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[Teebee]

I spent 3 months trying to find a suitable replacement for my aging elite, a couple of occasions I was outbid on the bay by breakers on here, on the forum I had one enquiry not replied to, another I was too slow, finally I HAD to buy something as the old girl was on the verge of collapse.

So last month I crack and pick up an ex-works 55 plate Mondeo. What happens next, the board is flooded with 3.0 and 3.2 migs within my price range!!!

I'm beginning to feel royally persecuted!

[Broomies Mate]

I'm another who would happily put the boot into the breaker boys.

Not fair that they make money out of cars which we want to own.

Business is business i guess.

[Teebee]

Oh I have no problem with what they do, as you say it's business. What I would love to know is how many of those spare parts are fitted to vehicles that are actually in a worse state than the one being broken. And yes I was guilty of that on both of mine, kept them going way longer than I should have.

[geoffr70]

Bally 'ell, how much do breakers pay for them?

[albitz]

Not a lot.

[geoffr70]

Not a lot.

That's what I thought. Surely a breaker wouldn't pay more than someone who wanted to use it as a car and not profit from it? It wouldn't make sense.

Incidentally, how much do you reckon I could make from a v6 elite?

£25 on remaining tax
£110 scrap/£150 cats
£10 each mirrors
£20 each doors
£10 Climate panel

Does all that sound right? What other parts are good to sell and in demand?

[albitz]

Its pot luck imo - bits you migh think are sought after (leather interiors for example) are difficult to shift imo. Rear shelf with blind - could have sold 20 of them.many requests are for parts you probably wouldnt think of - things like wiper linkages, bits of wiring loom......body panels - unless someone happens to want a particular panel in the coulour of the car your breaking, when your breaking it, you cant give them away. Unless you have plenty of space to store them until someone requests them.
Its a funny old business really. :-/

[Keith ABS]

You dont seem to get much for scrap up your way then. We have one yard guarenteeing £200 per car while another says in the newspaper ads that it would be £170 plus, depending on weight, and that is for it to go straight in the crusher, nothing taken off exept battery, wheels and fuel tank

[henryd]

You dont seem to get much for scrap up your way then. We have one yard guarenteeing £200 per car while another says in the newspaper ads that it would be £170 plus, depending on weight, and that is for it to go straight in the crusher, nothing taken off exept battery, wheels and fuel tank

pretty good scrap prices down here in not so sunny cornwall as well,weighed in a nissan almera and it made £180 a month ago

[Brikhead]

Incidentally, how much do you reckon I could make from a v6 elite?

£25 on remaining tax
£110 scrap/£150 cats
£10 each mirrors
£20 each doors
£10 Climate panel

I got £391 from the scrap man for an Omega Elite estate, it all depends on how much you are willing to strip them.
The body shell with engine block, transmission and running gear/suspension still attached weighed in for £215.
The wiring loom alone (excluding Bose looms) is worth around thirty squids.

[Teebee]

Interesting, my CDX estate had values ranging from £100-150 and that was me bringing it in. Must be over subscribed with scrap around here, that or they were trying to rip me off.

I was looking at all possible options when I was searching including basically good condition cars that needed selected amounts of work. The problem is that the calculation market value - cost of work frequently comes back with a price at or less than the value to a breaker.

[STMO123]

You're not supposed to 'scrap' cars now. On the new red V5 there is no section for a scrapped car. You have to take it to an approved vehicle recycler. :-/