Hi,
My GF has an old Nissan Sunny which is G reg and has a few months MOT left on it. Her parents are about to give her their car when they replace it (not as flash as it sounds).
The bodywork is a bit rusty in parts (the CAR!) but it got through its MOT last year OK and doesn't appear to have got worse.
Any suggestions about what to do with it? With minimal hassle.
We tried suggesting to the parents of a young family friend that she may want it to go off to university - and if so she coiuld have it for nothing but she wasn't interested.
Thanks,
Simon
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I think you can leave them in the road around the corner from my house. It must be good for the environment as bits slowly disappear for recycling or else decompose/breakdown until eventually a man from the council comes and takes away the shell.
I think there are a few pre-requisites for this type of disposal including removing number plates etc. Better to do it after the tax has expired.
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Put it on e-bay.
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Put a sign on it - "Free -runner, 2 months MOT"
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Don't list it for free, it's more trouble than it's worth! You'll get people coming around and picking faults in the bodywork , complaining that the carpets are worn and there's no CD player.
Advertise it for £150 and let someone beat you down.
Gareth
p.s., let us know if this attracts the usual phone calls of "we represent ______ and we have a list of people who are looking for a prestige car like yours"
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Take number plates off, cash in the tax disk. Park it in Tesco's and leave it there.....
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Treat yourself to a night on the town - go and park in a zone where a private clamper will clamp it - get sloshed - check out the clamp and ring the clamper and tell him in your most colourful language that the fee ain't worth the car and he can do what he wants and take a taxi back.
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Donate it to the Plymouth-Dakar Challenge website.
All for charidee, mate.
Ed.
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Sometimes your local Fire Service want old cars to practice cutting "injured" people out of.
Also, you local council might have a scheme whereby they will take away unwanted vehicles for free. Worth asking them.
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Scrapyards oop North still pay for bangers. Or have a night out at an auction. At Stafford auction last week an f reg Sierra fetched £50, and a G reg Cavalier £60.
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There is a lovely Country Park round here where you can leave it with all the others.
When you dump the car you will need a few litres of petrol in order to set it alight properly. If it isn't completely burnt out it won't fit in with its surroundings.
Don't wory about the car being lonely, it will have lots of local feral children using it as a climbing frame / den. See the joy on the delightful little darling's faces as they throw bits of car at passing dog walkers!
A fitting end indeed!
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If you think there is a fair chance of it passing an MOT put it through, could be worth £200 to someone with a 12 month ticket.
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If you think there is a fair chance of it passing an MOT put it through, could be worth £200 to someone with a 12 month ticket.
...or just advertise it for £95 as is in the local free ads.
This worked with my Lada Riva with 3 months MOT remaining. I got the asking price and still had a few outstanding calls to deal with.
Hugo
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Also, if her parents are buying a new car from a dealer, see what trade in they'll offer for it.
Often this scares the dealer into giving more discount without the trade in.
Hugo
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Thanks for all your suggestions.
Sadly her parents are at the other end of the country so the trade-in isn't viable (their words not mine).
I'd thought about the fire brigade but that may cause heartbreak - and as the car is still usable I'd feel a bit guilty.
I think we will try to sell if for a small amout - start at 175 ono in the local paper/supermarket and basically accept anything. The MOT is until July so that should give a few months cheap motoring for someone. I just don't want to see it dumped irresponsibly.
Now to think up the best way of describing rust in an advert. Trouble is I'd try to be as honest as possible and I don't think anyone would come and see what is a good little car.
Thanks again,
Simon
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I agree with DD on this.And as you said there are too many dumped as it is.You if advertise only need say runner reasonable condition with mot.£££ or near offer.if you do sell make sure you sign a bit of paper saying sold as seen and approved.no comeback then.and let dvlc know
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mech1, I thought the "sold as seen" thing was really a myth and actually means nothing legally. It became popular with unscrupulous sellers to try and off-load total lemons. However, AFAIK if you do sell something (private or trade) which is advertised as being fit for a purpose within reason and turns out not to be, then it is illegal and "sold as seen" means nothing.
From the description of the car it sounds quite reasonable to sell it for £170 as a "runner in reasonable condition" as it appears to be a runner and in a condition you would expect for a 13yo car for £170. I can't see the buyer expecting anything more which warrants this "sold as seen" tag. The rust will probably be self evident on inspection if the buyer asks whether it has any then you should say so. If the thing is as rotten as a moldy apple, doesn't run and hasn't got a pukka MOT, then the seller is advertising falsely and is liable regardless of using "sold as seen".
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Fraid some expect a new motor for that price even now.
sold as seen and approved as far as I am aware means a person inspects the car finds very little fault at the price and signs to say so.I do agree with you in respect of mot but most that look at a car now take a mechanic to check the car out.if they don`t well whose fault is that.The tag is there as a cover so that the seller is not at fault in selling the car.bad mot I would never agree is a seller. totally dangerous.
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Hi Simon,
Where are you based? The gearbox in my car failed this morning, so I am in need of a very cheap car.
I'm in Orpington, Kent.
If you want to e-mail me, it's rob_the_bus "at" hotmail "dot" com.
Cheers
Rob
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Hi Rob,
We're in Essex.
You have Mail.
Simon
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Whats up now rob unusual for that to give up
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I was in exactly the same situation last year trying to shift an immobile car that had sat in the garage for seven years. I didn't want the fire brigade to cut it up & I didn't want to scrap it myself having owned it for 23 years. I used the "advertise a free car" section of Practical Classics Magazine and it was gone the evening the magazine came out. It probably went for banger racing but at least I didn't know its fate!
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Simon,
My daughter did the 'right thing' by paying a garage in London to scrap her old Mini...followed by a series of parking fines through her letterbox for a few months.
Matt35.
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An old Nissan,sounds like a minicab to me,especially if you live near a big city.
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Take it to an auction, but choose one that doesn't charge you anything if the car doesn't make the minimum commission. Thameside Motor Auctions in London do it this way, so even if a car only gets a bid of £10, you're rid of it and it costs you nothing.
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... which explains the quality of a lot of their stock. If not the jubilation on the faces on some of the people who've paid £400 for it.
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