My car is 2000 Nissan Blue Bird. I've used it for more than 5 years. Right now I want to sell it and get another car. But I'm not sure if I'm able to sell it easily.
Right now I can still drive it around with no problem. But the front windscreen came loose about a week ago. When I was getting a windscreen replacement 6 months ago, the panel beater didn't put paint on after he cleared the rust, so right now the windscreen is not sticking and all came loose. At the moment just using black tape to keep it in place.
I tried to contact the panel beater, but he's been avoiding me. And he's just individual, doesn't have a business or workshop. So I'm not sure if I want to take the hassle of tracking him down.
I'm not sure if the glass repairer Smith & Smith should be partially responsible as well. When they go put the new windscreen on after the panel beater done clearing the rust, they should be able to see that he didn't put on the paint. They should have required the panel beater to put on the proper paint first before they put the new windscreen on. They just put the new windscreen on without any paint. I think they are at fault as well.
I went to a proper panel beater and he gave me a quote of $500 to redo everything and get windscreen back on.
Right now I just want to sell this car and get a better car. I'm not sure if I can just sell it without fixing the windscreen problem, or should I fix it and then sell. It's possible that it's still hard to sell even if I fix the windscreen because it's got quite a few dents and scratches. There's cracks at the back of the car, the back lights are a bit cracked as well. It need separate keys for the doors and engine. Automatic key lock is not working.
Also the WOF is due Oct 13th which is less than a month. Apart from the windscreen issue, I'm not sure how much will I need to pay for more repairs for it to pass the WOF.
I went to some car removal company website and got a quote for only $200. But the car is running with no problem. It's not actually a dead car. New battery was placed last year.
Can someone give me some suggestions about what to do with this car?