It is expensive to have a car, especially when it comes up in the years. At some point, it may pay off to scrap it rather than sell it on.
Sending your car for scrapping can be very sad
You connect to your car through time because you spend many hours in it and have many memories attached to it, you spend a lot of money on it, and for many, the car is an identity marker.
But sometimes the time is just right. The car may have become very expensive to operate because the workshop bills just grow from sight to sight. And maybe it can no longer pay off for you to resell the car.
When you decide to send the car for scrap and get a scrap premium for it instead of reselling it, then you need to think about how big a loss of value has already been on the car and how much more it can lose in value from now on.
If you do not expect to be able to get much for your car from either a private or a professional dealer and if the repairs are gradually exceeding the car’s real value, then it may pay off for you to send the car for scrapping.
It may be that the rust is slowly eating the car, that it is more the exception than the rule that the car engine starts, or that you have to start braking in a disproportionately good time to get the desired effect.
Never completely without value
Whether or not you have a car that you would rather describe as being a wreck rather than an actual car, and which you might not think is not worth a penny, this is not the case.
Even if the car is completely worn and can hardly start, you will always get a scrap premium for the car.
A scrapping premium – or a scrapping allowance, as it is also called – is a scheme that applies to ordinary, small cars. It is a payment you receive when you hand in your used car for scrapping at one of the countries environmentally approved and registered car scrapers.
The Skrotpræmie is DKK 2,200 and it is tax-free. You get the same scrap premium regardless of car make and condition. No matter if you hand in a Chevrolet Spark – Denmark’s cheapest car – or a BMW, the scrap premium will always be 2200 kroner.
The reward for you for handing over your car to an environmentally approved car wrecker has increased. Before, it was 1500.
The increase has taken place in an attempt to get rid of the many illegal scraps. Figures back in 2016 showed that up to one in four cars were illegally scrapped and without environmental controls.
As a rule, it was not the fault of the car owners. They may just not know the rules well enough.
On the other hand, there are some sharp guys in the auto industry who claim that they treat the cars environmentally properly, even if that is not the case.
When a car is to be scrapped correctly, the battery must be placed in a special battery box intended for the purpose. The reservoir with power steering fluid, washer fluid and brake fluid must be drained, and engine oil must be drained through a filter.
Oil and petrol can be really dangerous for the environment if they are not scrapped properly.
But there are many unauthorized car wreckers who take the rules seriously. They do not earn anything extra from following the rules, and therefore the cars are instead scrapped without regard to where lead and old oil end up in nature. In addition, there may be explosives in airbags and toxins in batteries that may be harmful to the environment.
Some cars are exported directly abroad while others are just left at roadside.
Therefore, when scrapping your car, it is important that you choose an authorized and approved auto scraper. You can find a list on 3skrotpriser.dk.
In this way, you ensure that you get the 2200 kroner, and that the scrapping also takes place with as much consideration for the environment as possible.
It is your responsibility as a citizen to ensure that your car is scrapped in an environmentally sound manner.
