scrap car
Wreck for parts
A scrap car is a vehicle no longer worth repairing, destined for salvage or recycling.
The term emphasizes the car's final status as raw material—metal to be melted down, parts to be harvested: We sold the old Honda as a scrap car for three hundred dollars.
Also called a junk car.
- write-offRecorded value reduction
- chop shopCriminal vehicle dismantling operation
- shellHard outer covering
- junkyardSalvage storage site
- auto salvageReclaiming usable car parts
catalytic converter · frame · breaker · totaled · engine block · metal recycling · glass · rust · salvage · battery recycling · wiring harness · metal · wreckage · dismantling · stripped down · recycle · decommission · tow truck
vehicle condition/roadworthiness
scrap carnew car
Recently manufactured vehicle
cherry · certified pre-owned · classic car · daily driver · used car
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