dispose car

Time to dispose of a car? First decide if it’s worth selling—private sale on Tradingpost or a trade-in can beat the scrap price by a country mile.

If it’s a hopeless case, call a licensed wrecker/scrap recycler who’ll collect, drain fluids properly and hand you a receipt.

Before it leaves, remove plates, eTags and personal gear, then cancel the registration with your state authority and claim any rego/CTP refund.

Tell your insurer it’s gone, settle fines/tolls, and keep the disposal paperwork in case Big Bureaucracy comes knocking.

If the car still runs, a roadworthy and some tidy photos can add hundreds of AUD; if it doesn’t, be honest and save everyone the drama.

Either way, do it by the book—nothing stylish about a surprise letter asking why your old bomb just collected tolls on the M7.