MOT, or cut my losses?

Nodding_Donkey

[quote=[Deleted User];65832534]

A slight fuel leak isn't a big deal [/QUOTE]

As long as it doesn't catch fire that is. And you don't mind a fault claim against you if it fireballs in a carpark and takes out all the cars parked nearby. Or indeed it's no big deal if it bursts into flames and injures someone (as long as you don't have a conscience)

:doh:

BeenThroughItAll

[quote=[Deleted User];65833297]Stuff.........maybe take it to kwik-fit for their free brake check too. .[/QUOTE]

And it all started so well.

DON'T bother taking it to KF. Just get it tested and see what it needs.

A slight fuel leak isn't a big deal

Last week you were worried about spending a few hundred quid to keep a car on the road, now you can afford to let fuel leak out?


Win the lottery last weekend did you?

[Deleted User]

doh, sorry, read it as 'oil' leak. What does the garage say about this leak?

El_Torro

I agree with those that say you should keep the car going if you can. Your car is pretty old but 75k miles isn't much. A couple hundred quid to pass your MOT and keep the car going for another year is a good deal. You could buy yourself a 5 year old car and find out that it'll cost a lot more than that to keep it going.

If your sole consideration is price (i.e. you don't want to spend money on a newer car just because it's newer) then I'd say that you'll be better off in the long run keeping this car and only scrapping it when it needs some serious work done to it.

BeenThroughItAll

[quote=[Deleted User];65833351]doh, sorry, read it as 'oil' leak. What does the garage say about this leak?[/QUOTE]



And yet typed 'fuel'.




Must try harder.


B minus.

[Deleted User]

no harm in taking it to KF if you have the time - they will try to sell you new pads, and discs, but just be aware of this. They should tell you how many mm a left on your pads and you can decide for yourself.


Spending less than £500 a year to keep a car on the road is CHEAP motoring - if anyone can suggest a cheaper way outside of not having a car then I'm all ears.

BeenThroughItAll

[quote=[Deleted User];65833419]no harm in taking it to KF if you have the time - they will try to sell you new pads, and discs, but just be aware of this. They should tell you how many mm a left on your pads and you can decide for yourself.[/QUOTE]

The trouble is, KF, as evidenced by plenty of other posts, may well just LIE, thereby undermining any confidence in their being useful. Instead, you could just go to the MOT centre and they will tell you the truth.

Sportacus wrote:

Spending less than £500 a year to keep a car on the road is CHEAP motoring - if anyone can suggest a cheaper way outside of not having a car then I'm all ears.

You've changed your tune. Last week you wanted to sell a perfectly decent car for the want of a few hundred quid. Glad to see MSE has been able to convince you of the error of your ways

[Deleted User]

KF may well lie, as could any garage doing an MOT, but since it's a free check I see no harm in it.


On my other post I was talking about spending over 1000-3500 to keep a car running, when I could still sell it for a decent sum (and stop the depreciation dead in its tracks). By my calculations my current car will cost me about £200 a month in maintenance and depreciation - that's £2000 a year. If I could cut this to £500 a year by buying the OPs fiesta (if the MOT checks out OK), then I'll be quids in. Still I like the car and want to keep it.

AdrianC

You might get a couple of hundred quid for it with no ticket and a fail sheet.
Or, if you put a couple of hundred quid into it, it'll sell easily to somebody looking for a first car for a 17yo, and easily repay that investment.

Or just continue to use it. So it's 17yo, and worth buttons... But it's been giving you great service, right? Oooh, it needs tyres and brakes! Umm, yes, they're service items. Consumables. EVERY car needs 'em, and they'll almost certainly cost a lot less for a '90s Fester than for something newer and bigger and flashier and depreciating heavily...

salubrious

Pop it through a test, and find out exactly where you stand.

A 17 year old Fiesta usually has corrosion issues, if it hasn't it's a rarity.

Only one way to find out.