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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 1521217" data-attributes="member: 11896">there are so many variables to consider on this that it is hard to say yes/no.  Every shop I have seen will offer to buy someones car that needs repairs for some insanely cheap offer to put 2 hours of labor, $300 in parts and then sell it for 4x what they put into it.  They don't really care what condition it is in, don't spend enough time in it to find all the problems and are just flipping it.  It also just depends on the shop as some of the repairs i have seen done by "shops" were good from far, and far from good and it might not be a fly-by-night POS shop but a good one that was just under an unrealistic deadline and could not finish everything perfectly.  On the other hand if you get a good mechanic that had a serious project that took the time to take care of all the little details it could be a good thing to get into.  Location also makes a big difference.Put it up for sale and if it is too high you will know by the lack of interest.  It will help to keep the tire kickers/lowballers away as well.</blockquote>