CORSA NUT
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Does anyone actually do this as a job?? Not the big people who specialise in it mind you...
I was thinking about this today..if you had the space and thought you could do it all the time as a job which cars would be best to choose? Obviously there are more 'Wanted' cars than others 
Old Bentley? Audi? BMW?
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Get your money back quicker if you buy cars from auction and sell on.
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Adam-D
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its a pain alan, loads of ppl wanting. 80% dont have the ££
or make daft offers.
waste time
etc etc etc
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CORSA NUT
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Whittie you think so? I can just imagine the hassle though  selling cars is a pain in the arse. You'd get people saying shit like ' But the car isn't in your name etc etc' would you also have to be a car 'Dealer' as such?
I was thinking about you Adam  Thanks for that input mate
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Adam-D
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i dont make much profit if any.. its purley to pass the time. keep my mind occupied or ill go crazy
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CORSA NUT
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How come mate? You not working at Halfords anymore??
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3CorsaMeal
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not trying to be funny but loads of money in breaking corrados. see it week in week out.
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Gary
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Get your money back quicker if you buy cars from auction and sell on.
Yeah, that worked out really well for us! 
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CORSA NUT
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I was thinking the MK2 Golf etc route Jim as i used to have one..massive market! Also Scooby's but not sure how 'Wanted' some parts really are.
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Adam-D
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nope. got shafted by two so called "mates" so left.
stabbed in the back isnt even close.
on the cars. the ones i do is prob the reason i dont make much, if i did ones where the parts were more expensive and sought after i would make a bit.
but you do need a fair bit of space
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Kerry
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Getting rid of the remains is a chore!!
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Archie
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Broke 5/6 cars this year, got me thru some of the year and helped pass time
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Ian
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I don't do it as a income, for me it's just a better way of obtaining parts. Like I had two Pumas, broke the green one and sold enough off it that I was square but I kept bits I wanted, so I now have a spare gearbox, coil pack and headlights.
I'm going to buy a complete Corsa to get EPAS for mine and probably end up with free EPAS.
My advice would be get the cars as cheap as you can. You can't really lose as such, assuming you can move the shell about as that'll make you 100 quid on a good day. So if you've bought the car for about that you're normally square fairly quick.
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Warren G
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yes, easy money
but modified cars, return to standard, buy cars that are broken
needless to say in under 6months i would of made almost 50% of a years wages. my latest car (corsa turbo) is almost half of that profit,
buying something like a high spec civic, return standard and sell the bits off, you would made a mint if you knew what you was doing
even buying cars that theres nothing wrong with on ebay, ie bad auction times and descriptions
iv just got 2 astra's one about £800 under what it should be, and the other under trade for a good condition car! £1000 under.
[Edited on 10-11-2010 by Warren G]
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DaveyLC
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No money in breaking stuff up unless its REALLY special and REALLY rare!
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Warren G
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breaking modifed bits and returning to standard, and sell as a standard car
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Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
No money in breaking stuff up unless its REALLY special and REALLY rare!
Disagree a bit Davey, if it's a cheap car then you can perhaps make a few hundred quid but yeah, I wouldn't be going more than about 250 on anything I was taking to bits.
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daymoon
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imho breaking high spec cars is where the money are.
people always want highier spec stuff.
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3CorsaMeal
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I know lots of vw stuff is either silly expensive new or simply not made any more. people pay loads for certain bits, as long as you present them well, clean parts up.
must be similar for other cars. I worked out I could sell about 5 things and get my money back on escort I bought.
trouble is storing all the partss
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Archie
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I done 3 Corsa GSi's, an Astra GSi, an Astra GSi replica and a bodykitted Corsa 1.2 8v.
Kept me going over summer, worked out that i got my XE for nothing and profits were used to build my XE.
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
No money in breaking stuff up unless its REALLY special and REALLY rare!
Disagree a bit Davey, if it's a cheap car then you can perhaps make a few hundred quid but yeah, I wouldn't be going more than about 250 on anything I was taking to bits.
Unless you have zero overheads for storage its cheaper to scrap stuff..
For example, you might pay £80 for an old banger of a corsa but it will weigh into £120 + cat + alloys.
On the other hand you might buy a GSI thats a rot box, the body kit might be worth £100 on eBay but a) you have to take the time to take photos and list it, b) pay for the listing, c) pay for the final value fee's, c) post it and d) potentially get dicked about with by some ebay moron.
And while thats all going on you have to keep the body kit somewhere.. Not such a problem if its a one off thing but if you were making a living out of it you'd have stacks of parts laying about.
There really is sod all money in it.
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Does anyone actually do this as a job??
This is the point we are answering it surely? Yes there is money to be made but not enough to sustain an living by a long way.
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CORSA NUT
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Excellent input guys thanks a lot  sounds like buying decent but broken modified cars is the way maybe? As said though to make a 'Living' as such would take a LOT of work/time/space.
Interesting indeed
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AlexW
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Ive only done it a couple of times, both times it was indeed worth it. I got a £100 corsa sri last year, doubled my money without even selling the engine.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
I done 3 Corsa GSi's
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