Scrapping a car

sm3ar

Gear box gone on my car and not worth repairing. What's the best option for me besides selling for parts? Are there scrappers who would come and tow it away? Would I get anything for it?

colm_mcm

Weight wise, it's worth €20-25
Dunno if you'd get that if they had to collect.

The Sidewards Man

About 30 euro for scrap, what car is it may be worth a lot to some one here?

sm3ar

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

About 30 euro for scrap, what car is it may be worth a lot to some one here?

2001 Corolla. Would the best option be advertise online. Bar the gearbox, everything else good in it.

colm_mcm

Stick it up as-is on donedeal. €100 or so.

keyboard_cat

We had an old corolla with a bad gear box if you can find a decent gear box they are super easy to change as there is so much room in the engine bay and we got a couple more years out of it before the new gearbox gave up.
we toed it to a scrap metal place a couple of months ago and we got about 7 euro for it and we would have been paying them had we not taken the tires off it as they charge 5 euro per tyre
I think generally if someone tows it away they wont give you anything for it as scrap metal is not worth much these days

Triangle

I took my 2001 golf to an authorised vehicle disposer and paid nothing to get rid of it. Friends brought theirs in and got paid a few quid for it.
Might be better bringing it to a vehicle scrappage yard as opposed to a metal yard.

the beer revolu

Couple of years ago I got €150 scrap from a dismantlers in Cork. It think it's €100 per tonne.
It was a Citroën Zara 1.9 diesel

colm_mcm

The price of scrap steel went through the floor in the meantime though.

savagethegoat

you'd surely find a buyer at €100 on donedeal if the car was good except the box. Maybe you should be contacting a dismantler rather than a scrapper.

Special Circumstances

the beer revolu wrote: »

Couple of years ago I got €150 scrap from a dismantlers in Cork. It think it's €100 per tonne.
It was a Citroën Zara 1.9 diesel

Renting the time machine would wipe out any profit though.

savagethegoat

at the very least before it heads for the scrapper, take off the "smile"....front bumper, headlights grille and bonnet and advertise them separately, there'll always be someone who's had a little shunt. Plus the doors , back bumper and a few other bits that may sell..

andekwarhola

Got a (15 year old) car collected and scrapped in South Dublin before. Got about 50 quid for it but it was banjaxed and the insurance had expired. Make sure whoever does it is authorized and gives you a Certificate of Destruction

fancy pigeon

savagethegoat wrote: »

at the very least before it heads for the scrapper, take off the "smile"....front bumper, headlights grille and bonnet and advertise them separately, there'll always be someone who's had a little shunt. Plus the doors , back bumper and a few other bits that may sell..

Aye small bits and bobs like maybe save the roof lining oh and dismantle the engine and put it in nice small boxes for safe keeping. Don't forget to save the chassis legs and sure a rear ended one may come up so save the back half. Axles can easily wheel about, may save that along with the subframe and rack, easy to store... Oh and people may need a windscreen, pull those off too.

That'll teach those pesky scrappers!

savagethegoat

that's about a dozen items, if you can sell them all for €20 a pop, you've made a decent sum

sm3ar

Thanks for all the input guys! I'm guessing I should declare it off road also??