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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2012, 09:13:15 PM »

Sad news nomad.

Will you be getting another?
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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2012, 09:19:17 PM »

Try contacting Fudge, forsmart or Digitech and see if they are looking for any parts. Fudge might buy it and rebuild it to sell it on or just scrap it. I would say try the indies first as they may want it for parts.

I am sorry you have to say good bye to the old girl but she's done you proud.

if you want - i can post it up on the other smart sites.....

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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2012, 11:35:50 PM »

I dont think the indies, or a trader, will want it, as unless they happen to need a specific part, then it is going to cost time / money in the short term.

Transport will be a significant cost to the buyer.

How quickly do you need it moved?

To someone, who either needs some parts, or who thinks they can fix it, it will be worth a fair bit.

I would start on flea bay on a ten day auction starting at 1p no reserve, no by it now.
Do a really good advert listing everrything that is good and bad about it and as many photos as you can.

I expect that you will get approx £500.  Let us know what happens.
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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2012, 09:43:45 AM »

It's really sad to see a Forfour go from wear and tear rather than being written off in an accident. I thought the consensus on here was that the Forfour was a revered car and a future classic. So the car is worth £2500 ish in good condition and needs a similar amount to recondition. Once done you're back with a good car that's worth something and you'd need to spend that money on buying another sound vehicle anyway. This is where the connection with the Colt shows it worth and some parts common to both cars are readily available at salvage yards. Ebay is good for disposal as said and whatever becomes of the car whether broken for spares or repaired from other cars some good will come in keeping the marque going. Nomad has my condolences anyway I remember sadly being in a similar situation when I had to let an Austin Healey Sprite go.
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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2012, 11:03:04 AM »

I have experience selling vehicles on ebay so will PM you with specifics.

I was going to suggest asking Fudge or S2 or someone if they fancies taking it on as a project, even as a gutter or something, but thought I would give you just a couple of things to think of.

Of course you have to specify it is not driveable, but can be towed or trailered.
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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2012, 11:44:08 AM »

Sorry to hear this  :(. It would be great if you found a way to get him back on the road again, but if not, i hope you'll at least get a decent price on Ebay for it...
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Re: The forfour is going to grand garage in the sky!
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2012, 01:14:45 PM »

Looking around on ebay, most small cars that are spares or repair are not going much over £400 tbh, some are hitting the £500 mark but its rare.
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