Get a new car or repair my old one - rover 25 for a Hyundai coupe??? please help me,

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thanks? I have a rover 25 Y reg 2001. It has 86000 miles on the clock and the exterior is quite poor i.e. quite a lot of dents etc. About 3 weeks ago I paid to have 4 brand new tyres put on. Last night the car broke down, i got towed away and the mechanic said it was the head gasket and radiator...both need replacement. I have been quoted between 400-550 pounds to get this done. Do you think it is worth paying or should i scrap it. I have been looking on internet and have seen a W reg Hyndai Coupe SE 2l for 2000 pounds with 79000 miles on the clock. I don't know whether to get this or repair my rover 25. Any advice you can give me will be much appreciated.
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As much as I like Rovers (after owning three) I would still have to say get the Hyundai. The Head gasket has gone on your Rover (a £400 - £500 fix for starters) & the coupe is a better drive anyways! Even if you do get the head gasket fixed it is highly likely to go again in the not too distant future. Personally I'd cut my losses now, it's what I'll probably do if my Rover 45 ever has the same problem!
 
look at it from the Value to cost aspect if your rover is only worth 1,000 pounds in running condition and you repair it for 550 you now have 1550 pounds invested in a vehicle worth 1000 so if you sell it the day after the repair you lost 550 pounds in the transaction . But if you can scrap or sell it for 550 pounds saving the repair cost you now are ahead 1100 pounds towards a new vehicle

someone paying 550 pounds for a rover that needs repairs they can do themselves for 300 is a good deal their total investment is 850 pounds value after repair 1000 they gain 150 pounds in value
 
Firstly your going to get nothing for the 25 in it's present state.
You also appear to have £2k to spend. I would spend some more time looking for a new car. There are hundreds of cars in the price range of under £2k. And don't forget the first £500 is already spent, either on the 25 repair or a new car so the new car, whatever the price, is already part paid by £500. Once you have found a prospective new car have the AA or RAC do a check, it.s worth the £50 or so. Hope this helps. (xxx lol)
 
Head Gasket failure was a common problem on all rover "K" series engines. 86K is high mileage for your Rover, and fixing it will give you a few thousand more miles, but it will keep costing you more and more. As for the Hyundai Coupe, again, its a pretty high mileage car and although they look cool, my advice would be to use the £2000 to get a smaller, lower millage car thats going to give you a few years of service. Huynidais are relaible in general, but the insurance costs will be MUCH more then the Rover. You may even find a dealership that will do you a minimum part exchange on the Rover, regardless of its condition, so you could add that to the £2000. Even if you manage to get £2500, that will get you a decent car with maybe 50K on the clock which should run for a few more years.
 
Just remember that the Hyundai will be noticeably more expensive to insure and run - and probably has been thrashed. I, too, would make head rule heart and look for something more "low rent", which should be in better condition and cheaper to run for the same money.
 
i will suggest you to get the new one. Repairing the old one is costing you as much as the not so new one. So why don'tot get the new one ? But remember to check it conditionsns properly otherwise you might face the same problem again.
 
repair the rover.get the new multilayer gasket fitted and you will get another 80,000 out of it.radiator will just be full of sludge it will just want flushing.
 
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