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What's a car with a seized engine worth?


patrick1972
01-25-2006, 06:35 AM
I thought about dousing my 1998 Rodeo LS with gasoline and taking a match to it but then figured I may as well ask if it was worth anything anymore. The engine seized the other day. I heard the bearings break free while driving down the highway. Made it a stoplight just in time for it to clunk to a halt. And then there was silence, except for the telling 'click click click' as I tried to turn it over.

Anyhow, trashed engine aside, is this SUV still worth anything? Where should I try to sell it? It has leather seats, good tires, etc. Am I better off with one of those cash-on-the-spot-and-tow-it-away deals from a junkyard? If the engine were still good, Kelley Blue Book estimates it would still be worth about $4K. Now what's it worth? An ipod and a box of Franzia zinfandel?

Underground_Killah
03-31-2006, 12:54 PM
well i'd part it out on ebay.... or go to a salvage yard to see what they'll give you for the car as a whole...

ernie1977
04-06-2006, 09:26 PM
hi there if you'd be willing to sell some of the parts i'd be interested,i own an ebay store,i buy junk cars and strip them,let me know whats good tailights,grill,computer,if aval,etc,you can email me ar epcnparts@epix.net, tks ernie jr.

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