| Comment | It's all changed for cars. It's now illegal for scrappys to pay cash for scrap metal and since cars are very traceable they don't fuck around. Then you have the environmental laws. They can't just toss a car in the crusher anymore. All the fluids need to be individually drained and stored in dedicated tanks for oils, fuels, brake fluids, transmission fluids... all adding labour costs to the price of scrapping a car. On top of that most of the metal on cars is lower quality steel or alloy, and loads of models these days have lots of plastic or composite panels. There's just not a lot of money in scrapping cars.
Bikes that are untraceable can fetch a quick few quid with very little labour. Three aluminum frames or one frame with loads of titanium will get you a tenner. |
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