trading in with spare on

cyclonebri1

I deliberately did not advise the op to camouflage the damage. Maybe some others should rethink, she does not want the worry of an innocent budget buyer having a blowout in a bodged car with sprayfoam covering a hole in the sidewall. :A

mcjordi

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I deliberately did not advise the op to camouflage the damage. Maybe some others should rethink, she does not want the worry of an innocent budget buyer having a blowout in a bodged car with sprayfoam covering a hole in the sidewall. :A

thats why i said put the spare on and leave the flat in the boot.

mikey72

Nothing wrong with foam, I've used it before, and the cars off to auction so it's not going as a decent used car anyway.

LandyAndy

mikey72 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with foam, I've used it before, and the cars off to auction so it's not going as a decent used car anyway.

The OP says the car has run with the tyre flat. I would have thought that might have caused more damage than could be dealt with by foam.

mikey72

LandyAndy wrote: »

The OP says the car has run with the tyre flat. I would have thought that might have caused more damage than could be dealt with by foam.

Have to confess I missed that bit, so maybe I will have to retract the use of foam, if the side walls are chewed up as well!:o

museum_gal

thanks for the advice guys, i think im just going to chance it and take it to the dealer with the spare on and if he asks about it i'll tell him it happened on the way there (may even smear some oil on my hands for effect haha!) at least anyone then buying it at auction will know they have to buy a new tyre for it.

Strider590

It might not need a new tyre, most of the time when a nail goes through it is repairable..... But it depends where you take it as to whether they con you into buying a new tyre or not.

GillM

benham3160 wrote: »

Totally agree, infact if it's a "few hundred pound" trade it the car has probably hit the floor limit and the price wouldn't matter if it's mint with FSH, or puffing and wheezing it's way to collect the new one with four bald tyres and no bonnet. It's probably going straight to auction, or scrap.

Regards,
Andy

I'd agree with that - some years ago I traded in a very old mini for a slightly newer car. They'd agreed £200 trade in, and the day before I took it in, I had a slight argument with a huge Volvo. Not so much as a paint mark on the Volvo but my passenger door was stove in, couldn't open it. When I took it to the garage they weren't in the least bothered and still gave me the £200 trade in! :cool:

Pincher

The dealer gets the commission on the new car, not the trade-in.

They "prepare" bangers for auction with a lot more tricks than you have. Just call them and ask them. The commission is a hundred times more important than a flat tyre. Just make sure you know how much is a new tyre, so they can't reduce the trade-in value by a ridiculous amount.

benham3160

Pincher wrote: »

The dealer gets the commission on the new car, not the trade-in.

They "prepare" bangers for auction with a lot more tricks than you have. Just call them and ask them. The commission is a hundred times more important than a flat tyre. Just make sure you know how much is a new tyre, so they can't reduce the trade-in value by a ridiculous amount.

Don't say that on here, some people are under the impression every car in an auction has been checked, MOT'd, warrented, only driven very gently and has a full and complete history along with only OE parts, and no interior or exterior marks at all........

Just chuck it in, other option is just park it so they can't see the spacesaver, by the time you've driven off with the new'un it's all too late.

Or, go to a scrapyard and swap the wheel over for £5. Some of the crap I've thrown in part-ex, I can assure you they really don't care, in reality the trade-in on an old heap is more for your convience than theirs.

Regards,
Andy