Auto salvage in Paisley

Motor Salvage Group buys damaged cars in Paisley: 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 Paisley, 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.

Paisley is about 110 miles from our Fort William base, and jobs here share runs with Glasgow and Inverclyde, which makes Renfrewshire one of the easier areas for us to reach. Collection is still scheduled, with the date agreed when you accept the price. Tell us whether the car is on a tenement street or a driveway. Postcodes, districts and how collection runs in Paisley are on our page for Paisley.

Understanding the category on your car

If you are not sure whether your car is a write-off, look at the paperwork rather than the damage. A category only exists if an insurer has handled a claim and decided the car is not worth repairing; the settlement letter names it, and it is recorded against the car from then on. No claim means no category, however bad the damage looks. Category B, S and N cars that you own, and uncategorised damaged cars, are the ones we buy; a Category A car can only be crushed, so we take one on that basis alone. The same letter may offer to let you keep a Category S or N car, with its salvage value taken off your payout. Before you accept, weigh that deduction against a salvage price for the car in Paisley.

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

If your insurer moved the car after the crash, find out where it is now and who holds it. Once you have agreed to keep the car after the claim, the storage site will usually want to hear from you before it lets the car go. Ask what paperwork they need and whether any fees are owed. Check the finance too: if the car is on hire purchase or PCP, the finance company owns it and normally receives the settlement first, and the car cannot be sold until the agreement is settled or the lender gives written permission. Pass the details to us with the reg, the category, any outstanding finance and the address in Paisley. The driver will expect to see the release reference or authority, and payment goes to an account in your name by bank transfer, not to the site.

Read our full guide to auto salvage, see the three steps from reg to payment, or start a quote.