I mean the 'fixed' value... Spending £500 on a 306 that'll only be worth a grand fixed seems pointless to me. I broke it for a grand instead, and didn't have to pay out the £500... Seems like a sensible decision to me!
The Golf had 2 failures at the same time, cam/lifters and DMF, and I'd just spent out on a recon turbo for it. Again, I broke it for what it would be worth whole (£2.5k back then) and didn't have to spend ~£700 or so on it.
Obviously not everyone is in the position to break a car in that situation, I'm not now either. But that seemed like the best value for money option there.
Of course you can add value to a car, but only one that's cheap to start with and will be worth money when sold, I made £750 profit on the non-runner 206 I bought.... Double what I spent on it including parts and MOT... Now that's adding value!
But anyway, I shall leave this now as it's got off topic.
The Golf had 2 failures at the same time, cam/lifters and DMF, and I'd just spent out on a recon turbo for it. Again, I broke it for what it would be worth whole (£2.5k back then) and didn't have to spend ~£700 or so on it.
Obviously not everyone is in the position to break a car in that situation, I'm not now either. But that seemed like the best value for money option there.
Of course you can add value to a car, but only one that's cheap to start with and will be worth money when sold, I made £750 profit on the non-runner 206 I bought.... Double what I spent on it including parts and MOT... Now that's adding value!
But anyway, I shall leave this now as it's got off topic.