Posted By: Anonymous
What's my 20v Turbo worth - 22/11/2013 10:40
Hi All
I recently bought a coupe off of my sisters boyfriend, he was a member of this forum but I am unsure what his user name is/was. I put the car through it's MOT and spent a fair bit doing so. I do a lot of driving for my job and didn't realize the fuel economy would be so bad on this car. I cannot afford to run this car so I need to sell it and buy my initial choice of a diesel Mondeo (boring I know).
The thing is I have absolutely no idea what the car is worth. I have looked up prices on this forum but most cars seem to fall into to the category of very well looked after or not looked after at all. This particular coupe falls in the middle.
The previous owner spent a lot of money on upgrades such as new front springs, a front mounted inter cooler and custom downpipe. It has many other engine modifications which I am unsure about as this is the first coupe I have ever seen inside. The outside and interior all all stock apart from a turbo gauge that has been fitted.
The bad bits are-
Paint peel on roof and bonnet as well as boot. Indicators don't turn off automatically. There were a few advisories on the MOT such as, couple of tyres almost at legal limit, exhaust is not properly attached, front light lenses are not clear. The leather seats are a bit worn in the front and the console has sticky plastic. The battery also has a habit of discharging when the alarm is set, I have no idea how to rectify this so never set the alarm after finding out that was the issue.
Other than that the car seems fine, it was quick and stopped accordingly over the 3 weeks I used it for. For the MOT it had some welding done, new brake discs and pads all around, new brake pipe to the front and a bearing or joint needed replacing. The owner said the cambelt was done about 2 years ago but I could find out exactly when as he always used the same garage even though we are based in Cornwall, this was a Fiat specialist in Oxford.
I know this isn't much to go on but any advice would be greatly appreciated. I would also like to sell the car on here as this car was the previous owners baby and I don't want a local chav to buy it and destroy it.
I recently bought a coupe off of my sisters boyfriend, he was a member of this forum but I am unsure what his user name is/was. I put the car through it's MOT and spent a fair bit doing so. I do a lot of driving for my job and didn't realize the fuel economy would be so bad on this car. I cannot afford to run this car so I need to sell it and buy my initial choice of a diesel Mondeo (boring I know).
The thing is I have absolutely no idea what the car is worth. I have looked up prices on this forum but most cars seem to fall into to the category of very well looked after or not looked after at all. This particular coupe falls in the middle.
The previous owner spent a lot of money on upgrades such as new front springs, a front mounted inter cooler and custom downpipe. It has many other engine modifications which I am unsure about as this is the first coupe I have ever seen inside. The outside and interior all all stock apart from a turbo gauge that has been fitted.
The bad bits are-
Paint peel on roof and bonnet as well as boot. Indicators don't turn off automatically. There were a few advisories on the MOT such as, couple of tyres almost at legal limit, exhaust is not properly attached, front light lenses are not clear. The leather seats are a bit worn in the front and the console has sticky plastic. The battery also has a habit of discharging when the alarm is set, I have no idea how to rectify this so never set the alarm after finding out that was the issue.
Other than that the car seems fine, it was quick and stopped accordingly over the 3 weeks I used it for. For the MOT it had some welding done, new brake discs and pads all around, new brake pipe to the front and a bearing or joint needed replacing. The owner said the cambelt was done about 2 years ago but I could find out exactly when as he always used the same garage even though we are based in Cornwall, this was a Fiat specialist in Oxford.
I know this isn't much to go on but any advice would be greatly appreciated. I would also like to sell the car on here as this car was the previous owners baby and I don't want a local chav to buy it and destroy it.