Clutch gone should I replace before I sell?
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Clutch change should be around the £300 mark at an independant garage.
I'd guess that you'd have to lower your selling price more than that in order to get someone to buy it.
Ie, car with working clutch £1500, broken clutch £1000.
Maybe get a few quotes from local garages to see how much it will cost?
I'd guess that you'd have to lower your selling price more than that in order to get someone to buy it.
Ie, car with working clutch £1500, broken clutch £1000.
Maybe get a few quotes from local garages to see how much it will cost?
I think the days are gone when people would buy cars to do stuff like this themselves. On simple RWD cars, it wasn't a difficult job but nowadays, most people just won't buy it. the best you can expect is someone will buy it and do it themselves to sell on at a profit which means they will make a derisory offer.
Would never buy nor sell a car which I knew had a fault which could easily cause an issue.
Fair enough if the passenger window or central locking on that side had failed, but would step away from a slipping clutch.
Or atleast unless it was worth my time as in the £500 off so £300 to fix problem and £200 lazyness tax still in my pocket and not handed over to the seller.
Fair enough if the passenger window or central locking on that side had failed, but would step away from a slipping clutch.
Or atleast unless it was worth my time as in the £500 off so £300 to fix problem and £200 lazyness tax still in my pocket and not handed over to the seller.
Thanks for the responses. I was thinking it I would probably have to get it fixed before selling it, just wanted to see what the general opinion was. Have to get in booked in and start the hunt for a Celica. I’ve tried to search for Celica topics but didn’t have any joy, could anyone point me in the right direction?
jswillia said:
Thanks for the responses. I was thinking it I would probably have to get it fixed before selling it, just wanted to see what the general opinion was. Have to get in booked in and start the hunt for a Celica. I’ve tried to search for Celica topics but didn’t have any joy, could anyone point me in the right direction?
Clutch assembly £44.99 delivered on ebay. Cant be more that 5 hrs to replace via a cheapish mechanic, so less than £150 all in?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Ford-Focus-1-6-1-8...
Edited by daemon on Wednesday 1st December 13:47
I sold a car back in the Spring, the guy came to look at it and all was well, unfortunately whilst waiting for my no plate to be transfered over by the DVLA the gearbox blew and took the clutch with it. I was then left with your dilema, tell the guy it needed doing and suffer either a walk away or a huge drop in price or have it fixed.
I chose to have it fixed, so the guy got the same car with a new gearbox and clutch. Whilst it cost me alot of money £750 ish I was glad I did it, it meant that I could sell the car on at a decent price and also sleep well knowing the guy wasn't going to come round and bust all my windows!
Imagine if it had gone wrong the day after he picked it up, technically would have been Caveat emptor (buyer beware) but I didn't want that kind of hastle!
However, your clutch has not actually gone you just think it will, any knowledgeable buyer will pick up on this if not disclosed!
IMO I would just do the clutch and get rid. Just think would you buy a celica that needed the same doing? Would you trust that this is all it needed?
On the Celica front a mate was looking for one a few months ago, there are alot out there with big mileage and also loads that have been stoved in at the front, suppose that alot of petrol heads drive them around very quickly!
Think you'll be shocked at the cost of insurance to but if you can make you peace with it I think it is a nice car!
I chose to have it fixed, so the guy got the same car with a new gearbox and clutch. Whilst it cost me alot of money £750 ish I was glad I did it, it meant that I could sell the car on at a decent price and also sleep well knowing the guy wasn't going to come round and bust all my windows!
Imagine if it had gone wrong the day after he picked it up, technically would have been Caveat emptor (buyer beware) but I didn't want that kind of hastle!
However, your clutch has not actually gone you just think it will, any knowledgeable buyer will pick up on this if not disclosed!
IMO I would just do the clutch and get rid. Just think would you buy a celica that needed the same doing? Would you trust that this is all it needed?
On the Celica front a mate was looking for one a few months ago, there are alot out there with big mileage and also loads that have been stoved in at the front, suppose that alot of petrol heads drive them around very quickly!
Think you'll be shocked at the cost of insurance to but if you can make you peace with it I think it is a nice car!
D18OCK said:
I sold a car back in the Spring, the guy came to look at it and all was well, unfortunately whilst waiting for my no plate to be transfered over by the DVLA the gearbox blew and took the clutch with it. I was then left with your dilema, tell the guy it needed doing and suffer either a walk away or a huge drop in price or have it fixed.
I chose to have it fixed, so the guy got the same car with a new gearbox and clutch. Whilst it cost me alot of money £750 ish I was glad I did it, it meant that I could sell the car on at a decent price and also sleep well knowing the guy wasn't going to come round and bust all my windows!
Imagine if it had gone wrong the day after he picked it up, technically would have been Caveat emptor (buyer beware) but I didn't want that kind of hastle!
However, your clutch has not actually gone you just think it will, any knowledgeable buyer will pick up on this if not disclosed!
IMO I would just do the clutch and get rid. Just think would you buy a celica that needed the same doing? Would you trust that this is all it needed?
On the Celica front a mate was looking for one a few months ago, there are alot out there with big mileage and also loads that have been stoved in at the front, suppose that alot of petrol heads drive them around very quickly!
Think you'll be shocked at the cost of insurance to but if you can make you peace with it I think it is a nice car!
Thanks for the tips. I wasn’t going to try and pretend to anyone that the clutch didn’t need doing, its pretty obvious anyway as when you floor it the revs shoot up. My Focus has 135K on the clock so even if I get the clutch done id imagine id only get about £800-900 for it. That GT4 does look v nice! I had my eye on this one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...I chose to have it fixed, so the guy got the same car with a new gearbox and clutch. Whilst it cost me alot of money £750 ish I was glad I did it, it meant that I could sell the car on at a decent price and also sleep well knowing the guy wasn't going to come round and bust all my windows!
Imagine if it had gone wrong the day after he picked it up, technically would have been Caveat emptor (buyer beware) but I didn't want that kind of hastle!
However, your clutch has not actually gone you just think it will, any knowledgeable buyer will pick up on this if not disclosed!
IMO I would just do the clutch and get rid. Just think would you buy a celica that needed the same doing? Would you trust that this is all it needed?
On the Celica front a mate was looking for one a few months ago, there are alot out there with big mileage and also loads that have been stoved in at the front, suppose that alot of petrol heads drive them around very quickly!
Think you'll be shocked at the cost of insurance to but if you can make you peace with it I think it is a nice car!
jswillia said:
I had my eye on this one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...
One of them was at a trackday I attended during the summer. I was very surprised at just how slow it was. The above issue is different if I buy a car privately or from a trader I would expect to pick it up in at least as good a condition as I viewed it in.
If you are honest and put that the clutch needs work and is reflected in the price then you may get away with it but even then it will be a bargaining chip or a delay in selling your car.
If you are honest and put that the clutch needs work and is reflected in the price then you may get away with it but even then it will be a bargaining chip or a delay in selling your car.
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