MECHANICAL FAULTS
Sell a Car With Mechanical Problems: Engine, Gearbox, Electrical
Blown engine, cooked gearbox, or a fault three mechanics couldn't find. The repair quote isn't the end of the road. Our workshop fixes these faults for a living, which is exactly why we can pay more for the car.
Free quote. No obligation. Price quoted = price paid*
*Price quoted = price paid, subject to the vehicle matching your description.
THE HONEST POSITION
The repair quote that's more than the car? That's our starting point.
Blown head gasket. Cooked gearbox. An engine that knocks like it's asking to be let out. Electrical problems three mechanics couldn't find. Repair quotes that exceed the car's value are the moment most people call us, and they're right to. Our team repairs mechanical and electrical faults in-house, so a car that's a money pit to you is a project to us. Tell us what's wrong (as best you know) and we'll price it with the fault, not despite it.
You don't need a diagnosis before you call. Symptoms are enough. “It overheats after ten minutes.” “It won't go into reverse.” “It starts when it feels like it.” That's the language we price from, and the price holds as long as the description did. Tell us the symptoms in the quote form and we'll take it from there.
Non-runners are never a problem and never a deduction: the tow is free, whether the car has been dead in the garage for a week or for two years.
A car that's a money pit to you is a project to us.
NSW RULES · KNOW WHERE YOU STAND
- You don't need to diagnose it. Describe the symptoms honestly and we price from there.
- Non-runners can't be driven to a buyer. Free towing is standard, never a deduction.
- Owe money on it? Finance payouts are handled at settlement. Just tell us up front.
WHY WE PAY MORE
A fault that costs you $4,000 at retail labour rates costs us a fraction of that in our own workshop, and that difference goes into your offer.
Engines & gearboxes
Rebuilt in-house at trade cost. The fault costs us less than it costs you.
Electrical diagnostics
Wiring, sensors and modules diagnosed by our own auto-electrical team.
THE PROCESS, SHORT VERSION
01
Tell us the symptoms
No diagnosis needed. Describe what it does, or doesn't do.
02
Free tow, even dead
Non-runner for a week or two years. Pickup is still free.
03
Paid on the spot
The fault was priced in, so the number doesn't move.
Mechanical-fault questions, straight answers
Yes. Dead engines are one of the most common things we buy. Seized, knocking, head gasket gone, timing chain let go: our workshop rebuilds and replaces engines in-house, so a non-runner still carries real value. Tell us the symptoms and we'll give you a number with the fault priced in.
Get a quote →Almost certainly yes. A cooked automatic or a crunching manual scares off private buyers because replacement quotes run into thousands, but we do that work in our own workshop at trade cost. The car is worth more to us than to anyone pricing it as scrap, and pickup is still free.
Get a quote →We do, and this is where sellers get lowballed hardest, because most buyers fear wiring they can't diagnose. Our team diagnoses and repairs electrical faults in-house. Sensors, looms, modules, mysterious battery drains. Describe the symptoms honestly and we price the car with the fault, not despite it.
Get a quote →We also buy:
Tell us what's wrong. We'll tell you what it's worth.
Free quote, free pickup, payment on the spot. No obligation. If our number doesn't work for you, you've lost five minutes and nothing else.
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