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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Deuce on 17 February 2012, 00:31:29
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Any of you guys have experience of breaking a car on your drive?
I have a Mondeo which I'm thinking of breaking on my drive.
But if there is only a shell left afterwards, will a scrappy take it? Will they pick up a shell on a loader?
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Any of you guys have experience of breaking a car on your drive?
I have a Mondeo which I'm thinking of breaking on my drive.
But if there is only a shell left afterwards, will a scrappy take it? Will they pick up a shell on a loader?
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I called a scrap yard to collect an Astra for me last year, he suggested that he wouldn't pick up a car if it was missing doors etc. I suspect they all have their own 'rules' though. You'd be better off phoning a local scrappy first ................ IMHO ;) :y
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I'll do that thanks.
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You could always try the local scrap metal collectors - of which most people have several.
I had no trouble convincing one to pick up the remains of a cavalier off my drive.
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You could always try the local scrap metal collectors - of which most people have several.
I had no trouble convincing one to pick up the remains of a cavalier off my drive.
But then you have no way of notifying the DVLA it's gone - the new red V5's don't have a tick box for 'vehicle destroyed', you have to take the car (including VIN plates & v5) to a 'registered vehicle dismantler' ...
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But then you have no way of notifying the DVLA it's gone - the new red V5's don't have a tick box for 'vehicle destroyed', you have to take the car (including VIN plates & v5) to a 'registered vehicle dismantler' ...
They've just made it more difficult to scrap your car yourself but not impossible. The V5C says:-
If you have broken up the vehicle yourself, you must either tax it or tell us you are keeping it off the public road by making a SORN, until you take it to an ATF (authorised treatment centre) or tell us you no longer have it.
So, in theory, a letter to DVLA should suffice. :y :y :y
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So, in theory, a letter to DVLA should suffice. :y :y :y
That is true - a friend of mine has recently tested that out..
.. we'll see if he starts getting fined for not SORNing it next year ;) ;D
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Both scrappies at the Hythe in Colchester need the shell to have wheels on for them to collect it.You will also get approx.£30 more for the shell if you tow it in yourself. There used to be a couple of blokes (the Street brothers) who would come and pick it up with a Hiab,pay you cash,then take it down the hythe and weigh it in. I havent seen them for a few years,and Im not sure how the new regulations affect the way they used to operate. :-\
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Both scrappies at the Hythe in Colchester need the shell to have wheels on for them to collect it.You will also get approx.£30 more for the shell if you tow it in yourself. There used to be a couple of blokes (the Street brothers) who would come and pick it up with a Hiab,pay you cash,then take it down the hythe and weigh it in. I havent seen them for a few years,and Im not sure how the new regulations affect the way they used to operate. :-\
As long as they have the required licence it`s OK. My shells get collected the same way
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i had a vectra shell removed without problem 3 weeks back, reminds me i got to send log book off still