An older sedan with its headlights on, parked by a lake at dusk

Thunder Bay and area

Sell your car in Thunder Bay.

Running, not running, rusted out or wrecked. Tell us about it in two short steps. No obligation to sell.

Running or not
Any make, any model
Two short steps

Tell us about your car

Two short steps. No obligation to sell.

1. Your car
2. How to reach you

Step 1 of 2: your car

Year

Make

Model

Does it run?

Yes, it runs and drives It runs, but has problems No, it does not run

Where is the car?

Postal code where the car is 6 characters, like A1A 1A1

Photos (optional, up to 6) Add photos of the car

Sending this form does not book a tow or commit you to sell.

Running
Not running
Rusted out
Wrecked
Written off
Flood damaged
Sat for years
High kilometres
Any make, any model

Where an end-of-life car goes

Your old car has one more job to do.

More than 80% of a car's weight can be reused or recycled when it is properly taken apart. Here is how that works in Ontario.

Step 1 · Made safe

Fluids out. Hazards out.

Before a car is crushed, Ontario's rules say its fluids must be drained and collected: fuel, oil, antifreeze and washer fluid. The battery, any mercury switches and the air-conditioning gas come out too.

Source: Ontario Regulation 85/16; O. Reg. 463/10
Step 2 · Parts saved

Good parts get a second car.

Most end-of-life cars go first to a dismantler, who takes off parts that can be reused or rebuilt. The Automotive Recyclers of Canada call reusing parts "perhaps the purest form of recycling".

Source: Report for Natural Resources Canada (2020); Automotive Recyclers of Canada
Step 3 · Crushed and shredded

Flattened, shredded, sorted.

The stripped body is crushed and shredded. Steel is magnetic, so it is easy to pull out of the mix and send to steel mills and foundries.

Source: Report for Natural Resources Canada (2020); World Steel Association
Step 4 · Made new

Back as new steel.

Steel can be recycled again and again. Every tonne of scrap steel made into new steel saves over 1,400 kg of iron ore.

Source: World Steel Association

Start with my car

Why it matters

Recycling a car adds up.

80%+

of a car's weight can be reused or recycled when it is properly taken apart.

Source: Report for Natural Resources Canada (2020); Automotive Recyclers of Canada

1,400kg

of iron ore saved for every tonne of scrap steel made into new steel.

Source: World Steel Association

1.6million

vehicles are scrapped in Canada each year, by one estimate.

Source: Report for Natural Resources Canada (2020)

Any car, any shape

From good runner to parts car.

Whatever shape it is in, the form is the same.

How it works

Three steps. You stay in control.

Tell us about the car
Year, make, model, whether it runs and where it is. Photos help but are optional.
We pass suitable requests to a local buyer
We pass suitable requests to a buyer in the Thunder Bay area, who can talk with you about an offer and pickup.
You decide
There is no obligation to accept an offer. Sending the form does not book a tow or commit you to sell.

We do not promise an instant quote, free towing, a guaranteed price or a fixed pickup time. Before you agree, confirm the amount, whether towing or hard access changes it, how you will be paid and when the car will be picked up.

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