Dont know best option for getting rid of car
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Has a gearbox issue in that it keeps slipping out of gear. Pull over, turn engine off, restart and its working fine again. But its going to be a lot to fix so just want to move the car on.
MOT expired 2 days ago, took it for MOT today, failed on a number of items.
Dealer where Im looking at a replacement car dont want to take it, say its too old - its a 2009 BMW X5.
Motorway gave me a valuation of £4500 which is low end of what chat GPT says its worth, but then say they cant procede when I press continue.
CarWow also say I cant continue I think.
WBAC valuation £3500, but I got rid of an old Alfa with them last year and the valuation went from £1000 to £350 so I know none of these numbers reflect reality.
There is cosmetic damage on the front bumper, rear light broken also after reversing into bin, just has a cover over it. Neither inner hatch lights work. Air con doesnt work.
Will be buying a new car, but if I cant trade it in, at a bit of a loss as to the best way to move it on, given it has no MOT now
MOT expired 2 days ago, took it for MOT today, failed on a number of items.
Dealer where Im looking at a replacement car dont want to take it, say its too old - its a 2009 BMW X5.
Motorway gave me a valuation of £4500 which is low end of what chat GPT says its worth, but then say they cant procede when I press continue.
CarWow also say I cant continue I think.
WBAC valuation £3500, but I got rid of an old Alfa with them last year and the valuation went from £1000 to £350 so I know none of these numbers reflect reality.
There is cosmetic damage on the front bumper, rear light broken also after reversing into bin, just has a cover over it. Neither inner hatch lights work. Air con doesnt work.
Will be buying a new car, but if I cant trade it in, at a bit of a loss as to the best way to move it on, given it has no MOT now
Edited by Nightpain81 on Friday 29th August 19:58
Nightpain81 said:
{...} which is low end of what chat GPT {...}
ChatGPT is a bad tool for stuff like this.Nightpain81 said:
Dealer where Im looking at a replacement car dont want to take it, say its too old - its a 2009 BMW X5.
Motorway gave me a valuation of £4500 which is low end of what chat GPT says its worth, but then say they cant procede when I press continue.
CarWow also say I cant continue I think.
WBAC valuation £3500, but I got rid of an old Alfa with them last year and the valuation went from £1000 to £350 so I know none of these numbers reflect reality.
There is cosmetic damage on the front bumper, rear light broken also after reversing into bin, just has a cover over it. Neither inner hatch lights work. Air con doesnt work.
I can't see you getting £3k for an X5 of that age with no MOT and a gearbox fault. On a good day maybe £2k?Motorway gave me a valuation of £4500 which is low end of what chat GPT says its worth, but then say they cant procede when I press continue.
CarWow also say I cant continue I think.
WBAC valuation £3500, but I got rid of an old Alfa with them last year and the valuation went from £1000 to £350 so I know none of these numbers reflect reality.
There is cosmetic damage on the front bumper, rear light broken also after reversing into bin, just has a cover over it. Neither inner hatch lights work. Air con doesnt work.
Pica-Pica said:
Looking at the MOT, all those are fixable. Shame on taking a car to MOT with illegal tread.
Fix them then sell.
The silver lining is it's all fixable so the car still has some value to someone who can fix it themselves as a project. But there has to be enough cash in it to make it worthwhile.Fix them then sell.
I think eBay spares/repairs. I'd only risk an auction if it needs to go though as the buyer pool is going to be small.
Screenwash said:
Shame that you didn’t trade it in or sell it just before the MOT expired!
Then again, its a BMW innit, so will sell easily to the “a grand tonight in your hand and my Xbox” crew who will happily drive it away despite it having no valid MOT…
Really - some one would actually drive it away without a valid MOT? I hope not.Then again, its a BMW innit, so will sell easily to the “a grand tonight in your hand and my Xbox” crew who will happily drive it away despite it having no valid MOT…
OP - not a good idea to show all of the cars details on a public forum, but anyway, I took a look at the previous MOT history. Has an advisory on the oil leak from last year so that was obviously never attended to. Altogether, not looking like a particularly well cared for example judging by past failures and in my very humble opinion not worth more than a couple of hundred quid at that condition and mileage as money needed first to make it roadworthy and then to diagnose and resolve gearbox issue.
Realistically it sounds like it’s beyond economic repair so is worth scrap value.
I got £800 from a mechanic relative of a neighbour for a similar age Merc and that had 6mths MOT and no mechanical faults. But the paint was falling off it, the interior was peeling, the MOT said “underbody corroded” amongst a long list of minors (I do think the indie who looked after it was harsh though) and it just felt like it was knackered.
I’m currently agonising over what to do with a 2018 but well used car in the family that has become “spare” but the value being suggested feels like buttons.
I got £800 from a mechanic relative of a neighbour for a similar age Merc and that had 6mths MOT and no mechanical faults. But the paint was falling off it, the interior was peeling, the MOT said “underbody corroded” amongst a long list of minors (I do think the indie who looked after it was harsh though) and it just felt like it was knackered.
I’m currently agonising over what to do with a 2018 but well used car in the family that has become “spare” but the value being suggested feels like buttons.
Pica-Pica said:
Looking at the MOT, all those are fixable. Shame on taking a car to MOT with illegal tread.
Fix them then sell.
It sounds like a neglected car.
Anything is fixable. The oil leak could anything though.Fix them then sell.
It sounds like a neglected car.
When you add everything up including the gearbox it’s likely scrap.
Only way it would make sense would be to do the work yourself.
It's pretty scary that there are people who are sharing the roads with us driving an unroadworthy deathtrap like that.
Apart from all the other things is it so difficult to glance at tyres to make sure they have a reasonable amount of tread, and maybe check the pressure at the same time?
One can only hope that the OP will not neglect his next car like this, or maybe it would be better if he gets a bus pass
Apart from all the other things is it so difficult to glance at tyres to make sure they have a reasonable amount of tread, and maybe check the pressure at the same time?
One can only hope that the OP will not neglect his next car like this, or maybe it would be better if he gets a bus pass
Jader1973 said:
And get the recall done.
It’s free and you’ll struggle to sell with it outstanding.
If it's got no MOT, how's it going to get there? I don't think anyone buying a spares-or-repairs car is going to be put off about a (free) outstanding recall.It’s free and you’ll struggle to sell with it outstanding.
Specifically, I bought a spares-or-repairs BMW X6 with a geearbox fault... and an outstanding recall.
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