Is my car sellable ?

[mike42]

Hello All

So I have an Audi A6 C7 which I have bought new in 2013.

Even when brand new, its always had a kind of judder when pulling away in 1st. I took it to the dealer when new and the tech came with me in the car but at that time it was quite intermittent and didn't show itself.

Now its done around 49,000 miles and the judder is definitely worse. I need to rev slightly more than I'd like (only slightly) and change to gear 2 as quick as I can. Some days its better/worse than others. You probably wouldn't notice if a passenger but driving its 100% noticeable.

Now, webuyanycar says its worth 6.5K with no faults and 4.5K if I put "faulty clutch". I'm assuming that 2k difference means its likely gonna cost me at least 1K to get it fixed at a good independent. Maybe 2K or even more.

So a question is if I want to use it in part ex for a new car should I get this issue fixed first? Its worrying me that it won't be something totally obvious given it was present when new. Obviously, nobody I was selling to would believe it and even if they did I'm not sure how it would help.

Any thoughts, advice etc most gratefully received !

[bennno]

I’d say not privately. Px it against a new one. I don’t think anybody discloses mechanical faults to wbac.

[Brett748]

Having done trade plate driving for a company who moved cars for WBAC almost every one had some fault or other.

They don’t actually move the car when you sell them it so just park it up, take the money and buy a new car. Weirdly they are more interested in chipping people £400 for kernes wheels than looking for expensive engine or gearbox issues…

[dave123456]

I’d say you are very naive to consider fixing to trade in… you are summing up the reasons for significant differences between trade, private and retail values in the used car industry.

They offer you a pittance knowing something is likely going to need fixing.

[VeeReihenmotor6]

Trade it in, that's generally how it works: Punters get rid of old cars becuase of problems for a new one, trader uses some of the margin to fix and the rest as profit. Sometimes they make a loss but more often than not they get lucky.

As for the judder if it's lasted 10 years like this i'd say it's just a quirk of the car. I had a manual 2.0 tdi Seat Exeo for 10 years and put 100k on it, it's based on an audi a4 b7 chassis so not too far mechanically from yours and that too had an occassional judder on pulling away. I'd owned it from 3k on the odo and it did it occassionally from day 1.