trextr7monkey
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| posted on 29/9/08 at 10:11 PM |
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What's it worth? Pristine 10 year old Micra
78 year old mother in law is relinquishing her car and it is being passed to one of her 'children.'
In the interests of fairness to the others a value is needed, so help please:
- it is a 1998 R reg Nissan Micra Twister (silver)
5 doors 1000cc engine
serviced /MOT'd every year at main dealer whosuplied this and 2 other similar cars
has only covered 22k from new
and always garaged.
As you would expect it is spotless and shows no signs of wear and tear apart from the odd tiny supermarket ding
We have found prices from £500 - £800 but no idea if this is really what it is worth, (and before anyone asks it is not for sale for £70, a bottle of
Guinness and a Bingo card!  !)
Thanks
Mike
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BenB
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| posted on 29/9/08 at 10:29 PM |
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Well £300-400 is base for any tatty old Micra (even a three door)..
Realistically if it's been garaged and 22k you'll get a fair few miles before it needs anything new (clutches tend to wear out around
50-60k on K11 micras depending on how they're (ab)used).
£500-£800 sounds about right. You're ultimately not going to get huge amounts because its a little run around and there are lots on the
market....
For long distance driving they're not up to much (bit noisy and a bit thirsty) which limits the scope of potential vendors a bit.
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 05:42 AM |
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i was in a similar situation and paid 300 for a 14k mile citroen ax. Was a great car, ran for ages with no work needed. Id say 500 is still a good
price. 800 feels a bit high for an old motor, though for the cheap motoring it is probably still worth it.
I still have my ax 5 years later, now on 44k and crashed, but one day i'll get it fixed
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donut
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 06:03 AM |
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Call it £650 and you will be close enough.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
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Humbug
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 07:00 AM |
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How about £70, two bottles of Guinness and two Bingo cards?
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froggy
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 07:01 AM |
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id go for 800 ,i repaired a t plate micra with 6k oin the clock and some of my trade customers were offering me well over book price to get it off me.
someone willbuy it as a first car for their teenager
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wilkingj
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 07:34 AM |
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Nice reliable cars.
Watch out for Rattly Timing chains (expensive)
and rotting out around the lower seatbelt mounts, ie the inner sills.
Ours did 18 years before the body gave out. Excellent engines.
Not considered cool by the younger generation.
Price is what you can get for it.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
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mcerd1
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 10:42 AM |
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IMO this is the best way to get a decent reliable car without spending allot of cash
In a way it doesn't really matter what it is or how old, if its a small hatch, got a low mileage, as long as you can still get parts for it, its
been well looked after with nothing wrong with it - then its got to be worth somewhere £250-750
I got my first car this way (about 8 years ago now  ) - I even had the choice of 2:
a 2 year old rover 100 (metro), green, 1.4 with a high spec, and 6k on the clock for £1500 (which my parents would have paid)
or a 21 year old mk1 fiesta 1.1, gold and chrome, 24k on the clock and basic 70's spec. (not even a radio - as in it didn't even have the
centre console to fit one into) I was offered it for "a couple of hundred probably"
both had been garaged all there life, and service twice a year regardless of mileage - so obviously I went for the fiesta (and she wouldn't take
any money for it either)
it did a brilliant job for nearly 4 years then I sold it for a few hundred and its only just gone off the road this year (for a restoration
apparently), I replaced it with the 106 that had had the same kind of life for the same kind of money, and it did me another 4+ years - and now
Mango's driving it
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blakep82
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 01:35 PM |
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£500-£800 seems about right. not exactly an 'in demand' car
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 09:45 PM |
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Cheers! that confirms what we had thought but from unbiased and uninvolved people.
atb
Mike
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