Salvage A Car For The Best Price

With Scrap Local's network of specialist salvage buyers!

Car salvage is when someone deems a vehicle to have more than scrap value.

It can mean that the vehicle has:

• Problematic part/s
• Cosmetic or structural damage
• High mileage

Once you’ve made an enquiry, Scrap Local’s auto specialists will contact you to retrieve more information and pictures of your vehicle before offering you a genuine price to salvage it.

Submit an enquiry to our team to see if your car can be salvaged!

There’s no set price for damaged cars in the UK as each vehicle has a different weight, belongs to a different brand and varies in condition.

Scrap Local is proud to work with professional car salvage yards who’ll use the following information to calculate a genuine price for your vehicle:

• Condition: The condition of your vehicle will determine what salvage category it falls into and, consequently, its value to repair or break.
• Model: In the salvage industry, some vehicle models are more desirable than others and can fetch for more than scrap prices.
• Age: Generally speaking, vehicles which were first manufactured in or after 2013 can be offered salvage prices. Classic cars first registered before 1990 may also be eligible for salvage prices.
• Pictures: The more evidence we have of your vehicle’s true condition, the more accurate your salvage price will be. High quality photos of the front, back, sides, interior and mileage clock of your car will allow our specialists to quote you an offer faster.
• Mileage: How many miles your car has travelled will also impact the price it’s offered for salvage. Please provide your vehicle’s current mileage to our team if you can.
• Insurance Write Off: If your insurance provider has classed your crashed car as either CAT B, CAT S or CAT N, then our HPI will detect it and this will influence the salvage price you’re offered.
• Starts And Drives: You will need to let our salvage buyers know whether your vehicle starts and drives as this will factor into the price you’re offered for it.

Scrap Local’s proud to offer motorists the best possible prices for their damaged cars and classic vehicles.

Unlike others in the industry, we don’t charge customers for hidden admin fees, collection charges or transaction costs.

We offer free salvage quotes and free collection services across multiple parts of the UK including Northern Ireland.

If you’re looking to make the most from your old set of wheels, then submit an enquiry to our specialists today!

To salvage your damaged car for the best price, you need to provide our team with clear pictures of:

• Front of your vehicle
• Rear of your vehicle
• Sides of your vehicle
• Front interior
• Back interior
• Mileage clock

Pictures allow us to check the overall condition of your car’s bodywork and any mechanical issues it may have.

The more pictures you provide, the more accurate your salvage price will be!

You can send pictures of your damaged car either via our WhatsApp on 07898463623 or to salvage@scraplocal.co.uk.

When selling a damaged car to our specialists, you’ll need to provide the following things:

• Accurate information about your vehicle
• Pictures of the interior and exterior of your vehicle
• Video footage of your vehicle to show it starts and drives

Upon collection you will need to have:

• Your vehicle log book (V5C)
• Keys to your vehicle
• Valid photo ID e.g. passport or driving licence

If you book to have your car collected through us, then you will need to provide our in-house team with your payment details.

This information ensures that you receive the amount you’ve been offered to sell your broken car promptly and securely.

For more information on what you need to salvage your car, please speak to our salvage experts by emailing salvage@scraplocal.co.uk.

Our car salvage yards can offer customers more than scrap prices for certain vehicle models. There are certain words we look out for when identifying damaged cars which could be repaired or broken for parts.

Generally speaking, these particular makes and models can be offered salvage car prices:

• Audi Q2/Q3/Q5/Q7
• Audi S3/S4/S5/S6/S7
• Subaru WRX
• Honda Type R
• BMW M Sport
• Fiat Abarth
• Land Rover Discovery TD6
• Nissan Navara
• Mercedes AMG
• Mitsubishi L200
• Mini John Cooper Works
• Ford Focus RS
• Seat Cupra + FR
• VW GT
• Ford ST
• Vauxhall VXR
• Daf Leyland
• Toyota Land Cruisers
• Jaguar XJS (pre 1990s)/XK (all ages)/XF (2008 +)/XE (2008 +)

If you are looking to make more from your old set of wheels, then submit an enquiry to our trusted team!

We’ll contact you to gather more information about your vehicle so that we can quote you a salvage price which reflects its genuine value.

Salvage yards, breakers yards and auto buyers can purchase salvage vehicles.

As an award-winning network of vehicle recyclers, Scrap Local is proud to work with and connect customers to specialists like these across the UK.

If your vehicle matches the photos you’ve supplied us with and is as described upon collection, then you’ll receive a guaranteed salvage price for it.

Unlike others in the industry, Scrap Local won’t make customers pay for collection fees, admin costs and transaction charges.

Scrap Local also covers multiple areas in the UK including Northern Ireland!

Submit an enquiry to salvage a car near you without any worries and for the best possible prices.

Yes! Even if you’ve put your car on finance, you can still sell it for salvage with us.

Once you’ve received an offer from us, you will need to contact your finance company to see whether they’re happy for you to remove your vehicle for the amount stated.

You must gain permission in writing from your finance company to salvage your car with us!

You will need to pay the remaining finance on your vehicle to your finance company. They should tell you the terms and conditions for how and when this should be paid.

Scrap Local will need to know the following information:

• Bank account details of your finance company with a reference number if required.
• Letter or email from the finance company stating the will to release all interest in the vehicle.

To find out more about selling damaged cars on finance, speak to our team on 01706 577 574.

Key coding is expensive so this will impact the salvage price you’re offered.

Scrap Local’s specialists will purchase new keys for damaged cars and classic vehicles which don’t have their own sets.

If you’ve lost the keys to your vehicle, then you will need to inform our team when they call you about your broken car or van.

This information will enable us to quote you an accurate salvage price.

Scrap Local will not cover the cost to remove cars from storage yards or sites.

It is your responsibility to pay the storage yard or site to release your vehicle for us to collect for salvage.

If these fees are not paid beforehand, then we won’t be able to pick up your car or van.

Private plates will not increase the salvage value of your vehicle.

If you’re looking to keep your private plates and use them again, then you should retain them before selling your broken car with us.

You will lose ownership of your private REG if you don’t retain it!

You need to submit an online or postal application to DVLA to retain your private number plates.

Once you’ve submitted your application and have received the following documents from DVLA, you can sell a damaged car for salvage without having to worry about losing your plates:

• V778 – green retention document issued by DVLA
• New V5C – vehicle log book with your updated REG details

The steps to retain a private REG also apply to people looking to scrap cars in the UK.

For more information on how to remove private number plates, please read our guide.

Scrap Local’s team can provide you with a full booking confirmation email containing all of the details you need to know on it.

Some of our collection drivers may bring more paperwork when removing your vehicle, however this may not always be the case due to Covid-19 precautions.

If you’ve provided your correct payment details, then you can expect to receive payment for your broken car within 48 hours of it being collected.

Yet to receive your salvage quote?

Contact our team by calling 01706 577 574 or send an email to salvage@scraplocal.co.uk. We’ll see what we can do to help you.

Scrap Local covers multiple areas across the UK and can connect customers with trusted specialists near them effortlessly.

We have breakers yards who salvage cars throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Scrap Local even covers motorists from Northern Ireland!

To give you some insight into the areas we cover, here are the top 5 most popular places we have car salvage yards near:

• Manchester
• Bristol
• Leeds
• Kent
• Essex

We can send damaged cars to be auctioned off and repaired in different parts of the country and we are proud to work with reputable breakers yards who use vehicles for their spares.

For further information on the areas we cover, please visit our full list of towns, cities and counties in the UK.

Damaged cars which are sold for salvage can either be repaired and put back on the road or used by breakers yards for their parts.

If your vehicle is stripped for parts, it will eventually be recycled once its served its purpose.

Our reputable salvage buyers will determine which of these is the most cost effective to do.

Yes! You can sell your insurance write off to our specialists for salvage prices.

Please keep in mind that the amount you’ll be quoted for your crashed car will be impacted by the category your insurance provider has placed it in.

Salvageable vehicles could be classed as a CAT B, CAT N or CAT S.

Scrap Local can’t salvage insurance write offs which have been classed as CAT A. However, we can offer scrap prices with no hidden fees for these vehicles.

Please see our helpful guide on how to scrap an insurance write off for more information on this!