Buying a car under 18

krusty0921

Quick question
Can i buy a car , not for driving, to strip it down for parts (i need some money) and just sell parts , im 16 in january, can i sign the papers etc etc and can a car be purchased but not registered for road use or something like that? So you dont need tax,nct
Thanks

EPAndlee

Yes

Dakota Dan

You'll be a long time selling all the parts to make some money

Toyotafanboi

Dakota Dan wrote: »

You'll be a long time selling all the parts to make some money

Not necessarily.

Buying the right kind of car at the right price and selling the desirable bits there is money to be made.

Selling "all" the parts would be hard but nobody expects to sell them all.

If you want to make a few quid, I'd say go for it, it'll be interesting for you if you have a bit of free time and cash, there's a lot to learn though so do your homework.

In terms of the cars, you can sign your name to them no problem. The only problem is getting them home.

krusty0921

So basically its possible , thanks all. And any recommendations of what cars too look for? Anyway if i dont sell much parts theres guys everuwhere that buy cars for scrap so no big deal i suppose

pudzey101

hard to say what cars to look out for or get i had starlets , civics bmws 10 year ago when i was 17/18 , not sure what scrap goes for now by the tonne , not as much as it used to i would think pick a fairly popular car that people would need parts from for NCT ect

krusty0921

pudzey101 wrote: »

hard to say what cars to look out for or get i had starlets , civics bmws 10 year ago when i was 17/18 , not sure what scrap goes for now by the tonne , not as much as it used to i would think pick a fairly popular car that people would need parts from for NCT ect

What do u think of an 05 honda accord ? Theres a cheap one near me but dosent run , i suppose their fairly popular

Dakota Dan

pudzey101 wrote: »

hard to say what cars to look out for or get i had starlets , civics bmws 10 year ago when i was 17/18 , not sure what scrap goes for now by the tonne , not as much as it used to i would think pick a fairly popular car that people would need parts from for NCT ect

The thing about popular cars is that they rarely break down or need parts.

krusty0921

Dakota Dan wrote: »

The thing about popular cars is that they rarely break down or need parts.

Well if you think about it , theres renault scenics
Very popular and very reliable to breaking ...

Dravokivich

The Fixxer upper thread might give you some indication of what people would be looking to do up.

I'd recommend a running car that was out of NCT, over a non-runner. You don't know why it isn't running and there'd be less certainty a part someone is looking for will work.

Del2005

krusty0921 wrote: »

What do u think of an 05 honda accord ? Theres a cheap one near me but dosent run , i suppose their fairly popular

A car that age is worth feck all so people won't spend money on repairs. So people aren't going to spend a lot of money on parts. The other issue is that the parts people will be looking for are parts that wear out and your 2nd hand part will be in the same nearly the condition.

There used to be loads of scrap yards around years ago, now there are very few. Cars have become disposable items now, not helped by government scrappage and insurance issues, so people don't repair now they replace. Most drivers in their 60s could work on their cars, as they had to, how many people under 40 know how to check their oil?

How are you going to get a non running car, or any car considering that you can't drive, back to the yard you are using to break it?