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August 4, 2013 at 6:26 pm #608532
kellymParticipantmy daughter’s 1988 honda civic is trashed. any suggestions on who to call to have it donated or sold for scrap?
August 4, 2013 at 7:03 pm #795444
miwsParticipantI was going to suggest South Seattle Community College’s Automotive Tech Program, but the car may be too old.
(Though if you ask me, 1988 wasn’t all that long ago.) ;-)
Here’s a link, just in case….
http://www.southseattle.edu/programs/proftech/autotech.htm
Mike
August 4, 2013 at 11:43 pm #795445
trickycooljParticipantKeep the plates if you can. My friend donated his 1980s Subaru and the plates got separated from the car and he started getting tickets in the mail from out of state.
August 5, 2013 at 7:03 pm #795446
Driez206Member1-800-Kars-4-kids
August 5, 2013 at 7:59 pm #795447
furryfacesParticipantMotley Zoo is an excellent animal rescue group and they can accept cars as donations. They adopt cats out of the Alaska Junction Petco and we network with them on a regular basis.
Here is their website:
August 5, 2013 at 8:16 pm #795448
clark5080ParticipantSalvation Army takes cars I think
August 5, 2013 at 8:16 pm #795449
LindseyParticipantAugust 6, 2013 at 12:15 am #795450
waterworldParticipantBe careful if you donate your car through the “charity donation services” that most charities and non-profits direct you to. The donation service may lead you to believe that you will be able to deduct the value of the car you donate from your taxes. But under the IRS rules now, you can deduct only the amount of money that the charity actually receives from your car, which is often a small fraction of what the car would have been worth if sold privately, because the cars are sold at auction and the donation services deducts a bunch of fees before anything is paid to the charity. There’s a good article on donating cars to charity here:
http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/car.htm
There are still some non-profits out there that will take your donated car and actually use it, but not many, and they aren’t always easy to find.
August 6, 2013 at 1:46 am #795451
hammerheadParticipantany auto wrecking company will come get the car and give you a 100.00 not much but you won’t have to deal with anything.
Two of my own vehicle caught on fire, called GT towing, and they came and did it all and 100.00 cash.
August 6, 2013 at 2:01 am #795452
Green GuyParticipantYou could try Northwest Center. BigBlueTruck.com
If nothing’ better works out I offer $50.00 for old junk cars. I recycle metal but don’t get cars too offend & they are usually a pain for me to scrap.
August 6, 2013 at 2:08 am #795453
tanyar23ParticipantWe donated ours to Goodwill, but a 3rd party did the work.
August 8, 2013 at 1:25 am #795454
2krazy4wordsParticipantVehicle Donation to Any Charity: “V-DAC makes vehicle donation fast, easy and safe for Donors. If you are a Donor, everything you need to know about vehicle donation can be found here. While V-DAC does not solicit vehicle donations from donors, we can help you find a charity to support with a vehicle donation.”
August 8, 2013 at 1:27 pm #795455
anonymeParticipantKCTS (Channel 9 television) accepts vehicle donations. I think they handle the donations themselves, so no hassles with intermediaries.
July 2, 2023 at 4:13 pm #1067340
aaParticipantIf you are at the point of considering selling it for scrap how much of a donation would it be to a non-profit? More likely you would just be passing the burden of what to do with it over to them. Sell it for scrap and move on.
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July 5, 2023 at 12:37 pm #1067562
bluhorizonParticipantIs that correct – the original post is dated 2013?
or typo /for 2023?August 4, 2023 at 3:40 am #1070169
vrinkstayParticipantI was going to suggest South Seattle Community College’s Automotive Tech Program, but the car may be too old.
August 18, 2023 at 7:02 pm #1071211
GracianoParticipantWelcome to 2013.. lol
March 15, 2024 at 3:06 am #1086906
nankatapeParticipantMotley Zoo is an excellent animal rescue group and they can accept cars as donations.
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