Is your broken car taking up space on your driveway unnecessarily? Well, if you are planning to sell the car but don’t understand where to start, there are a few options for you.
Here is The List of Some of Those Options That May Help You Get Maximum Return
- Value Lies in Weight, Not in Accessories – If you ask a car scrapping company for a quote, you will get a quote for the vehicle based on its scrap weight in lieu of the value of its parts. They are very likely not to pay you any extra money for special accessories like a sophisticated stereo system or an expensive transmission. Scrap car industry is not meant for parts; rather they focus on the value and weight of the scrap metal.
- Money Can be Made, Even Out of The Parts – If you want to scrap the vehicle on your own, you need to remove everything (non-metal) from the interior of it. You need to flush out the fluid, extract engine and transmission, remove the wires, take out seats and so on. Though you may earn more money by removing and selling all the parts by your own, it would be absolutely time consuming and of course, labour intensive. Moreover, unless you have an immediate buyer for the parts, you have to store them in a safe place. Nevertheless, if you have determined to sell the parts on your own, make sure you do a bit homework, get help from the Internet and evaluate the costs of the parts so when you put them for sale, you can estimate your profit range.
- Junkyard, Though Not The Most Profitable, The Simplest and The Most Convenient – Everything has its own pros and cons and selling the scrap car to a junkyard or a salvage yard is no different. Usually when you call a company that deals in scrap cars Worthing, they would provide you with a quote the metal value of the car excluding the value of the parts, as we have already discussed. If you don’t have enough time to scrap your car by yourself, you simply get help from a metal recycling merchant or a junkyard to get rid of the burden of removing the parts, finding a customer and finally selling the car. Otherwise, it could be a hectic and time-consuming affair for you to manage the entire thing all alone. Just call a service and let them pick up the car for free and pay you the amount on the spot. They would also make you rest assured about all the paperwork so you don’t have to worry about the car later.
These are just a few of many tips to get the most out of your scrap car. Besides, the final tip is that you should never confuse scrap value with the used value. Since your car is running fine doesn’t mean that it would get a better price.
