Rough Price for a Scrap M Reg Escort

[chrissa1]

Roughly how much would a scrap metal dealer give me for taking away my car? Thanks.

[Old_Geezer]

Didn't you mean what would you need to pay a scrap metal dealer for getting rid of your car for you ?

[KARL]

Around here, you can get something approaching £100 for any complete car offered for scrap - they collect.

[craft1948]

Sorry when I saw your header I thought it was about Jordan...

[chrissa1]

No OG. I've seen posters in laybyes saying how they pay cash for cars and collect.

[carmalee]

agree with Karl on this one - there are dealers who will pay you to take your car - word of warning though - just make sure all the paperwork is legit and filed with the DVLA or you may find yourslef on the receiving end of parking fines etc. It can be done though.

[jake-the-peg]

There was a time not so long ago when the rules on recycling first came in a lot of scrappies packed it in. You did then have to pay to have a car scrapped.

Now scrap prices have gone up and you can get something back for scrapping a car.

I scrapped an Escort a couple of years or so back and got thirty quid.

A hundred sounds pretty good if you can get it maybe prices have risen more than I thought

[Old_Geezer]

You're lucky then. Not gone to a scrap dealer myself, but I know my brother couldn't get anyone to pay for a banger he had, and eventually paid someone to take it off our garage forecourt. Admittedly quite a few years ago now.

[lslowry]

At least you don't see many burnt out cars around now.

[Goodsoulette]

about 70 quid a tonne.

[chrissa1]

The general consensus seems to be between £50 - £60 then. Cheers all.

[donna1901]

i work in steel therefore know how much a dealer and a scrapmerchant would give you and its a lot of a difference.
if you get someone to collect you'll get £100 maximum.
if you drive/tow it to a recycling centre like "EMR" and place it on the weighbridge your more likely to get around £270 per tonne. M reg escort has got to be close to a tonne in weight but they do take £5 off per wheel as they have to dispose of the tyre correctly.
I weighed a mk2 golf in about 3 years ago at EMR and got about £140 minus tyres...

so you're best off if you can get it there as you'll get more than double.

[defenstrate]

just today got £80 for my rover 420, would of been £100 if i let them keep the wheels, but will sell on for a tenner a piece else where. so you should expect around £80 to £100

[chrissa1]

Can you tow an SORN car which my Escort is?

[Toureman]

Any car that is sorn cannot have any wheel touching a public road surface.

[AlBags]

£60-75 at the moment as scrap prices are high.
But drive it into a decent place and you would get over £100.
Heavy cars .. diesels, etc would get you about £140 at the moment.

It's very unlikely you will get problems towing it there, so long as you otherwise comply with the towing regs.