Stick ot twist ..

[Alan99UK]

My daughter has had her 2010 1.6 petrol astra for nearly 3 years. Up to about 6 months ago it's been great but then things started to go wrong. Water leaks, heater stopped working etc which a local mechanic believes he has fixed.. then the clutch has started to go. The other thing is ( @98k miles ) it lost a lot of power.. she still drives it every day but lost a bit a confidence it's going to get there...lol

A few weeks ago her nana offered to sell her 2016 1.4 Kia Rio (only 41k miles) for £5k.

She hasn't go that money so would have to borrow it

Now the conundrum..does she spend money on a new clutch and maybe a top end rebuild (only a guess) for a lot less money or go for the Kia which is a good price..

Cheers

[Dave _]

£5k looks close to dealer forecourt price looking at AT, doesn’t she get on with your daughter?

[samoht]

While I wouldn't generally use a WBAC valuation for a fair value of a car, in the case of sale within the family I probably would. See what they'd pay for the Kia, that would feel like a more appropriate valuation in this case.

Otherwise yes it sounds like it might be a good time to get rid of the Ashtray, 16 years old and quite a few potential upsides of buying something newer.