# To whom should I donate my car?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 4, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151 "2013-06-04T20:26:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/1 "2013-06-04T20:26:19Z")
I don’t really have a Charity Du Jour, and since my car needs to visit the Big Scrapyard in the sky, I’m looking for a quick, easy, worthwhile vehicle (rim-shot) by which to donate it.
Any suggestions? I live in No.California, if that matters.
🙂
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/2 "2013-06-04T20:38:23Z")
High school auto shop if it’s still offered.
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### Author:  [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/3 "2013-06-04T21:08:52Z")
We donated ours to the local public radio station. (I’m in San Diego.) It was very quick and easy.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/4 "2013-06-04T21:14:50Z")
My town has a nonprofit that takes junkers and lets kids from the local Job Corps program (and other programs that work with at-risk youth) work on them as part of their training for their auto mechanic vocational programs. I wouldn’t be surprised if something similar exists in your area.
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### Author:  [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/5 "2013-06-04T21:25:24Z")
go to the website of your local public radio station to see if they have a donation program.
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### Author:  [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/6 "2013-06-05T16:11:16Z")
If it still works well enough to be transportation for somebody, ask around your neighborhood and give it to somebody who really needs it. Disclose, in every detail, exactly what is wrong with it, so the recipient will not receive any surprises from unrealistic expectations.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/7 "2013-06-05T16:19:13Z")
> [@jtur88](#):
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> If it still works well enough to be transportation for somebody, ask around your neighborhood and give it to somebody who really needs it. Disclose, in every detail, exactly what is wrong with it, so the recipient will not receive any surprises from unrealistic expectations.
I’ll add that in my town, there’s a charity where an auto mechanic will fix the old car and then turn it over to someone in need (and if it’s unfixable, the mechanic knows how and where to scrap it.) It’s an ideal way to donate a car with serious problems but still have a clear conscience.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/8 "2013-06-05T16:22:19Z")
Seconding your local high school’s auto shop. Ours makes hot rods out of donated cars, and the kids learn so much.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/9 "2013-06-05T16:45:56Z")
For safety’s sake, I’d recommend you find a Big Scrapyard on the ground.
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### Author:  [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-whom-should-i-donate-my-car/660151/10 "2013-06-05T20:37:11Z")
If you’re in the Sacramento area…we’ve donated a couple of cars to [Stanford Home for Children](http://www.youthsolutions.org/). It was very easy and very fast.