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Get new engine or new car?

  • 03-12-2019 11:15pm
    #1
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭


    My 2012 Kuga needs a new engine, I've been told, at a cost of about 6k. It's got over 300k km on the clock. Lower mileage Kugas are selling for about 11k. Based purely on numbers, I should get the new engine and use it for a year or two as I presume I'll get next to nothing for trading in a non-functioning car.

    OTOH are more things likely to go awry in the future even if I get a new engine, and am I as well to cut my losses?

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,655 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Is frank fahy on the Naas road still selling engines? Used be a more common thing in the not too distant past to replace one and go again


  • #3
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,655 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Worth checking with them first http://www.iviengines.ie/index.php?page=about


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    6k is probably for a brand new engine which makes little sense spending on a nearly 8 year old Kuga with that mileage. If you want to keep the car then it's worth looking at pricing getting a reconditioned engine fitted for a fraction of the price of a brand new engine otherwise cut your losses and put the money towards another car as in it's current state it's worth scrap value.

    So investigate what is the cheapest way to get the car back on the road and then decide if you want to spend that money to do it or just walk away and put that money towards a new car instead.


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