I need to sell my vehicle, which I have listed currently on the forums, but I'm considering parting it out instead. Is it ridiculous to ask 2500 for a 98 Civic EX which a possible blown head gasket? Everything else on the vehicle is still in more than reasonable condition.

 

Personally, I wouldn't even bother looking at a car with a blown head gasket for $2500, but that's just me... I'm sure someone out there would take it, it's just a matter of time.

If you can afford to sit on the car (as in you don't need the money this instant), parting out a car is always the way to go.

 

I'd just figure that you could easily get 2500$ out of a vehicle if you parted it out, especially if it isn't crashed. So you're basically saying that if I intend on getting the full 2500$ then I'll have to find a person who is just desperate enough to have all EK parts?

 

Well what I'm saying is post it on forums that you're doing a complete partout... also, posting an ad on the local craigslist isn't a bad idea either. Really, you'll always get more money doing a full partout as opposed to outright selling a car. I mean, the rolling chassis alone could probably go for ~$500 if there's no rust.

 

Blown head gasket?! Pfft! Fix it for less than $500, then sell it for $5000.

I only paid $800 for mine with a blown head gasket and warped head because I liked the guy I bought it from - and the rest of the car was in decent shape... probably not nearly as nice as yours. The salvage yard would've only given him $250.

Hey, you wouldn't pay $1000 for a 60" plasma TV that didn't work, would you? Same thing - if a car don't run, you can't expect good money for it.

 

just get it fixed. not hard.

 

Ya why do you NEED to sell it? Fix it like a man.

 

Well, considering the extensive problem (which appears to be more than the head gasket), I would expect that the repairs would not be nearly as cheap as it would to outright sell the vehicle. However, I am still considering parting it out.

 

Before you decide to part out a vehicle, be sure to think of how you're going to get rid of the shell after everything on it is sold depending on if you sell the suspension components.

 

Haha thanks for the tip, that would be quite a predicament.