Selling a car with no back box.. Possible?

[Allaloneatron]

The back box of my old Civic fell off again, which pissed me off no end. This made me bite the bullet and get a new car.

I want to sell the civic now if I can but the wife says to stick it in the paper as it is and look to sell it without fixing it. What chance do I have of selling it like this?

Should I fix the exhaust and try and sell it that way?



Mod note: It looks like a cheeky ad with the details.

Edited by Bill on Sunday 17th June 21:25

[kambites]

If it actually needs a new back-box, I'd probably just scrap it. Steel prices are quite high at the moment and it saves a lot of hassle. I can't see most people in the market for a £400 car wanting to buy one which needs a 200 quid part to get it road-worthy.

Alternatively break it and sell the parts on ebay.

[Maestro Turbo]

I think I have to agree with the above as well, having been in a similar situation with a MK2 golf a few years back. After spending best part of £300 - probably what the car was worth - getting various things fixed just for something else to fail I decided to get it scrapped. Personally I just couldn't face the hassle of selling it in the state it was in. It's always sad to see a car on the back of a low loader of to the scrappy, but sometimes a car just reaches the end of it's useful life and it sounds like yours may have done that.

[xRIEx]

It's an offence to sell an unroadworthy vehicle as per this link (it should go to a pdf) although by the description (page 5 and 6) a borked exhaust might not be a problem.

[RWD cossie wil]

xRIEx said:

It's an offence to sell an unroadworthy vehicle as per this link (it should go to a pdf) although by the description (page 5 and 6) a borked exhaust might not be a problem.

What utter crap!

A backbox should be dirt cheap for a pattern part, if not just stick it on eBay, or in the local rag for free.

[kambites]

It's an offence to sell a dangerous car without alerting the buyer. I don't think a missing exhaust box counts as dangerous.

[xRIEx]

RWD cossie wil said:

xRIEx said:

It's an offence to sell an unroadworthy vehicle as per this link (it should go to a pdf) although by the description (page 5 and 6) a borked exhaust might not be a problem.

What utter crap!

Which bit?

[RWD cossie wil]

xRIEx said:

Which bit?

Saying it's an offence to sell an unroadworthy vehicle, thousands get sold every day! It only becomes a problem if the seller is claiming it is roadworthy.

[xRIEx]

RWD cossie wil said:

xRIEx said:

Which bit?

Saying it's an offence to sell an unroadworthy vehicle, thousands get sold every day! It only becomes a problem if the seller is claiming it is roadworthy.

Hey, complain to the CAB, it's their document. Murder happens everyday, doesn't make it legal.

[hairykrishna]

It's not an offence to supply an unroadworthy vehicle if you have reasonable cause to believe that it'll be made roadworthy before it's driven on the road.

[Allaloneatron]

Hmm I didnt mean it to look like an add. I just wanted to add some context. It could have been a mint VTi worth £4000 or whatever. Sorry.

I didnt even think of ebay. Thanks. I will give the local scrapyard a call tomorrow and see what they have to say.

[nickcowen]

My grandfather was selling a van once and while the guy who had come to see it was test driving it the exhaust fell off. He didn't notice and bought the van anyway. True story

[Bill]

Allaloneatron said:

Hmm I didnt mean it to look like an add. I just wanted to add some context. It could have been a mint VTi worth £4000 or whatever. Sorry.

No problem, but "it's a £400 Civic" covers it.

[Terzo123]

The back box in my £400 Polo went last week.

A quick search on the internet and i found a local motorfactor doing brand new back boxes including u clamp for £21.

Got the box delivered 2 hours later, then 20 minutes of my own time with a trolley jack, 13mm Spanner, Hammer and some Firegum and bob's your uncle. Job done for a total of £25

[Allaloneatron]

Bill said:

Allaloneatron said:

Hmm I didnt mean it to look like an add. I just wanted to add some context. It could have been a mint VTi worth £4000 or whatever. Sorry.

No problem, but "it's a £400 Civic" covers it.

HAHA ok sure.

I will have to make sure my Ebay add also states its a rusting hulk of a turd.

[Pontoneer]

You either sell it for 'spares or repairs' pointing out that it needs a back box ; obtain a cheap pattern part from a factor ; or go to the scrappy and get a used exhaust for less than the pattern one , just to flog the car .

[aw51 121565]

I aquired the middle and back parts of an exhaust for an early Maestro from a local motor factor for £42 3 years ago - Honda exhaust parts must be cheaper than this, surely? Fitted them in an afternoon, though this is the worst job EVAH on a car in my view ... (Sticking pins in my eyes is my preferred option when asked [required ] to replace an exhaust system ...)


I kinda get the feeling that this thread is a potential battle between "can I sell a car with no back box, more fool the buyer" & "I was sold a car that turned out to have no back box", but it's only a gut feeling ?

[Allaloneatron]

Thanks for the Ebay suggestion here. Not sure why I didn’t think about it. It sold for £300, which isn’t too bad.

I got loads of interest. They guy who picked it up said he's had 7 in the past and he was going to stick a vti engine in it. He was also nice enough to bring his lady friend to enjoy the 2 hour drive home with not back box and the inside stinking of fumes.