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Does anyone know of any peugeot breakers yards in and around the Birmingham area?
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Try: Coventry Peugeot Specialists Tel: 024 7654 5995/0995, no experience of them but they turned up on Google.
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You might like to have a look at < www.intapart.co.uk >. They cover most makes, based in Daventry and do a good postal service.
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Sorry, I should have made it clear. I am not looking for parts but am looking to get rid of my knackered 205.
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Why not just dump it on the side of the road and smash a couple of windows, like everyone else?? ;-)
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Don't forget to take the tax disc and the number plates off.
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Don't forget to take the tax disc and the number plates off.
And the engine number, and the VIN.
Village idiot down the road from me "had" his car stolen (if you know what I mean) reported it stolen to the police and insurance. Just before insurance were going to pay up, plod phone him and say "we've found your car - we found it dumped on waste land and traced it back to you by the oil change sticker under the bonnet. The garage that changed your oil were kind enough to pass your details onto us"
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>> Don't forget to take the tax disc and the number plates >> off. And the engine number, and the VIN.
No need to bother with that. Just stick on a notice with "Police Aware" written on it. The powers that be will think that they've done all they would normally do anyway, and wait for the scavengers to remove it piece by piece.
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There was me hoping to make a couple of quid back after spending a fortune on it for it to die three weeks later! It is very tempting to dump it and be done with it!
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Surely unless you did go to the bother of removing all identifying marks then they could trace it back to you?
Or do they not bother with that?
How about leaving it parked in a really rough area for a while and see what happens? :) Problem is I suppose they could wipe someone out with it and then you would have an insurance claim...
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There was me hoping to make a couple of quid back after spending a fortune on it
You'll probably find that you have to pay the breaker to take it off your hands [1]. Gone are the days where they buy your scrap car off of you.
[1] which is why you see so many dumped cars these days. No one wants to pay someone else to take them away.
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Suppose you could just park it the centre of London and let them tow it away.
I wonder what happens if you just don't bother to claim it?.
alvin
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Sorry, I should have made it clear. I am not looking for parts but am looking to get rid of my knackered 205.
You could try advertising it for Spares or repair - free of charge. You'd have more luck if it were a GTI, especially the 1.9, they're still fairly sought after. Alternitively, are there any charities or community projects (such as teaching joy riders to drive) in your area who woud use it?
Alternitively, offer to break it. You may get the few quid for spares that it would cost you to get the rest removed. Just stick to the simple things like cylinder head, tyres, lights etc, or if someone wants a gearbox tell them it's £35 and they remove it, or free if they take the whole car.
My accident damaged 309 was valued at nil salvage by the assessor but I still managed to get £125 for it! The alloy wheels and the windscreen were sold individually, then someone, who wanted some of the remaining bits, came and towed it away and gave me £45! (on two replacement wheels obviously).
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In some left-wing Labour controlled [1] Greater London areas, the council will arrange for the breakers to come and pick up your car for free. They justify this on two grounds: that the "poor" people in these areas (who need the money for fags & booze) will otherwise dump their cars on the street;and that if the cars are then burnt by hooligans, the cost of disposal rises to £1000 plus.
This policy is actually so sensible, that Tory areas like Surrey also appear to be following a simialr but "undeclared" or "unpublised" policy. Some Surrey councils will come and remove abandoned vehicles if they are not claimed within a week of the notice being placed on the car.
In other areas, owners dump their cars but at the same send off the V5 to the DVLA to notify a sale. So as far as they are concerned, they can blame the new fictitios owner for dumping the car.
[1] Many of these "loonie left" councils also have refused to release their Red Fire Engines to the Army even if the Government finally requests this.
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I myself tried to legally dispose of an old car that I no longer required, and was unable to sell.
I contacted Essex County Council, who told me that they had no scheme to take away unwanted vehicles free of charge, and I contacted my local council (Castle Point) who told me exactly the same thing.
It really is no wonder that one sees so many abandoned cars in the Essex area, along with old furniture, white goods, brown goods, etc. You name it, I guarantee that, sooner or later, you will find any item you care to name dumped along the A13!
Charging for removal of waste items is just totally counter-productive. After all, we all pay for this service already via our taxes.
I just hope they never introduce the suggested charge to remove individual black rubbish sacks. I'm sure you can imagine just exactly what will happen.
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"I just hope they never introduce the suggested charge to remove individual black rubbish sacks. I'm sure you can imagine just exactly what will happen"
Oh dear, yes! Mike Dickin related a little story last week.
He lives in the wilds of the south west. His council accused him of fly-tipping and running an unregistered business from home.
A black sack had been found, dumped on the road in a nearby village, containing his domestic rubbish and some press releases addressed to him. So, Super Sleuth of the Council sent him a very nasty letter.
Seems he freelances, hence the press releases sent to his address. The bin liner had fallen off the back of the council's dust cart..............
I'm guessing here, but I bet Super Sleuth was last seen attempting the first solo swim of the North Atlantic.
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