If you consider yourself the quintessential petrol-head with a passion for pretty rides, there’s a YouTube video doing the rounds we guarantee will bring a tear to your eye.
Famed publisher “Supercar Blondie” recentlyshared a clip shot in Central Dubai, where one of the world’s most unique scrapyards can be found. No rusted and crash-damaged Ford Fiestas here – this place is littered with literally thousands of ultra-expensive supercars.
In some instances, it’s practically impossible to figure out how confining such cars to a junk heap is justified. Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, Bugatti, Bentley – every supercar brand you’ve ever heard of is present and correct in vast quantities. Some of which really don’t appear to be badly damaged at all.
In which case – why allow these automotive treasures to simply gather dust and fall into a state of disrepair?
A Question of Convenience
The key point to remember here is that most of the former owners of these cars are nothing like you or us. For the most part, they were owned by the kinds of super wealthy individuals who simply could not be bothered going through the process of repairing them in the wake of an accident.
They also carry the kind of insurance where replacement is almost always preferable to repair – hence the vast volumes of supercars making their way here.
In addition, it’s not uncommon for people to simply leave cars abandoned after exiting the country and never returning. Some are also repossessed from those who failed to keep up with their repayments – the United Arab Emirates has a zero-tolerance policy to anyone who doesn’t repay their debts.
Even on something as simple as a car, failing to repay as agreed is punishable by imprisonment.
Waste Not, Want Not
If the sight of all these decaying supercars has ruined your day, fear not – all is by no means lost. Rather than crushing these cars into cubes for scrap metal for recycling, they instead form part of the world’s biggest used supercar parts marketplace.
One that attracts thousands of supercar owners from all over the world, along with salvage specialists who know how to get cars back into pristine order.
If you know what you’re doing, this place can be an absolute goldmine. Not got $150,000 to splash out on a used Lamborghini Huracan? No worries – you could pick up an accident-damaged Lambo here for as little as $30,000.
Admittedly, you might need to spend at least twice this amount on components to get it back into shape, but still – a profitable venture for the skilled supercar restoration specialist.
Sensible Car Scrapping and Recycling…
At Take My Scrap Car, we provide a car scrapping and recycling service on the more sensible side of the spectrum. Rather than limiting ourselves to certain types of cars, we collect and recycle all vehicle makes and models in any age and any condition.
For more information on the services we provide or to discuss collection of a scrap vehicle in your area, contact a member of the team at Take My Scrap Car today.
