Why scrap your car in Lewisham?
There's a multitude of reasons you may want to scrap your old car in Lewisham. The most common reason is that the car has failed it's MOT due to normal wear and tear and is simply too expensive to have repaired. If your car has been in an accident this can be another reason. Other times, something can go wrong with a car whilst the owner is already considering a new vehicle. Because, just diagnosing a fault in a car can be expensive, you may consider simply scrapping the car instead.
For a few people in Lewisham the government's car scrappage scheme provides an extra incentive to scrap their car. You may be eligible for a discount of the OTR price of a new car when you scrap your old one, as long as your old car meets the strict criteria set out by the government.
The most pressing need to scrap your car in Lewisham probably stems from the fact that any car must be taxed unless it is declared off road. This is true even if the car is broken and not in use. It's best to scrap the car before its tax disk expires in order to avoid paying out again for road tax. Also, if you scrap your old car whilst it still has a lot of time left on its tax disc you can claim that tax back from the government once it has been scrapped.
Scrapping an old car is also good for the environment. Old cars are far less fuel efficient than newer cars, which means that they produce larger amounts of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. When someone scraps an older car in favour of a newer one they can greatly reduce their carbon footprint. Also, when we scrap a car at Scrap Car Lewisham we ensure that as much of your old car is reused or recycled as possible.