Hi Fiat Forum people
I'd appreciate your help with valuing my car to sell, as I don't want to rip anyone off. Here are the cliff notes:
Here's the problem. A couple of days ago the Mrs, the main driver, noticed what she described as a "growl" in 1st and 2nd. I drove it and there is a definite noise in those gears once you start going.
The noise seems to disappear in 3rd and above. However, today I drove it and while driving I thought I'd see if I could see where the noise was coming from. Pushing the clutch in makes no noise at all, but putting it in 1st while moving (clutch pressed down) makes a whining noise so I am assuming the gearbox is poorly.
We've just bought a new, non-fiat car without part-exing this as we were originally going to keep it. The garage we bought from says tey'll send it to auction for us but I feel they'll not get much for it. I don't want to sell on autotrader with an unfair price and pretend the gearbox problem isn't there because I'm just not like that.
What would be a fair price to pitch somewhere? I'm completely lost to be honest, help please!
I'd appreciate your help with valuing my car to sell, as I don't want to rip anyone off. Here are the cliff notes:
- 06 plate 1.2l 8v Punto in blue
- Decent bodywork, few minor scratches and blemishes
- 69k miles
- 1 owner prior to me
- History to around 50k miles
- New ECU and coil packs at 62k miles after the dreaded EML fault
- MOT till December 2014
- Tax end of this month
Here's the problem. A couple of days ago the Mrs, the main driver, noticed what she described as a "growl" in 1st and 2nd. I drove it and there is a definite noise in those gears once you start going.
The noise seems to disappear in 3rd and above. However, today I drove it and while driving I thought I'd see if I could see where the noise was coming from. Pushing the clutch in makes no noise at all, but putting it in 1st while moving (clutch pressed down) makes a whining noise so I am assuming the gearbox is poorly.
We've just bought a new, non-fiat car without part-exing this as we were originally going to keep it. The garage we bought from says tey'll send it to auction for us but I feel they'll not get much for it. I don't want to sell on autotrader with an unfair price and pretend the gearbox problem isn't there because I'm just not like that.
What would be a fair price to pitch somewhere? I'm completely lost to be honest, help please!
