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Unroadworthy car sale/give away or scrap

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ByLilacMember · 17/01/2026 17:15

Any advice welcome, don't want to cause an accident or have any come back.
I've got an old car 2012 to get rid of, sell or scrap. It's got a dodge front wheel maybe suspension or worse. I Der what conditions could I let someone who is interested and is fully aware of the cars condition have it. No body concerned is a mechanic so we don't know what the wheel problem is but it looks and sounds bad.
Ideally I'd like someone to make use of the car.
I would only expect a token gesture payment to cover small costs

TIA

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Ithinkofawittyusernamethenforgetit · 17/01/2026 17:19

If you could afford not to get any money for it, your local fire station may want it for training, or if you have a technical college nearby with a mechanics course they may be interested. Funny enough, where I lived there was a fire station at the top of my road and a tech at the bottom - so maybe easier for me!

TheAutumnCrow · 17/01/2026 17:26

Bear with me …

Does it have ABS (electronic)?

Rocknrollstar · 17/01/2026 17:50

We buy any car?

Secretseverywhere · 17/01/2026 17:57

When I scrapped a car 20 year old vw polo in desperate need of new gear box/ clutch 2 years ago I was surprised to get over £400. I just googled online put in car reg. I was honest about condition and they came and collected took photo of my ID and money was in bank that day. I’d just google.

user2848502016 · 17/01/2026 19:47

My brother did “we buy any car” because he just wanted rid of his old one

Doris86 · 17/01/2026 22:42

Put it on E bay with an honest description and a 99p starting bid. You’ll be surprised what you’ll get for it. Certainly more than WBAC or a scrapyard would offer.

ByLilacMember · 18/01/2026 14:40

Thank you so much for your great ideas everyone, it's very much appreciated. Update- a friend of a friend came to collect it on a flatbed to fix up for his girlfriend who is learning how to drive at the moment. I got £200 for it! Didn't even bother negotiating, just glad it's getting another chance at use
Thank you again everyone

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