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Getting rid of old car

  • 08-03-2010 5:05pm
    #1
    Crazyivan 1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭


    Have a 98 Escort, pressure plate went in the clutch last week. Decided not to bother repairing as it will cost 500 euro. Already spent 500 euro before christmas for head gasket and water pump and it has 112,000 miles on it. Original battery in bad condition. So bought a corolla at the weekend. Saw these ads in the buy and sell, saying "we tow old cars away, CASH WAITING, CASH WAITING".

    Does anyone have any experiences with crowds like these? would I expect much for the car (even 50 euro would be better than nothing!)?


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  • #2
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Crazyivan 1979 wrote: »
    Have a 98 Escort, pressure plate went in the clutch last week. Decided not to bother repairing as it will cost 500 euro. Already spent 500 euro before christmas for head gasket and water pump and it has 112,000 miles on it. Original battery in bad condition. So bought a corolla at the weekend. Saw these ads in the buy and sell, saying "we tow old cars away, CASH WAITING, CASH WAITING".

    Does anyone have any experiences with crowds like these? would I expect much for the car (even 50 euro would be better than nothing!)?

    Stick it up on Adverts.ie with a price of 50 euros then.
    Free and someone is bound to take it.


  • #3
    CamperMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    why don't you phone them?


  • #4
    Flesh Gorden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Flesh Gorden


    Well I know first hand that a scrap yard near me will give around €80
    and that was after stripping out everything when we got there


    I'd say advertise it as spares or repair for around €200
    see what happens, still a good few Escorts around
    very easy car to work on, even more so the 1.6/1.8 Zetecs

    even the original cassette radios sell for up to £50.00 on ebay


  • #5
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    stick the whole car on ebay..someone will buy it...


  • #6
    Crazyivan 1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭Crazyivan 1979


    Cheers all. will stick it up somewhere, will throw in the haynes manual as well I think.


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  • #7
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    put it up on www.everyfordireland.com too...loads of us are runing these at the moment.


  • #8
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    They're a great car them Escort's, it would be a shame to throw it away, especially given you already got the head gasket repaired.


  • #9
    Crazyivan 1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭Crazyivan 1979


    It is a great car (my first car), didn't have that many probs with it, parts were cheap and it was relatively easy to make repairs yourself (not knowing anything about cars previously). Just that I do about 300 miles/ wk, so I really needed a car with low milage, picked up a 00 corrolla with 50,000 on the clock for 2700 euro.


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