please help

lmasss

i need to sell my ka car but people either want to buy it at a stupid price . its got brand new mot and tax.. clutch is leaking which is going to cost £300. i lowerd the price to 700 which is so low because my car is actually worth £1500. any help ????

maninthestreet

How old is it, how many miles on the clock? Trying to sell a car that you admit needs £300 of work doing is always going to be difficult. A leaking clutch would indicate a simple leak in the hydraulic circuit somewhere - why would that cost as much as £300 to fix??

lmasss

First reg in 1999. and about 81000 miles, its my cylinder plate on the clutch.i take it to garages and they keep ripping me off because im young and a women . just trying to sell it and get rid

maninthestreet

How did you come up with the figure of £1500 for the value of your car? A quick search on Autotrader shows 1999 Kas with 80K to 90K on the clock for under £1000.

iolanthe07

my car is actually worth £1500

In the end a car is worth what you can get for it. £1500 seems high for an eleven year old KA with a leaking clutch, tbh. They are not really very desirable, especially the older ones with the antediluvian engine Ford put in them.

10JH

Try webuyanycar.com

They have seriously annoying adverts, but from another forum I use (Pistonheads) member have said they can give you a decent price for your car.

Just make sure you are 100% honest about the condition it is in.

somech

imagine the leak would be the concentric slave cylinder which means gearbox removal

KrazyKel

My 1999 KA sold for £500. When i was looking at like ebay, that was about average, some even less, most around £750
I think £1500 is too much,

mystra

sorry i think 1500 is very ambitious for your Ka... i have a 52 plate with average miles and i paid 1800 for it in Janurary 2009

Either bite the bullet and fix it, and gamble that you will get a decent price to make up for the money you've spent or accept a lesser offer and have rid of it for good.

Get a quote from different garages for the cost... £300 sounds very high. Check out Ka forums. I have a Ka and i know lots of people on such forums who would really help you! Google "official ford Ka club" they are a helpful bunch I'm surprised at how many things i can fix myself with their help

ukjoel

Only worth what someone will pay for it.

Why take the risk on one with a dodgy clutch needing a £300 repair or possibly more when you can get ones which dont have the problem for £800.


Remember these cars used to be had brand new for £4995.

10 years down the road to expect it to be worth 30% of that amount is mad.