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[Webby the Bear]

hi ya,

just reading through the forum i note there's a lot of reference to breaking omega's.

just out of interest is this something you can do as a non mechanic if the mig decides it's life is over? if so where do you start? and presumably its just a case of selling individual parts?

as said this is just out of interest.... my miggy sailed through her mot yesterday, no probs so hopefully wont want to do this for years!!!! 

[Darth Loo-knee]

You will learn alot about the car thats for sure

As to selling parts  if you were to strip every part from a car you could be left with a hell of a lot of parts 
It all depends on what people are after at the time I suppose

[Webby the Bear]

You will learn alot about the car thats for sure

As to selling parts  if you were to strip every part from a car you could be left with a hell of a lot of parts 
It all depends on what people are after at the time I suppose

cheers daz. well i note that some stuff goes for quite a bit and apparently scrapping will only get a couple of hundred squid 

ps mate i think im coming up your way in november time to get my back end sorted. how much do you charge for a service? cheers bud

[Darth Loo-knee]

You will learn alot about the car thats for sure

As to selling parts  if you were to strip every part from a car you could be left with a hell of a lot of parts 
It all depends on what people are after at the time I suppose

cheers daz. well i note that some stuff goes for quite a bit and apparently scrapping will only get a couple of hundred squid 

ps mate i think im coming up your way in november time to get my back end sorted. how much do you charge for a service? cheers bud

Maybe an offer I can't refuse there Steve lad 

[Webby the Bear]

You will learn alot about the car thats for sure

As to selling parts  if you were to strip every part from a car you could be left with a hell of a lot of parts 
It all depends on what people are after at the time I suppose

cheers daz. well i note that some stuff goes for quite a bit and apparently scrapping will only get a couple of hundred squid 

ps mate i think im coming up your way in november time to get my back end sorted. how much do you charge for a service? cheers bud

Maybe an offer I can't refuse there Steve lad 

hahahahahaha some bright spark did once say i should think before i write 

[jonnycool]

You're a brave man Webby mate, a brave man...

[Dodger]

You will learn alot about the car thats for sure

As to selling parts  if you were to strip every part from a car you could be left with a hell of a lot of parts 
It all depends on what people are after at the time I suppose

cheers daz. well i note that some stuff goes for quite a bit and apparently scrapping will only get a couple of hundred squid 

ps mate i think im coming up your way in november time to get my back end sorted. how much do you charge for a service? cheers bud

Maybe an offer I can't refuse there Steve lad 

He will service you for free!! but the car will cost you money 

[Webby the Bear]

lol thanks guys. on a serious note if you were to break a car would you simply strip it at will... i.e. i keep my eye on the ads and offer people bits that they require? or is there more structure to it? if so where to start? engine or bodywork?

cheers

[I_want_an_Omega]

I've done a couple - almost by accident & now have the greatest of respect for those guys who do it full time, Daz, Pete etc.

I just did a couple of "dead" cars that I'd bought to drive - selling the (leather) interiors, cats, stereo etc. I sold an engine/gearbox once - but the buyer came and removed it himself. I got loads of spares also - but always end up needing the bits I haven't got.

Daz is 100% correct - you learn a hell of a lot about how cars are made by taking them to bit.

[Nick W]

I used to be able to strip a Capri to its component parts in a day. Cut the body in to 6 bits, and dump it in the skip at work. I'd then sell/trade all the usual stuff - trim, running gear etc - to make the money back.

We've recently got rid of the last load of junk out of the garage over 7 years after the last car I broke. It all went down the tip, apart from the panels.

It's amazingly easy to end up with lots of bits you will never use, and just get in the way for years. It's even more amazing just how much space a disassembled car actually takes!

[Elite Pete]

Its surprising how many parts you have sat around that people have asked for. You remove and keep hold of them, then PM them to remind them that the parts are waiting, you get a reply saying "i'll pay on such a day, that day comes and goes and no payment so you contact them again asking if they still want the part, you get a reply "oh yeah sorry I forgot i'll pay on such a day, that day comes and goes with no payment so you readvertise the parts ect. The thing that poxes me off a bit is you might have told someone else that part has been sold

Still the majority of OOF buyers are genuine and not time waisters

[Elite Pete]

I tend to remove the common parts I know will sell the rest stay on the car and they get removed when someone pays for them I then scrap the shell a day or two before the next one is due, saves me wasting my time

[Varche]

I didn't actually sell many of the parts off the car I broke in Spain. maybe folk were put off by postage costs (I would have matched UK costs for UK buyers). It was a learning experience. Very time consuming.

As I had become so attached to the car after 11 years of ownership, it was the least I could do rather than have all those parts rot in a Spanish scrap yard unloved.

Of course in due time when I can no longer move in the garage for parts..... I will junk them.

[I_want_an_Omega]

Its surprising how many parts you have sat around that people have asked for. You remove and keep hold of them, then PM them to remind them that the parts are waiting, you get a reply saying "i'll pay on such a day, that day comes and goes and no payment so you contact them again asking if they still want the part, you get a reply "oh yeah sorry I forgot i'll pay on such a day, that day comes and goes with no payment so you readvertise the parts ect. The thing that poxes me off a bit is you might have told someone else that part has been sold

Still the majority of OOF buyers are genuine and not time waisters

Agreed, although I've been caught twice now by non-payers where I've shipped stuff in good faith and never received payment. They wern't large sums but it really hacks me off.

I wont be doing it again unless I know them, lesson learned.

[I_want_an_Omega]

I didn't actually sell many of the parts off the car I broke in Spain. maybe folk were put off by postage costs (I would have matched UK costs for UK buyers). It was a learning experience. Very time consuming.As I had become so attached to the car after 11 years of ownership, it was the least I could do rather than have all those parts rot in a Spanish scrap yard unloved.

Of course in due time when I can no longer move in the garage for parts..... I will junk them.

I'm with you on that one.