It’s looking like good news once again for anyone planning on scrapping their car in the near future. The shockwaves of the whole COVID saga are still being felt across the United Kingdom, with any number of regions once again going into lockdown. Nevertheless, the gradual restart of the car scrapping and recycling industry is having a positive effect on scrap values.
As a result, average scrap car prices once again increased in September.
Things weren’t too bad (considering the circumstances) in August, but nobody predicted an increase as generous as 4% during the following month. Even more impressively, average scrap car prices for September also came out approximately 6% higher than the same time last year.
This means that even though much of the country appears to be falling apart before our eyes, scrapping a car in September 2020 actually proved more lucrative than scrapping back in September 2019.
How Much Is My Car Worth?
At this point, it remains to be seen if and to what extent this reassuring recovery continues through November and December. Nevertheless, evidence would suggest that now there really isn’t a bad time to consider scrapping your end-of-life vehicle.
Particularly given how in the event of another lockdown (which may be on the horizon), you could be stuck with it indefinitely.
In terms of how much your scrap car is worth, we calculate our quotations on the basis of scrap values at the time. It’s all about how much scrap material there is in your car that can be recycled, which forms the bulk of its quoted price.
However, there are other factors that are taken into account when calculating the value of a scrap vehicle. The most important of which being as follows:
- The make and model of the vehicle
- Its size, weight, age and general condition
- How difficult it is to dismantle and scrap
- Whether it’s in any way hazardous
- How far we have to travel to pick it up
We will need a few basic details from you to provide you with an initial quotation, which you can organise simply by populating and submitting the online form. Though if you’d like to learn more about how we calculate scrap values, feel free to contact the team at Take My Scrap Car anytime.
How Does the Process Work?
If you are happy with the quotation we provide and decide to go ahead, that’s really all the involvement on your part. We’ll pay you a visit at the time and date of your choosing, collect your scrap vehicle and take it away to be responsibly recycled.
We’ll lend a hand with the DVLA paperwork and you will be provided with a formal certificate of destruction, to be held on to for your own records. 100% of the price quoted will be transferred directly into your bank account, leaving you with at least a modest incentive for doing the right thing!
Call or email Take My Scrap Car anytime to learn more.
