How much as scrap

eringobragh

Further to my quest for a civic for herself , I'm left with the disposal of her old car - pretty sure shes cooked the engine

Its a 1997 saxo (130k miles) in undesirable lime green which shes owned for the last 9 years, thermostat stuck and she drove it with the overheating light on - tried to undo mess but it's blowing white smoke so I'd say the HG is goosed.

anyway it's got over 6 months tax on it so my rational is to scrap the yoke, get certificate of destruction and some money for scrap / tax refund

they look like they are only fetching 250 - 300 on donedeal anyway

To cut a long story short - Whats a saxo worth these days as scrap?

mgbgt1978

€90/100. Take the Battery out and try and sell it to them separately. Should make an extra €8/10 if you're lucky.



.....or stick it up on DD or €280 with a fairly honest description. It's worth the cost of the Ad to see if you can get €200 or so without the hassle of taking it to the Scrapyard.

eringobragh

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

€90/100. Take the Battery out and try and sell it to them separately. Should make an extra €8/10 if you're lucky.



.....or stick it up on DD or €280 with a fairly honest description. It's worth the cost of the Ad to see if you can get €200 or so without the hassle of taking it to the Scrapyard.

Cheers I'll ring round monday , Its still running and nearest scappies in a 5km radius - If I got 90 + 6 months tax refund (circa €150) I'll be happy enought with that - stuck a new backbox on it just before xmas so might pull that off as well

akura

A year ago i got €80 for a saxo collected (about 20 miles from scrap yard)

Flood

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

€90/100. Take the Battery out and try and sell it to them separately. Should make an extra €8/10 if you're lucky.

You are living in imagination land, €50-60 is all you get for scrap on that car.

porsche boy

Flood wrote:

You are living in imagination land, €50-60 is all you get for scrap on that car.

i got 100 scrap for a Puma just after christmas. took the radio, battery and alloys and sold them seperately too.

jimbis

Ring Leon recycling in arklow. They'll give you a price over the phone and they'll come collect and hand you a cheque.
I use them all the time, very handy.

eringobragh

Cheers lads I'll ring the local lad tomorrow and see what I can get, how I go

Just siphoned €35 worth of petrol out of it as well - so win win

eringobragh

Got €50 in the end - rang 2 places in dublin same price - had to use an authorised treatment facility in order to get the tax refund. Pulled the battery when I dropped it off as its only 1.5 years old.

Should get at least €150 back now from the tax office so win win

I will say the perception of French cars being muck isn't fair - She got the car over 9 years now , paid €2200 for it and other then a few electrical hiccups along the way it's been plain sailing until the thermostat stuck closed and she cooked the engine :pac: - bought with 60,000mls on it and scrapped with 130,000 mls - keeping on top of yearly oil changes is half the battle...but my god it's the most soulless drive imaginable..wouldn't pull socks off a deadman :P

I don't know how she stuck it so long. I've convinced her to get the 1.8 mk8 Honda Civic, I think she deserves it at this stage

Anyway thats my anecdote - Cheers guys :cool: