What to do?

[seancp]

I have a 2000 BMW 330i that has been sitting for about 3 months now, altho it has been started and moved every couple of weeks to avoid flat spots on the tyres and just to keep things running. Problem is I want to sell it but it has no mot or tax.

Normally in this situation I would just mot it and sell, but the windscreen is cracked so would need a new windscreen for the mot. Getting a couple of quotes came back at 300+ for a new screen which I don't have the time or money to sort out.

Now the couple of options I can think are to just stick it on eBay as it is and see what I get, which probably won't be a lot due to lack of mot. The other option is to get the car mot'd so that I have the fail sheet to show the buyer what needs doing. Just wondering wether people will think that this will increase the amount I get for it or not?

[LuS1fer]

The latter - although some MOT Stations are more picky than others so even if they rectify the faults, it could still fail at another MOT Station. However, as a guide, I would be more inclined to buy it knowing what needed doing. Otherwise it looks like there might be horrors you're hiding. good plan I'd say.

[trickywoo]

You will get back more than it costs you to Tax and MOT, unless its a shed and loads needs doing.

Whats the insurance situation?

MOT fail sheet will be better than nothing but will limit your market.

[joebongo]

seancp said:

I have a 2000 BMW 330i that has been sitting for about 3 months now, altho it has been started and moved every couple of weeks to avoid flat spots on the tyres and just to keep things running. Problem is I want to sell it but it has no mot or tax.

Normally in this situation I would just mot it and sell, but the windscreen is cracked so would need a new windscreen for the mot. Getting a couple of quotes came back at 300+ for a new screen which I don't have the time or money to sort out.

Now the couple of options I can think are to just stick it on eBay as it is and see what I get, which probably won't be a lot due to lack of mot. The other option is to get the car mot'd so that I have the fail sheet to show the buyer what needs doing. Just wondering wether people will think that this will increase the amount I get for it or not?

How much do you want for it? I fancy a 6 pot 3 series for some weekending.

[kambites]

How about this: Get an MoT fail sheet; use that to work out what it would cost to get it through an MoT; look at the market to work out what it would be worth with an MoT; then stick it on e-bay with a reserve of the difference between its market value with a full MoT and the cost of fixing it? If it sells you've saved yourself the hassle of getting it fixed, if it doesn't you've only lost the cost of an e-bay add and you can get it fixed and sell it "normally".

[seancp]

Thanks for the replies.

I think I will go with getting the mot fail sheet, and hope there is nothing major, which I don't think there will be as I have looked after the car well. I would spend some time getting the car up to scratch again, which wouldn't take much work, but I literally don't have a spare hour in the day at the moment.

I would love to get the car fixed and keep it really as it a nice car, but I'm currently doing 750-1000 miles a week so it's not realistic. I had planned to keep it and sort it out when work calmed down a bit, but it's at my parents and they have told me it's goin to the scrap yard if I don't get rid soon!