Sell my broken car in Paisley

If your car will not start, has a warning light the garage wants a fortune to fix, or has just failed its MOT, you can sell it to us exactly as it is. Send the registration and a plain description of the fault, and we reply with a firm price. There is nothing to repair first and no charge for collection.

There is no collection charge and no admin fee. The journey from Fort William is already allowed for in the figure we quote, and that figure is what you are paid if the car matches your description. We collect from driveways, streets, garages and car parks around Paisley, wherever a recovery vehicle can reach.

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 local page.

Getting a firm price for a car with a fault

Precise information gives you a firm quote that reflects the car; vague information means that firm quote has to allow for the unknown. Tell us the make, model and mileage, then the symptoms in plain words: will not start, starts but will not move, overheats, loses coolant, runs rough, jumps out of gear. If the MOT tester or a garage has put the fault in writing, send a photo of it. Say whether the car is complete or whether the wheels, battery or catalytic converter have been removed. Tell us where it is parked in Paisley and whether the wheels turn. We then send one figure, and that figure stands on the day as long as the car is as you described.

Repair it or sell it as it is?

A repair can make sense when the fault is cheap to fix and the rest of the car is sound. It makes less sense when the estimate is a large share of the car's value, when parts are hard to find, or when the MOT has also turned up corrosion or suspension work. Private buyers will knock money off for any known fault, so a repair does not always come back in full when you sell. Before deciding, ask a garage for a written estimate and send it to us with the reg. You can then compare a firm offer for the car as it stands with the true cost of fixing it, and choose with the numbers in front of you.

Getting a non-runner ready for collection

A car that will not run is loaded onto a recovery vehicle, so the engine does not matter, but access does. The driver needs to reach the car, so tell us in advance if the wheels will not turn, the handbrake has seized, a tyre is flat or the steering lock is on without a key. Clear a path if the car is in a garage or tucked behind another vehicle. Until collection day, a car kept on a street in Paisley must be taxed, insured and have a valid MOT. Remove your belongings. After collection, tell the DVLA online or with the yellow V5C/3 slip that you sold the car to the motor trade. On the day the driver checks the car against your description and your photo ID, then loads it. We pay by bank transfer to an account in your name once those checks are done.

Read our full guide to selling a broken car, see how we price and collect, or get your price now.