What happens to my scrap 4×4?
Well, we are connected to fully certified ATFs, or Authorised Treatment Facilities. You have to be to scrap 4x4s and off road vehicles in the UK. This is mostly to ensure that the company undertaking your vehicle scrapping obeys all relevant environmental and waste handling procedures.
Those procedures can be quite involved. The battery and tyres must be removed, and will typically be sent to specialist recycling facilities – the batteries in particular can be quite toxic. All of the oil, petrol or diesel, brake fluid and other consumables must be removed and disposed of properly as well. Only then can we begin to remove any parts which can be reused after being rebuilt or reconditioned.
Then the vehicle (typically just a chassis now) is crushed and sold as scrap metal.
If the vehicle was written off as a total loss with your insurance company, they will usually handle all the scrapping arrangements. However, if you’re doing it all yourself there are a few things you’ll need to know.
What about paperwork?
There’s really not much to do from your end. We’ll handle notifying the DVLA that the vehicle has been scrapped and fill out all relevant forms.They should send you back a receipt. If they do not, it is your responsibility to ring them at 0300 790 6802 to make sure everything is in order.
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Types of car we scrap
Our scrap car collection service can pick up a huge range of vehicles across Essex and London – whether they are non running, damaged cars or mot failures.
- Damaged cars
- Insurance write-offs
- Non-runners
- MOT failures
- Junk and salvage cars
- Flood damaged cars
- Non UK registered Foreign cars
- Fleet cars
No Cash for scrap 4x4s
It became illegal to offer cash for scrap 4x4s or other vehicles in 2013. This law was intended to prevent or at least reduce theft of vehicles for their scrap value. However, if the 4×4 is in good condition and is simply becoming old, we can absolutely pay cash upon collection. Otherwise we action a bank transfer on day of collection.
How much do you pay for scrap 4x4s?
That all depends on your 4×4, and what shape it is in. We make money by recovering and re-selling those parts which can still be used, and by selling the remainder for scrap (which is not worth much these days). Therefore, we stand to make a lot more scrapping a brand new Land Rover than a 20 year old Subaru, no matter what shape they are in. We’ll have to make you an offer based on your specific vehicle, and what we expect to salvage from it.
Frequently asked questions
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A scrap car removal service removes unwanted vehicles for recycling. The registration of the car must be surrendered to the recycler in order to cancel the vehicle tax.
Direct Debits for car tax will be automatically cancelled by the DVLA, and any months remaining on the tax will be refunded. A check will be issued and made out to the registered keeper of the vehicle.
In the case that you own the vehicle but you are not the registered keeper, you can write or contact the DVLA with proof of your ownership, such as a bill of sale.
Please include your name, address, and registration number. Additionally, be sure to mention that you want the car tax refund sent to your address.
Once our collector has inspected the vehicle and confirm that it is as the seller has claimed, they will then proceed to make payment.
This helps to protect both parties from any complications and is line with our network terms. Our collector also needs to check the vehicle is as the seller has claimed to confirm it’s worth the full value of the quote.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you for choosing our service.
If you have lost the keys to your car, don’t worry – we can still scrap it for you. Just leave it to us and when we contact you to confirm your details, please let us know if there are any obstructions or height restrictions that could make it difficult to recover. You can sell your car for scrap without the keys, but you will need to provide us with paperwork proving vehicle ownership and there may be deductions from your final payment for any inconvenience and extra work for the scrap dealer who collects it. Thanks for choosing Scrap My Car!
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We will also give you a certificate of destruction. only authorised centres are able to provide this. The certificate provides evidence the vehicle has been taken off of the road and scrapped.
Without this document you could potentially still be liable for insurance or road tax. We are an authorised centre and can provide you with the certificate of destruction for your vehicle.
If you don’t have a registration certificate, you can still contact the DVLA to let them know your car has been scrapped.
Make sure to give the full details of the scrap yard or recycling center, as well as the car details including registration, make, model, and date of sale.
The DVLA will need this information in order to remove the vehicle from their records and avoid any penalties for unlicensed vehicles.
By law, all scrap yards and recycling centers must be licensed by the Environment Agency, so you can be confident that it will be disposed of safely and responsibly.
When it comes to scrapping a vehicle, there is a lot of paperwork that needs to be filled out in order to properly process the transaction. who handles this paperwork depends on a few different factors.
If you have any remaining tax or insurance, it is best for you to handle the paperwork so that you can get proper refunds. However, if these elements have already been taken care of, then we can handle the paperwork for you.
In either case, we will need some basic information from you in order to properly process the transaction and ensure that everything is handled correctly.
Scrapping a vehicle can be a bit of a hassle, but we will do everything we can to make the process as smooth and easy as possible for you.