Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

ah - the engine was toast, then? sorry to hear this.

I've no recent experience of scrapping a car, i've heard of people getting up to £300.

Might be worth putting it on eBay? Not quite the same thing but when the clutch went on my Volvo I put it up as a non runner and got loads of interest immediately. Worth a punt to see if you can get a bit over the scrap price.

I was just going to post a long piece about what yo look for...

Where are you in the country, if north London think redcorn are biggest but as other said stick it up on Facebook market place or gumtree. I take it the car still has MOT and decent nick inside and out?

Any recommendation for getting the max from scrappers? I'm getting online quotes of ~£220 for a 2010 Golf, sound about right?

Try listing the thing on a mk6 Facebook group, I'm sure there is someone with a spare engine who would pay more than £220 to drop it into something which is otherwise (I assume) perfect.