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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Varche on 10 May 2013, 15:01:16
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Been a while since I have been to a scrap yard. Maybe 15 years or more.
Things have certainly changed since my youth when I got locked in at 6p.m. in one of the scrap yards in Leicester up near the Loughborough Road. I only realised what time it was when I heard Doberman Pinchers murmuring below. I was taking a rear cart spring off a Wolsey 16/60 (second down in a pile of four).
My Suzuki Vitara trim seems to be badly made from cheap plastic. The latest thing to fail was the drivers sun visor. I have been Emailing an enquiry form to the two places near me each month with "haven't got any replies". Both of them just have an office and punters are not allowed in the yard at all!
I was in Malaga yesterday so thought I would drop in. There are about 10 or maybe 15 recycling yards in a row all constructed at pretty much the same time by the same builder. Office where you make your enquiry and they either go and get the part from the racks OR tell you (roughly) where the donor vehicle is and off you go. It was a pleasant change to not be walking on compacted soil with a million gallons of spilt oil soaked into it! The penultimate place actually had two Vitaras in, the rest had none. Got one from the better of the two. 10 euros (about£8). I suppose that is the going rate.
The same yard had two facelift 2.5 diesel Omegas inside. Dead. Couldn't see why they were in there. Both had had parts robbed from them.
What I found interesting was the sheer number of folk using the yards on a weekday. A real money spinner especially as they only give about 100 euros for a drive in car. Not only that but they were doing repairs outside and in some cases pretty heavy duty repairs (e.g suspension). I dare say against the law as is (apparently) repairing your own car at home here! :o :o As usual the police turn a blind eye to it all.
What are car yards like in Britain nowaydays?
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Most are like a dealer parts dept - the one near me which my mate runs is like that - ask for the part, they check availability on their computer system (incl their other yards), & if you say yes the part then turns up, marked up and clean in a sealed shrink wrapped bag. Once its there in front of you thats the best time to haggle the price. ;)
I'm lucky, a lot of parts I've had have been foc. (Favours for favours!!)
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What are car yards like in Britain nowaydays?
Depends where you go. There are still the old fashioned 'pile 'em high' yards around here where you ask if they have a ...... for a ...... & the owner will say 3rd row down etc . Only thing different is that he now has CCTV to keep his beady eye on you :y :y :y
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Old fashioned scrappys round here.Point you in the direction of the car and you take your own parts off with your own tools.
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...... and you take your own parts off with your own tools.
The one I mostly use has a mottly selection of tools for loan :y :y If you met Tony, you'd not consider 'borrowing' them on a permanent basis anyway ;D ;D ;D
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Old fashioned scrappys round here.Point you in the direction of the car and you take your own parts off with your own tools.
....exactly as it should be. :y
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Old fashioned scrappys round here.Point you in the direction of the car and you take your own parts off with your own tools.
Used to love them - nothing more satisfying than getting the "bit" off you wanted together with clips/bolts/loom etc :y
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Varche, you should visit La Torre one day :D IIRC, the biggest scrap yard in Europe..