Hey all,
I've got a conundrum, my A3 went in for its MOT earlier today but the garage has spotted some large faults that are putting the repair bill to about £2k to put right, more than what I would think the car's worth! The faults are:
ABS Pump has gone
Rear nearside spring cracked (car's sitting on FK Coilovers)
Nearside brake calliper ceased
Brake's are only working partly on one side
Issue communicating with the ECU (but could be because of a voltage fault)
Oil leak coming down the exhaust from a leak near the turbo
Intercooler needs replacing
Emissions are too high (probably caused by oil down the pipe and not having a service for a while).
However saying all this the car starts up, drives ok, so if the ECU was blown I wouldn't expect the car to turn over at all.
All in all, with a couple of other minor other issues like HID's being used etc the estimated cost of repair is a little overwhelming.
On the flip side, I've spent a few hundred pounds a couple of weeks ago putting 4 new tyres on, doing just under 200 miles on them.
The car is staying at the mechanics for the moment until I work out what next to do.
Question is, what to do with the car, the garage has suggested scrapping it or stripping it down but I'm not a mechanic or have the facilities or space to do this. I would much prefer someone who has a passion for it to take it off my hands!
I can put up some pics or PM people if anyone's interested or has advice.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers,
Ben
I've got a conundrum, my A3 went in for its MOT earlier today but the garage has spotted some large faults that are putting the repair bill to about £2k to put right, more than what I would think the car's worth! The faults are:
ABS Pump has gone
Rear nearside spring cracked (car's sitting on FK Coilovers)
Nearside brake calliper ceased
Brake's are only working partly on one side
Issue communicating with the ECU (but could be because of a voltage fault)
Oil leak coming down the exhaust from a leak near the turbo
Intercooler needs replacing
Emissions are too high (probably caused by oil down the pipe and not having a service for a while).
However saying all this the car starts up, drives ok, so if the ECU was blown I wouldn't expect the car to turn over at all.
All in all, with a couple of other minor other issues like HID's being used etc the estimated cost of repair is a little overwhelming.
On the flip side, I've spent a few hundred pounds a couple of weeks ago putting 4 new tyres on, doing just under 200 miles on them.
The car is staying at the mechanics for the moment until I work out what next to do.
Question is, what to do with the car, the garage has suggested scrapping it or stripping it down but I'm not a mechanic or have the facilities or space to do this. I would much prefer someone who has a passion for it to take it off my hands!
I can put up some pics or PM people if anyone's interested or has advice.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers,
Ben