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Keep the Car or Buy New One

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  • eschaton
    eschaton Posts: 2,249 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I would get rid of it.

    My last car had £7k of rear damage and I sold it 5 months after it was fixed.

    I did like the car (I've never loved any car) but it wasn't the same so had to go just before its 3rd birthday.
  • F1F93
    F1F93 Posts: 366 Forumite
    1500 to fix which includes parts and labour

    Are you sure that's all?!
    Even bearing in mind that you'll be able to repair it cheaper than an insurer would, I'd have thought that a 3 year old, 22k mile car would need more damage to write it off.

    Does the 1500 include all of the damage, or just the damage that is visible?
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