From the article: Car Donation to Charity - Know the Road Rules
Donating a car to charity might be a great thing to do, or it could be a donor's worst nightmare. What has been your experience? What tips do you have for others? (Guest posting permitted; no account necessary to share your story.) Share Your Story
What's done with vehicles?
- There are a lot of organizations that are pushing us to give them our old vehicles. There's must be good money to be made from this, even after all this time. But I can't find out what's done with them. Are they re-tooled and let loose on the public again, or are they used for parts, or are they melted down for the metals? A vehicle that's just sitting on someone's front lawn is creating less pollution than one that's been re-tooled and then driven on the highway. The charity I was going to give mine to is one who has the standards of lowered pollution; are they going against their principles? If possible, I'd rather get a good turn-in bonus to buy an electric car. No point in putting those old clunkers back on the road to destroy people's lungs.
- —Guest Mike Varady
