Cat S
Recorded structural damage
Priced as a recorded-damage car. Give the category and what work has been done on the form. A repaired write-off is a normal sale here, not an awkward one.
Medway · Kent · Jaguar specialists
Sell my broken Jaguar in Medway
If your Jaguar will not start, will not shift, or has sat down on one corner, you have probably already had one of two conversations. A garage has quoted a repair bill you will not pay, or someone has offered you scrap money that felt insulting for a car of this kind.
We only buy Jaguars. The offer is priced on what the whole car is worth rather than what its metal weighs, and it is bought direct — one company makes the offer and one company collects.
That is the car in the middle: an XF with a timing chain rattle, an F-Pace with a dead turbo, a Cat N that has been repaired. Too broken for a dealer, far too valuable for a yard.
Not weighed in as scrap
A broken Jaguar is not priced by weight here
A scrap valuation is arithmetic: the size of the car and the price of metal that week. That is why a scrap figure can come back the same for a hatchback and an XJ.
A valuation from a Jaguar buyer starts from what that particular car is worth as a car. Model, mileage, specification and trim, service history, spare keys, and which fault it has — because some faults take thousands off and some take hundreds.
The offer is priced on what the whole car is worth rather than what its metal weighs.
What a broken Jaguar has actually been worth
£1,200 – £10,000
Money actually paid. Where a car sits in the range depends on:
- Model
- Mileage
- Specification
- Which fault
Jaguar faults we buy
Named, not bucketed
A named fault does not disqualify the car. It is one of the inputs to the figure. Read our common faults guide.
- 01
Ingenium timing chain rattle
On the 2.0-litre petrol and diesel engines. A named fault is an input to the figure, not a reason to weigh the car in.
- 02
ZF automatics and transfer boxes
Six- and eight-speed boxes dropping into limp mode or shifting harshly, and transfer box trouble on the 4WD cars.
- 03
Air suspension collapse
Leaking air struts or a failed compressor. The car sits down overnight, often on one corner — the point many owners are told it is finished.
- 04
Electrical gremlins and ECU faults
Body control module problems, infotainment black screens. Which fault it is moves the offer.
- 05
Turbo failure
One expensive but self-contained failure leaves the rest of the car intact.
- 06
Head gasket and coolant loss
The engine may be written off in a garage quote; we price the car, not the repair estimate.
- 07
Accident damage, high mileage and MOT failure
Crash damage, cars that will not pass, and cars that have not moved in years. None of that disqualifies a complete Jaguar.
Too broken for a dealer, too valuable for a yard
The car that falls between the two markets
Accident damage. Insurance salvage. A failed gearbox. Collapsed air suspension. These are the cases this page is written for — still a complete Jaguar, still worth thousands, and not a job for a franchised forecourt.
A Certificate of Destruction is irreversible
Once a car is scrapped it is issued a Certificate of Destruction and cannot go back on the road. That is a decision the owner of a repairable Jaguar may not want to make. Find out what yours is worth as a car first.
Cat S, Cat N and salvage
A recorded category stays with the car. It does not stop it being bought.
Cat N
Recorded non-structural damage
Same principle. The category affects what the car is worth. It does not take it out of the running.
Based in Medway
Same-day collection, on our own recovery
We are based in Medway, Kent. Collection from Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham can be the same day — that is a Medway claim, not a national one. Elsewhere in Kent it is usually within 24 to 48 hours of an accepted offer, often sooner.
The people who quote are the people who collect. There is no local yard in the middle, and no enquiry passed to whoever happens to be nearest.
The doorstep
- Chatham
- Gillingham
- Rochester
- Strood
- Rainham
Our own trailer. Free collection. The car is something valuable being moved carefully, not a problem being taken away.
Offer, collection, payment
Direct, with no network in between
Comparison sites and directories pass the seller into a chain of yards. We make our own offer and use our own recovery. That is why the money is certain.
Offer from the form
Submit your reg, mileage, postcode and a description of the fault. The offer is priced on what the whole car is worth. Free, no obligation, no fees and no hidden charges.
Same-day collection in Medway
Accept the offer and we collect on our own recovery, on a trailer where the car will not drive. In Medway that can be the same day. Elsewhere in Kent it is usually within 24 to 48 hours.
Payment cleared before we leave
Same-day payment by secure bank transfer, cleared before the driver leaves with the car. Not cash on the spot, not a transfer sent afterwards.
Missing logbook, still a Jaguar
No V5, no MOT, no problem
A V5C is not required. Neither is an MOT, and the car does not need to drive. A SORN car that has not moved in years is normal here. DVLA paperwork explained.
Receipt
Proof of sale on collection day.
Sale confirmation
Written confirmation of the agreed figure.
DVLA acknowledgement
We file the change-of-keeper notification as part of every purchase.
Jaguar specialists
One marque, priced as a car rather than as metal.
Based in Medway
Same-day collection on our own recovery.
Paid upon collection
Cleared before we leave, same day, every time.
We come ourselves. We are based in Medway, and the people who quote are the people who collect. There is no local yard in the middle and no enquiry passed on to whoever happens to be nearest.
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