Jon_C
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Did you make much money doing it. Got a crashed 2000 plate focus and wondered if it was worth bothering ?
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Twiggy
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Only if its top end like a Ghia ect with bits people want....
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Jon_C
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Errrrr I dunno. Seen it loads but never paid it any attention. Don't think it has alloys so will assume it's not a very high spec one
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
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in the middle of breaking my 172 for parts now. broke my corsa sport a year ago.
if its got desirable parts then yes, both my cars brought more money back in parts for me so i did that.
in less than 2 weeks ive shifted both cars parts.
i wouldn't have got over 1800-2k for my clio. ive had 3k back in parts for it.
same as when i broke my corsa, going rate for them then was 2k i broke mine for close to 4k
[Edited on 22-10-2011 by gez bay]
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LeeM
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did a mk2 vts, got about £2k. it had been written off and i got £1.5k for it from the other guys insurance
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Ben G
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im in the middle of breaking my puma and made £577 so far, which isn't bad at all considering it would've only sold for £500 with a fucked gearbox maximum.
[Edited on 22-10-2011 by Ben G]
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Jon_C
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As the car is standard i am still not sure as there is nothing majorly desirable on it.
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AK
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factor in your time and postage/fuel/packing material costs into it too.... a lot of folk wont think about that
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gez bay
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just add postage onto prices. and dont travel anyway to get rid of things. let them come to you 
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Chris F
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Im still unsure about mine, dont wanna but i dont think anyone will buy it from me! Even for 800 quid
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gez bay
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same with me chris. i didnt want to break mine, but i wasnt leaving it go for cheap. ive got a few months of not needing a car so i thought i'd do it slowly, but everythings gone sooo quick
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Ben G
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i don't factor in my time as i gain knowledge of things as i'm taking the stuff off so it's helping me.
postage isn't a problem as i get everything (boxes/wrapping) from work for free and my post office is on the way to work.
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AK
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quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
just add postage onto prices. and dont travel anyway to get rid of things. let them come to you
i meant travel to postoffice/couior etc
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RichR
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I split and sold the corsa for about £1500 all in, still have numerous bits of interior and ICE left but it got me more than scrapping it as it was. I still got £140 for the shell collected
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redtom
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Worth it if you have the time/space/patience/dont mind parts sitting around for ages and your drive/garden looking like a scrapyard
Be prepared for hundreds of timewasting bellends
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Chris F
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someone buy n split mine
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Jon_C
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quote:
Originally posted by redtom
Worth it if you have the time/space/patience/dont mind parts sitting around for ages and your drive/garden looking like a scrapyard
Be prepared for hundreds of timewasting bellends
I have a spare garage to store it in. Thought about spending a weekend pulling it apart and just storing all the parts. Don't even have eBay so better sign myself up. I am great at pulling things to bits....... Putting it back together is where I have issues
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Crana
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i used to work in a scrap yard and people were always ringing up for focus parts so must be a demand for some parts. worth doing if you have the space
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Jon_C
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Got nothing to lose I guess. Car was given to me to get rid of so it owes me nothing
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BeArDy
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I do it for a living. It all comes down to have you got the space and the time.
If you have no problems in removing that clip some bloke in France wants for £5 then go for it.
Alot of money to be made, which is the reason why the days have gone of £100 cars.
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