Getting my car up to scratch to sell

[MikeHoyer]

So, I'm thinking of selling my car in a few months. It's a great little car, looks good, handles brilliantly, but I'd like to move on before it depreciates too much, plus I've had a bit of a pay rise and I'm after something a bit flasher

Thing is, it's got a few things that need sorting. Nothing particular major on it's own, but would probably mean that I would get a much better price if they were sorted than if they weren't.

It's a 2000 3 door 1.6 Ford Focus Zetec by the way. So...

1) (and most obvious) There's a small hole/dent in the rear bumer where I reversed into a tree stump... the black plastic but is also dented inwards. There's also a scratch where I hit it with a tent pole at Le Mans last year...
Is this a repairable thing, or a new bumper job (I can post pics) if needed.

2) The front bit of the key sometimes comes away because there's a bit of plastic missing. Hard to describe, but I think you can get a new blank part off ebay, and then get it cut and programmed. Any idea how much to get it cut? I think you can program it yourself with info from the net.

This is the bit I mean by the way.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-REMOTE-KE...QQcmdZViewItem

3) One of the plastic strips along the bottom of the doors on the passenger side has a scratch in it, but I think that comes off fairly easily and I can get a replacement from a scrap yard.

4) One of the alloys has a small scuff but nothing major.

I think that's about it, what do you think that'll cost to sort out?

[Tim Falce]

Probably cost more than the value it will add. Why not trade it in and let someone else have the grief?
You may be able to go to a good key cutting shop to get the key done, my local one can program some keys and charges about £30, unfortunately he couldn't do my Clio key and a dealer wants £200 for the key and to program it.

[Truckosaurus]

Most of the scratches and scuffs can be fixed by the local "Chipsaway" (or similar) franchise, might be worth getting a quote and then deciding, especially if you are wanting to sell the car privately.

If you are part-exing the car then it's probably not worth it, as the dealers just seem to look in their copy of Glasses Guide and quote the figure for your car/mileage combo.