Car Finance - Voluntary Termination query

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Thrugelmir said:

No issues were noted when the car was serviced? 

The garage cleared the warning lights and a week later they were back 

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foxy-stoat said:

Yeah, its 10 years old.  Try and find an engine from a running breaker, ebay they are £700-£1500, get that fitted and keep driving it until the finance is up.  Or keep paying the finance until its paid in full and sell it for spares/repair but in the meantime find a cheap car to drive.

Yea it's a diesel with special electrics garage quoted me £2700 for a used engine 

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Barny1979 said:

What's left on the finance?

£2400 2 years

Thrugelmir

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Thrugelmir said:

No issues were noted when the car was serviced? 

The garage cleared the warning lights and a week later they were back 

Perhaps go back and have a discussion. Modern engines rarely simply blow up. 

Barny1979

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Barny1979 said:

What's left on the finance?

£2400 2 years

Maybe put the car on ebay? I got rid of a Corsa C whose engine went at 95k, we buy any car offered £50, put on ebay and sold to a bloke who's daughter had written front end of car off, but engine was fine, so he swapped it out, into mine. Got £1,500 for the car.

lordmountararat

Modern engines don't just blow up. Was it a timing belt issue? If so, there may be some redress from the garage that did the last service.