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Ask a buyer for a price on a car past saving.

ELV passes your car details to one vehicle buyer that covers your postcode, and we tell you who straight away. If we have no buyer for your area yet, we tell you straight away and keep nothing.

Tell us about your car

Where is the car?

No reg to hand? Tell us the make and model.
Does it start and drive?
Is anything major missing or damaged?
Do you have the V5C logbook?
How can the buyer reach you?

When you press Send, ELV passes the details you give (name, phone number or email, postcode and car details) to one vehicle buyer near you, who will contact you about this car only. The buyer may pay ELV a fee for each enquiry it receives. We tell you who it is straight away. See our privacy notice.

You need to be 18 or over to use this form.

How it works

Tell us the car's postcode. If we have no buyer for your area yet, we tell you straight away and keep nothing.

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You

  • Tell us the car's postcodeNeeded
  • Answer up to four short questions about the carSkip any
  • Give a phone number or an emailNeeded

ELV

  • Press Send. ELV passes your details to one vehicle buyer, and we tell you who it isOne buyer

The buyer

  • Arranges collectionYour car
  • Agrees the price with you before collectionBefore

Pays you directly when the sale is completedOn completion

Get a price

What can change the buyer's price

The buyer confirms the price after checking the car. It can change if the car differs from what you told us. For example:

The wrong car

The registration is not the car the buyer comes to see.

Give the registration exactly as it is on the V5C logbook, and say if the car is not where you first said.

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Parts missing

The catalytic converter or a major part you said was fitted is missing.

Tell us in the questions if anything is missing, so the price starts from the car as it really is.

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No proof it's yours

There is no V5C logbook and no other proof the car is yours.

Have the V5C logbook to hand if you can. If you do not have it, say so in the questions.

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Cars you can ask about

MOT failures, non-runners, damage and missing keys are all fine to ask about.

The cars

  • MOT failures and cars not worth the repair bill
  • Non-runners, flood and accident damage
  • Vans, 4x4s and hybrids
  • Cars with no keys or on SORN

Paperwork and payment

The buyer arranges the paperwork, including the Certificate of Destruction where the car is scrapped.

The buyer agrees the price with you before collection and pays you directly when the sale is completed. In England, Wales and Scotland, the law does not let scrap car buyers pay cash. In Northern Ireland, ask your buyer to pay by bank transfer. ELV never holds or handles your money.

ELV passes your car details to a vehicle buyer.
We do not buy cars or take payment.

Local pages

Each enquiry goes to one vehicle buyer that covers its postcode. We tell you who straight away.

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Talk to ELV

These are ELV's own details, for questions about this website or your information. One buyer will contact you after you use the form at the top of the page.