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Quality sells
I’ve sold the Lexus GS 450h I talked about last month, and despite the double whammy of paying top price AND having to shell out for an unexpected hybrid battery rebuild, I came out the right side. The profit wasn’t huge, but it was there, just about worth having, and a very good result really, all things considered. ‘All Things’ included a new hybrid battery being priced around £2500!
Two factors made that happen. The first was that the original battery could be rebuilt by an independent specialist rather than replaced, and said specialist provided a worthwhile written guarantee. This was important, as it negated any question of the cheaper repair being an inferior one. I knew that it wasn’t, and that Hybrid Battery Solutions battery rebuilds are every bit as good as buying a new one, but