What would you do?

[rwstokes]

Im just looking for some advice, see what other people would do in my situation

I own a 306 (awful car, I know) which needs a new gearbox, will cost about £150, and Ive spent about £180 on bits and pieces so far (clutch and etc),

As it stands, I will get about £100 if I sell it as is, and hopefully more like 600/700 if I can fix it. I can do the work myself, Ive got the time, its just is it worth it, or is it time to cut my losses with the thing, scrap it and accept my losses on it?

Old gearbox has already come out once, so should be a much easier/quicker job this time around,

[Krikkit]

You've already worked out it's worth it, purely financially, but it depends if you've got motivation to swap the box.

Surprised you've manged to kill off a BE4/5 box though!

[300bhp/ton]

rwstokes said:

Im just looking for some advice, see what other people would do in my situation

I own a 306 (awful car, I know) which needs a new gearbox, will cost about £150, and Ive spent about £180 on bits and pieces so far (clutch and etc),

As it stands, I will get about £100 if I sell it as is, and hopefully more like 600/700 if I can fix it. I can do the work myself, Ive got the time, its just is it worth it, or is it time to cut my losses with the thing, scrap it and accept my losses on it?

Old gearbox has already come out once, so should be a much easier/quicker job this time around,

erm???

£700 - £150 is still a magnitude more than £100.

If you don't need the money and can happily lose £500-600 then sure, scrap it.

If not and you've said you have the time to do it. Then why not? How many days would you normally have to work to £500-600 quid in your pocket?

[mk1matt]

300bhp/ton said:

rwstokes said:

Im just looking for some advice, see what other people would do in my situation

I own a 306 (awful car, I know) which needs a new gearbox, will cost about £150, and Ive spent about £180 on bits and pieces so far (clutch and etc),

As it stands, I will get about £100 if I sell it as is, and hopefully more like 600/700 if I can fix it. I can do the work myself, Ive got the time, its just is it worth it, or is it time to cut my losses with the thing, scrap it and accept my losses on it?

Old gearbox has already come out once, so should be a much easier/quicker job this time around,

erm???

£700 - £150 is still a magnitude more than £100.

If you don't need the money and can happily lose £500-600 then sure, scrap it.

If not and you've said you have the time to do it. Then why not? How many days would you normally have to work to £500-600 quid in your pocket?

Agreed. I had a 306 (definitely NOT awful cars), though mine was a GTI-6. I had a knackered gearbox. I had the ability but not the time to fix it, so got rid of it cheap (£450 on ebay I think). I regret it. If you've got the time and the ability, get it done!

[Jag-D]

doogz said:

306's are not awful cars, they're great cars!

I'm a 306 fan too, I just wouldn't own one due to the bleeding things going wrong (bottom end bearings on 1x1.4 petrol and 1x1.9 D Turbo)

[aka_kerrly]

Or put it this way, what sort of replacement car will you get for £150?

Just fix the thing!

[MGgeordie]

Another vote here for fixing it....

[XJ40]

Seems like a no-brainer to fix it. If you don't much like the car; fix it, sell it, then buy one you do like.

[rwstokes]

thanks for all the support for fixing it. guess thats my decision made, gonna sort out getting a reconditioned box, and get it fixed. just needed the push in the right direction, cheers guys.

the only reason i said awful car is my current feeling towards it is less than warm owing to this repair ha.

[Rickyy]

Better the devil you know! Fix it! I loved my 306, I hydro locked mine in a flood, drove it 5 miles home on 3 cylinders, bent conrod and emulsified oil. New conrod and it was still going strong 20k after, sold it on and still sometimes see it driven about!