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What do I do with an OLD car?

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Cloudy

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I'd take even a couple of hundred to get it off my hands but no one seems to want it and the dealership laughed me out of there when I offered it as a trade to my new car :(

So now I am stuck with an old car and my apartment folks will soon come bugging me to get rid of it -_- I'd really like SOMETHING for it but is donating it my only option?
 
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Ninja Scooter

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an auto salvage might take it off your hands, but they'll probably only give you $100 or less, usually reserved for junked cars. What kind of car is it? Unless its a complete piece of shit that doesn't run anymore i don't see why you can't sell it yourself.
 
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Cool

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F*CK. I want an old Accord. I hear they run forever, obviously, not forever, but for a long time.

I had a 1993 Grand Am and it broke down recently. I don't know what to do with mine either, I want to get like 100 bucks out of it, dammit.
 
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Cloudy

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The thing is, I know this car can be fixed (but I've had it with old cars) so I am hesitant to just give it away knowing some fucker will get it for cheap and ride it into the ground some more :lol
 
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Phoenix

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a) if you're interested in a new car, why do you care if someone fixes up your old ride and gets another 4 years out of it?
b) if you're not interested in a new car, why would you pay the absurd costs of a new car whn you could just spen a fraction of that to keep your current one going?
 
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Cloudy

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if you're interested in a new car, why do you care if someone fixes up your old ride and gets another 4 years out of it?
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Cos I am pissed at all the money I put into the car all these years :lol I decided it wasn't worth spend anything on it anymore though cos something else always popped up a few weeks after every fix >_<
 
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Ninja Scooter

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Cloudy said:
The thing is, I know this car can be fixed (but I've had it with old cars) so I am hesitant to just give it away knowing some fucker will get it for cheap and ride it into the ground some more :lol
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thats likely exactly what they will do. My uncle owns an auto salvage and he's gotten so many good cars (Lexus, Infiniti, even a friggin Range Rover) that way. People just don't have the effort/money to fix cars up and he gets them on the cheap.
 
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bjork

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When my car blew up in Sept, the dealer took it as a trade-in, but only gave me $300 for it. This was after I called scrap yards and they said $100-$200 for it. :(

Give it to the jews and write it off on your taxes.
 
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swoon

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sefskillz said:
You can donate it and write it off on your taxes...
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yea lots of organizations from animal shelters to npr to salvation army need cars of any condition. donate the car!!!
 
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aoi tsuki

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What's wrong with it? If the repairs aren't that major, why look at getting it fixed up and selling it for more? A '92 is a really recent car and Hondas are generally good. Unless it was something like the transmission, i'd look at that option.
 
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Jim Bowie

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Pick up the hammer.
 
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Flynn

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I'd go for salvage. You'll get $50-$100 bucks for it.

A friend donated a car last year and got a tow and storage bill for thousands of dollars a year later. I guess the DMV screwed up the title and the deadbeats who got the car...were deadbeats.
 
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