What to do with my GTV

[S3_Graham]

I'm having a bit of a moral dilema...

Had the car 6 months now, every time i look at other cars i drive the gtv and instantly love it again.

However... i have a few bills coming up and tbh.. im not sure i want to spend the money on it as it didnt really cost a huge amount! Jobs are:

The front shocks are slowly wearing out - i have replacements but the top allen nut is rounded so needs to be drilled off!

- MOT in Jan

- 2x new tyres needed - only 2 in reality but as i have 156 teledials on it, they are wrong profile so need to replace 4 ideally.

- Service


Now i know that none of these are huge jobs but i will be suprised if i get any change from £500
Thats nearly half the value of the car... which is my dilema. What do i do!!??

[RicksAlfas]

Spend the money and have a car you like and know is sorted for the next 12 months.


Far better than trying to swap it/sell it and buy a car you don't know.

[hornetrider]

Why on earth would you sell it? It doesn't matter that service items add up to half the cost of the car - they always will on older cars. The fact is you got a mega buy in the first place.

[S3_Graham]

hornetrider said:

Why on earth would you sell it? It doesn't matter that service items add up to half the cost of the car - they always will on older cars. The fact is you got a mega buy in the first place.

Because while my heart says i like the car and i should (and probably will end up) spending the money on the car and keeping it,

My head is saying, sell it on for what i paid, then buy another car for the same price that will last me another year without spending a penny... therefore saving the costs of service parts etc.

[RicksAlfas]

S3_Graham said:

My head is saying, sell it on for what i paid

But how?
It's no MOT, tyres are shot, and shocks are knackered!
You would at least need to MOT it to sell it unless ou just part-ex it for next to nothing.
Then you'll buy another car of completely unknown history - which may be OK, or it may need £1000 spending on it in the first six months!

[HardToLove]

+1 note : never ever buy a car from you as it will not have had any maintenance at all...(Joke)