The car is probably worth about £2,100 in good working order. So you're paying out two thirds of the value of the car in repairs.Hi, below is a quote I got in Bristol for my 2011 Fiat 500 1.2 Manual 5-speed transmission. The car has done 86k miles, the clutch was at its end of life and the gearbox bearings had propagated the damage to gears 1, 2 and 3. A local garage here in Bristol said that is best to fit a reconditioned gearbox and replace the clutch.
The total quote is £1460 (incl. VAT) and it includes:
I have already agreed to it as I intent to keep using it, but just wanted to leave this here for everyone’s information.
- Fitting of a reconditioned gearbox
- Clutch replacement
- Flywheel Resurfacing
- Gearbox fluids
- Labour
- Warranty for 6000 miles
If you could sell it for anything more than £700, then you'd be better off doing that and using the saved money £1460 + sell price = £2,160 to buy another car.