Selling old banger: advice needed.

Aquamarina

Thanks so much mcjordi, unfortunately I am a long way from the North East, but you have reassured me about the knocks.

Foxy-Stoat_3

If the only fault is knocking then I would take a look and get it fixed, can be cheap and easy if you have a hand full of spanners:

If you have a trolly jack, you can jack up the front, get a long piece of wood (scaffold board is good) and slide it under each front wheel get a body to raise and lower the front wheels while you have a look/listen. You should be able to see/hear whats up. If you still cant suss out whats up then using a lever bar near ball joints and any bushes you see should show whats up.

If the top mounts on the shocks are knocking or snapped spring, then I'd leave it alone and let the new purchaser worry about it as you probably wont get your money back as you would want to change them in pairs and you will end replacing more parts.

Ball joints, droplinks/anti-roll bar bushes and lower arms are quite cheap and quick to change and it will make all the difference when its on a test drive.

If your confident that it will pass a MOT then as said, selling with 12 months will make it harder for folk to knock you down on the price and for £40 it will be money well spent.

Good luck!

newincognito

Aquamarina wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I'm in a bit of a quandry here. We have a 14-year old car which we have owned for the last 11. It has been faultlessly reliable and our intention was to keep it going forever(ish). In March we spent out on two new tyres, an exhaust and some belts and it has also recently had a new catalyst.

We have unexpectedly been offered a slightly newer car which will suit us better as it has 5 doors by a friend who has owned it from new.

So we need to sell the other car. It currently has 6 months tax and MOT, but has developed a rattle at the front and clunks when it goes over an uneven road. My question is: should I...

1. Sell it as it is really cheap (say £250) with faults explained
2. Get the rattle fixed and sell it for £250 + cost of repair
3. As 2 but include a new MOT and sell for more.

I am slightly sentimental about this car so would like it to go to a nice home rather than someone who'll rag it for 6 months then scrap it. I also feel a moral obligation to sell it without any known faults.

Any suggestions much appreciated!

Aquamarina x

Hi

Have you sold the car? If not i could be interested.