Breaking cars

[matt21]

Typically what would an mx5 which is running, if a bit shabby break for? What else seems to break for more than it is worth. Was told Integras break for a decent amount.

[matt21]

Should add I refer to the mk1

[V8RX7]

As they are so cheap and generally reliable an old MX5 is about the last thing worth breaking (they were around 5 years ago) there are exceptions if you find one with lots of nice add ons that's been crashed etc.

[DervVW]

Seems a shame to break one up TBH

[scott15]

You can't really put a price on it as there are so many factors. If you are trying to get rid of parts as quick as possible, then probably a fair amount less than if you wait for the right person and right price to come along. However they aren't particularly pricey cars to buy brand new parts for anyway, so i shouldn't have thought it would break for that much, unless you have an immaculate interior to sell.

I'd say you would probably make 100-200 more than just selling the car. But is it really worth it for the amount of hassle? Probably not.

[scott15]

You can't really put a price on it as there are so many factors. If you are trying to get rid of parts as quick as possible, then probably a fair amount less than if you wait for the right person and right price to come along. However they aren't particularly pricey cars to buy brand new parts for anyway, so i shouldn't have thought it would break for that much, unless you have an immaculate interior to sell.

I'd say you would probably make 100-200 more than just selling the car. But is it really worth it for the amount of hassle? Probably not.

[matlee]

i bought an MX5 2 years to use as a donor for a kit car build.

I kept the engine, loom, gearbox, suspension, subframes, exhaust, wheels and brakes. The remaining parts of the car i flung on ebay and made just over the £1k that i had paid for the original car.

[s p a c e m a n]

Also depends where you are, you will make a lot more money if you're in an area where people want the stuff and will pick it up rather than having to post it all.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Don't forget you'll end up with the useless shell of a car outside your house and may need to pay someone to take it away.

[theironduke]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Don't forget you'll end up with the useless shell of a car outside your house and may need to pay someone to take it away.

Most scrappies collect and still pay YOU. Obviously the price won't be as good as you'd get if you drove it to the bridge.

[untakenname]

The market for mx-5 spares dropped massively due to the mev exocet. Before the exocet became popular you could buy an mx-5 without a MOT then just sell the doors, hood and roll bar and pretty much break even, nowadays you can't even give those parts away.

[inman999]

Really depends on if you can afford to wait or not. I've recently sold a load of Alfa GTV bits for 99p no reserve as I didn't want them hanging around, guess what? quite a few parts sold for 99p.

[V8RX7]

untakenname said:

The market for mx-5 spares dropped massively due to the mev exocet. Before the exocet became popular you could buy an mx-5 without a MOT then just sell the doors, hood and roll bar and pretty much break even, nowadays you can't even give those parts away.

Yes the Westfield used lots of MX5 parts before that.

However not many want doors (they don't rot) hoods on cars that are tatty, also tend to be tatty hence worthless and a roll bar has never been standard.

At least the 1.8s have parts that are upgrades for the 1.6 but as 1.8s are now so cheap too the upgrades (such as brakes and diff) don't get much money either.