Guides
Scrapping a car, explained properly
No sales pitch in these. They are the answers we end up giving on the phone three or four times a week, written down so you can read them first.
Can I get cash for a scrap car?
Cash for scrap cars has been illegal in England, Wales and Scotland since 2013. Here is what the law actually says and how you should expect to be paid.
Read this →What is a Certificate of Destruction?
The document that ends your legal responsibility for a scrapped vehicle: what it is, who can issue one, and what happens without it.
Read this →Scrapping without a V5C
Lost the logbook? You can usually still scrap the car. Here is what you will need instead and how it affects the process.
Read this →What happens to your car
Depollution, dismantling and recycling explained: what comes out of an end-of-life vehicle, in what order, and the legal targets that govern it.
Read this →Write-off categories explained
What the insurance write-off categories mean, which ones can go back on the road, and which have to be scrapped.
Read this →Scrapping a non-runner
Non-runners, seized brakes, missing wheels, no keys — what we need to know to bring the right truck and get your car away.
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Sat on your drive doing nothing?
Give us the registration. We'll tell you what it's worth and, if you're happy, have it gone tomorrow.