Car advice

[philpy]

33 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said:

What’s the mileage on your Corsa? If it’s near the 76k mark I’d probably just replace the head gasket rather than pay £1500 for a car that’s done quite a lot of miles 

85k. 

[RH33]

Don’t think difference in price repair and new car with only 10k less miles makes sense. If corsa otherwise sound I’d fix fit.

[tree house tam]

On 24/04/2020 at 18:26, Thereisalight.. said:

As you can tell I’m not good with car troubles

From this

2 hours ago, Thereisalight.. said:

What’s the mileage on your Corsa? If it’s near the 76k mark I’d probably just replace the head gasket rather than pay £1500 for a car that’s done quite a lot of miles 

To this in a month.

You're almost as bad as most wee fanny apprentices nowadays, think they know it all after 2 minutes at college

 

[pub car king]

For what it's worth a fiesta is an infinitely better car than a corsa

[Thereisalight..]

2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

You should've asked on the way in, never mind the way out.

The garage I use takes the car and calls after looking at it to give a price before starting any work.

I should have. I’ve used the garage a few times and they never quote prices beforehand. They’re not cowboys. It’s just the way he does things I guess 

4 minutes ago, tree house tam said:

From this

To this in a month.

You're almost as bad as most wee fanny apprentices nowadays, think they know it all after 2 minutes at college

 

Not even a month, a week

was just thinking about what I’d do personally. 

[Thereisalight..]

4 minutes ago, pub car king said:

For what it's worth a fiesta is an infinitely better car than a corsa

My Dad had a 07 Fiesta and had no end of problems with it. He eventually had to scrap it after 90k miles as it needed a multitude of things done to it

[RH33]

13 minutes ago, pub car king said:

For what it's worth a fiesta is an infinitely better car than a corsa

I ditched my corsa at Christmas for a 15 plate Mondeo.

Which has developed a £1500 min fault and it’s currently adandoned until finanace and Arnold Clark decide who’s repairing it. 

[8MileBU]

4 hours ago, philpy said:

My wee corsa is gubbed, head gasket away. £800 - £1000 to get fixed, 57 plate so not financially viable. Been looking at a 1.25 58 plate fiesta zetec, £1595, 76k on the clock. Yay or nay?? 

I’d avoid it personally. In a nutshell my experiences of Fords is you’ll get 60k on the clock no problem, but once the problems start they don’t stop.

1 hour ago, pub car king said:

For what it's worth a fiesta is an infinitely better car than a corsa

A turd and a toley right there IMO. 

1 hour ago, Thereisalight.. said:

My Dad had a 07 Fiesta and had no end of problems with it. He eventually had to scrap it after 90k miles as it needed a multitude of things done to it

Again, with Ford, once the problems start...

[Zetterlund]

13 hours ago, philpy said:

My wee corsa is gubbed, head gasket away. £800 - £1000 to get fixed, 57 plate so not financially viable. Been looking at a 1.25 58 plate fiesta zetec, £1595, 76k on the clock. Yay or nay?? 

Just a heads up for any expensive but common repairs like this, and obviously at the moment garage choice may be limited, but we've used Whocanfixmycar.com a few times and saved a lot of money. You have local garages bidding for the work so it keeps the price down.

Renault wanted over £1200 for a timing chain kit on one of our vans but using this service we got it done for £800. Also on a Corsa, a workmate was quoted £7-800 from Vauxhall for a timing kit but ended up paying £400-odd locally.

[Granny Danger]

13 hours ago, philpy said:

My wee corsa is gubbed, head gasket away. £800 - £1000 to get fixed, 57 plate so not financially viable. Been looking at a 1.25 58 plate fiesta zetec, £1595, 76k on the clock. Yay or nay?? 

Head gasket gone thread for this pish.

[beefybake]

18 hours ago, philpy said:

My wee corsa is gubbed, head gasket away. £800 - £1000 to get fixed, 57 plate so not financially viable. Been looking at a 1.25 58 plate fiesta zetec, £1595, 76k on the clock. Yay or nay?? 

Unless you're really desperate to get another car,  might be an idea to ask around for a better price than £800+  for a head gasket repair.   Typical price for a HG repair on a 'bread and butter' car is more like £350 - £450.      And if you're really skint, you could look at one of the 'pour in' head gasket fixes.  Steel Seal, K-Seal .......  If you do, make sure you're looking at something that seals head gaskets, rather than is really just for radiators.

Edited April 30, 2020 by beefybake

[jimmy boo]

Just a heads up for any expensive but common repairs like this, and obviously at the moment garage choice may be limited, but we've used Whocanfixmycar.com a few times and saved a lot of money. You have local garages bidding for the work so it keeps the price down.
Renault wanted over £1200 for a timing chain kit on one of our vans but using this service we got it done for £800. Also on a Corsa, a workmate was quoted £7-800 from Vauxhall for a timing kit but ended up paying £400-odd locally.

In short...avoid dealers.

[RandomGuy.]

On 29/04/2020 at 23:44, tree house tam said:

From this

To this in a month.

You're almost as bad as most wee fanny apprentices nowadays, think they know it all after 2 minutes at college

 

Know any good mechanics in Perth tam?

My remapped Skoda has just burnt a hole through a piston...

[Andy Dufresne]

On 29/04/2020 at 20:50, philpy said:

My wee corsa is gubbed, head gasket away. £800 - £1000 to get fixed, 57 plate so not financially viable. Been looking at a 1.25 58 plate fiesta zetec, £1595, 76k on the clock. Yay or nay?? 

Nay

[RandomGuy.]

On a sidenote, anyone know any reputable garages that rebuild engines, and how much they cost to do so?

New engine apparently around £5k, and second hand ones around half that. Ideally I'd find a way to refurb this one for cheaper than either of those options.

[tree house tam]

1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said:

On a sidenote, anyone know any reputable garages that rebuild engines, and how much they cost to do so?

New engine apparently around £5k, and second hand ones around half that. Ideally I'd find a way to refurb this one for cheaper than either of those options.

Can you not do it yourself?

[RandomGuy.]

3 minutes ago, tree house tam said:

Can you not do it yourself?

Aye I will do, was just needing to moan about it somewhere tbh.

[tree house tam]

2 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

Aye I will do, was just needing to moan about it somewhere tbh.

At least when it fucks up again you know who to blame.

[Andy Dufresne]

1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said:

On a sidenote, anyone know any reputable garages that rebuild engines, and how much they cost to do so?

New engine apparently around £5k, and second hand ones around half that. Ideally I'd find a way to refurb this one for cheaper than either of those options.

What kind of engine?

[RandomGuy.]

Just now, keithgy said:

What kind of engine?

2.0tsi, Gen 3.