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sub39h:
Hi guys,

Hope you're all well. Slightly odd question this. My car is currently with Alex at AKS with a gearbox fault. After much fault finding it turns out the mechatroncis has failed and is a £1600 replacement which in my opinion is not worth it given the value of the car and the amount I've spent trying to get it sorted to date.

My car is in my sig, has 97k miles on it and is in good condition but of course is a non runner because the gearbox is a paperweight.

What should I do with it? The car is stuck at AKS, some 150 miles away from my home and I need a car for work and am currently abroad until the end of August. I can't really part ex it because I can't get it to a dealer and presume it would be worth nothing to them.

What do people think the car is worth without the mechatronics repair?

Suggestions?

Deako:
Can you not buy a cheap 2nd hand box complete with non faulty mechatronics unit?

sub39h:
I had thought about that, but Alex has literally just changed the clutches on my box so I'd be wasting £700+ of parts and labour going down that route. Plus no guarantees that the new box would work properly wasting even more labour costs! I guess given the option the new mechatronics is the safe bet because my gearbox will essentially be fully refurbished and roughly the same cost.

rich83:
No much is my guess. Find a similar spec car on auto trader and take of the cost of the repair plus some.

r5gtt:
Best to buy a used box imho.

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