# Junking a damaged car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 16, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086 "2008-05-16T01:35:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![brianrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@brianrog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brianrog)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086/1 "2008-05-16T01:35:14Z")

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I have a 2002 Honda CR-V that was in an accident where the front right side was pretty damaged.  
  
  
  
 I am considering just junking the car. What is the best method for doing so? Do I just donate it? Do garages pay for salvaged cars? Any advice would be helpful.  
  
  
  
 Thanks!

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086/2 "2008-05-16T02:00:26Z")

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Call a salvage yard and see if they want to buy it. Don’t expect a great deal of money. Garages will not want it.

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086/3 "2008-05-16T02:04:25Z")

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Has your insurance company written this vehicle off?

Scrapyards will sometimes give you up to $75 to $100 if you deliver it to them and $25 if you have them send a tow truck to haul it away. This is here in Ontario, Canada that is.

You could donate it to a school that provides courses on vehicle/body repair.

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**Author:** ![admitted\_amateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@admitted\_amateur](https://community.cartalk.com/u/admitted_amateur)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086/4 "2008-05-16T02:25:19Z")

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If you’re feeling ambitious and want to max out on $$ part it out.

If you’re slightly less ambitious but want to do better than a salvage or scrap yard, just put ads on places like craigslist (or even EBay, but make sure you specify that buyer takes care of shipping) and advertise it as a parts car for best offer. At the very least some metal scrapper will come around and make you an offer.

BTW, at the moment if you prep it for a scrap yard, I believe you should be able to do better than $75-100 right now. Scrap prices are high and I’m betting you have some pretty hefty chunks of aluminum in there.

If all of the parts are there you can also call NPR and see if they’ll take it. They claim to take anything if it is complete. Then they give you an estimate of what its worth and you write it off on next year’s taxes.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/junking-a-damaged-car/14086/6 "2017-07-25T14:05:40Z")

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@cdaquila@lackeyjr The above post on an 9 year old thread has what seems to be a spam link.