What should i expect part ex? or shall i sell?

Maz said:
And I would pay £1000 for a shabby 53 Plate Diesel 307 which has covered 103k miles with the engine light on, simply because if I sent it to auction I'd make a profit.
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But are you 150% on that you'd make a profit on it at auction? I personally wouldn't be. Certainly not enough to risk losing money if it goes for sale on a day that nobody wants a shabby 6/7 hatchback with a relatively complicated broken Diesel engine and it ends up going for peanuts.

It's a risk, but is it really worth it?
 
What i cant for the life of me fathom is how you can be in 2 minds weather to map or sell a car and spend more money on a new one.

And in the next breath tell everyone you been driving round with no turbo due to lack of funds to fix it.
 
Joshy said:
But are you 150% on that you'd make a profit on it at auction? I personally wouldn't be. Certainly not enough to risk losing money if it goes for sale on a day that nobody wants a shabby 6/7 hatchback with a relatively complicated broken Diesel engine and it ends up going for peanuts.

It's a risk, but is it really worth it?
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I wouldn't go as far as 150% well only because 100% is certain, yes I 100% believe I would make a profit from selling that car at auction.

Thats what reserves are for, this is why I'm the trader and you're the technician - I understand these risks better.
 
They love a diesel beast up north, engine light on, pahhh thats a christmas decoration :D

I can see them all now, chomping at the bit at Sunderland auction for that beast!
 
DiamondMark said:
They love a diesel beast up north, engine light on, pahhh thats a christmas decoration :D

I can see them all now, chomping at the bit at Sunderland auction for that beast!
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I'd take the Sunderland bit out and replace with Newcastle, but you're right these things are hugely popular at auction.

Good retail prospect for a lower mileage ones, had a few this year and they've never stuck about.
 
Maz said:
Sorry! Didn't mean for it to sound cold - simply highlighting what differs between us as individuals :)
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I think it's got more to do with differing risk/reward ratios to us as individuals. We both agree that there is a possibility of making a profit, but even then I personally can't see it making enough of a profit to justify having money tied up in a car that might fail to make reserve for a couple of spins around the auction block. I'm sure we've both seen cars that fail to make reserve for weeks on end at the auction house, nothing would wind me up as trader more than not being able to get at the very least what I paid for a car quickly and easily (i.e Auction), and I personally think there is a bit of a risk of that happening here, but you've got on insider knowledge that says otherwise, so hey :).

Not saying that a dealer should/would turn him away, but I'd personally be trying to get it for a little bit lower than a grand.
 
Dont forget as a dealer you have already earned your money on the one you just sold him.

The part ex profit is just a bonus.
 
Joshy said:
I think it's got more to do with differing risk/reward ratios to us as individuals. We both agree that there is a possibility of making a profit, but even then I personally can't see it making enough of a profit to justify having money tied up in a car that might fail to make reserve for a couple of spins around the auction block. I'm sure we've both seen cars that fail to make reserve for weeks on end at the auction house, nothing would wind me up as trader more than not being able to get at the very least what I paid for a car quickly and easily (i.e Auction), and I personally think there is a bit of a risk of that happening here, but you've got on insider knowledge that says otherwise, so hey :).

Not saying that a dealer should/would turn him away, but I'd personally be trying to get it for a little bit lower than a grand.
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Well it's only a grand to have tied up so not a lot of money, and I reckon at very least I'd get back £1300 after fees etc.

So 30% return for doing nothing and having a grand tied up for a week in my eyes is good going.
 
Joshy said:
What sensor does your mechanic recommend changing? I ask as I seem to remember Anti Pollution Fault being quite common to HDI engines and in many cases it is an issue that is not very cheap to rectify?
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not really.

the 'anti pollution fault' seems to cover just about everything on these cars, some costly to fix, most cheap to fix.

on mine it turned out to be a dodgy electrovalve sticking, very common fault on many cars (hell, our new focus TDCI just had the exact same issue).

swapped it with another for a fiver and 60k miles later, its never cropped up again.

dealers always recommend swapping out the cat or DPF, the muppets.
 
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When the car is on the computer it always comes up with fault with DPF but as that has been replaced 10 months ago then probably doesn't leave much else which is why my mechanic says it's probably the sensor.

I think i should just try my luck with some dealerships, If they really wont offer 1k i will consider repairing, If i were of the naughty type i would take it into my mechanic get him to force a regen on the dpf and drive it straight to dealers as it takes a couple of days for the light to go back on again.

but i don't want to hoodwink anyone.
 
Something's not right here. OP says he'd consider taking it to 'his mechanic' because he's worried it won't fetch a grand but won't pay a hundred quid, maybe two to get the thing sorted and fetch probably 50% more. Op also reckons he didn't fix it for 5 months because he doesn't have a pot to **** in, but was also considering a remap.
 
monkey_boy said:
Something's not right here. OP says he'd consider taking it to 'his mechanic' because he's worried it won't fetch a grand but won't pay a hundred quid, maybe two to get the thing sorted and fetch probably 50% more. Op also reckons he didn't fix it for 5 months because he doesn't have a pot to **** in, but was also considering a remap.
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Please don't talk about me in the third person, Please ask ME these questions, In answer to your "questions", Firstly i have the money to rectify the issue assuming it is the sensor as "my mechanic" also said replacing the DPF 10 months ago would fix the problem but now same error code, How much money should i keep spending on a car i am going to get rid of very soon for a hopefully more reliable car?, I meant i don't have the funds to spend on repairing this car and maybe should have stated that more clearly so my bad on that.

Secondly the remap was to me a better financial option if i were to rectify this issue, There is a garage near me that will remove DPF and fit normal through pipe and reprogram the ECU to bypass the DPF completely for £250, This would hopefully then solve all issue's with the Anti Pollution fault.

Also i am not worried if it does not fetch a grand, I was hoping for a grand and if they offer lower then i will auction it myself.

What would you think was "not right"?
 
Colbaker said:
What would you think was "not right"?
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That you're considering a new car or a remap, both of which will cost reasonable money, but wouldn't spend a relative pittance to fix your car which is fundamentally broken and has been for five months?

It's like saying what's my house worth, the front door's been kicked in and all the windows are broken since someone did it over six months ago, I think I might buy a new one.

It doesn't make sense.
 
PardonTheWait said:
That you're considering a new car or a remap, both of which will cost reasonable money, but wouldn't spend a relative pittance to fix your car which is fundamentally broken and has been for five months?

It's like saying what's my house worth, the front door's been kicked in and all the windows are broken since someone did it over six months ago, I think I might buy a new one.

It doesn't make sense.
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Come on, Has anyone been at that stage with a car when you have spent so much on replacing things that should not need replacing and spent hundreds of pounds trying to rectify an anti pollution fault that then comes on again. End of my mental and financial tether with this car. as said the remap idea was just to hopefully fix the problem once and for all, This all depends on the part ex/sale price (not guaranteed this will fix problem).
 
Well the point is that you get it fixed and then shift it before the problem comes back if that's what you're worried about.
 
MikeHiow said:
You've spent 5 months unable to go over 2700 RPM?!
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Its a diesel, why should he want to go higher? ;)
PardonTheWait said:
Absolutely, but you've spent five months driving around in a car that won't rev past two and a half! You're clearly insane.
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I've spent years well under that RPM limit, I'm normal. Its everybody else who's insane. ;)
 
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