What have you done to your car today?

Mr Gimp · 15 Mar 2014 at 18:19

Looked at it, saw rust bubbles and dents along with weeks of filth, and then went back inside

rodenal · 15 Mar 2014 at 18:19

Does seem incredibly low.

I had a double check of the 330 on wbac and got back a (not surprising) sum of 2k - if it came to it (it wont) I'm near convinced auction would bring more

Woukd think Diseasel a3 has to be more attractive to the general buyer than a 3 litre petrol 6 as far as these sites are concerned

Stormster · 15 Mar 2014 at 19:46

Bilberried my summer wheels, couple of new tyres and back on they go

A lot cleaner than they were!

scratch · 15 Mar 2014 at 19:56

Spent a bit of time cleaning and conditioning my seats today. They weren't exactly bad to start with but they now feel softer, looks less shiney and smells lovely thanks to the Gliptone Liquid Leather.

loltim · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:16

Jez said:
I still think you would have had an easier and more profitable time selling it with an ebay box fitted mate, after you had swapped all the good new bits onto your new one ofc.

Oh well, looks like fun

Wouldn't have made his house look ***** either

Clarkey · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:31

New oil pickup fitted, very messy. Wanted to fire it up today but it's probably a bit late to test out the dirty great cannon I put on it yesterday

Kei · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:39

Tried to take a dust cap off to check the pressure and ended up with the entire valve stem in my hand and a flat tyre. Had to put one of the winter wheels back on. Lucky it's going for two new tyres on thursday, I can get new valves all round.

86JR · 15 Mar 2014 at 21:23

Jez said:
You sold an A3 8P TDI DSG (sport as well?) for £2k?

Yup. With 116k, no service for 20k miles, front end damage.

Jez · 15 Mar 2014 at 21:59

86JR said:
Yup. With 116k, no service for 20k miles, front end damage.

Even so, that was bloody cheap :eek:

233 · 15 Mar 2014 at 22:01

Fitted a brodit to the taxi too dark for pics though but it's a lovely bit of kit although a bit pricey at £55 quid

233 · 15 Mar 2014 at 22:02

Jez said:
Even so, that was bloody cheap

Far too cheap could have got a lot more than that with minimal effort

Jez · 15 Mar 2014 at 22:03

233 said:
Far too cheap could have got a lot more than that with minimal effort

Not even a small amount extra, a simple cheap ebay auction would have netted 50% more i would have thought

You can certainly see how WBAC make their money!

commited · 16 Mar 2014 at 03:00

Tesla said:
Continued the dismantling:

If it has a good shell and isn't rusty, it's an absolute sin to break it!

MagicBoy · 16 Mar 2014 at 08:55

commited said:
If it has a good shell and isn't rusty, it's an absolute sin to break it!

+1

Vita · 16 Mar 2014 at 10:49

86JR said:
Yup. With 116k, no service for 20k miles, front end damage.

Was it recorded? You could have got so much more for it.

Relentless81 · 16 Mar 2014 at 11:50

Fitted a K&N panel filter and replaced the boot struts

86JR · 16 Mar 2014 at 13:16

Jez said:
Even so, that was bloody cheap

The GLASS guide for trade in is £1600 so I recieved £400 more than I would get trading the car in...I don't see how that is a bad decision?

86JR · 16 Mar 2014 at 13:17

Vita said:
Was it recorded? You could have got so much more for it.

No it was just a carpark scrape on 3 panels. £400 or so to have it sprayed.

rodenal · 16 Mar 2014 at 13:57

I suppose when the cheapest equivalent examples (and i assume the shoddiest) are on autotrader for £3k private or trade it's "only" £1k less than you might have got (or 50%) for removing the hassle of having to actually sell it

Jez · 16 Mar 2014 at 16:02

86JR said:
The GLASS guide for trade in is £1600 so I recieved £400 more than I would get trading the car in...I don't see how that is a bad decision?

Glass' guide is nonsense in this case then. Thats a £3.5-£4k car all day long even with some minor damage to the front end.