NEED ADVICE Do I repair, sale, junk, or donate

camron185 · Post by **camron185** » 18 Nov 2010, 16:13

If I do repair, any estimates on what it would cost to get this car operated at 100%
Is the car sellable in this condition and estimates on its current worth.
Problems with car: no heat or a/c, broken odometer, instrument lights are out, and engine stalls while driving occasionally, some front end damage (had an accident last week)

Post by **Matty Moo** » 18 Nov 2010, 16:25

I can tell just by looking that the unibody is toast. You might find somebody that will give you $250 for it as it sits.

Post by **JRL** » 18 Nov 2010, 16:30

Damage FAR exceeds what it's worth
and you can't "donate it".
They only take complete running cars.
Take the $200-$250 and move on

nwhitney · Post by **nwhitney** » 18 Nov 2010, 17:08

You might be able to donate it. I just recently donated a car and they have mechanics go through it to make sure it runs good before selling. We have a non-profit here that takes all types of cars regardless of condition and trains homeless/jobless people to become mechanics. Plus you still get the write off.

peacock · Post by **peacock** » 18 Nov 2010, 17:49

If you have some where to store it sell it bit by bit untill your too sad to look at any more.

Btw how is your seat foam?

VolvoTurbo850 · Post by **VolvoTurbo850** » 18 Nov 2010, 17:55

Buy another one cheap and use the parts from the old one to rebuild the new acquisition. The way that fender on the drivers side looks, you might have frame damage. You will be amazed what you learn just taking a car apart.

Make a separate cash donation to something unless there is an organization will take the car.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 18 Nov 2010, 18:31

If it were me, and the interior is in good shape, I would part it.

It tends to pi$$ off your neighbors as the process is happening but that is the normal state in my neighborhood as I work on cars in the driveway quite often and the husbands get tired of their wives nagging them that they just paid 1027.53 to get their car running again.

Once all of the good parts are gone you can - at worst - find someone to haul the carcass off for free for the salvage value of the steel. You might even get paid a few bucks for the steel.

Another option is to find another local car with a blown head gasket or an otherwise bad motor or transmission for a couple of hundred dollars, swap all of the good stuff from your wreck to the new car and sell the rest of the parts just as you were parting it. You might even come out ahead on the deal.

Much depends on your patience and how quickly you need a driver.

...Lee

FCPEURO · Post by **FCPEURO** » 18 Nov 2010, 18:56

I have to agree with everyone. You should sell it for 200 bucks or sell it as scrap metal.

As for donating it. You may be able to get away with it. I donated my volvo 240 and it did not even have an engine in it.

ctw · Post by **ctw** » 18 Nov 2010, 21:27

Must be in the city cars for scrap are 200 around here scrap cars go for 350+. I just paid 1100 plus for a turbo mtr what did the insurance offer it back to you for?

ctw · Post by **ctw** » 18 Nov 2010, 21:30

The yard down the road wants 75 a piece for the 5 spoke wheels. Just saying.