Knackered Polo - How Much?

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What you going to buy instead? If its another 500 quid motor i would just pay to repair that one. Better the devil you know.
 
DiamondMark said:
What you going to buy instead? If its another 500 quid motor i would just pay to repair that one. Better the devil you know.
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Agreed. Whilst there would be no point throwing good money after bad, weight up the cost of the repair vs the purchase price (and more potential failures) of a replacement.

If you are happy with the car, repair it.
 
Not the same model so unsure of the differences, but i got a 'Supply and fit new clutch kit & release bearing' for £260 (£80 kit, £140 labour and some VAT) from a local VAG specialist for an '03 plate Polo SDi if that gives you an idea on price? Have you tried haggling him down a bit?
 
frakker said:
I forgot to mention, the £339 he quoted to fix it probably doesn't even include the VAT.
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If you've got 2 or 3 grand lieing around for a new car why is this even an issue ?

Are you just kidding yourself you need a new car when you dont ?

If you want one, Fine, who are we to stop you. Dont kid yourself that you need to however.
 
frakker said:
Yeah, I've pleaded poverty by telling him I thought that sounded a bit steep. That's when he asked what I was considering doing with it, when I said I was thinking of scrapping it, he then asked what engine it had in it and queried if I wanted to offload it to him.

I forgot to mention, the £339 he quoted to fix it probably doesn't even include the VAT.
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woah hold on now. He quoted you on a clutch without even knowing what engine was in it?
 
Just a quick google gets you a 1.4 clutch kit for around £90-100. He may be quoting you for an OEM kit though. I'd shop around, go through the yellow pages to look for VW specialist in the area and get some more quotes.
 
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