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recycle cats
I am about to sell three recycle cats (two 535 and one set of 540) for a set of headlights and 500 bucks. Are these things worth that much? It seems like a good deal but I have no idea of their worth and want to get the best value I can for them.
Anyone here know the real value of E34 cats?
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Aluminium is about £1000 per tonne for scrap. Used cats can fetch about £120 each. A local breaker I know wont keep them in the yard overnight as they are a target for druggies. They even get nicked off cars on a garage forecourts:Originally Posted by dennyg
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u...in&cid=5382655
Oct '00 E46 330i. Feb '92 525i (departed)
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Yeah, it happened in birmingham here recently, the robbing bastards got into a ford storage compound and systematically removed around 100 cats off stored vehicles over a weekend.
3 Grand Master
I know where I can get hold of a sawzall....
Oct '00 E46 330i. Feb '92 525i (departed)
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Crafty bastards.
Some determined robbers with hacksaws. Or people in the know...
Ken, from Melbourne AUS.
'89 535iA with a 5 speed swap.
3 Grand Master
so what is (the material that is)so desireable about cats....
Gone but not forgotten
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that sounds pretty decent for what someone off the street can get plus the market has hammered in the last month, we just sold $7,000 worth of cats saturday, 3 weeks ago it would of been $11,000 worth, the stainless steel casings have little value compared to the platinum and rhodium inside mainly those two plus a couple other exotic metals are what set the value and they have fallen a good bit on the commodity's market lately
over the next week or so we are going to crush over 120 cars which in my educated estimate should yield a little north of $30k
Last edited by winfred; 08-18-2008 at 09:22 PM.
all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it
4 Grand Master
Yep, rhodium has taken a beating for the last few months. Hopefully the thieves will fall back on stealing rims or something else that causes less damage when they steal it.
"The gas pedal wouldn't go to the floor if it weren't meant to be there"
5-10 Grand Master
we've been getting 17 a rim for aluminum and have a **** load
all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it
4 Grand Master
The guy who has been buying my scrap has not flinched at a set of TRXs with tires attatched. Are crap tires now desireable too?
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