2 October 2020

How to get rid of a car?

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Once again we turn to the knowledge (if not wisdom) of the RiotACT hivemind.

Let’s say someone has a car which will cost more to repair than what it’s worth.

Who can take such a car off one’s hands? Scrappers? Junkyards? Used car salesman?

Recommendations and advice welcomed!

If you’re looking for further information on how to get rid of your car, check out our article on the best towing services in Canberra.

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topcashforcars canberra10:23 pm 20 Oct 23

For Our Local Canberra Community Sell Your Unwanted Fast
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topcashforcars canberra10:19 pm 20 Oct 23

Cash for Cars Canberra is the only company that offers you an appropriate price for all the conditions of cars. If you have any old and used cars in Canberra

Hang on to it until after the election – you might get a free $2,000 towards a new car.

I went to All Star Transport and Towing services and I found their services was heaps better than ezy scrap.

Simple solution (but not legal yet (sort of) environmentally friendly):
Night time + Lake Burley G (or any of the other local lakes) = addition to the man-made reef that lurks below the water.

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Interesting program on Fox a couple of weeks ago. Pommy. Guy bought an un-reregisterable clunker from a seller for about 150 quid. Cashed in the balance of the rego after delivering it to an auction house. Got about 40 quid from memory. The car was auctioned to a room full of dealers AND SCRAP METAL merchants. Went for about 250 quid. For scrap. Suspect that we are not getting full value for the metal from local dealers. This would equate to about $400 in value for a wrecker. Their buy price. And they will make a profit when selling it on.

The Ezyscrappies of the world would be laughing all the way to the bank.

Check if its commercial or has commecial parts then you can sometimes get up to $300 or more from junking it. If any parts can be used on another car that is common on the road. Some engines end up in things like generators, etc. By commercial I mean something that has an engine that may be reused in a light/small truck.

The Ebay’s of the net (yes there are free local sites too) are also great place to find car people and collectors seeking manuals, badges, mats, rubber things, trim, etc – some wreckers may pay more for scrap that includes a manual (depending on make/model).

If it has a set of plates and rego papers then it can be transported without additional cost as tow or freight (check with Transport operator incase things have changed before loading a truck up in your driveway).

I would also check into willo’s area – some cars can simply double or triple in value by getting a number painted on the door

Have a fund-raising event, $5 for 3 hits with a sledge hammer

astrojax – RWD = Rear Wheel Drive

Rear Wheel Drive.

willo, what’s a ‘rwd’? a rearward? does this mean it is meaner in reverse??

SDay what car it is. SOmeone on here might want it.

What sort of car? Will it pass rego inspection? What majopr faults (if any)? Running?

With some more detail we can give a better answer.

Freecycle if you don’t need the money, it’ll go to a good home.

if it’s a 6 cyl rwd of any kind i’ll give ya 100 bucks for it and come collect it with a trailer……i need a car for the demo derby at the speedway in june…..haven’t found 1 yet…..and ya can plaster it with riotact stickers fa advertisin……alternatively ya could enter it yaself……6 cyl rwds are not mandatory just my weapon of choice so dont matter what it is

What sort of car is it? What is wrong with it? Any rego?

Scrapping will get you $50 to $100.

What about allclassifieds?

RandomPoster8:50 pm 28 Mar 10

Depending on the car, a mechanic that specialises in that make may be interested in it for parts.

What type of car are we talking about?

I put an ad in the CT as almost a giveaway ($150 with blown motor). Also got the balance of the rego back, although it was still SA registered and maybe the ACT won’t do that. Wreckers probably aren’t interested unless you have a late model commode or falcon (one wanted to charge me more for an outside mirror than the ford dealer charged me for a new one, including fitting it).

Clown Killer7:41 pm 28 Mar 10

Park it in Queanbeyan. If it gets stollen it’ll be capable if doing 200km/h.

georgesgenitals6:53 pm 28 Mar 10

Is it still driveable or even roadworthy? If so, put sme rego on it (eg 3 months) and put it on ebay. You might be surprised.

I couldn’t find anyone other than Ezyscrap for my poor old car. they give you 50 bucks and come and get it for you.

Reliable secondhand cars are so cheap now, that old cars needing repairs are worth nothing. Unless you can find someone with the same old bomb, who needs parts.

I recently spent $871 repairing a car that I bought for $2150 (with 11 months rego, so really about $1400 worth of car and $750 of rego). It didn’t bother me that I spent almost as much as the car was worth on that one lot of repairs, and coupled with the $500ish I’ve otherwise spent on it, that’s easily what it is worth.

What it’s worth to someone else is not what it’s worth to me. It is reliable transportation. It turns over every time, it has never had a flat tyre, flat battery, and it’s so mechanically and electrically simple that there’s not much else that could break in it, unlike newer cars. Even when its clutch was on its last legs, which has been the case since before I bought it, it still usually got to 110km/h when I wanted it to, stopped when I wanted it to, doesn’t leak, and it travels in the direction that I specify. Everything else is optional.

If I had decided that, oh horror, it was going to cost $900 (mechanic’s quote) to repair, I should perhaps go buy another car, then who is to say that the other car won’t have its own repairs pending, its own quirks, its own defects that aren’t covered by warranty (if it’s even still in warranty) etc. I’d rather just spend the $900 and have a car that I otherwise like.

Do you otherwise like your car?

Leave it parked in Queanbeyan

It’ll end up back in Canberra.

Ezyscrap, they will come pick it up and will give you money for it too

Leave it parked in Queanbeyan.

I recently had to get rid of a car for a friend moving overseas. ACT Car Recyclers were the only the only place interested, I even got $60 for my efforts.

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