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Trade in or sell privately?

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  • 14-12-2021 2:08pm
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    GaryB1
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi all,


    I have a quick question and any help would be greatly appreciated.


    I have a 2010 Audi A4. It needs quite a lot of work done and a local mechanic reckons it’ll be €1,500 to have it NCT ready.

    I plan on selling it as soon as it passes the NCT. What I’m wondering is would I be better off trading it in now or paying for the repairs and selling it privately?


    Would a garage accept it without the repairs?



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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,113 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    A garage will give you next to nothing for a 12 year old car that requires €1500 worth of work done to it. Equally it's worth very little as a private sale in it's current state. It's certainly worth more with a fresh NCT and investing €1500 may not be the worst idea in order to sell it? Surely a good 2010 A4 with a fresh NCT would be worth 4k or 5k privately? What exactly needs fixing that is costing €1500 for it to get through the NCT? Clutch/flywheel, timing belt? Maybe price around a different mechanic to see if it can be fixed cheaper.



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    B-D-P--
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭B-D-P--


    What sort of mileage are we looking at?

    SE or Sline?



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    GaryB1
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭GaryB1


    90k miles and it’s an SE


    it needs brake pads, brake callipers, a new water pump and 4 wishbones. 

    Does €1,500 sound right for all the above?

    Post edited by GaryB1 on


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    User1998
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118320756#Comment_118320756

    If your going to be trading it in I wouldn’t be mentioning any of the above. They are professionals let them figure it out for themselves

    I’d put it through the NCT first and see what it fails on



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    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,117 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118320756#Comment_118320756

    Sounds crazy expensive to me but thankfully I'm not very au fait with garage/dealer prices for repairs. For a parts reference I changed the front discs and pads, front wishbones, ball joints and inner tie rods on my 2007 Volvo S60 for €290 a few months ago.

    Did you try pricing all the components separately to get an estimate of parts vs labour or checking with a different garage for a quote on required work needed.



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    the_syco
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    I have a 2010 Audi A4. It needs quite a lot of work done and a local mechanic reckons it’ll be €1,500 to have it NCT ready.

    Put it through the NCT and see what it fails on; I doubt the mechanic will guarantee that it'll pass the NCT.



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    9935452
    Registered Users Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭9935452


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118320756#Comment_118320756

    Ate the callipers and brake pads front or rear ?

    Front callipers spurious are 100 ish a piece. Rear 200 ish a piece

    If you are doing a water pump you will be doing the timing belt too. Around 400 to 500 fitted.

    Id question if the wishbones need to be done. Ive a 09 A4 with over 250k miles on it and wishbones have never been touched



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    Brian Scan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭Brian Scan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118322769#Comment_118322769




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