Here at Take My Scrap Car, we understand it can be difficult accepting that the time has come to bid farewell to a car that has been serving you well for years. Nevertheless, when you find yourself in ownership of a car that is a) dangerous b) embarrassing c) more trouble than it’s worth or d) wouldn’t pass its MOT in a million years, getting rid of it responsibly is really the only thing you can do. 
But here’s a question – how exactly can you make sure that you yourself get the best possible value for your old car?
Well, chances are you’ll have two quite different options in mind which tend to be the most commonly considered for those in such a position. On one hand you could invest the necessary time and effort in stripping your car right down to its core components and seeing how many of them you can sell on. On the other, you could turn to one of the services that claim to be able to ‘buy any car’ without question, but to be perfectly frank will not be interested in a car that is falling to pieces or immobile.
If you choose to go down the stripping and selling avenue…stripping your car that is…it’s worth bearing in mind that it isn’t quite as easy as you may think. First of all, actually taking a car apart is a seriously difficult and long-winded task for which you need to know what you’re doing and also have a rather sizeable array of specialist tools. In addition to this, there’s a fairly high chance that while stripping and taking your car apart as you intend to do so, you will end up damaging the parts you are looking to sell on or perhaps do yourself some damage in the process.
Assuming you get the job done right, you’ll find yourself with a dizzying array of bits and pieces of which chances are you will not know what most of them are or whether they are worth anything. Nevertheless, you can try your hand at selling as many of them as you like either online or privately, though given the fact that there are tens of thousands of checked and verified parts already on sale via a thousand and one reputable used car parts dealers in the UK, you can’t expect your own inventory to fly off the shelf. And even if it does, getting any kind of a decent price may be out of the question.
Perhaps the biggest problem though is that when all is said and done, there will still be a hell of a lot of the car left over that you’ll have no idea what to do with. You can try your hand at getting the remaining bits and pieces scrapped, but chances are you’ll be offered so much less than you would have been offered to you to have scrapped it in its entirety that you’ll have invested at ton of time and effort for nothing in return.
That’s why here at Take My Scrap Car, our advice is simple. Remove anything you know you can sell on quickly and efficiently for a good price – stereos, LCD screens, aftermarket wheels, brand new tyres etc. – and bring the rest to us. We guarantee we will make your life a hell of a lot easier from start to finish.
Give us a call today – we’re waiting to hear from you.
