What do you think? [760 turbo]

gwoiler · Post by **gwoiler** » 07 Nov 2006, 14:08

My 1988 760 wagon has 298,000 miles and runs good except for the fact that it needs a new head gasket and the rear main seal leaks. Other than that, this car has always been very dependable and runs good. I just bought an 850 wagon. So... I have been struggling to sell this and am down to $1000 on Auto Trader. Should I just part it out instead? I just can't see going lower. It is like giving it away. What do you think? http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=209399546

petershen1984 · Post by **petershen1984** » 08 Nov 2006, 01:30

I think it's hard to sell the car for anything more, unless the prospective customer has a certain attachment to 740s and buy it with the intent of restoring.

While I can relate to the amount of money you spent upkeeping that car, I finally had to accept that none of the repair work done on my 740 went into increasing the monetary value of that car - it all goes into the mechanic's pocket for their time and parts used. However, I was fortunate that as a longtime customer of two years, they sold me a 960 and deterred me from further repairs.

If you can dismantle the parts yourself and have space to park a retired vehicle, you can probably make more profit parting out that car..

gwoiler · Post by **gwoiler** » 08 Nov 2006, 07:36

Thanks Peter... I'll give that some thought. Surprisingly, my daughter took it to work today because she got her car stuck on a dirt road and I am out of town. She will like it over her car I am sure. She once asked what the repairs would cost. hmmm..... If it don't sell soon.... I'll start taking it apart.