Dullard non-shite Q: borked Focus wagon value?

[Milford Cubicle]

A friend just rang me about his brother in law's 52 plate Focus TD estate. The timing belt's snapped and he's wondering what to do with it, it's stuck 400 miles from home, he's half thinking about getting a new engine put in, but the logistics would be a pain. It's done about 150k.What would it be worth on eBay or in the classifieds? Hopefully more than the scrap man can offer. I'd think a Focus diesel estate even with a borked engine is still worth a reasonable amount.

[pogweasel]

You'd get at least £500 back I'd have thought. Probably more, some "spares & repairs" stuff makes nearly as much as good things, particularly on something easily resellable like that.Whereabouts is it stranded??

[Milford Cubicle]

Forres in the north east of Scotland.

[Cavcraft]

Defo worth more than the scrapman will offer (which will probably be about £200 at most). I'd suggest on a 52 pleate even with those miles it'll fetch a £500/ish on the bay of morons.If it's not white and not a basic model it'll have more appeal to someone. I'd 'reserve' it at four and a half hundred and see what happens, though I'd wager a small amount you could see £600 or more for it on the right day

[pogweasel]

Location might count against it....

[FredTransit]

Is it worth joining the RAC or AA and (after a decent interval) calling them to get it recovered?

[Milford Cubicle]

It's not quite in the wilds, Forres is between a couple of (little) cities, Inverness and Aberdeen.Anyway, cheers for the advice, I'll pass it on - putting it on eBay sounds like the best idea. Spares/repairs cars do seem to command quite a high price if they're semi-desirable.

[Tayne]

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[Milford Cubicle]

Hey I bet that Polo is thrilling with a 1.2 3-pot! It looks about the size of a Mk3 Golf, and it's probably heavier.

[Tayne]

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[ashmicro]

I really like the new Polo. Very posh, and feels well made.As for the Fuckass with the lunched engine, you'd get naff all squared for that this side of the water, literally nothing.

[Pillock]

Can't you just bosh it on eBay with "Item Location: Forres" and convince someone to buy it unseen (it's not like they can test drive it anyway!)?Then, when the cheque clears, post them the key and tell them where the car is

[FredTransit]

That's the thing, I would like to see you get a buyer where it is.

[Tayne]

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[Cavcraft]

Is it worth joining the RAC or AA and (after a decent interval) calling them to get it recovered?

+1.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I bet it will bay for decent money, more than I would be willing to pay anyway! modern, popular stuff in 'project' form seems to make ridiculous amounts, like a crashed 55 plate astra diesel for 2500 (compared to an extra 800 for an uncrashed one). I suspect a lot of it is bought by east european folk.

[FredTransit]

I bet it will bay for decent money, more than I would be willing to pay anyway! modern, popular stuff in 'project' form seems to make ridiculous amounts, like a crashed 55 plate astra diesel for 2500 (compared to an extra 800 for an uncrashed one). I suspect a lot of it is bought by east european folk.

Good point, the storage lot next to mine is rammed with crashed and damaged middle aged cars, mostly taxed. Every so often they get taken off by a Polish registered transporter

[Mr Lobster]

I've seen a few transporters sat at Dover ferryport with damaged five plus year old cars all off for export to Eastern Europe. Seems that quite a lot go that way.

[Richard]

A friend of mine from another forum bought a Volvo V70 a few years ago that had been crashed in the UK, repaired in Lithuania and brought back to the UK to be sold again.I would check the valve clearances before condemning the engine. My Escort TD survived a timing belt failure.

[Cavcraft]

Accident damaged cars fetch unbelievably stupid amounts of money full stop, never mind before Eastern Europeans get their hands on them.I went to a salvage auction as a guest once and people were paying more for some damaged cars than they go for undamaged, it was crazy.

[FredTransit]

Accident damaged cars fetch unbelievably stupid amounts of money full stop, never mind before Eastern Europeans get their hands on them.I went to a salvage auction as a guest once and people were paying more for some damaged cars than they go for undamaged, it was crazy.

Er WHY? That makes no sense at all.

[AnthonyG]

Accident damaged cars fetch unbelievably stupid amounts of money full stop, never mind before Eastern Europeans get their hands on them.I went to a salvage auction as a guest once and people were paying more for some damaged cars than they go for undamaged, it was crazy.

I also found this - a local yard sells loads, all at prices which make no sense even if they are all repaired in someones spare time with s/h bits. Also they would keep trying to sell damaged versions of stuff hard enough to move on these days even in good condition - Mitsu Carismas, 8 year old Lagunas, etc.

[Richard]

It's simple really. People are so keen to get a bargain that they're willing to pay extra for it.

[Cavcraft]

Accident damaged cars fetch unbelievably stupid amounts of money full stop, never mind before Eastern Europeans get their hands on them.I went to a salvage auction as a guest once and people were paying more for some damaged cars than they go for undamaged, it was crazy.

Er WHY? That makes no sense at all.

Tell me about it. The lad I went with bought a crash damaged Mk1 Mondeo that had a knocking noise from the engine. At the time it cost him close on £300. I pointed out I could get one on the road ready to go for less than that (like a hundred quid less) but he wasn't bothered.I'd love to know how these people make money out of it, I really would.Breakers I can understand to an extent as most have to buy their cars from certain salvage auctions now to comply with regulations but general punters must be mental to pay what they do for damaged cars.

[RichL]

I would check the valve clearances before condemning the engine. My Escort TD survived a timing belt failure.It's basically the same engine in a Focus so it's probably ok. Belt change is due at 100k

[fiatdaft]

Accident damaged cars fetch unbelievably stupid amounts of money full stop, never mind before Eastern Europeans get their hands on them.I went to a salvage auction as a guest once and people were paying more for some damaged cars than they go for undamaged, it was crazy.

A.K.A money laundering.