cars going to the scrapyard in the sky

[molly]

Had enough of pug 206/ 306 going to weigh them in ,what are they worth in scrap.

[Danny2009]

Scraps £85 per ton up my way so around £95 for 306 probably less for 206

[DavidA]

I've just recently scrapped my Corsa, and a specialist Vauxhall breaker offered me £200...

[molly]

Seems a shame but now had enough of them 1800 quid in 2mths wasted.what's money its only paper ?excuse me while I hang ...me self.

[DavidA]

Mine was looking to cost me over £1000 and that was before they started probing about for the MoT...when I only paid £1500 originally it wasn't worthwhile doing.

[molly]

Yer i got a 1990 1owner vw Passat 22yr old 90k miles still got the same exhaust on from new ,been standing for 5mths in the drive as it don't get used much turned the key started first time on the button. .

[Matt]

Should speak to the members on here! Between us we are capable of fixing anything haha saves large labour bills etc

[ash23]

just weighted a 306 in yesterday came in at 955kg (parts missing) for £105.89

[THE_Liam]

Moved.

[C.A.R.]

When you say 'about to cost me £****' is this just a random figure given to you by the first garage?

Garages will often inflate prices, especially if it's an old wreck / something they don't particularly want to undertake if they are busy.

I think in order to run an older car like a 306 / 206 / 106 you need to be a bit more open-minded and account for the fact that unless you do the majority of work yourself; it's not going to be cheap motoring.

[DavidA]

I'm fairly open minded when it comes to keeping older cars on the road having had numerous old Fords and classic Minis, but to be perfectly honest my Corsa had been trouble from the start and we had just had enough of throwing money at it. Hopefully the 306 will be more user friendly.

[C.A.R.]

To be fair the most expensive / biggest pain in the ass these cars can give you is rear beam failure / camber. Engines, gearboxes etc. are all easily replaced and plentiful on eBay and the likes, can be swapped in a day with ease.

[Dum-Dum]

Whats actually wrong with them? put them on ebay or here and youll likely get more money than scrap for them.

[bashbarnard]

Yeah I'm after another diesel one for a track toy

[RetroPug]

To be fair the most expensive / biggest pain in the ass these cars can give you is rear beam failure / camber. Engines, gearboxes etc. are all easily replaced and plentiful on eBay and the likes, can be swapped in a day with ease.

Even then if you can't be arsed with a rebuild and it is a workhorse non-gti beams that aren't shagged are tens of pounds from scrappers/ebay.

I don't even find my gti-6 expensive to run. The fuel is expensive but tolerable if sensibly driven, apart from that the tax band is the same as any old car over 1600cc, and anything that breaks is so cheap to rectify.

[Poodle]

Problem is so many of them have been owned by mugs who service them once every 20k and sod everything else. From what i've seen at work every car has it's niggles and the only ones to really avoid is renaults. I'm impressed you've spent £1800 on one in 2 months, what had to be done and why's it now scrap?

[anto]

I just don't understand the mentality of people who plough loads of money into a car, only to give up on it a few months down the line just because of some problems? If you have ploughed £1800 into a 206 and a 306 there couldn't be much left to fix on them. They might both be £100 away from being decent motors that will go on forever.

[Eeyore]

How can you have spent £1800 and now just be looking to scrap for £100. How have you possibly lost £1700 worth of value? D:

[molly]

sorry havnt been on for awhile ,no i bought the 306 02 hdi est £800 had it had it 6ish wks alternater went didnt know it was that at the time so thought needed a car quick so went and bought a 206 sw hdi 02 £900 had it a wk or two had to hack the ignition out couldnt get the steering lock off stuck in a carpark 5 hrs later drove it home . next day went out to start using the multi plug & screwdriver but nowt happened it say economy mode active ,but found out i havnt got the pin number or something ,but how come it started the day it happened ???????? now the bloody land lord ishaving ago cause ive got 3 cars and not the one im only allowed to have .

[devils_fuel]

ebay them

[procta]

sorry havnt been on for awhile ,no i bought the 306 02 hdi est £800 had it had it 6ish wks alternater went didnt know it was that at the time so thought needed a car quick so went and bought a 206 sw hdi 02 £900 had it a wk or two had to hack the ignition out couldnt get the steering lock off stuck in a carpark 5 hrs later drove it home . next day went out to start using the multi plug & screwdriver but nowt happened it say economy mode active ,but found out i havnt got the pin number or something ,but how come it started the day it happened ???????? now the bloody land lord ishaving ago cause ive got 3 cars and not the one im only allowed to have .

molly you are better off getting your self down to the scrappy and buying the bits you need, easy fixes really. then just sell one on, speak to pug about the pin number, see what they say.
for sake of scrapping a car for a f*cked alternator and another one f*cked steering lock, is a right waste.
you want to see what I have to repair, I think everyone would say procta bin that f*cking thing, or new shell. But no space to get another shell sadly, and I have too much money spent on it to scrap it.

[DeeTurbo]

This thread makes me laugh, scrapping a car because of those faults is just silly.

Where are you based? I bet someone off here could help you out repairing them for cheap.

If you want to see a car that was worth scrapping check out my estate in the project section http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-21402.html

[molly]

Can be arsed getting them repaired ,landlord on me back to get shot so I'm trying to sell on Gumtree as spares/repair.

[procta]

can you not get one up and running at least and sell it on, you will at least get some thing back. tell the land lord you are sorcing parts for the two. surly some one on here would sort you out an alternator for the 306.

[molly]

May see what the s/yards have tomoro like you say alternator for the 306 easy fix ,mine not with it at moo going thrua divorce ,not to much luck lately.

[puglove]

this thread made me LOL some people shouldnt be aloud to own a car

[kentiiboii]

May see what the s/yards have tomoro like you say alternator for the 306 easy fix ,mine not with it at moo going thrua divorce ,not to much luck lately.

I have a hdi alternatot in shed was working when it came off the car pm if your interested.

[molly]

Pmsl ,Yer but these ain't cars they are sheds pug s...t ,why I ever bought one in the first place god knows , and then to buy another piece o f pug s...it, god only knows.each to their own ...

[nominous]

Shame they are HDI. As above, I'm still looking for a MOT failure XUD TD car....

[C.A.R.]

Pmsl ,Yer but these ain't cars they are sheds pug s...t ,why I ever bought one in the first place god knows , and then to buy another piece o f pug s...it, god only knows.each to their own ...

They are sheds (anything worth less than a grand is a 'shed') but your problems could have been rectified on a shoestring.

You clearly understand that older cars need TLC, yet spent £1700 on 2 different cars with no intention of doing any of that TLC / maintenance yourself.

You can't have it both ways!