Why scrap your car in Leatherhead?
There's a multitude of reasons you may want to scrap your old car in Leatherhead. 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. Less commonly, a car can develop a fault whilst the owner is already considering the purchase of a new vehicle. Because, just diagnosing a fault in a car can be expensive, you may consider simply scrapping the car instead.
For a small minority of those in Leatherhead the car scrappage scheme offers some extra encouragement to scrap their old 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.
Perhaps the most pressing need to scrap your car in Leatherhead comes from the fact that any car that is not declared off road needs to be taxed. This is true even if the car is broken and not in use. In order to avoid paying extra road tax it is best to scrap a broken car at the first opportunity. 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. By scrapping a car and replacing it with a new one you will be reducing your carbon footprint. Also, when we scrap a car at Scrap Car Leatherhead we ensure that as much of your old car is reused or recycled as possible.