What to do with LHD Civic?
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Hello,
I've got a 1998 Civic MB2, 1.4L, 90bhp, LHD with German reg sitting in front of my house. Due to getting a company car, I haven't used it in nearly a year, which is a great shame. It still drives well (given a new battery) and is in reasonably good condition after 120.000miles.
I cannot leave it there any longer, so need to get rid of it. I can imagine it would be quite hard to sell, being LHD, so I am trying to find out what I could get if I sold it for scrap, or to someone to break it for parts.
Any ideas?
I've got a 1998 Civic MB2, 1.4L, 90bhp, LHD with German reg sitting in front of my house. Due to getting a company car, I haven't used it in nearly a year, which is a great shame. It still drives well (given a new battery) and is in reasonably good condition after 120.000miles.
I cannot leave it there any longer, so need to get rid of it. I can imagine it would be quite hard to sell, being LHD, so I am trying to find out what I could get if I sold it for scrap, or to someone to break it for parts.
Any ideas?
They're not worth a hude amount TBH.
The MB shape isn't highly sought after in Civic owners circles, they have the 1.4 engine which is commonly ditched, they also have booggo interiors and drums on the back.
I'd say you may be better off finding a company that specialises in LHD cars, they may want to buy it and sell it back on to someone else.
Otherwise, scrap it, but as it's german registered and I guess you don't have a V5, most scrapyards probably won't touch it.
The MB shape isn't highly sought after in Civic owners circles, they have the 1.4 engine which is commonly ditched, they also have booggo interiors and drums on the back.
I'd say you may be better off finding a company that specialises in LHD cars, they may want to buy it and sell it back on to someone else.
Otherwise, scrap it, but as it's german registered and I guess you don't have a V5, most scrapyards probably won't touch it.
might be worth advertising it on one of the spanish ex pat forums? it wouldn't actually cost a fortune to get it down there, and there is a good market for decent used cars in spain. Forget uk prices, used cars fetch far more money in main land europe.
It might be worth asking at a local car wash - there is likely to be a high percentage of eastern european workers there, and a solid LHD civic will sell easily. right now LHD cars are worth significantly more than their RHD counterparts due to the export market. When my parents moved to spain they took their RHD pug 307 (2003 1.4 8v) with them, because to sell theirs and buy a similar car in Spain would have cost about €4000 at the time (just over a year ago) they were also the second owners, and knew the car inside out having put the majority of the mileage on it.
For the record its been an absolutely excellent car, and totally reliable.
It might be worth asking at a local car wash - there is likely to be a high percentage of eastern european workers there, and a solid LHD civic will sell easily. right now LHD cars are worth significantly more than their RHD counterparts due to the export market. When my parents moved to spain they took their RHD pug 307 (2003 1.4 8v) with them, because to sell theirs and buy a similar car in Spain would have cost about €4000 at the time (just over a year ago) they were also the second owners, and knew the car inside out having put the majority of the mileage on it.
For the record its been an absolutely excellent car, and totally reliable.
philoldsmobile said:
might be worth advertising it on one of the spanish ex pat forums? it wouldn't actually cost a fortune to get it down there, and there is a good market for decent used cars in spain. Forget uk prices, used cars fetch far more money in main land europe.
It might be worth asking at a local car wash - there is likely to be a high percentage of eastern european workers there, and a solid LHD civic will sell easily. right now LHD cars are worth significantly more than their RHD counterparts due to the export market. When my parents moved to spain they took their RHD pug 307 (2003 1.4 8v) with them, because to sell theirs and buy a similar car in Spain would have cost about €4000 at the time (just over a year ago) they were also the second owners, and knew the car inside out having put the majority of the mileage on it.
For the record its been an absolutely excellent car, and totally reliable.
^^ This as Phil said, buying a used car in Spain in expensive - it has to be done through a solicitor. Advertise it on Ebay as a LHD Drive car and that you are willing to deliver for cost. It might be worth asking at a local car wash - there is likely to be a high percentage of eastern european workers there, and a solid LHD civic will sell easily. right now LHD cars are worth significantly more than their RHD counterparts due to the export market. When my parents moved to spain they took their RHD pug 307 (2003 1.4 8v) with them, because to sell theirs and buy a similar car in Spain would have cost about €4000 at the time (just over a year ago) they were also the second owners, and knew the car inside out having put the majority of the mileage on it.
For the record its been an absolutely excellent car, and totally reliable.
I had an EG 1.3 (76 brake one carb) for 16 odd years: absolutely faultless machine.
Never had any issue with it other than a crack in the frame and updated rear suspension. A constant 50ish mpg and a 7K redline every day. 90 mph in 3rd sir.
Crashed it into a mates 3 Coupe - in the UK ffs - and drove it back, and for another week . . . before the clutch stuck and she could not move anymore.
Shed a tear when she was piggy backed to the scrappers.
I'd buy a good one just for the sheer shed fun of it.
As you can see I only spent no money on her as she got anti rust painted with any black I had in reach. A great miss!
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