Doubt if reparing a Nissan 350Z

[Peldrigal]

My 2006 350Z revup roadster is in need of a lot of work. The engine has a terrible rattle, apparently for running oil starved, and misfire, which probably means a new engine, it needs a new clutch too. It's on about 95k miles, and I was thinking to sell it regardless, because my family is about to grow and I am driving very little lately.

I have been quoted aroun 3.5k in parts and labor, and I am wondering if I should repair it and sell it in good nick, sell it with all its faults, or scrap it.

Any opinions?

[samoht]

Looks like they're worth at least £5k if running properly, so it's worth somebody fixing. It sounds like you'd rather be rid of it though.

Maybe put it up (on eBay? FB Marketplace? Gumtree?) for £2k spares or repair, clearly noting the engine problems. If you sell it like that, then that's an easy solution, if not maybe worth investing the time and money to get it fixed and put it up for £5500 at a time when people may be looking for convertibles?

[GeniusOfLove]

Sell it as it stands. Who knows if the repair will be done to a good standard, or what else they'll find. Nothing but headaches to be had.

You'll be surprised what WBAC will give you for it even if it makes a sad noise, if it's still running.

[Unreal]

Doubt it's worth spending that much on it unless it's otherwise truly exceptional.

Even more high risk if it's in the £800 tax band.

[Mr Tidy]

My concern would be that the quoted £3.5K might increase significantly once the work got under way.

I'd get a figure from WBAC and sell to them if it's sensible, or as Spares or Repair in a classified as you don't seem keen to keep it.

[Peldrigal]

Thak you all for your opinions. WBAC has a 1700 offer, which I am sure would go down, but gives me an anchor point to sell it as a project or for parts, considering it has a newish roof and a Cobra exhaust. I think I do not want to take the risk of the repairs.

[CrippsCorner]

eBay auction 100%

I've done similar a couple of times, and got more than I thought I would.

[SuperPav]

Whack it on MotorWay or CarWow with fault declared as "Runs but makes a strange noise when driving" (or whatever the exact terminology they list in the faults list), stick it on for £3k and accept an offer of anything above the £1700 starting point WBAC gave you. That's what I would do.

Not worth the aggro of dumping more money into it at this stage for the sake of an extra (potential!) £1000 or so, especially if you've got more important things to be getting on with in life!

[Daston]

Slap it on ebay, someone will rock up with a trailor. Done it a few times with previous cars that have got the better of me. Young lad and his Dad picked up a Mk2 Golf GTi from me that I had planned to fixing up. They kept me up to date with their progress which was nice to see (turned out the engine was way more knackered than I had originally thought )

[biggbn]

Depends how much you love/like the car. I'll bet you can find a used engine for less than 3500 quid...?

[Bigbudders]

A mate of mine had a 2005 auto, after 6 months it was smoking like a kipper. I was sure it was only valve stems but the leading Nissan specialist (they claim) said it needed a engine swap. That lasted about a month before it went tits up.

Sell it for spares and repair imo

[Dave.]

Is it rotten underneath?

They have the Japanese curse when it comes to rust....

[J4CKO]

We sold a runner with a couple of things needing doing for 3 I think it was, coming up on two years ago.

They are a hard sell at any time, so in the middle of a fuel crisis it’s going to be harder, the convertible is more difficult to find a buyer for as well having had two of them.

Would just eBay it with the faults listed, wouldn’t pump money into it.

Most of these are advertised at money the will never make in most cases, would just cut your losses.

[Mr Tidy]

Just realised it's a 2006 registration so if it was registered after 23 March the Road tax will be more than £700 a year, which might not help!

[Lester H]

Peldrigal said:

My 2006 350Z revup roadster is in need of a lot of work. The engine has a terrible rattle, apparently for running oil starved, and misfire, which probably means a new engine, it needs a new clutch too. It's on about 95k miles, and I was thinking to sell it regardless, because my family is about to grow and I am driving very little lately.

I have been quoted aroun 3.5k in parts and labor, and I am wondering if I should repair it and sell it in good nick, sell it with all its faults, or scrap it.

Any opinions?

Sell as is . Only last week, I was discussing used engines with an old established independent garage owner with an excellent reputation. The gist was that they are very hard to come by, even when heard running. The implication was that not all engine sellers are chancers, but that problems may not show up until the engine is installed and on the road. As another poster pointed out, once you start seriously mending older cars you discover additional faults.

Edited by Lester H on Monday 13th April 16:47

[Peldrigal]

In the end it was bought by someone for exporting to Germany, which makes sense I think, since on the continent those cars are worth double or triple.

[TREMAiNE]

Peldrigal said:

In the end it was bought by someone for exporting to Germany, which makes sense I think, since on the continent those cars are worth double or triple.

How much did you manage to get for it?

[Mr Tidy]

Peldrigal said:

In the end it was bought by someone for exporting to Germany, which makes sense I think, since on the continent those cars are worth double or triple.

That makes sense. I remember a couple of years ago someone was selling a BMW Z4M and that ended up being bought by someone in Germany as he said it would be cheaper to convert it to LHD than buy one in Germany!

[Peldrigal]

TREMAiNE said:

How much did you manage to get for it?

2200, which I gladly took in a deluge of people asking 1500? 1000? 500? what's your best price?

Edited by Peldrigal on Thursday 23 April 09:03