Hello,
I'm in the sad position of having to deal with the sale of my late fathers car.
Car is an 2013 (63) Hyundai i40 CRDI Premium (top spec) estate 46k. Lovely car, not tested all the toys yet and too miserable out to clean and prep yet!
Dad had mentioned that the clutch was heavier than his previous diesel Avensis but seem to had adjusted to it. I had driven previously earlier in the year ago running an errand for him and noticed that you had to really push your foot into the footwell and was stiffer than normal to change gear despite only having around 40k on the clock.
Having driven it to my house tonight to park up and prep for sale, it is heavy (compared to my similar engined Kia Ceed) and thinking to change the clutch so it has more chance of being saleable for a decent price. My mechanic who is a family friend of Dads (Came to his send off) confirmed at last MOT that it was heavy and probably the pressure plate. Think he said about £400 to change the clutch but did say it would hang out a bit. I would never question his judgement.
Having a quick AT search suggests a car of this type would be valued at £7.5k (with a good clutch) on a private sale and a WBAC type trade in around £5800. Obviously I want to avoid the trade in possible and get as much back on a private sale for a straight honest fault free car. Mum has agreed whatever I spend in preparing the car and selling fee I can take from the sale price. She (pensioner) doesn't drive and needs the money from it now since they saved a while to buy this last year. Shame really as Dad was so proud to go and look at it and over the moon when he got it. We (Mum, Dad, myself and my daughter) all went to the IoW this year for a week in it and didn't miss a beat, swallowed 4 people + luggage like a champ.
I will be popping up to mechanics house this week to have a chat and gauge best course of action as he has my mums best interests in heart.
Just looking for any thoughts? If anyone been in a similar position?
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