When the one in the scrappy is better than yours

E30s E28s and a 635highline recently..

Hi my local yard in Rugby has loads scrappage scheme stuff. Last time I was there they had a clean MK1 fiesta sand piper , B2 passat estate with 53k, mint late model Nova, plus loads more.

The scrappy i use doesn't get scrapage cars in, so not normally a issue. they did use to have a couple of ok looking mk1 fiestas in there, by the hut where the staff sit. I used to think about asking if they could be sold whole but never did. years later i get on fairly well with the fella and asked him, he said they were but noone ever asked so they ended up in the main yard. Had a wonder and found the shell of one and it was incredably solid, but had a massive dent on the roof from being in the yard.

Went to another local place we don't normally bother with and they had loads of scrapage in, couple of nice looking Jags, very clean escort cab and nice mk2 golf as well as some others. Its a crying shame, I don't get why people think new is always best

sadly this is noting new, just thatthere is a bit more with the scrapage cars now too i

a while back i saw a extremely tidy saab 97 in my local yard, there was a guy there striping it, of everything who commented it was far better then the one he was fixing, few weeks before that there was a mint (and i mean mint) opel monza even the yard owner was a bit hacked off about it as it came in when he was out and they lifted it by the roof or he'd have had it himself. seen a fair few others too, including a mk1 cavi and a carlton 2000 i mean you never see those up here now

Its more annoying when you cant find a half decent car (whatever model) anywhere and you see them in the scrapyard, but you cant have them, was looking for a winter hack for ages (sorted now) and couldn't find anything dirt cheap, yet plenty in the yard that didn't need a lot for a mot :/