It is the car that we have all at one time owned or will own, the car that no longer drives, the rego expires and then one day it just… remained. It could have failed at the most inconvenient time, you could have parked it on a temporary basis, or maybe you just got too busy in life. You can find all these old cars around Newcastle sitting in the driveway or as far up against the fence or far to one side of the shed with half a tarp that has seen better days.
The hard part is on what to do with it. It is illegal to drive it to the garage and it is painful to pull it yourself, and it may seem like a full-time job to sell an unregistered car personally. You have people who message at odd times, asking questions that you have already answered and they give you quotes that make you wonder why you took the trouble in the first place to list it.
That explains why many locals will resort to a car removal service instead. This is not glamorous but it goes right to the point and quite frankly that is all most people want when they have become fed up with the car they are dealing with.
This is the way it normally works: you call them, explain to them what the car is, and approximate condition it is in. There is no need to put a rosy glow on it. When the battery is dead, doors will not open, tyres are flat or the entire thing has not moved since the Knights made the finals they have heard it all. They will tell you their price, and when you are pleased with it, they drive away, Hamilton, Raymond Terrace, Wallsend, Cardiff, Stockton, wherever you happen to be within the Newcastle district.
Then they stuff it, give you the money and drive away. No towing fee. No “just one more photo.” No back-and-forth. It is as close as you can get in regards to a stress-free solution to an undesirable vehicle.
The surprising bit? Cars that appear to be finished fully do not lose their value. The metals, the components, the recyclables, that is what these companies want. In that way, the car may not be worth fixing anymore, but it will certainly be worth something to a person, who knows what to do with it.
And there is something weirdly pleasant about the room you have back when it has disappeared. There seems to be twice as much of that patch of concrete, or that bit of yard. You can literally park your existing car at the right place or better still put off that project that you had always delayed to do since the old one stood in the way.
The other advantage is the fact that the car is disposed appropriately. The fluids, the scrap, the usable parts, it is all done the proper way not just sitting around rusting into the dirt.
When you are sick and tired of staring at a vehicle that is not registered or is out of registration, then having a removal service to get it off your hands is quite literally one of the easiest wins ever. A single call, fast pick-up, money in your pocket, problem solved and your driveway is much better.
