{"id":722,"date":"2014-02-14T16:57:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T09:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dos-and-donts-of-getting-rid-of-your-old-car\/"},"modified":"2016-01-04T22:28:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T15:28:48","slug":"dos-and-donts-of-getting-rid-of-your-old-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dos-and-donts-of-getting-rid-of-your-old-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Do's and don'ts of getting rid of your old car"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nShould you sell it, scrap it, or give it away? Getting rid of an old car is not as easy as it seemsI have only ever owned two cars, and a thief relieved me of the last one. So when it came to saying goodbye to my defunct 13-year-old Alfa estate, lying abandoned with a dead battery outside my house since November, I realised I had no idea how to actually get rid of a vehicle. Could I sell it? Scrap it? Give it away?Every year in Britain between six and seven million used cars are sold, and two million are scrapped. The EU has introduced strict environmental rules on how cars should be disposed of through its End of Life Vehicle Directive, while new rules designed to combat copper and other metal theft have had the curious impact of making it illegal for car owners to be paid cash when scrapping a vehicle. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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