my tuned GTI suffered a catastrophic engine failure...

[Diggs24]

Wait, there’s no prizes?

 

[cb1111]

A two second Google search brings up a ton of engine rebuilders in the Bellevue area

 

[Corprin]

Wait, there’s no prizes?

 

[Acadia18]

Wait, there’s no prizes?

The real prize is the friends we've made along the way.

 

[docwyte]

Somebody with the skills and tools to swap an engine or do the repair could fix it for ~$3k. A 2016 GTI with 46k miles (or maybe less if they get a donor engine) is currently worth quite a bit more than $15k. Key word is "currently", since the used car market is so fucked right now.

If the right person found it, I don't think $12k is an unreasonable private sale price.

Personally, I wouldn't feel like dealing with all that, and try to talk the dealer willing to take it in on a trade up a bit and try and get closer to the original $11k.

That's not the way it works value wise tho. A non running car is a huge question mark, you don't know what else is broken, so you have to go into it expecting the worst. The value of the car with a swapped engine is also impacted. Basically it's worth what it is in parts. I can't see a private person, IE, not someone who owns a shop, buying this car and swapping in a motor. Maybe a shop will be interested but they're going to want meat on the bone to ensure they're going to make a profit. That means not paying $12k.

 

[cb1111]

What's the trade-in value of the car - assuming no engine damage?
We can assume a trade in value with the bad motor of $9500
We know the OP owes $16k - so if he were to trade it in, he'd need to come up with $6500
Can the OP get the car repaired for the difference between that $9500 and the trade-in value

 

[jimlloyd40]

What's the trade-in value of the car - assuming no engine damage?
We can assume a trade in value with the bad motor of $9500
We know the OP owes $16k - so if he were to trade it in, he'd need to come up with $6500
Can the OP get the car repaired for the difference between that $9500 and the trade-in value

In my opinion yes. The other cylinders had good compression so he could get the number 3 cylinder honed and replace the piston for less than $6500.

 

[GTIfan99]

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Stolen. You get extra points for that.

 

[BigDan]

Wow 213k? impressive. So what started failing around 110k?

Something with the cam lifter broke. I did post a video of it from WV.

 

[BigDan]

Here is the link of the video! https://qkvideo.net/#/service/watch/573df03053fc819855d34502ce5b96cc

 

[cb1111]

In my opinion yes. The other cylinders had good compression so he could get the number 3 cylinder honed and replace the piston for less than $6500.

Agreed, but what he owes has nothing to do with the value of the car. Until we know that, we can't really tell him how deep he is in.

The other question, of course, is what price they are offering him on the 19.

 

[BigDan]

I think if he likes the car still and have the means to get it fixed he should keep it. It would be better than trading it in.

 

[ITGUY]

Something with the cam lifter broke. I did post a video of it from WV.

Wow... at 120k? So what did you do get a junker? I like the your engine is blown.. Have a great day lol

 

[BigDan]

Wow... at 120k? So what did you do get a junker? I like the your engine is blown.. Have a great day lol

Got a junker 23000 miles on it.

 

[barische]

pull the rod and piston from bottom, put new rings on it. push it back in, close back the rod bearing. change oil filter and oil - put in cheap oil and run it 5 mins and dump oil - repeat twice for oil. clear codes, call it a day, drive to carmax.