Motoring dilemma, advice please!
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Evening PH'ers I'm in a bit of a quandry as what to do at the moment, my car (Volvo S60 D5) has a a bit of a leak for a few months of what appears to be hydraulic fluid which I suspect is coming from the clutch slave cylinder. Now I'm not particularly keen on this car and wanted to get rid of it soon but it is good for me at the moment as I'm doing a fair few miles at the moment and its comfortable, economical but a little dull.
The leaking slave has now got to the point where it must be getting onto the clutch as its slipping under hard acceleration.
So I want rid but can't really sell it with a knackered clutch but also don't want to shell out £500 for a new clutch kit, but I'm not the sort of person that'd sell a car with a major known fault and try and pass it off as a 'good runner'.
Also my mates selling a real shed of a 406 HDi for £500 that I was going to buy and just keep while I sell the Volvo until I find a suitable replacement but now its looking like the Volvo will need fixing first. Do I buy the 406 and run while I fix the Volvo or just bite the bullet and get the clutch sorted? (As an aside anyone know how long to change the clutch on a D5?)
Bugger. Ever had the feeling you should have never of bought a car in the first place?
The leaking slave has now got to the point where it must be getting onto the clutch as its slipping under hard acceleration.
So I want rid but can't really sell it with a knackered clutch but also don't want to shell out £500 for a new clutch kit, but I'm not the sort of person that'd sell a car with a major known fault and try and pass it off as a 'good runner'.
Also my mates selling a real shed of a 406 HDi for £500 that I was going to buy and just keep while I sell the Volvo until I find a suitable replacement but now its looking like the Volvo will need fixing first. Do I buy the 406 and run while I fix the Volvo or just bite the bullet and get the clutch sorted? (As an aside anyone know how long to change the clutch on a D5?)
Bugger. Ever had the feeling you should have never of bought a car in the first place?
I'd say you have 2 choices
1 - get it done and consider the cost as part of the selling-cost of the car
2 - advertise it honestly as needing a new clutch and see if anyone bites at a slightly lower price.
Another car means new insurance (you can't transfer the old insurance because, by law, your Volvo needs insurance unless you're going to SoRN it whilst you fix it) - hardly worth it really is it??
You can always tell potential buyers what it costs to have it fixed and that you've chopped X off the price and see where it takes you.
You could even not mentioned it and it they pick-it up, tell them it's clearly a new fault, that you'll knock the cost of the repair off the bill and so on...
If no-one bites, THEN get it fixed??
1 - get it done and consider the cost as part of the selling-cost of the car
2 - advertise it honestly as needing a new clutch and see if anyone bites at a slightly lower price.
Another car means new insurance (you can't transfer the old insurance because, by law, your Volvo needs insurance unless you're going to SoRN it whilst you fix it) - hardly worth it really is it??
You can always tell potential buyers what it costs to have it fixed and that you've chopped X off the price and see where it takes you.
You could even not mentioned it and it they pick-it up, tell them it's clearly a new fault, that you'll knock the cost of the repair off the bill and so on...
If no-one bites, THEN get it fixed??
Garett said:
The insurance on the Volvo runs out at the end of the month so that's why I was waiting until now to sell it. Why cant I just let the insurance run out and leave it on the drive while I sell it? Its taxed until November so planned to sell it with tax.
If you do that you'll also be breaking the law.
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