that would have picked it up for the same price (I'm in Scotland btw)]

I've used cartakeback previously but they weren't competitive this time

[Triumph Man]

Mikeyplum said:

carreauchompeur said:

s_zigmond said:

Either this. Or put it on ebay, 10 day listing starting on a thursday, being entirely honest in the description and you might be surprised.

Definitely try this first, it's amazing what things go for on eBay. Plus, VW Bora is prime Polski export/breaking car. I'd not expect it to go for less than £200.

It is a complete stbox mind you.

Engine - fked
central locking - fked
suspension - fked
drivetrain - fked

You say that, but some Lithuanians bought my old, similarly fked, Passat, for £420. The Eastern Europeans love this sort of thing. Is niiiice!