How do I scrap my car (on the V5)

Duno if you can do this anymore? could mark it as exported?

Ummm wait a seC. Why are you declaring it scrap while its a still complete car? He needs to do that!! Unless you sell it to him as a trader in which case you send of the yellow bit.


Problem with what your doing is , Your declaring that you scrapped it. So in the dvla's eyes you are telling them its no longer a car. But the banger racer could be driving it around still as it wasnt scrapped....


My local scrapyard take cars and they allways sign it over as a dealer (i send off the yellow bit) and they put a distruction notice on it thru the dvla. You need to be doing that, Or signing it over as a car in the normal way.

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll get it sorted.

Chris

This a stupid new rule and is simply going to mean people will scrap their cars themselves as normal, but just send of the V5 saying they sold it to Joe Bloggs, 10 Madeup street, Imaginarytown.

Thats what I would do anyway.

I had problems scrapping a moped last week, the scrapyards computer system said that the moped was already scrapped so couldnt issue a cert of destruction, i went to dvla office and they said that it was not on there system as scrapped!

In the end i went to another scrap dealer, got a receipt with the reg etc of the moped saying they have scrapped it and went into dvla office with it and handed it all over, been 2 weeks and heard nowt yet!

What actually happenend in the late 80's early nineties Swansea's computer was full to the brim. If you think about your home PC back then, it had about the capacity of the average mobile phone now. Same difference for them. So in order to create space for new vehicles until the new computer was up and running, they removed all vehicles that had registered no "activity" for a certain period back onto a paper register. These vehicles, moped motorbikes whatever they be are only returned to the system once an application is made for the number or retax etc.
Hence why if you find a vehicle and its not on the database, fear not, it may be one of the thousands that are still not on the system. Obviously if it wasnt on the sytem in 84 anyway then its the old V765 and inspection route.

Huh? How could it be scrapped if you have a very current (3 month old) V5C? Did you take it with you to the DVLA? Sorry not disbelieving you, just it doesn't add up and wanted to know more background. Did you try to sell it to the scrap yard? As a vehicle, seen as you had the recently issued V5C? The would have been the best route, instead of the running about to and from the yard and DVLA.

You're right, I just read it again. So the answer would be to fill out the yellow slip, as it been sold into 'the trade'. Into the trade needn't be to a car dealer or dealership, it actually says that on the green and blue V5C.

don't hold your breath- the last time i signed one over on a CoD it was 14 months before i got a confirmation back!!