Should I get my car repaired?

Badgerhands

Please can anyone advise on best course of action: I have a 7 yr old citroen 100k on the clock needing £1200 of mechanical repairs (inc head gasket) but otherwise in good condition. Part exchange value with the repairs would be around £1500-2000 ; without them not much at all I guess. I had planned / long term budgeted to get a new (used) car next year when I should have around £5k to spend.Do I cut my losses now or get the repairs done to get the part exchange value (and hope nothing else drops off until next year ). All opinions welcome.

forgotmyname

No point spending £1200 to hopefully get £1500.

Going to a dealer with cash or taking their finance deal with no part ex may see a better price on the table anyway.

welfayre

Are definitely going to get another car next year? Or is there a good chance you'll end up not getting one?

If your 100% getting rid of it then I'd look to pick up a run about until next year and see if you can sell your other one for "Spares and repair".

If there's a chance you'll keep it then do the repairs. It's better spending £1200 on a car you know and say is in good condition than buying a second hand one at that sort of price as you could end up with a heap.

Richard53

welfayre wrote: »

If there's a chance you'll keep it then do the repairs. It's better spending £1200 on a car you know and say is in good condition than buying a second hand one at that sort of price as you could end up with a heap.

Agree with this. A few years ago, I had an elderly Citroen BX17 (non-turbo) which was, amazingly, solid and rust-free, and which was also reliable, economical and comfortable. It was probably worth about £1000 and failed its MoT on suspension pipes and spheres. It cost me £800 to have it put right, which on the face of it was economic madness, but I had another couple of years of decent motoring out of it. Scrapping it and getting a car of similar value would have been a gamble, whereas I had a car I knew and liked, and which served me well. Sometimes better the devil you know.

custardy

Badgerhands wrote: »

Please can anyone advise on best course of action: I have a 7 yr old citroen 100k on the clock needing £1200 of mechanical repairs (inc head gasket) but otherwise in good condition. Part exchange value with the repairs would be around £1500-2000 ; without them not much at all I guess. I had planned / long term budgeted to get a new (used) car next year when I should have around £5k to spend.Do I cut my losses now or get the repairs done to get the part exchange value (and hope nothing else drops off until next year ). All opinions welcome.

£1200 plus scrap value will get you near the £1500
Without the chance of bills rising,more faults
Simply not worth it im afraid. In a similar boat myself if my old barge goes pop

motorguy

Badgerhands wrote: »

Please can anyone advise on best course of action: I have a 7 yr old citroen 100k on the clock needing £1200 of mechanical repairs (inc head gasket) but otherwise in good condition. Part exchange value with the repairs would be around £1500-2000 ; without them not much at all I guess. I had planned / long term budgeted to get a new (used) car next year when I should have around £5k to spend.Do I cut my losses now or get the repairs done to get the part exchange value (and hope nothing else drops off until next year ). All opinions welcome.

Could you tell us more about the car itself? Model, engine, etc?

Also, whats the £1200 for? Cant just be for head gasket, thats nowhere near that.

Stoke

Depending what type of head gasket failure, I'd bang a can of liquid glass in there