Would you repair this Mitsubishi?
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Struggling to understand how this happened as the parking sensors are still working perfectly, but it has and it came our way as scrap.
It's a very clean car with a very clean interior, auto which we cannot get enough of.
Took 20 mins to find a bumper and tailgate in Colour, they are on a pallet in transit.
Definitely going to be a DIY budget repair using the winch on the truck to pull out the rear panel.
Amazingly no plastics or broken, o/s tailgate light has a little crack, it would go again but they are on the replacement.
What can I say, it's quiet, it's an auto, but is it going to be worth the effort?
1.8 petrol, 140ish hp, I imagine it's quietly competent albeit unexciting. With cheap decent cars being in short supply, I'm sure the repair plan outlined is worth your while.
An insurance company presumably couldn't just tug out the bent rear panel behind the bumper, so costs would quickly escalate far beyond the car's value. And that's the difference a 'pragmatic' repair can make, avoiding scrapping a perfectly usable car.
samoht said:
1.8 petrol, 140ish hp, I imagine it's quietly competent albeit unexciting. With cheap decent cars being in short supply, I'm sure the repair plan outlined is worth your while.
An insurance company presumably couldn't just tug out the bent rear panel behind the bumper, so costs would quickly escalate far beyond the car's value. And that's the difference a 'pragmatic' repair can make, avoiding scrapping a perfectly usable car.
I don't think they bothered with insurance and traded it in for another car for scrap money. It would have been written off though. An insurance company presumably couldn't just tug out the bent rear panel behind the bumper, so costs would quickly escalate far beyond the car's value. And that's the difference a 'pragmatic' repair can make, avoiding scrapping a perfectly usable car.
Drives mint, 105k, boring and competent is right 🤣.
Finding the parts in colour was handy, for not a lot of money was the deciding factor, too much junk in the yard to have it sitting around.
Might export, not inquired yet.
Yeah, I'd repair that, the most difficult bit will likely be feeding the loom through to the rear hatch, I always find that a disproportionately annoying sort of job to do, same with door looms.
When it's all together again, worth compounding and polishing the paint to hopefully remove any differences in aging/oxidation between the old and new panels, the problem with this stuff is that because you know they were replaced, you'll be hypersensitive to any potential discrepancy, even if no one else even notices.
When it's all together again, worth compounding and polishing the paint to hopefully remove any differences in aging/oxidation between the old and new panels, the problem with this stuff is that because you know they were replaced, you'll be hypersensitive to any potential discrepancy, even if no one else even notices.
If it's just superficial, it's written off just because to get it sorted properly would just cost more than the value of the car. Someone who's handy with a spanner and knows a local used parts supplier could probably sort it fairly cheaply, and will end up with a decent car for the school run. 
The parking sensors can work if they're sellotaped to the bumper and facing backwards.
The parking sensors can work if they're sellotaped to the bumper and facing backwards.
InitialDave said:
Yeah, I'd repair that, the most difficult bit will likely be feeding the loom through to the rear hatch, I always find that a disproportionately annoying sort of job to do, same with door looms.
When it's all together again, worth compounding and polishing the paint to hopefully remove any differences in aging/oxidation between the old and new panels, the problem with this stuff is that because you know they were replaced, you'll be hypersensitive to any potential discrepancy, even if no one else even notices.
I won't be hypersensitive lol, look at all the other old sWhen it's all together again, worth compounding and polishing the paint to hopefully remove any differences in aging/oxidation between the old and new panels, the problem with this stuff is that because you know they were replaced, you'll be hypersensitive to any potential discrepancy, even if no one else even notices.
te in the picture, if it's all one colour it's a bonus. Things like this come and go every day, try not to scrap them if they are useful to someone, won't get rich but it pays the yard rent.
Screenwash said:
Looks like the driver reversed in to a tree or lamppost?! No doubt an OAP.
Cheap car once fixed; not worth much but will probably run for another 10 years! Old Mitsis never seem to die here in NZ!
That's my guess, if it were manual I wouldn't bother, but automatic are in such demand in this part of the world you can sell anything with a working gearbox and a sensible engine. Cheap car once fixed; not worth much but will probably run for another 10 years! Old Mitsis never seem to die here in NZ!
interstellar said:
Have you fixed it yet?
The parts were sent on a pallet, and returned to the sender as leaking lol, he shrink wrapped them in the rain. Taken all this time ffs. Sent a local groupage company to pick them up, had enough of others faffing around, should have them tomorrow.
s p a c e m a n said:
Nope, I'd use it as it is. It's amazing how many people let you into spaces, don't cut you up and don't park near you when your car has some decent damage on it 
I have noticed that with my battered daily c class lol. This came for not a lot, worth a fiddle, you can sell anything automatic in this part of the world.
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