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Munchie |
posted on 20th Nov 13 at 10:15 |
£22 been offered | |
Jed D |
posted on 19th Nov 13 at 09:49 |
quote: yeah iirc i got £20 just off haggling with the scrap man who drives around looking for scrap for an old 1.2 8v one... could of took it in and got more no doubt. just depends on the car... heard that teh genuine Peugeot HDI ones go in for a canny penny, few hundred iirc. vectra b dti's do too, find it very tempting to scrap my daily off for the cat haha | |
0775kieran |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 20:48 |
http://www.platinum.matthey.com/prices/weekly-price-bulletins/2013/november/11th-to-15th | |
Robin |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 20:41 |
quote: Not worth as much, no. The genuine cat will have a higher quantity of precious metals as they are designed to last longer than any of the aftermarket stuff is. You said they 'don't have platinum' in though, that's not true. | |
corsajay88 |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 20:31 |
Got £16 for genuine gm cat off corsa sport. £50 for cat off a 1.2 8v | |
Ian |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 20:15 |
Think the industry probably is in no rush to tell people about type approval and OE specs. | |
Corsa_Sport21 |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 20:05 |
quote: So what are you saying?? They are worth as much as an original cat?? Ive had a few copy's from cars newer than 2001, and non of them have had a magnet not stick to them. Genuine cats, the magnet dosn't stick to the insides. | |
Robin |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 19:21 |
quote: A copy for a pre-2001 car will be ceramic, that's why they're worth nothing, not because they're not genuine GM. | |
Robin |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 19:19 |
quote: Any cat sold for a car built after March 2001 has to meet the original type approval so that's simply not true. | |
nick_sri |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 19:06 |
got £40 for standard one one from a clio rsi. | |
Corsa_Sport21 |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 18:31 |
Copy's don't have platinum in them so makes them worth hee haw. | |
Jed D |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 18:12 |
i had two both from x16xe's corsa and tigra. both where copy types and they wearnt even worth doing the transaction (£2ish), just chucked them in the boot of a astra that was going in for scrap | |
Munchie |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 16:54 |
Its from a 2002 Is300 mate | |
alan t |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 15:15 |
ive got one here from a 1.2 corsa d, cant see it being worth much though :lol: | |
Robin |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 13:57 |
What year was the Lexus? | |
Munchie |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 13:43 |
Boss that. Went to one on longmoor lame in aintree.find out price tomorrow | |
FlaFFy_91 |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 13:26 |
I got £50 for a BMW 330d cat and £50 for a Audi a3 petrol car. But £120 for a Citroen Picasso derv..... | |
Ian |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 13:24 |
Where you end up taking it? | |
Munchie |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 13:24 |
Just left it at the metal place. Gonna ring them tomorrow for a price | |
Munchie |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 12:11 |
Decent. Cheers! | |
spencer88 |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 12:09 |
Completely depends on the make and model and what it is made of. | |
Munchie |
posted on 18th Nov 13 at 12:07 |
Going to a scrap metal place later as I have a double cat to sell with manifold branch from a lexus IS300. |