Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Have you found doing this beneficial ?
I have a Seat Ibiza Cupra that has sat at my yard now for 6 months and hasnt moved. Id say on face value its worth around 2.5k, but out of interest i totted up prices for all the breakable parts that I have (its modified) and its more than 2.5k.
Not sure if its worth the hassle ?
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Matty SRi
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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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All depends if you have time and space, as parts could be sitting there for years!
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Originally posted by Matty SRi
All depends if you have time and space, as parts could be sitting there for years!
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Originally posted by Jambo
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Originally posted by Matty SRi
All depends if you have time and space, as parts could be sitting there for years!
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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If the car is worth similar kind of money as a whole and you dont have a use for some of the parts, sell it as a whole.
I'd only break a car if its not worth sorting it or as per usual in my past, the engine or other bits have been use to me.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Ive done it twice its alot of hassle but you do see good returns
ie my VTS is currently doing was going to sell for £1500
So far I have £1600 and still have all the body pannels and engine to sell  so am aiming for £2000
Although I have only done this as a crashed them both on track 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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You're doing well to return more than a grand. At most I would hope for £500 worth of bits on a typical stripper.
Curious as to where the rest comes from.
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RCoughtrie
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Registered: 31st Oct 04
Location: East Ayrshire Scotland
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So glad i did it with my old B rather than sell it for 2.5k, we keep a tally of things that we sell from it and we are near the 4k marker with still odd bits to sell. I was amazed at how most of it sold by word of mouth and even how quickly standard bits got snapped up... Tryed to get her to let me split the VXR rather than sell it but she wasnt keen on the mess and storage of bits again 
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Originally posted by Ian
You're doing well to return more than a grand. At most I would hope for £500 worth of bits on a typical stripper.
Curious as to where the rest comes from.
had some good parts on it
Quaifed box £600
Bilstien group n's £300
x2 sets of wheels £300 each
manifold £90
Big brakes £60
£10 here and there for trim etc
But yer standard car no more then £1000 really
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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I broke my red Ibiza (Mk4), Im on about 3k so far, and thats without an engine. Just been listing more bits on eBay now. Be prepared for lots of eBay listing, people asking stupid questions, getting stupid offers, etc. Is there a person in during the day for courior collections?
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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No.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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considered doing it to the corrado as some parts get silly money and alot of the parts on it now have less then 30,000miles
scrap what you don't sell, seems quite a lot of money in scrapping a car now
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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well worth breaking corrados at the moment. if i had somewhere to rip mine to bits i would have done it ages ago.
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3CorsaMeal
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its the time when everyone breaks them, they are disappearing quickly, give 5yrs and they might be worth having
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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they are highly strung and too expensive to maintain. in 5 years i dont expect to see many left on the road. i would never own one again anyway
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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Depends entirely on the car, my mate does it for extra cash as he has a garage and some land. He is doing a track ready E36 328 at the moment and will make back the cost of the car without going near the engine, a 2.8 with cams, headwork and throttle bodies.
I stripped my old Corsa after it was written off and got considerably more than the £1500 it was worth pre-crash.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Worth it if it's a desireable car that people want bits for. I did it on a MK6 Fiesta and I returned my money but I still have half of it sitting in a garage over a year later and it's getting quite annoying now tbh
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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If its a higher range model, parts are more desirable so broader market. For example, the guy that bought my seats has a basic model with no height adjustment
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Must be my problem, I lash stuff if I don't think it's worth much
Burnt some Puma seats with electric adjustment just because they were in the way and fairly heavy. Scrap scrap.
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Ingham
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Registered: 9th May 08
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Found it very beneficial indeed. Got a GSi that wasn't even worth a wank, got rid of the bodykit, interior, exhaust, manifold, wheels, coilovers, induction kit(s), spoiler.. for about £1500.
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morpheus22
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Registered: 10th Oct 05
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im scrapping my old corsa shell soon what paper work do i need to get or fill in?, certificate of destruction?
had a few scrap blokes knocking on the door and asking to take it off he drive for me but they dont have certificate of destruction, whats the worse that can happen legally?, sorry to sound dense but i have never scrapped a car before 
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
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when my mum has scrapped cars, they just fill in the V5 as a trader or something.
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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Originally posted by morpheus22
im scrapping my old corsa shell soon what paper work do i need to get or fill in?, certificate of destruction?
had a few scrap blokes knocking on the door and asking to take it off he drive for me but they dont have certificate of destruction, whats the worse that can happen legally?, sorry to sound dense but i have never scrapped a car before
Get them to give you their company details, then just put a note with the V5, saying stripped for parts then shell taken away by xxxxx
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Think I did £1500 for my non-running 1993 Corsa B, but that was with a few modifed bits like the flush tailgate, the Corbeau seats, Amps/speakers etc
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Liam-Wilko
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
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morpheus take it to the scrap yard ya self if u can as u not sure wether the scrap man has a license to scrap and ul get the cash for it if u do it and the scrap yard will deal with the paper work and send u a cert of distruction u2u me if u need any more info
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