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Offline bobbyjwoods

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Break or repair?
« on: June 29, 2014, 12:16:48 am »
Just wondered if anyone has previous experience with selling cars on to a breakers and could give me a rough guideline on what kind of money I'd expect to be offered. Alternatively, anyone dealt with similar extent of damage and could guide me as to whether it's worth spending a little in the hope that i will i will see a return after the car is roadworthy again. Cheers
2005 Mk5 GTI Manual
Engine and gearbox on 62,000
Tartan print interior with Front Buckets, GTI steering wheel,6 Disc Changer
Bits that need repairing: Track rod ends, plastic front bumper undertray, washer bottle, headlight and driver & passenger airbag (new dash required)

Obviously i understand any advice given is based only on the photo's, but everything else on the car has been checked and it's just the visible parts that would require replacing. Cheers
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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2014, 10:07:14 am »
Break
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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2014, 10:52:50 am »
Strip and sell parts then off to the breakers
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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2014, 10:55:54 am »
Depends. Is it a car you intended keeping? If so repair it. If not break it.

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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2014, 01:19:10 pm »
if youve got somewhere to keep it, break it yourself and whatevers left at the end, scrap  :happy2:

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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2014, 01:50:23 pm »
I've got space but i'm on a time limit, 3 months or thereabouts. Hopefully get more for the engine and box than the breakers would offer me anyway..

On the off chance, any of you fella's drive a Golf with no interior??  :happy2:

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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2014, 02:05:47 pm »
I've got space but i'm on a time limit, 3 months or thereabouts. Hopefully get more for the engine and box than the breakers would offer me anyway..

On the off chance, any of you fella's drive a Golf with no interior??  :happy2:

I am pretty sure that there is a black mk5 shell at AKS tuning.... you could just swap everything over.

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Re: Break or repair?
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2014, 08:18:37 pm »
That mk5 shell, I believe, had it's interior ripped out this weekend (by me), and there's no intension for one going back in (not my plans). Also, it still has an engine underneath. And a 4wd system...

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