[andy_e]

Yeah, that's why I don't want to go down the WeBuyAnyOldCrudForFarTooLittle.com route...

[tommytwotone]

Yeah, that's why I don't want to go down the WeBuyAnyOldCrudForFarTooLittle.com route...

My old Micra was in that state when I got my Fabia - I went to webuyanyshed.com and it literally wasn't worth getting up early for once they'd taken off money for the damage. I think I ended up with about 50 quid for it.


I think metal values are such that scrapper might be your best option?


I am in the same boat with my missus' awful Clio, and to a lesser extent my Fabia. Always sad to see something that should be worth a bit of money go but with the goiverment's prohibitive laws re: SORN / Tax etc you can't have stuff hanging about any more.

[andy_e]

Just had to shell out £20 to keep it insured after I changed my policy over. Plus we have nowhere in Leeds to SORN it... I'd like to spend as little as possible and try and recoup as much as possible! Ideally I'd just stick it on a driveway until I can get some good dollar for it.

Anyone know any scrappers in Leeds?!

[tommytwotone]

There's Motorhog down our way, but that's on the edge of Hudds.


Don't know - if it's mechanically sound but not exactly a looker, what about listing it on ebay for a one day, £50 start auction?


Just be honest about the state of it, stick plenty of photos on etc. you never know. I heard that the fast food places are always on the lookout for delivery vehicles!

[tomtom]

TBH - the broken spring is probably the main ££ for a prospective buyer to deal with - brakes are a cost but not a pain to fix.

As 3T suggested pop it on EBay with the faults clearly described (honest motor etc..) and see what happens??

[andy_e]

Motorhog quoted £100 

[tomtom]

Cars just fuck fucking money away. There's no escaping it. Unless you're good at getting them from an auction - using them for 6 months then flipping em on then they just eat money.

If you buy a new car it loses 20% (the vat) the moment you drive it away. Most lose 30-40% in the first year and it's downhill there. There's probably a sweet spot round about 2-4 years old where the depreciation is offset by the chance of a fucking fuck fuckoff fucking large bill coming your way being reduced - but you'll still be losing a G a year before you factor in any running costs.

Cheaper than kids though...

[tommytwotone]

Yeah, and at the extremes of end of life / high mileage / lots of battle scars don't expect anything back.


For the hassle / avoided cost of fixing it up andy - £100's a bitter pill to swallow but are you really going to sort the mechanicals / bodywork / new tyre yourself to get - what - £500 back on it, if you're lucky? That's not factoring the areseache and time of listing it on ebay, dealing with randoms wanting to view it, make silly offers etc.


Suck it up I'd say - as tom says, at least you didn't shell out thousands for it 10 years ago (I hope). Mine was £2k back in 2012, I've done 40k in it and it's a shed but very reliable (touches wood). If it goes pop tomorrow it doesn't owe me anything.

[andy_e]

Yeah, I guess so. £3k, 4.5 years and 80k miles later, I reckon I've got my money's worth!

[highrepute]

Yeah, I guess so. £3k, 4.5 years and 80k miles later, I reckon I've got my money's worth!

This is about as good as it gets

[Duma]

My Passat cost me £2k, had it for 6.5yrs and ~140k. Brakes and suspension were the only things that ever cost me on that car. 

[tommytwotone]

As a committed shedman, I always consider (the bare minimum of) maintenance is a necessary evil - though I did get the cambelt done on the Skoda, mainly as it's a good runner and we're going to keep it.


I always think if you can pick up something OK for c.£2k, run it for a couple of years, that's only £80 per month, and the main benefit is you're not chained to a loan repayment / bubble / PCP plan. When we did our remortgage the guy on the phone was amazed that we had 2 cars but zero finance on either of them!

[andy_e]

I'm hoping the new non-shed will last well into the shed zone. Fingers crossed!

[Mike Tyson]

I've come to the conclusionnearly all cars/vehicles are money pits. I bought my Golf for £1100, and I've spent approximately the same keeping it in the road (new engine, clutch, flywheel, bearing, entire new back brakes, two new driveshafts, lower ball joint, Ignition barrel) and that's what I can remember.

We all need to just ride horses, or donkeys or something similar.

[petejh]

I don't see many broke horse-owners..

[creedence]

I'm a fan of getting whatever heap I can get on ebay, with as long an MOT as possible, for £500.  It can be a bit of a gamble, but then all used cars are really.

Previous car was a Ford Mondeo Mk3, with 11 month MOT for £500.  It bit the dust about two days before it was booked in for the next MOT.  So lasted 11 months, and got £50 collected as scrap too.

Current car is a Vauxhall Vectra, which had 8 months MOT for £430.  Got through the MOT on it's due date for £500, which isn't bad really as that did include 4 new tyres.  7 months later, it's on 155000 miles and still going strong.  So can't complain really.

I should add that I do a lot of miles, 25k a year or thereabouts.  It's a very stress free way to motoring to be honest.  Something huge goes wrong, just scrap it.  Someone prangs it.  Who cares?!

[Paul B]

Many/any breakdowns?

[powderpuff]

Really interesting to hear different people's philosophy on buying/ running cars. I will need to buy a couple in the next few years.

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