Do scrapyards pay for cars now?

You might get 20 quid or so - scrap metal prices went up slightly earlier in the year. But probably the best you can hope for is free disposal if you deliver to them...

The one I go to won't even pay you if you bring the car round. They

The message from Dave Kinder contains these words:

I got £20 for a Maestro a few weeks ago. I'd taken off the head, the starter, the alternator, the battery (which is in good nick and will get a gentle charge every few weeks) all the bulbs, several bits of trim which fit the Montego and an engine mount.

The message from snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (John Prendergast) contains these words:

I've not seen an abandoned car for months.

The trick is not to take it to a breakers yard, but a scrap metal place. Breakers yards don't want old s*it - scrap metal dealers will taken anything regardless.

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

I was almost going to call you a tightass about keeping the bulbs, but it's a bloody good idea, as there's never a shop around to buy them from when you need one!

What made me chuckle a while back is when a mate of mine told me about his ex's Dad, who drained out the washer fluid from his old Sierra before part-exing it in. Now that's tight.

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

He sounds like the kind of guy who would .....

- take off a few self tappers just in case he ever needs them

- refit the old fan belt

- refit the old spark plugs and distributor cap

- take out some bulbs and replace them with old duff ones

- pump out the petrol and only leave a few thimblefulls in the tank

- drain out some engine oil to be used as a top up

- drain the anti freeze and fill the system with water

- wipe the grease off the striker plate and catch

:-)

I'm sure I've bought his old car. Several times >_

From yorkshire, was he?

The message from "AstraVanMan" contains these words:

They took my Maestro!

I just kinda presumed you'd taken it to a scrap metal merchant instead.

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

The message from "AstraVanMan" contains these words:

Nope, TMS, the local breakers came round and collected it, and left me with a £20 note clutched in my grubby little mitt. And a tear in my eye.

Meeooww!!

Then he took it straight to the local scrap metal yard, left with a £50 note clutched in his grubbier little mit. And a glint in his eye :-)

The message from "SimonJ" contains these words:

No, I saw it in the breakers a few days later.

Scrapped a Rover 416GTi a few weeks ago - they paid me a tenner *and* collected it! Mind you, I didn't tell them I'd already stripped out everything of use such as the leather seats, driveshafts, windows, etc!

Darren

close but not 100%

You missed out drain and refill with some manky old coolant, brake and clutch fluid. Going on what I've seen in "FSH" cars at dealers that's normal trade practice.

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