Worth fixing before selling?

TylerRyan28

Hi my passenger side window regulator needs replacing and I'm going to be selling my car soon is there any point in getting It fixed, I would normally do it myself but I'm flat out in work . I will knock off the price of a window regulator when selling .

con747

If I was buying a car and seen one fault I would start looking at what else is wrong. That's just me. Also depends on what price the car is. A 20-30k car with a fault or a 2-5k car is a big difference.

mickdw

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

Hi my passenger side window regulator needs replacing and I'm going to be selling my car soon is there any point in getting It fixed, I would normally do it myself but I'm flat out in work . I will knock off the price of a window regulator when selling .

If trading in, it wont matter.
On a private sale, it Kinda depends if its a cheap or expensive car.
Id imagine its a vw group car?

0lddog

mickdw wrote: »

...Id imagine its a vw group car?

Was thinking the same

newmember2

Def BMW

Padre_Pio

Yes.

It's an easy enough job and cost maybe a hundred quid for parts.

A buyer will spot it straight away and knock hundreds more off the price. Sure if something as simple as a window doesn't work, then what else doesnt work.

TylerRyan28

con747 wrote: »

If I was buying a car and seen one fault I would start looking at what else is wrong. That's just me. Also depends on what price the car is. A 20-30k car with a fault or a 2-5k car is a big difference.

Car is only worth around 5k

newmember2

Buyer will want more discount off the price than the job would've cost you for someone to fix it.

TylerRyan28

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Yes.

It's an easy enough job and cost maybe a hundred quid for parts.

A buyer will spot it straight away and knock hundreds more off the price. Sure if something as simple as a window doesn't work, then what else doesnt work.

I know as I said I normally do most jobs on my car myself but I'm flat out in work and not pushed on spending money on getting it fixed. I wont be knocking hundreds off it for just a window regulator not working . I'm happy enough they wont find anything else wrong with it , as they say they are more then welcome to bring there mechanic friend with them

newmember2

If the car or price is special then fair enough but anyone else would just move on if you're not giving a few hundred off IMO.

mickdw

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

I know as I said I normally do most jobs on my car myself but I'm flat out in work and not pushed on spending money on getting it fixed. I wont be knocking hundreds off it for just a window regulator not working . I'm happy enough they wont find anything else wrong with it , as they say they are more then welcome to bring there mechanic friend with them

Well it has a cost to put it right and when including labour it adds up specially if its an expensive model of car.

Padre_Pio

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

I know as I said I normally do most jobs on my car myself but I'm flat out in work and not pushed on spending money on getting it fixed. I wont be knocking hundreds off it for just a window regulator not working . I'm happy enough they wont find anything else wrong with it , as they say they are more then welcome to bring there mechanic friend with them

To you and me it's a small sub 100euro job for an afternoon. For a potential buyer it's parts plus 4 hours labour in a garage.

Im in the same boat. Have a 300 euro repair on a 2k car. Without the repair it's a 500 euro car.

newmember2

Padre_Pio wrote: »

To you and me it's a small sub 100euro job for an afternoon. For a potential buyer it's parts plus 4 hours labour in a garage.

Im in the same boat. Have a 300 euro repair on a 2k car. Without the repair it's a 500 euro car.

I win...I've a €150 repair on a hopeful €500 car! :cool: