I've had the car in at my trusted mechanic for a service plus a few 'niggles' that needed sorting. Today though I had a bit of bad news, it started with the question: "Is this a daily driver or a restoration project?"
Turns out there is a s***load of stuff wrong with my Avant and I'm looking at a cost of around £2-3k to fully sort all these issues. Even then I'm not going to have a pristine concurs condition vehicle. So work has stopped until I decide how much further to get with it - I think just sorting a hot-start problem is as far as I should bother to go, having had the cold-start issue fixed.
I've accepted that the S2 is now in no way suitable as my daily driver and I am looking for other means of transport - but still something that excites and involves, hopefully still German and four wheel drive But I may have to down-grade to four cylinders
Anyway I'm not sure what the best course of action is for the S2. Selling it as is will get me very little return, even when including the various parts I have accumulated over the years. I think my two options are to either keep it on my drive and slowly replace parts as and when I can afford (and take it out to drive as and when I can afford to tax & insure a second car) or to break it.
Breaking it would be an awful thing to do to a car that has served me pretty well and put the biggest smile on my face, but keeping it going but for only minimal use will only end up costing me more (MOT due in Feb for example, and I doubt it's likely to pass this time)on top of the car that's got to get me to and from work. I also have no experience of dismantling a car and having a slowly decaying vehicle sitting on my drive way is hardly the best way to ingratiate myself to the new neighbours
Anybody got any advice on how to come to the best conclusion when dealing with this to break or not to break dilemma?
Turns out there is a s***load of stuff wrong with my Avant and I'm looking at a cost of around £2-3k to fully sort all these issues. Even then I'm not going to have a pristine concurs condition vehicle. So work has stopped until I decide how much further to get with it - I think just sorting a hot-start problem is as far as I should bother to go, having had the cold-start issue fixed.
I've accepted that the S2 is now in no way suitable as my daily driver and I am looking for other means of transport - but still something that excites and involves, hopefully still German and four wheel drive But I may have to down-grade to four cylinders
Anyway I'm not sure what the best course of action is for the S2. Selling it as is will get me very little return, even when including the various parts I have accumulated over the years. I think my two options are to either keep it on my drive and slowly replace parts as and when I can afford (and take it out to drive as and when I can afford to tax & insure a second car) or to break it.
Breaking it would be an awful thing to do to a car that has served me pretty well and put the biggest smile on my face, but keeping it going but for only minimal use will only end up costing me more (MOT due in Feb for example, and I doubt it's likely to pass this time)on top of the car that's got to get me to and from work. I also have no experience of dismantling a car and having a slowly decaying vehicle sitting on my drive way is hardly the best way to ingratiate myself to the new neighbours
Anybody got any advice on how to come to the best conclusion when dealing with this to break or not to break dilemma?
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