Part exchanging a car with problems

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In need of some advice...

I regrettably own a 2003 Seat Toledo v5 with 110k on the clock. I've had it about three years and recently it's started developing some really ******* annoying faults. Random warning lights, erratic idling, delayed acceleration, stalling when slowing down, major water leak etc. It also has what i've been told is a 'secondary air pump' which sounds like a jet engine on startup. What its purpose is other than embarrassing me I have no idea. Two different garages have been unable to pinpoint the problems so it needs to go. Furthermore, the front corner of the bumper is stowed in after I lost control in the snow and drove it into a bank. So all in all, there's not much going for it.

I don't want the hassle of selling a problematic car to Joe Public so there are two remaining options: Torch it or part-ex it. If I reset the warning lights it will behave itself for a while but I need to know what to do about this bumper. I have a replacement bumper but a bodyshop has quoted me a minimum of £300 to get it sprayed and fitted. I want to replace it with a car that will be worth around 4-5K. Bar these few 'niggles' the rest of the car is pretty straight (lol), so am I right in thinking if I get the bumper fixed, I should get at least a grand for it in part-ex? I just don't want to waste time/money fixing it if I don't get the money back.

What to do Motors?
 
This is music to my ears. My only concern is that they will refuse the car because of the damage? It's all still in one piece - just bent where it's been pushed up.
 
I didn't realise the MAF was so easy to replace.

The reason for my annoyance is because I took the car to a main stealer with a print out of all the fault codes (which clearly indicate it could be a problem with the MAF):

7 Faults Found:
17967 - Throttle Valve Control part (J338): Fault in basic settings
P1559 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
16795 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P0411 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
17511 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P1103 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
17553 - Mass Air Flow Sensor (G70): Short to Plus
P1145 - 35-00 - -
17972 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P1564 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
17551 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P1143 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
16891 - Idle Control System RPM Higher than Expected.
P0507 - 35-00 - -

And they did absoulutely nothing to help apart from attempting to charge me £150 for running it through the diagnostics again. Of course that time no faults came up (because the problem is intermittent which is why I took the print out).

I suppose if all these things can be fixed for under £500 then maybe it's worth hanging onto it for a bit longer. Will have to think about it. Thanks.
 
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