Selling/Scrapping Irish Car in UK

mp3ireland2

I am currently in Aberdeen and want to scrap or sell (if somebody wants it for parts) my car.

What I want to know is what paper work i'll need to fill out. I have never sold a car before so not sure how it works.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/buying_or_selling_a_vehicle/change_of_ownership.html

Looking here I am a bit confused, I don't think I have a Registration book/certificate, I just have a Vehicle licensing certificate as far as I know (it looks a bit like a big driving licence, don't have it on me so can't confirm.

I take it that scrapping it would be the only option really? that I can't sell to a private person with a UK address? Or can I? Any advice appreciated as I was looking here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/buying_or_selling_a_vehicle/how_to_dispose_of_an_end_of_life_vehicle.html also but just unsure what my options are since I'm in the UK.

ThreeLineWhip

To sell it legally to a UK resident you would have to put it on UK plates which would cost you crazy money and it would have to pass a MOT.

Just sell it to a scrappy for cash, remove the plates and any window decorations.

mp3ireland2

ThreeLineWhip wrote: »

To sell it legally to a UK resident you would have to put it on UK plates which would cost you crazy money and it would have to pass a MOT.

Just sell it to a scrappy for cash, remove the plates and any window decorations.

Do I need to get a form off him saying it was taken off the road and post that off with the licence... I assume your wink is suggesting i could just give it to him and foget about it!

Should be able to get a better price than £120 though! I'll phone around! considering I can drive it to them!

ba_barabus

Whats wrong with it?

mp3ireland2

Needs new ball joint, the handbrake is too high, Needs two front tyres, the towbar electrics are damaged (a fail for MOT it would seem) and I also need some welding done beneath the passanger door due to corrosion (that part of the car that the jack rests on), the power steering belt is loose, and a spring gone also! So a lot!!

GOt the NCT done befoer I left a few months early just to see if it was worth bringing home! They didn't pick up on the spring, the towbar electrics weren't mentioned, the power steering belt wasn't mentioned. At least you don't have to take off the Hub caps for the MOT! The MOT didn't give me an advisory for my rear tyres being over 6 years old, the NCT did. Interesting to have a comparison!

All in all it's just not economical. My original plan was to drive it home in MArch, as NCT valid till MArch 19th, but my insurance comany will only cover me untill Feb 7th (I was too honest I think, told them I was relocating, I would have been convered had I said nothing, as they'd cover a tempory trip, but now I have it in email that I'm only covered till feb 7th so don't want to risk it!

Seems a shame to scrap it but I guess it's had it's day!

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7gWBXMZFzuqcm5oQkhoR0JhMW8/edit

ba_barabus

That looks like it's near the university.

I'd just find a scrappy and be rid of it.

Remove the plates and discs before leaving it. There are loads near Aberdeen.

I was asking as my g/f is living there and looking for a car!

TBH though the work could be sorted. Go outside Aberdeen and get it priced.

ThreeLineWhip

After the cost of getting it approved, MOT, repairs and UK insurance it would never be viable.

ba_barabus

ThreeLineWhip wrote: »

After the cost of getting it approved, MOT, repairs and UK insurance it would never be viable.

Although it's all relative costs are cheaper in the uk expecially importing a car. You could even be lucky and find out it's an ex-uk car.

TBH you'd get a replacement for a few hundred pounds

mp3ireland2

ba_barabus wrote: »

Although it's all relative costs are cheaper in the uk expecially importing a car. You could even be lucky and find out it's an ex-uk car.

TBH you'd get a replacement for a few hundred pounds

I scrapped it for £245... GOt a ford fiesta 1997 1.8 SI, induction kit, aftermarket exhaust and throttle body, 53,000 mikles on it as first owner was a collector and looking at service history book did between 2,500 and 4,000 miles a year! Ridulously good condition! It was £500, can't believe my luck!

And was plesently surprised to find that when I filled up I had averaged 39.6 mpg, my diesel mondeo was only giving only 42 so will cost the same to run really with fuel being cheaper over here! Insurance pricey enough though as the mods brought it up to 130bhp.

Do most people tell companies a bout small mods like this? Lot of my friends seem to think I was to honest, but thought i was better to be safe! So £680 a year to insurace a car which cost me £500! It's great fun to drive!