junking an old car

[thisisreallycomplicated]

How do you do this in Chile? I have an old VW Parati that's ready for the junkyard, but I don't even know what a junkyard is called here. Or even if they exist anywhere near Coquimbo. Thanks for any help.

[thisisreallycomplicated]

I found a place called "Desarmaduría Libertad", in La Serena. And this is the info I could find:

https://coquimbo.guianegocios.cl/empres ... ertad.html

Descripción:
Compra De Autos Chocados Desarme De Autos Repuesto

Rubros:
• Desarmadurías de Autos

Does anyone here know if that's a junkyard, where they'll take old cars?

[admin]

possible. they are typically on the southern edge of Santiago.

[thisisreallycomplicated]

possible. they are typically on the southern edge of Santiago.

Thanks. I really hope I don't need to send it to Santiago, since I'm in Coquimbo.

[snobrd4life]

You may want to walk into a repair shop and ask what they typically do with their junkers. That, or ask your insurance company where they send their totaled vehicles.

If you are limiting your search to junk yards with an online presence, I'm not surprised that you aren't finding anything close by. I doubt that the juice is worth the squeeze for a yard owner to maintain an online presence in the junk vehicle disposal/recycling industry.

Good luck!

[thisisreallycomplicated]

You may want to walk into a repair shop and ask what they typically do with their junkers. That, or ask your insurance company where they send their totaled vehicles.

Thanks, that sounds like a good idea.

If you are limiting your search to junk yards with an online presence, I'm not surprised that you aren't finding anything close by. I doubt that the juice is worth the squeeze for a yard owner to maintain an online presence in the junk vehicle disposal/recycling industry.

Yeah, I don't think a lot of these businesses have websites. I just found "Desarmaduría Libertad" information on one of those business listing sites. One problem is I don't even know for sure what a junkyard is called here. "Desarmaduría" seems about right, but there could be others I don't know about.

[thisisreallycomplicated]

A girl at the beer store just told me that a junkyard is called a desarmaduría here. So Desarmaduría Libertad might be what I need.