Scrape on front of car, fix before flogging?

morguk · Monday at 18:33

2019 Fiesta ST3, I scraped a low flat bed trailer that I didn't see, it left a 2x1" mark that has eaten into the plastic on the front bumper so it's black in colour, and a few small white scratches around it that may buff out.

I'm looking to sell the car, I don't need to extract the max value out of it but equally I don't want to be ripped off with super lowball offers because of the damage.

I don't know how much it will cost to repair, but say it was £500 I don't mind being offered say £850 less than fair value, but if it's £1000+ it's a no go and I'd rather get it repaired. Equally I want to move it reasonably quickly so not sure what's best to do..

Any advice?

morguk · Monday at 20:21

tom_e said:
Find out how much it'll cost to fix and go from there

Maundie said:
Yeah get a quote and then look at your options, no good thinking it’s a £100 when in reality it could be a grand

kindai said:
Its probably a £100 quid job by chipsaway tbh.

Yeah you're all right. I'll take it over for a quote tomorrow

morguk · Tuesday at 11:47

dlockers said:
This math is hilarious. In what world can you "make" £350 for minimal headache?

Eh? In the example I'm saying I'd be happy to lose £350 so someone else can get it fixed.

morguk · Tuesday at 15:57

dlockers said:
In other words you could "pay yourself" 350 to arrange it yourself.

Correct.