Join the thousands saying scrap my car with Car Recovery Guys
Simply enter your car registration number and postcode to get an instant quote for your scrap car.
One of our local collection partners will come along to pick up your scrap car at a time and date agreed with you.
We offer free collection of scrap cars. Once collected, we will deliver your car to the nearest vehicle disposal centre.
Thinking of scrapping your car? Get an instant quote today! We offer cash for your car regardless of its condition and provide a free collection service.
How much you’ll get for your scrap car depends on a whole range of factors. Most of these are well outside your control, so they’re not anything to worry about.
Some of the main factors which affect how much cash you’ll get include:
• Supply and demand of the scrap metal market
• The make and model of the car
• The size and weight
• Its age
• Whether or not it’s had parts removed
• The location of the scrap yard taking it
One of the main ways you can ensure you maximise the value of your car is by making sure you don’t take it to pieces before you send it off to be scrapped. Removing particularly heavy or critical parts like the engine will have a serious impact on how much scrap yards are willing to pay for it.
Location is also a hugely influential factor. After all, for scrap yards, processing your car involves a cost-benefit analysis. The further they have to travel in order to collect your car, the more they’ll have to charge to cover their overheads.
That’s why the closest local scrap yards are able to offer the best value for your end of life vehicle, and why location is always a high priority of ours when we’re calculating your instant scrap car quote.
If you’ve lost your V5C, some people may advise you to apply for a new one from the DVLA, at the cost of £25. However, this isn’t strictly necessary, as you don’t actually need it to scrap your car. (You don’t even need it to privately sell your vehicle, although undeniably it makes it a bit more difficult. Most buyers will be wary of buying the car unless they see proper physical documentation!)
The reason you don’t need it to scrap your car is because all details are checked on the DVLA database. This means that as long as you can prove you’re the registered keeper of the vehicle, and all the information is up to date, we can recycle your car without your physical V5C logbook.
What we do advise, though, is separately getting in touch with the DVLA yourself to let them know you’ve scrapped your car.
Here’s what you’ll need to let them know:
• Your car registration number
• The make and model
• The exact date of sale
• The name and address of the scrapyard
You’ll be happy to know that you don’t need a lot of paperwork to scrap your car, and it’s generally much simpler than selling it privately.
The main documents you’ll need include:
– V5C logbook or registration certificate
– The service history
– The latest MOT certificate
– SORN (if applicable)
If you have any additional paperwork, such as documents related to vehicle finance, it’s a good idea to hand those over as well. You can provide all of this to a friendly member of our collection team when we come to pick up your vehicle (and, of course, it makes everything much quicker and simpler if you can give us the keys).
Over a million cars are scrapped in the UK each year, and finding the best price used to be a fairly intensive process – involving multiple phone calls to separate scrapyards, or whiling away valuable free time on comparison websites.
Thankfully, now that we’re well into the digital age, it’s all easier than ever!
We strive to offer the quickest and most straightforward car scrapping service available, and to provide the best price for every car, regardless of its color, age, mileage, or condition. Some of the types of cars we scrap include:
– Damaged cars
– Insurance write-offs
– MOT failures
– Flood damaged cars
– Non-runners (non-functioning cars)
– Unroadworthy cars
– Junk and salvage cars
– Cars with mechanical or engine problems
– Fleet cars
– Foreign cars (those which aren’t UK registered)
– Part exchange cars
We provide a free, no-obligation quote. We only require your car registration and postcode to give you an instant online quote. There are no hidden charges. All fees, including administration fees, bank fees, and collection fees, are included in the quote we provide. This ensures that there are no unpleasant surprises, giving you a more accurate idea of what to expect in terms of payment for your car.
Car Recovery Guys will give you an instant cash price for your car. Simply enter your car registration number, your post code and click “Get quote” for an instant price that will have you saying “Scrap My Car!”.
We work with hundreds of scrap yards and dealers throughout the UK, enabling our car scrapping service to run nationwide, and offer you the best price for scrapping your car.
So, if you’re thinking It’s time to say “scrap my car” – then look no further. Get your online quote now and join the hundreds who trust us as the best company for scrapping their car.
