Bangernomics MOT/Repair cost threshold?
Discussion
So the banger is due it's MOT early new year & it's dilemma time, as usual.
I know it needs new rear shoes/drums, which will cost ~£130 in parts. I'm not really that keen to spend a winter Saturday morning freezing my t*ts off fitting them (and i've never done shoes/drums before) so I would have to factor in an extra £50 in cost for fitting.
Couple of other minor things, the exhaust has a slight blow, not enough for an MOT failure, but will need addressing at some point & it has a small water thirst issue (topping up header tank once a month/6 weeks - been that way for 18 months now).
Now, considering it only cost £700 in the first place, is it worth the ~£200+ to get it through it's MOT? Worth punting it in for one, seeing what it fails on & make a decision from there?
It's been a reliable little car on the whole, but part of me thinks just weigh it in & see what's on ebay over Xmas, as there may be potential bargains as everyone is skint...
I know it needs new rear shoes/drums, which will cost ~£130 in parts. I'm not really that keen to spend a winter Saturday morning freezing my t*ts off fitting them (and i've never done shoes/drums before) so I would have to factor in an extra £50 in cost for fitting.
Couple of other minor things, the exhaust has a slight blow, not enough for an MOT failure, but will need addressing at some point & it has a small water thirst issue (topping up header tank once a month/6 weeks - been that way for 18 months now).
Now, considering it only cost £700 in the first place, is it worth the ~£200+ to get it through it's MOT? Worth punting it in for one, seeing what it fails on & make a decision from there?
It's been a reliable little car on the whole, but part of me thinks just weigh it in & see what's on ebay over Xmas, as there may be potential bargains as everyone is skint...
I would. My £200 shed has just had rear discs and pads and a CV boot (£100), it's also looking like the radiator is on the way out. It's been totally reliable though the last two years and over 20k miles, so with a wheel bearing done a while back and a couple of services my total repair bills including buying the car over that time is around £400 quid...why would I risk going to another car?
Definitely worth putting it in before doing anything just to see what's needed. But assuming there's nothing else;
The brakes are wear-and-tear, so I'd say its worth it unless the water leak or whatever seems to be getting worse.
Get it through the MOT with new brakes and that dodgy exhaust-sealant stuff, then punt it on ebay around August-ish when its still got a chunk of MOT left.
Unless you hate the thing and have been willing it to die all this time, in which case just shove it on ebay no reserve and take the hit, but the first option would be the most cost-efficient.
The brakes are wear-and-tear, so I'd say its worth it unless the water leak or whatever seems to be getting worse.
Get it through the MOT with new brakes and that dodgy exhaust-sealant stuff, then punt it on ebay around August-ish when its still got a chunk of MOT left.
Unless you hate the thing and have been willing it to die all this time, in which case just shove it on ebay no reserve and take the hit, but the first option would be the most cost-efficient.
ImpossiblyDaft said:
...The brakes are wear-and-tear...
Indeed. Tyres and brakes are consumables so replacing them as necessary is, like filling a motorcar with petrol, just "the cost of doing business".Any 'new' car is likely to need such items changing anyway, so should be outside of the calculations involved in bangernomics.
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