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General => General discussion => Topic started by: stainesy on 05 February 2012, 11:47
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ok so was helping my brother move house yesterday. when he said to me by the way do you want my car.
i said wich one and he replied the 2003 MG ZR
he has given me a bright blue mg zr simply coz he cant be arsed to fix it.
only thing wrong with it is drivers door wont open for some reason and thrust bearing has gone to the point you cant can any gear.
it had an engine put in it a few months back that only has 47k on the clock.
what do i do with it? im just thinking how much money i can get out of it.
should i break it for parts on an mg websit or sell it as it is for spares or repair?
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Id say fix and sell it if your not working atm mate. Give your bro a few quid and make a bit of money for nothing. :smiley:
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Get it fixed and keep it!! :wink: :cool: :cool:
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fix it, pm me your number, ive got a thrust bearing you can have, also got a good black diamond clutch for sale if it needs it, ive tried selling mg rover bits before, monumentally hard to shift cos theres so much of it in the scrappy. sounds like an afternoons work and £1500 in ya back pocket!
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Is it 1.4 or 1.8? Does it have any tax or test?
I think £1500 is expecting a bit much unless its a 160 though mate.
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coming up to summer £1500 is acheivable with the mileage, check the boot hinges though! if their not rotten polish them up and point it out to whoever buys it. check the footwells for water, the sunroofs go for a pastime as do the foam gaskets between the rear lights and the body. check the clock in the dashboard isn't scrambled. ooh and check down the spark plug holes, if their full of watery oil its not the head gasket its the red squeezy tube sealant between the head and the cam carrier type sandwich afair! If all is well your onto a right winner!
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id just park it in the corener and rob bits off it for a bit before weighing it in
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ide repair it then either sell it and split the money with your bro, or just fix it and keep as a run around untill you dont want it anymore/its shagged then scrap it in
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repair and sell and put the money into ya bora :smiley:
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£1500 for a second engined car??? From MG :grin:
Seems high to me too. But still worth the time to fix and collect some dish from. Just don't be expecting as high amount :cool:
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repair and sell and put the money into ya bora :smiley:
Best idea :wink:
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Id tell your brother, thanks, but no thanks, dont be fooled by the badge! it just an old Rover no one wants
JMO
Thom
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.......must not bite :lipsrsealed: :lipsrsealed: :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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Id tell your brother, thanks, but no thanks, dont be fooled by the badge! it just an old Rover no one wants
JMO
Thom
It's free money.
Chop the cat off and weigh it in.
Take off all the bit I can sell. And scrap it me thinks.
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You would probably get more money for it as a cheap runner Stainsy.
I am quite partial to them myself, I had a late 90s Rover 200 Diesel before my golf, folks can say what they want about them....mine plodded away for 2 years with no maintenance (and up to 171k on the clock from 130k) with the only issue with it being a perished fuel return pipe. £25 fix.
If its had its head gasket done properly at any point (with evidence to suggest so), get the door and the clutch done and bang it out, should see a decent return on it. Mate of mine broke and scrapped one of these recently and saw less than £500 back, good chance you would make that and more....
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its worth about £500 fixed
its worth about £150 scrap
take the usefull bits off like the battery and scrap that way you get money for next to no effort. if your lucky you'll see an extra 250-300 for it fixed but that means throwing effort at it , then finding someone to buy it
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I reckon youd get £500 for it whatever state its in, well, within reason. Theres plenty of people on the MGR forum that buy em for that sort of cash needing work.
As said, they dont break for much, probably around £400 if the seats and bumpers (all the ZR specific parts) are in good nick.
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I reckon youd get £500 for it whatever state its in, well, within reason. Theres plenty of people on the MGR forum that buy em for that sort of cash needing work.
As said, they dont break for much, probably around £400 if the seats and bumpers (all the ZR specific parts) are in good nick.
wich mg forums do you no mate? may stick it in the classified sections of them.
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Your main one is MGRover.org
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Id tell your brother, thanks, but no thanks, dont be fooled by the badge! it just an old Rover no one wants
JMO
Thom
Your wrong! as I'd have one and about £1200 would be what I'd pay for that year, so that's not no one, I have been called a nobody before you all start with that argument :grin: that is all. :grin:
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Stick it on Ebay as it is with no reserve, It didnt cost anything so what ever you get will be profit & that way you dont have to do anything to it or even have to take it to scrap yards yourself