Scrapping the rover.

zephyr · 1st August 2016, 11:00

So iv phoned 8 scrap men this morning to take the car away. After them asking what car is it they say "no fanks mate not for me" Why is that? surely a scrap car is a scrap car regardless of the make.

The_irish_rover · 1st August 2016, 11:06

That's because there's little to no money in weighing it in. They're probably only interested in ones where they can quickly sell parts. It's been the same where I live for some time now - most of the big scrap yards will no longer collect for free.

charlie 22 · 1st August 2016, 14:48

Sell to a trader on here!

zephyr · 1st August 2016, 15:29

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Originally Posted by charlie 22

Sell to a trader on here!

I had put in the freebees and some parts have gone but no interest. its gone now though, after evicting our local tramp who was snoring his head off curled up in the back seat

Bless him.

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Originally Posted by The_irish_rover

That's because there's little to no money in weighing it in. They're probably only interested in ones where they can quickly sell parts. It's been the same where I live for some time now - most of the big scrap yards will no longer collect for free.

£38 a ton he tells me, this time last year £150 a ton. He blames the slow down in Chinese economy.

wutang · 1st August 2016, 16:10

That's True, the Chinese are no longer buying all the steel they can so the price of scrap crashed a while ago.

jonathan63 · 1st August 2016, 16:11

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Originally Posted by zephyr

£38 a ton he tells me, this time last year £150 a ton. He blames the slow down in chinese economy.

£38 a ton for tramps!

zephyr · 1st August 2016, 16:20

Should of left him in there, bit more weight.

The Rovering Member · 1st August 2016, 17:41

He obviously appreciates a bit of comfort.

zephyr · 1st August 2016, 17:52

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Originally Posted by The Rovering Member

He obviously appreciates a bit of comfort.

Yes, not quite a Chesterfield but not fare off

SCP440 · 1st August 2016, 19:21

The only stuff scrapyards are interested in is the stuff they can make money on selling the spares from, you would probably get more money for an Astra or Montego with the price of scrap at the moment.

My mate recently scrapped an Audi A3, he had two scrap yards bidding on it in the end. In truth they probably made very little on it as we had taken the few good bits off it and it done 240k miles. The guy who collected it just turned up with an envelope and he picked it up with the grabber.

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wutang Posted a thing or two Rover 75 2.5 auto (LPG) & mg tf 160 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dartford Posts: 1,124 Thanks: 5 Thanked 39 Times in 36 Posts	That's True, the Chinese are no longer buying all the steel they can so the price of scrap crashed a while ago.

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zephyr Avid contributor mg 180+ sport auto chagall blue. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Hayes middlesex Posts: 101 Thanks: 26 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Should of left him in there, bit more weight.

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SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,505 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	The only stuff scrapyards are interested in is the stuff they can make money on selling the spares from, you would probably get more money for an Astra or Montego with the price of scrap at the moment. My mate recently scrapped an Audi A3, he had two scrap yards bidding on it in the end. In truth they probably made very little on it as we had taken the few good bits off it and it done 240k miles. The guy who collected it just turned up with an envelope and he picked it up with the grabber.