Do scarpyards pay you for cars if they come to collect it? Could be half a tank of petrol in etc. Do you bother to remove any bits, such as the battery? Or is it just a waste of time keeping a battery, as unless its used will die. How long does it take a battery to die when just standing?
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
*charge* you £22 for that. No wonder so many cars get abandoned.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 shit - 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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