Company offers chance to ‘Scrap Your Ex’ this Valentine’s Day

An organization is providing the chance for the final word act of (symbolic) revenge this Valentine’s Day: the chance to “scrap” an ex-flame.

“Every year Valentine’s Day marks the season of love and romance, but let’s be honest — not all relationships last the distance, meaning that for some, this time of year can be a reminder of those partners you’d rather forget,” stated a weblog put up on Jan. 25, 2024, by the corporate Scrap Car Comparison, based mostly within the U.Ok.

“So for these within the midst of a break-up, or affected by heartbreak this Valentine’s Day, we would like to present a novel means to acquire some closure: Say howdy to our new ‘Scrap Your Ex‘ scheme and goodbye to your ex,” the post also said.

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Scrap Car Comparison is a service that assists consumers with finding the best price for disposing of their cars, according to the company’s website. 

“We work with hundreds of scrapyards up and down the country, and scrap thousands of vehicles every year — so this year, we wanted to put the vehicles heading to the scrap heap to particularly good use,” it also said. 

A company in the United Kingdom (not pictured) will name cars after people’s former lovers — and then scrap them.  (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The best way to do this, with the added benefit of a sense of “car-tharsis,” is by “naming an old banger about to hit the scrap heap after your ex-partner,” said Scrap Car Comparison. 

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A person seeking to name a car after a former partner can fill out a form on the Scrap Car Comparison website, the company said.

The company hopes that those who see a car named after a former lover get smashed into oblivion will experience a sense of “car-tharsis.”  (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The requester has to submit the ex’s first name and explain why he or she wants the person to be “scrapped.”

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“All entries must be made by the day of love itself,” meaning Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, said Scrap Car Comparison.

Those who get picked to have their exes “scrapped” will get a photo as proof. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Pictures posted on the Scrap Car Comparison website show cars that are spray-painted with a person’s name, along with heart symbols.

While the company is based in the United Kingdom, anyone — anywhere in the world — is eligible to submit a name to be “scrapped.”

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“We’re anticipating excessive ranges of demand, that means that we might not be in a position to scrap everybody’s ex this yr, however we’ll do our greatest,” stated Scrap Car Comparison. 

Those who’re picked will get “photographic evidence” of the scrapping, the corporate stated.

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It’s “the ultimate heartbreak healer,” the corporate additionally stated. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the corporate for added remark. 

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