Petrol heads - help and advice required

I have a Ford Focus 62 plate with 97,000 on the clock. To cut a long story short, oil through the engine and other parts - and won't start.

Good local garage, says new engine required, plus other stuff: parts and labour around £4k. Frankly... f**k *that* - we'll go from two cars to one for the time being... so I'd like to simply get rid.

What do you think my options are? Garage themselves will give me about £300 to take it off my hands. Any better options which could get me more?

All advice gratefully received. Many thanks.

Posted By: norway on August 28th 2018 at 12:38:17

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Petrol heads - help and advice required (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 12:38:17
- That’s a rip off pal. Cost you £1k for a new one out of a breakers yard fitted (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 28, 19:38:38
- Petrol or diesel? (General Chat) - archroy, Aug 28, 17:45:21
- Stick it on eBay, guy on there wants £1900 with same as yours needing a new engine. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Aug 28, 17:34:16
  - he might want £1900 (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 28, 17:38:58
- Had the same think with both Escort and Sierra so will never buy Ford again (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Aug 28, 14:26:01
- If you are going to scrap it check here to get best price... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 28, 14:12:43
  - £125 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 14:54:59
    - you could always set fire to it & claim the insurance (: (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Aug 28, 14:57:08
      - Borrow a digger, dig a hole in your garden (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Aug 28, 17:20:19
- I had a similar experience with a Renault Laguna. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 28, 13:44:01
- Has begfella been anywhere near the vehicle? (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Aug 28, 13:34:36
  - that would have been a brake job (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 28, 14:00:08
    - hand. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Aug 28, 14:22:04
  - big obviously. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Aug 28, 13:39:09
    - Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 13:49:06
- 6 years old doesn’t sound very old for this kind of failure (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Aug 28, 13:28:59
  - Cheers Simon (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 13:50:51
    - Ah - that's a pain (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Aug 28, 14:26:54
    - *shakes head sadly* (n/m) (General Chat) - Real Man, Aug 28, 14:19:30
    - dipstick. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Aug 28, 14:02:41
- were there any warning signs before you got to this stage? (General Chat) - Charles21, Aug 28, 13:10:22
  - As below to Simon (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 13:51:16
    - Above. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 13:51:32
- Girl (General Chat) - Real Man, Aug 28, 13:05:08
  - Socket set? Pffft (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Aug 28, 13:15:29
    - My dad and I did that in the 60s to turn two unroadworthy Morris 1000's into a goer (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Aug 28, 13:31:47
- take the £300 (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Aug 28, 13:02:21
- well i got £125 for a moped on guntree,spares and repairs. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 28, 12:55:09
- £4k to fix the engine? (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 28, 12:54:21
  - this (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 28, 13:23:50
    - Yeah... they're really good. Cheers. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 13:48:40
  - Oh indeed - you may well be right. (General Chat) - norway, Aug 28, 12:59:20

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