At what point do you scrap a car?

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My mum has a 16 year old car (Toyota Yaris, Automatic). She does around 1,000-2,000 miles a year just going to the local shops/town center.

Her MOT has come up and its looking like new exhaust, shock absorbers all round, new tyres all round.

We don't know yet how much it would all cost, however considering the age of the car is it worth doing? I suspect it would be around £500-600 to do this work.

At what point do you scrap a car?

Looking on autotrader they are valued at around £1,100 - £1,300 with a 12 Month MOT.

Scrap it would be worth £150?

 

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Thanks for the responses, she has been looking at Peugeot 107, cheap tax/insurance and a ideal for a little runaround the only problem it would cost around 4k for a decent one. She has to have an automatic as well as she doesn't drive manuals.

 

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The garage has come back and said they can repair it all for £300.

So we've gone ahead with the repairs.