What is the best method of getting rid of a scooter? I can’t sell it, because the papers are out of date, and in order to renew them, I’d need to pay off tickets, which I’m not going to do. [edit: Ah yes, forgot to add it was a “gift” from a departing roomate so please no sanctimonious advice on how I should pay my bills]
So, I don’t want to leave it in nature somewhere, for fear of it leaking pollutants.
Will a parts place take it?
Local friends suggest removing the licence plate and leaving it in a parking place.
Clean it up a bit, make it look like it’s been maintained. Drain the fluids and dispose of them properly.
Strip the plates. Park it in the right place.
Take the plates from it and leave it on the front steps of a junkyard. There are a few between Banchiao and Sanxia that I know of. They will try to sell some of the parts from it and later recycle it for the metal. Cost you a cab ride back home.
I know this is not great advice either, but at least you leave the toxic waste dump with all the other toxic waste dumps.
You could always just park it in some spot and converiently forget about it. But that’s not very nice.
Some motorcycle shops would be happy to put it in their spare parts yard. Not in Taipei City, but out in the country where motorcycle shops actually have spare parts yards.