Auto salvage in Glasgow

Motor Salvage Group buys damaged cars in Glasgow: Category B, S and N write-offs that you own, accident damage you chose not to claim for, and cars hit by flood or fire. Send the registration, the category if there is one, and photos of the damage, and we reply with a price that counts the undamaged parts as well as the metal.

The car can be collected from your home, a body shop or a storage compound in Glasgow, as long as a recovery vehicle can reach it and whoever holds it will release it. As a rule, cars we buy go on to a licensed treatment facility, where usable parts are removed and the rest is depolluted and recycled.

Glasgow is roughly 105 miles down the A82 from our Fort William base, and we have no depot in the city. Collections across the city are grouped into scheduled runs, and the date is agreed when you accept the price. Tell us exactly where the car is parked, because street parking decides which truck we send. Postcodes, districts and how collection runs in Glasgow are on our local collection notes.

Write-off categories and what to tell us

Write-off categories are set by insurers after a claim: A for cars that must be crushed whole, B for cars whose shell must be crushed but whose parts can be reused, S for structural damage and N for damage that is not structural. A car with a car park dent that nobody claimed for has no category, however much the repair would cost. We buy B, S and N write-offs that you own and uncategorised damaged cars, but Category A only for crushing. Still weighing up whether to hold on to a Category S or N car? Expect the insurer to reduce the settlement by its salvage value, and get a salvage price to put beside that reduction first. Declare the category when you send the reg, because it stays with the car.

How to show us the damage

Blurred photos taken at night make a damaged car look worse than it is, and a cautious price follows. Take your pictures in good light, standing far enough back to show each whole side, then move in on the damage. Open the doors and photograph the interior, including the steering wheel and dashboard airbags. If the engine bay is reachable, include that too. Tell us what happened, for example a side impact, a rollover or a flood, and whether the car has been started since. Send the photos with the reg and your postcode, and we reply with a firm salvage price.

Collecting from a body shop, garage or compound

After an accident the car often ends up somewhere other than your drive: a body shop, a recovery operator's yard or a storage compound. We can collect from any of these in Glasgow as long as the site will release the car to us. Ask the site what it needs, which is usually proof that you own the car and your written authority, and check whether storage charges are due, because the site may hold the car until they are paid. If the car is on hire purchase or PCP, the insurer's settlement usually goes to the finance company first, and the car is not yours to sell until the agreement is settled or the lender agrees in writing, so tell us if anything is still owed. Then send us the address, the times the site is open and any reference number.

Read our full guide to auto salvage, see what happens after you send the reg, or send us the reg.