What's your cut off point?
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When do you call it quits with a car? Went to grab some bits today from a Rover 25 and it really wasn't bad. Seems that someone just decided to call it a day! I can't think of anything that I wouldn't tackle on mine to keep it on the road. I think the days of being able to easily work on cars has passed though
I've got a really good friend who is a tech for an Italian Supercar marque, has his own MOT station and has a family run garage too. Does most jobs labour free and gets me access to trade prices at ECP and TPS. I'm pretty handy with the spanners myself so if hardly ever call it quits on a car.
KungFuPanda said:
I've got a really good friend who is a tech for an Italian Supercar marque, has his own MOT station and has a family run garage too. Does most jobs labour free and gets me access to trade prices at ECP and TPS. I'm pretty handy with the spanners myself so if hardly ever call it quits on a car.
Well I have a garage and a pit at my disposal, I think that helps massivelyI'd have to really love or value a car to get involved in structural rust, or rust in the roof / pillars / around the screen.
There are also instances occasionally when you get an irritating undiagnosable electrical issue, especially when the interior or electronics get wet, so I think if a car developed a rainwater leak into the interior which I couldn't find I'd rapidly go off it.
Finally, degradation of awkward to fix / access parts which will fail an MOT- fuel lines, brake lines, hydraulic suspension bits etc.
Other than that, I'd probably have the patience to have a go at most things even on a regular car which I wasn't particularly attached to.
There are also instances occasionally when you get an irritating undiagnosable electrical issue, especially when the interior or electronics get wet, so I think if a car developed a rainwater leak into the interior which I couldn't find I'd rapidly go off it.
Finally, degradation of awkward to fix / access parts which will fail an MOT- fuel lines, brake lines, hydraulic suspension bits etc.
Other than that, I'd probably have the patience to have a go at most things even on a regular car which I wasn't particularly attached to.
I had a 307 which I sold less than a year later, because of all the faults.
Nothing major went wrong but the engine had a flat spot and the reason could never be found, headlight and indicator bulbs kept blowing on a monthly basis, dash lights kept blowing, both rear coil springs went, the drivers door handle came off and I had to spend a week climbing over from the passenger side, bits of the stuffing from inside the drivers seat kept coming out and the indicator stalk would sometimes drop down on it's own accord and still did it, even after I had it replaced.
I just got fed up in the end and traded it in for another car. Bought a Citroën but that's been fault free for 4 years now, I've not even had to replace a brake light yet.
Nothing major went wrong but the engine had a flat spot and the reason could never be found, headlight and indicator bulbs kept blowing on a monthly basis, dash lights kept blowing, both rear coil springs went, the drivers door handle came off and I had to spend a week climbing over from the passenger side, bits of the stuffing from inside the drivers seat kept coming out and the indicator stalk would sometimes drop down on it's own accord and still did it, even after I had it replaced.
I just got fed up in the end and traded it in for another car. Bought a Citroën but that's been fault free for 4 years now, I've not even had to replace a brake light yet.
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