Is this SAAB worth anything?
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My Father In Law has a SAAB 9000CS 2.0 auto on a K, it's got a few extras on it like leather, sun roof, auto, heated seats....
He has owned it from new and it's done around 65k miles IIRC and pretty much mint for a 19 year old car, it's been very well looked after. The gearbox has packed in unfortunately, due to it's condition he reckons it might still be worth something, I reckon it's scrap TBH.
He has tasked me with getting rid, is it worth advertising on here or ebay or should I tow it to the scrap yard?
Thanks
(Mods this isn't an advert, I'm just trying to get an idea if this car is scrap or not.)
He has owned it from new and it's done around 65k miles IIRC and pretty much mint for a 19 year old car, it's been very well looked after. The gearbox has packed in unfortunately, due to it's condition he reckons it might still be worth something, I reckon it's scrap TBH.
He has tasked me with getting rid, is it worth advertising on here or ebay or should I tow it to the scrap yard?
Thanks
(Mods this isn't an advert, I'm just trying to get an idea if this car is scrap or not.)
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/view-classic-c...
You'd probably make money breaking it if you can be bothered.
You'd probably make money breaking it if you can be bothered.
scrap. I had one a later one than that a couple of years back, needed front discs, pads and calipers. The cost of calipers alone was enough to make it uneconomical to repair despite clean bodywork, all the toys and sound mechanicals otherwise.
Sold privately for £200 highlighting the need for new brakes. Couple of days later the buyer came back wanting his money back with a kwik fit estimate for £900. Needless to say he didnt get the money back.
Sold privately for £200 highlighting the need for new brakes. Couple of days later the buyer came back wanting his money back with a kwik fit estimate for £900. Needless to say he didnt get the money back.
If you don't have time/space to break it, try contacting http://9000parts.co.uk/ . Being a normally aspirated model, it's not a particularly collectable model, but will be worth something if parted out.
The leather interior may be worth something, as IIRC the front seats fit directly into some kind of VW van.
I sold my grandfathers 1987 9000i (so none turbo) for £750 in February.
It was more or less immaculate, had always been kept in a garage, had 59k on the clock and was meticulously serviced.
As it was a 1987 on an 'E' plate it was one of the earlier models so not many around that old, it went to an enthusiast who was going to take it to shows.
You might be lucky if you stick it up on ebay but it could well be the scrap yard for your FiL's car.
It was more or less immaculate, had always been kept in a garage, had 59k on the clock and was meticulously serviced.
As it was a 1987 on an 'E' plate it was one of the earlier models so not many around that old, it went to an enthusiast who was going to take it to shows.
You might be lucky if you stick it up on ebay but it could well be the scrap yard for your FiL's car.
Fish981 said:
Liquid Knight said:
Scrap is only £100 a Ton at the moment so eBay with a reserve of £200. Advertise it as a "future classic". 
The scrapyard saw you coming, £185/tonne round here.Generous ones are seeing £200ish a ton. (Helps that steelworks is 1/4 a mile from them)
How avaliable is a replacement box?
Stick one in, and enjoy a car that will go on forever would be an alternative.
especially if the old boy is doing limited mileage.
It's not what the car is financially worth, it's more about what it's worth to him in terms of cost to replace IMHO.
My E36 tourer is worth £1k tops on the market, for me to get another, in that condition with that many new parts I'd need £3k. Make sense?
Stick one in, and enjoy a car that will go on forever would be an alternative.
especially if the old boy is doing limited mileage.
It's not what the car is financially worth, it's more about what it's worth to him in terms of cost to replace IMHO.
My E36 tourer is worth £1k tops on the market, for me to get another, in that condition with that many new parts I'd need £3k. Make sense?
shouldbworking said:
scrap. I had one a later one than that a couple of years back, needed front discs, pads and calipers. The cost of calipers alone was enough to make it uneconomical to repair despite clean bodywork, all the toys and sound mechanicals otherwise.
Sold privately for £200 highlighting the need for new brakes. Couple of days later the buyer came back wanting his money back with a kwik fit estimate for £900. Needless to say he didnt get the money back.
Are second hand or refurbished calipers that expensive that you'd get rid of an otherwise good condition car because of it? Surely for the sake of, what, £100, plus the consumables (disks/pads) it's worth keeping if it's a good runner? Sold privately for £200 highlighting the need for new brakes. Couple of days later the buyer came back wanting his money back with a kwik fit estimate for £900. Needless to say he didnt get the money back.
IMHO a car that is worth absolutely peanuts is only worth absolutely peanuts when you come to sell it.
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