# Anyone ever donate a car? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948 "2009-01-08T09:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/1 "2009-01-08T09:26:19Z")
How did the process go? It might be too difficult and a pain to sell my car with the salvaged title and everything so been looking to donate it for an easy deduction. Who did you donate it to? What was the tax deduction they give you and what is it based on? also, how hard was it to do on your taxes to get your credit? ---
**Author:** ![oxwhitegt03](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oxwhitegt03/32/5324_2.png) [@oxwhitegt03](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oxwhitegt03)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/2 "2009-01-08T09:34:11Z")
donate it to the erie 1 bosces program we used to work on cars all the time in there that were donated ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/3 "2009-01-08T09:36:34Z")
not 100% sure as it’s been a while since I’ve donated a car, but from what I recall you get shit for a tax credit anymore :tdown: It used to be worth while, but you might be better off selling it for a few hundred bucks if you can. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/4 "2009-01-08T09:39:38Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > not 100% sure as it’s been a while since I’ve donated a car, but from what I recall you get shit for a tax credit anymore :tdown: It used to be worth while, but you might be better off selling it for a few hundred bucks if you can. Thank you. I am only looking to get $750 to sell it. It runs and would be a decent winter car at least for the rest of this year but I just want to get rid of it pretty much so I was hoping it would net some type of return on a tax deduction but can’t seem to find any information on how they value it. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/5 "2009-01-08T09:45:26Z")
If I remember right, they changed the laws a few years ago. As it used to be, you could get what the value was deducted. They changed it so you would only get what the charity gets for it, so basically the price it goes for at auction. (really low). ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/6 "2009-01-08T09:47:28Z")
whats the car? ---
**Author:** ![oxwhitegt03](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oxwhitegt03/32/5324_2.png) [@oxwhitegt03](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oxwhitegt03)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/7 "2009-01-08T09:47:32Z")
:poke:but thats not a donation…think of all the poor kids that want to be auto mechanics someday to rip people off… ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/8 "2009-01-08T09:49:29Z")
donate to a firehall, so they can use it at a drill 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/9 "2009-01-08T09:53:55Z")
yeah, you might want to look into donating it to a firehall or a school… I’d assume that they’d write you some sort of receipt for tax time ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/10 "2009-01-08T10:03:25Z")
cant you bring it to a scrap yard and sell it for scrap? I’m not sure how much you’d get… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/11 "2009-01-08T10:04:45Z")
scrap is stupid cheap these days… he’d get more for it if he sold it/donated it ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/12 "2009-01-08T10:47:22Z")
Ya its a 2001 sunfire se posted in the auto trader forum. Only asking $750 on it since it has some mechanical stuff that needs to be looked at/fixed. Someone who needs a winter beater or project for parts could use it but I rather just get rid of it fast. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/13 "2009-01-08T11:05:47Z")
lol i sold my 95 sunfire for 1600 ---
**Author:** ![oxwhitegt03](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oxwhitegt03/32/5324_2.png) [@oxwhitegt03](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oxwhitegt03)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/14 "2009-01-08T11:07:45Z")
whats wrong with it how many miles maybe i need a winter car ? plus i love j-body ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/15 "2009-01-08T11:19:16Z")
There is a charity in Buffalo that accepts car donations, specifically. I cannot remember the name though. ---
**Author:** ![steveo87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@steveo87](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steveo87)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-donate-a-car/60948/16 "2009-01-08T11:42:12Z")
i donated a car to the fire hall and got a shitty tax break