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Any suggestions or just call the first "Cars wanted for scrap" that I can see and find out what they'll give me for it? (Not expecting much more than £50.)
Local breaker? I've had about £300 from breakers both times I've got rid of dead Berlingos. They take the reuseable parts and weigh in the rest at a metal recycler. A Saxo will be less because it's lighter, but I'd expect somebody to give me £100 and take it away. End-of-life cars are currently about £150-£160 per tonne as pure scrap, so if it's drivable and you have a local metal recycler, it might be worth asking if they'll take it and save yourself the deduction a breaker will necessarily make for picking it up.
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Scrapping a car? Are those "Cars wanted" adverts any good or are they in any way dodgy?
Last year the garage said that my car (a 2001 Citroen Saxo) won't pass its next MOT due to corrosion - it was fine to drive for the last year according to them, but won't pass again, "Catastrophic failure" was their words.
So it's time to give it up. Insurance is due to expire Jun 25th and then MOT is due 1st July, so I want to aim to get rid of it on the 24th so that I can save the faff of insurance renewal (although it's just £157 for fully comp!), on street parking renewal, or dealing with it without an MOT (as it has to be stored on the road).
What I don't want to happen is that it gets sold to someone who then flogs it on to some poor sucker with only a few days left on the MOT.
I've no interest in trading it in as we're not replacing it (we'll just use public transport, Zipcars and hire cars from now).
Any suggestions or just call the first "Cars wanted for scrap" that I can see and find out what they'll give me for it? (Not expecting much more than £50.)