SPOT THE XANTIA.

[lankytim]

Spotted today,



I was in a scrapyard in Manchester today, collecting 21 tons of scrap aluminium and noticed this poor Xantia. The site is part of the "car takeback" scheme and while I was there several cars were driven in, a 52 reg Fiesta, 51 reg Skoda Fabia and an elderly Polo, many of the scrappers looked in really good nick! The cars are drained of fluids, stuck in the pile along with the Xantia and then shredded in a huge machine. The various metals are separated for recycling. The aluminium I collected consisted of mostly shattered engine blocks, cylinder heads, pistons, alternator cases e.t.c. They are all currently on their way to Felixtowe docks en-route to China for melting down and reuse.

Makes you think eh!

[citroenxm]

Car "Take Back" .. Whats that all about?

The xantia, bottom left, above the Escort, under the silver astra, from the grill was a 1995 - 1997 S1 with airbag model..

Have a look on youtube at the car shredders... scarey things.. Magnets then seperate the magnetic steel from the alloy.

Is china buying again? Scrap on the rise in price again?

[lankytim]

Well spotted, but there's another Xantia in there!

(I thought the one you spotted was a ZX!)

[Citroenmad]

So two Xantias

I do wonder, is it really more 'environmentally friendly' to scrap so many good used cars, sort, shred and melt the materials, then make a whole new car to replace it? Hmm, I very much doubt that ... keep an existing car going and it'll be far less energy demanding and polluting than that process.

But, that wouldn't make the world go round ...

Makes me sick!

[citroenxm]

Oh F KIN HELL Right infront of us!!!!

Also in red! On top of the Blue Peugeot 306! Didnt see it first time!

Series Two aswell, from the clear lens rear lamp. What a shame someone left the strut tops on it too!!!

[lankytim]

The car take back is a scheme where you go online and arrange to have your expired car taken away and responsibly recycled, basically like a normal scrapyard but with more paperwork and BS green credentials. In this case no parts are removed for resale, they are just drained of fluids, tyres removed and then shredded.

I wasn't there long enough to see many cars driven in but apparently they have some really nice cars destroyed there. Many are part exchanges from local dealerships that are too old or need too much work to retail.

[citroenxm]

So wastefull, id rather not hear about it going on....

[lankytim]

The S2 was an X reg, I couldn't tell any more than that.

There are thousands of cars that get scrapped every year, I guess you can't save them all!

[addo]

Road salt and snobbery are the culprits.

[Northern_Mike]

Road salt and snobbery are the culprits.

And expense of replacing parts/repairs if you can't do them yourself. Fuel prices don't help, neither does expensive road tax and insurance.

The C5's next owner will be cartakeback.. to be fair to them, they did give £200 for RUNN when the gearbox gave up.

My next car will be no more than a year old, and it'll be Japanese.

[citronut]

above the Escort,

if you mean the red car at on the ground Paul that looks like a pug 406 to me,

strange how you dont often see bright red XANT's then there are to in the same pile

[Xaccers]

above the Escort,

if you mean the red car at on the ground Paul that looks like a pug 406 to me,

strange how you dont often see bright red XANT's then there are to in the same pile

I think you need to update your vehicle identification charts Malcolm, it's definitely a Mk5 Escort at the bottom of the pile

[lankytim]

Why don't you see red Xantias very often? Because they're all on a slow boat to China to be turned into tin foil and razor blades!

[citronut]

above the Escort,

if you mean the red car at on the ground Paul that looks like a pug 406 to me,

strange how you dont often see bright red XANT's then there are to in the same pile

I think you need to update your vehicle identification charts Malcolm, it's definitely a Mk5 Escort at the bottom of the pile

it does look a bit like a 406 Xac , the squashed version anyhow

[Timmo]

when the scrapage scheme started there was a mass influx of Damn good cars to the yard in the village formt he local dealerships, the guys said then, they Cant do anything with them, they Have to be scrapped and thats that! a lot of people were trading in cars worth a Lot more than the 2k they got!!!