Got a W-reg Toyota Avensis estate. it's tired, and done about 110,000 miles - it's a diesel, so shoul be good for a fair few more. Thing is the clutch is going, adn it'll need a new dual-mass flywheel at he same time, so the cost of these two things is about as much as the car is worth.
It needs a few other bits, like new pads and probably discs too, and is generally a bit tatty (couple of minor dents, minor bumper damage, various other little bits)
It kind of seems a bit of a waste to scrap it really, - any other legal suggestions worth pursuing?
Ta,
Scrapped something similar last month, got £100 for it.
Still a waste, but who wants 10 year old cars that need more than £100 spending on them? Nobody that I could tell.
strip the good parts and sell them on ebay. scrap the rest.
Do you know anyone thinking of buying a new car where they take the old one as trade in ?.
Swop with them and you pay a bit towards their old car.
The knackered one gets traded.You get a car that works.Seller gets new car and funds from you.
Everybody's happy 😀
Thing is the clutch is going, adn it'll need a new dual-mass flywheel at he same time, so the cost of these two things is about as much as the car is worth
Hmm, the car is not worth its resale value, the car is worth what it costs to replace. If it costs you £500 to fix those things, you'll have a car for £500 that has a new clutch and DMF which won't need doing again in the life of the car probably. If you scrap it and spend £600 on another car, the clutch and DMF could pack up tomorrow, you've got no way of knowing that.
Better the devil you know I reckon. And it's worth keeping it on the road for that reason.
I'd say always fix unless a) you are going to upgrade significantly b) it's something non-typical or c) it's rusty.
ebay it. Honest description, good pics, 99p start. It'll sell.
if you put it on eBay, some geezer that's good with spanners (or a dealer that'll gamble it lasts until some mug buys it) will have it.
My last service was £600. My car happens to be worth more than £600 but I'm not sure that matters. Cars cost a certain amount to maintain regardless of how much they're worth.
I'd do what molgrips suggested.
RAMRAID!
id buy it, i used to buy and sell cars on as a money maker. Chuck a clutch in it and get it up to standard and plod about in it untill someting really goes wrong.