My 2008 Mk5 Golf went in for a service last month and came back with an issue. After a few back and forth the issue has been narrowed down to the ABS Control Module which needs to be replaced, unrelated but also the near side rear suspension is leaking and needs to be sorted.
The total cost for the repairs from the main dealer was ~£1,950. The garage who I would normally use have come in at a cost of ~£1,500.
Looking on AutoTrader the cars most similar to mine are listed for around £4,000 - however mine does have some dents (when someone kicked the doors in one night) and scratches (when my wife misjudged a parking space at Sainsbury). So would imagine my car is probably worth around £3,000 if it is working.
I am trying to decide what I should do with the car and think I have three routes.
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1) Pay to get it repaired.
£1,500 is a lot of money to get repaired and I should be able to cover this. The only thing that has me nervous is that if another issue of this size comes up then I would have invested an awful lot of money in to the car.
2) Get a 'new' used car.
I could part exchange my current car (I don't know how much for) and use it as a way to potentially get a new used car. I would likely get an approved used car so I have some backup should there be any issues with any new car that I get. I'd likely have to get it on finance though.
3) Lease a new car
Could part exchange my current car and used it as a deposit towards a lease. My thoughts on the lease would be that given it would be a new car and could get maintenance included in the monthly cost I would have a single figure each month for the car.
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Initially I thought I would get the lease. But the more I think on it the less comfortable I am about the idea. I don't use the car for commuting just for going away on weekends and what not, so feels extravagant to have a large outgoing each month for something that isn't used all the time.
My gut at the moment is saying to get the car repaired. I doubt I'd get much on p/x or private sale at the moment so paying the repair bill would hopefully be covered if we wanted to sell it later.
Interested to see what others think.
The total cost for the repairs from the main dealer was ~£1,950. The garage who I would normally use have come in at a cost of ~£1,500.
Looking on AutoTrader the cars most similar to mine are listed for around £4,000 - however mine does have some dents (when someone kicked the doors in one night) and scratches (when my wife misjudged a parking space at Sainsbury). So would imagine my car is probably worth around £3,000 if it is working.
I am trying to decide what I should do with the car and think I have three routes.
--
1) Pay to get it repaired.
£1,500 is a lot of money to get repaired and I should be able to cover this. The only thing that has me nervous is that if another issue of this size comes up then I would have invested an awful lot of money in to the car.
2) Get a 'new' used car.
I could part exchange my current car (I don't know how much for) and use it as a way to potentially get a new used car. I would likely get an approved used car so I have some backup should there be any issues with any new car that I get. I'd likely have to get it on finance though.
3) Lease a new car
Could part exchange my current car and used it as a deposit towards a lease. My thoughts on the lease would be that given it would be a new car and could get maintenance included in the monthly cost I would have a single figure each month for the car.
--
Initially I thought I would get the lease. But the more I think on it the less comfortable I am about the idea. I don't use the car for commuting just for going away on weekends and what not, so feels extravagant to have a large outgoing each month for something that isn't used all the time.
My gut at the moment is saying to get the car repaired. I doubt I'd get much on p/x or private sale at the moment so paying the repair bill would hopefully be covered if we wanted to sell it later.
Interested to see what others think.
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