Scrap, Save or Auction Your Vehicle

Not every unwanted, damaged or non-running vehicle needs to be destroyed. Where the vehicle has not been committed to destruction and it is lawful and practical to do so, there may be another route: repair it for future road use or sell it as a project, repairable vehicle or trade vehicle through a private auction or other lawful sale channel.

Three possible routes

1. Scrap and recycle

If the vehicle has genuinely reached the end of its life, it can be collected for delivery into the authorised treatment route. Once a qualifying vehicle is completely scrapped and a Certificate of Destruction is issued, that is the destruction route rather than a vehicle we can later put back on the road.

2. Save the vehicle

If the vehicle is suitable for reuse and has not been destroyed or placed into a non-repairable category, it may be worth assessing before scrapping. Depending on its condition, value and history, the vehicle could potentially be repaired and prepared for lawful future road use. Any repaired vehicle must meet the normal legal requirements before being driven on public roads, including roadworthiness, MOT where required, tax and insurance.

3. Private auction or onward sale

A vehicle that is suitable for resale rather than destruction may instead be offered through an appropriate private/trade auction or other sale route. This can suit non-runners, project cars, damaged vehicles, older vehicles and cars where repair may make commercial sense to another buyer.

How it works

1. Send us the vehicle details. Registration, make/model, location, condition, keys, V5C availability and photographs where requested.
2. We review the vehicle. We consider whether collection for scrap is the sensible route or whether the vehicle appears suitable for further assessment for repair or resale.
3. You choose the agreed route. Nothing should be described as destroyed if the agreed intention is repair or resale.
4. Collection. We arrange the vehicle movement once the price, destination and collection details have been confirmed.
5. Repair/resale route. If lawfully retained for reuse, it can be assessed for repairs or prepared for onward sale/auction as appropriate.
6. Scrap route. If it is being scrapped as an end-of-life vehicle, it follows the authorised treatment process instead.

Vehicles that may be worth saving

• Cars that fail an MOT but remain economically repairable
• Non-runners with repairable mechanical faults
• Older or unusual vehicles with project/restoration value
• Vehicles with cosmetic or repairable damage
• Cars whose usable value may exceed their basic scrap value

Vehicles that cannot simply be returned to the road

Some vehicles must remain on the destruction route. For example, a vehicle classed as Category A or B and issued with a Certificate of Destruction cannot be reinstated for road use. We will not market a destroyed or legally non-repairable vehicle as roadworthy or repairable.

Clear choice before collection

We want the route to be clear before the vehicle changes hands. If the transaction is a scrap/end-of-life collection, the appropriate scrap and authorised-treatment rules apply. If the vehicle is being acquired or handled for legitimate reuse or resale instead, that needs to be treated as a vehicle transaction rather than pretending a destroyed vehicle is being brought back to life.

Have a car that might be too good to scrap?

Send us the details and we can review the collection request. A higher-value vehicle, repairable non-runner or project car may have a different route from a genuine end-of-life vehicle.

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Onagone does not guarantee that a vehicle can be repaired, returned to the road or sold at auction. Vehicle identity, legal status, condition and any applicable write-off or waste classification must be checked before deciding the appropriate route.