gargravarr
Member
Hi guys,
So this marks the beginning of the end of my Puma ownership. No doubt some of you remember my long complaining threads and my epic rant in Therapy. I'll admit, if I could make a career out of complaining, I'd be a rich man!
Anyway... Wildcat. It pains me to have to get rid of it but I can see no alternative, especially now I have the Supra. Of course, herein lies the problem - what should I be asking for it? In its favour, it's a 1.7 Thunder, okay a silver Thunder, but a Thunder nonetheless. It also has 76k on the clock, and for all my moaning and groaning about it, vital work has been done. All of the issues I've made threads about have been addressed, so in real terms the car is in good condition. I just can't justify spending any further money on it.
The bad part of this is that some French idiot sideswiped me out on a back-road in northern France, and didn't stop of course. I can't afford to have this put right, so there are some scuffs down the passenger side and the rear wheel arch looks quite bad - it's punched through some of the rusty bits. I don't know what to do about this. It's in the garage at the moment so I don't have photos, but I would put them up in an advert. The driver's side looks leagues better.
Here's the low-down:
So I bought Wildcat in 2012 for £995. I had hoped that buying the special-edition would help its value, but then of course I had all the problems. I was originally hoping that in an ideal situation it would be worth £1,750, especially given all the work that's gone into it, but having looked around eBay and Autotrader I'm starting to think getting 4 figures is impossible. All told, I've likely spent £1,700-1,800 on repairs to the car, so not even getting that back is going to be hard to swallow. I just need to extract the most I can get out of the car and then move on.
What do you guys think my chances are?
So this marks the beginning of the end of my Puma ownership. No doubt some of you remember my long complaining threads and my epic rant in Therapy. I'll admit, if I could make a career out of complaining, I'd be a rich man!
Anyway... Wildcat. It pains me to have to get rid of it but I can see no alternative, especially now I have the Supra. Of course, herein lies the problem - what should I be asking for it? In its favour, it's a 1.7 Thunder, okay a silver Thunder, but a Thunder nonetheless. It also has 76k on the clock, and for all my moaning and groaning about it, vital work has been done. All of the issues I've made threads about have been addressed, so in real terms the car is in good condition. I just can't justify spending any further money on it.
The bad part of this is that some French idiot sideswiped me out on a back-road in northern France, and didn't stop of course. I can't afford to have this put right, so there are some scuffs down the passenger side and the rear wheel arch looks quite bad - it's punched through some of the rusty bits. I don't know what to do about this. It's in the garage at the moment so I don't have photos, but I would put them up in an advert. The driver's side looks leagues better.
Here's the low-down:
- Bought in 2012 on 67,000 miles, now has 76,000
- Cambelt, aux belt and water pump all replaced in 2012
- New clutch and rear shocks in 2012
- No oil leaks I'm aware of (finally!!), fresh load of Castrol GTX
- Two nearly-new front tyres (doubt I've put 3 figures on them)
- Driver's wheel bearing done, plus two new lower wishbones and anti-roll-bar links
- Leather all in good nick, Thunder alloys all good although the centre caps could do with replacing
- Bodywork is fairly straight apart from the sideswipe
- Both mirrors are black instead of silver, again due to the sideswipe and I couldn't get a silver
- No CD changer, but I've put in a Sony CD/radio
- AC works but needs regassing
- No codes or error lights, all the engine/electronics work
- Pretty extensive rust repairs last year, new front coil springs
- Original mats, owner's manual and document pack, some service history from when I've had it
- Currently SORNed with no MOT, but I'd MOT it for a buyer
- Despite how long I've had it, it's spent more time in the garage than on the road
- Edit: browsing around here reminded me I have a roof rack for it in the garage, it's the brandless one that I was told was Ford OEM
So I bought Wildcat in 2012 for £995. I had hoped that buying the special-edition would help its value, but then of course I had all the problems. I was originally hoping that in an ideal situation it would be worth £1,750, especially given all the work that's gone into it, but having looked around eBay and Autotrader I'm starting to think getting 4 figures is impossible. All told, I've likely spent £1,700-1,800 on repairs to the car, so not even getting that back is going to be hard to swallow. I just need to extract the most I can get out of the car and then move on.
What do you guys think my chances are?