Buying or selling

By AA | Moderator | 844 Posts | 1 February 2011 at 11:35am

I have a 1996 Toyota Cavalier 2.4G travelled 188,000km's.

The driver window and 2 back passenger windows are not working, except for the front passenger window.

How much do you think the car worth if I sell the car now.

Claire.

From the "Ask Jack" archives - 14 December 2009

By jbiddle | Community Member | 1657 Posts | 1 February 2011 at 11:51am

These vehicles have much less value than other makes and models of similar age and mileage.

One of their biggest downsides is the price of some parts which you may already know.

While they carry a Toyota badge they are in fact an American Chevrolet in disguise.

If it has a current Warrant of Fitness then I would estimate around the $1,000 mark tops to be its value.

No WOF $500?

Getting somebody interested in buying it will be the biggest challenge.

The important thing to remember is, if you spend the money and get all the problems fixed, the value is no going to increase by a huge amount if any.

You are in danger of spending more than the car is worth.

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