# Broken car value question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** ford, taurus\ **Created:** [February 22, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-car-value-question/61708 "2011-02-22T00:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccranston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@ccranston](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ccranston)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-car-value-question/61708/1 "2011-02-22T00:13:05Z")
My daughter has a 2002 Ford Taurus with a non-functioning transmission. She’s getting her loan paid down and we need to find out what if any value is in her car. Any suggestions on how we might find out? ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-car-value-question/61708/2 "2011-02-22T00:19:05Z")
1 - Ask a recycler ( wrecking yard ) who would buy it for parts. 2 - Ask an independent mechanic about putting in a used transmission and compare that to the value of a sellable working car. Or keep it now that it works. 3 - then decide. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-car-value-question/61708/3 "2011-02-22T00:23:51Z")
Post it on craigs list and ebay, heck if you are within 200 miles of chicago I would easily offer $800, look at ebay ads, if you are a member you can see sold, go from there.