Your scrap car quote comes from one simple sum: your car’s weight in tonnes, multiplied by the current price per tonne for scrap steel, plus a bit extra if your catalytic converter is still fitted, minus a deduction for anything…
If you’re scrapping a van across Trafford, Salford, Manchester or Stockport, the process is largely the same as scrapping a car, but not identical. Vans typically fetch more at scrap weight due to their heavier chassis and larger metal panels,…
A Certificate of Destruction, usually shortened to CoD, is the official document that proves your car has been permanently destroyed and recycled by a licensed operator, and it’s the only thing that legally ends your responsibility for the vehicle. Without…
No, in almost every case. Once an Authorised Treatment Facility issues a Certificate of Destruction and it is logged with the DVLA, the vehicle’s registration is permanently closed. The DVLA has stated directly to the ATF industry that requests to…
If a scrap yard or a “we’ll pay cash” collection driver offers you notes on your doorstep for your car, they are breaking the law. Under Section 12 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, it is a criminal offence…
We get this call a lot: someone’s arranged their scrap car collection, gone looking for the logbook to have it ready for the driver, and it’s nowhere to be found. It’s one of the most common hold-ups we see, and…
If your car is heading for the scrapyard and it’s wearing a private or cherished plate, there’s one thing you need to sort before it ever gets collected: taking that plate off with the DVLA. Get the order wrong and…
Before your car is collected, spend 20 minutes going through it properly. Most people hand over their vehicle and only realise later they left a parking badge, a dashcam worth £60, or three years of CDs in the door pocket.…
There is a car on your land that does not belong to you. Maybe it turned up on your driveway one morning and nobody knows who owns it. Maybe a customer parked in your business car park three weeks ago…
Scrapping a car should be one of the most straightforward transactions you do. You call a service, they give you a price, they collect the car, you get paid. Done. But it does not always work out that way. There…
