Breakers yard in Dundee: sell your car for breaking
We buy cars in Dundee to be broken by licensed partners. Tell us what still works, get a firm price, and a recovery vehicle collects from your address: no yard visit and no tow.
- Any make, any condition
- Firm price in writing on WhatsApp
- No admin fees
People search for a breakers yard for two reasons: to sell a car or to buy a part. This page is for selling. A breaker takes a car whose parts still have a use, strips them and recycles the rest. Motor Salvage Group buys cars and vans for that purpose and passes them to licensed Authorised Treatment Facility partners, who do the breaking.
The details that fix a breaking price are the ones a breaker would look at on the forecourt: does it run, what is broken, what is missing and what state the bodywork is in. Send those with the registration and a few photos and we can price the car without seeing it. If anything changes before collection, such as a part coming off, tell us and we will look at the figure again.
Dundee is around 130 miles from our Fort William base, and collections in the city, Broughty Ferry and the Angus side are grouped into scheduled runs across Tayside. We agree the date when you accept the price, and the driver rings on approach. Tell us if the car is in a multi-storey or a communal court. Postcodes, districts and how collection runs in Dundee are on our page for Dundee.
Looking for a breakers yard near Dundee?
The cars that suit breaking are often the ones that cannot reach a yard. A seized engine or a failed gearbox means the car will not drive, and without tax and a valid MOT it could not legally be driven there even if it did. Towing needs working brakes and steering on the towed car, which a damaged car may not have. A recovery vehicle avoids all of that: it lifts the car from a drive, a garage or the kerb, as long as the truck can reach it safely, and carries it clear of the road. You never have to find a breaker willing to take the car, or wait at a gate for an offer. If you want to know which parts lift the price, read our parts-value guide.
Selling a car for breaking
Before collection, have your photo ID, the V5C if you have it, and details of a bank account in your name. Clear out the cabin and boot, and retain any private plate through the DVLA first. Leave the parts fitted unless you told us you would remove them: a car described with its wheels and catalytic converter should still have them when the truck arrives. Before the logbook goes, note its 11-digit reference and tear off the yellow V5C/3 slip. Tell the DVLA about the sale online with that reference, keeping the slip with your records, or fill in the slip and post it. With no V5C, write to the DVLA with your name and address, the registration, make and model, the date of sale and our name and address. Once the DVLA knows, any full months of tax left are refunded automatically.
Parts buyers: what we can and cannot do
If you are after a gearbox, a headlight or a door in the right colour, this page will not get you one. Motor Salvage Group buys whole cars for breaking and passes them to licensed partners; we do not sell, reserve or ship parts to the public. That is worth knowing before you get in touch. What we can do is help when a repair has stopped making sense. If the part you were hunting for is going to cost more than the car is worth, or the fault keeps coming back, send us the registration and a description instead. We will give you a firm price for the car as it is, collect it from your address in Dundee free of charge, and pay by bank transfer.
Read our full guide to selling a car to a breakers yard, see how we price and collect, or start a quote.
Three steps. One WhatsApp message.
You never fill in a long form or wait on hold. Send the reg, we do the rest.
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Send your reg on WhatsApp
Message us your registration and postcode, with a line on condition and a photo or two if the car is damaged. Or use the quote form, which opens WhatsApp with your details filled in.
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Get a firm price
We price on weight, make and model, condition and completeness, demand for its parts, distance and that week's metal prices, then reply with one figure. No range, and no haggling on the doorstep if the car is as described.
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Collected and paid
We agree a collection date. The driver checks the car against your description and sees your ID, and you are paid by bank transfer.
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Learn moreQuestions people ask us
My car is in a multi-storey car park or a communal court in Dundee. Can you collect it?
It depends on access. Height limits and barriers in multi-storey car parks can stop a recovery truck, so tell us the car park, level and bay when you book, and we will say whether it can be reached. If the car is taxed, insured and has a valid MOT, moving it to street level first keeps things simple. In a communal court, tell us whether there is vehicle access and any barrier.
Will a breaker still want a car that has been partly stripped?
Often, yes, if what remains is still useful: panels, glass, lights, seats or running gear. The price reflects what is missing, so list it when you send the registration. A car stripped down to a shell is priced closer to scrap, and it still goes to a licensed facility to be broken and recycled.
Who breaks the car once you have collected it?
A licensed Authorised Treatment Facility partner, not us. We are the buyer: we price the car, collect it and pay you. The facility removes the battery and fluids, takes off the parts that can be reused and recycles the rest. When the car is scrapped, it issues the Certificate of Destruction and notifies the DVLA.
Will a breaker take a car that has no MOT and will not start?
Yes. A breaker is interested in the parts, not in whether the car can drive. What a non-runner cannot do is get to a yard under its own power, and without a valid MOT it should not be driven there anyway. We collect it on a recovery vehicle, so neither problem stands in the way.
Should I compare other offers before I sell my car for breaking?
It is sensible to compare. Ask each buyer the same things: will they collect, how will they pay, is the car going to an Authorised Treatment Facility, and can the price change when they see it. Ask us the same things on WhatsApp and we will answer in writing: free collection, bank transfer, a licensed partner facility, and a price that changes only if the car differs from your description.
Tell us which parts still work for a breaking price in Dundee
Send your reg on WhatsApp for a firm price, or call us. Free collection, paid by bank transfer.