D8 Exec Turbo Estate - MOT Failure

[mjb]

Carry on the bidding...

I am taking these offers seriously btw ;) To be collected (legally needs to be towed, but I don't care once the V5 is signed over ) from Keele - ST5 5NH

I can take a couple of pics tomorrow, but this ain't the sort of car you buy for its looks. ;)

[puggy]

What you going to replace it with mj ????

[mjb]

See what I can get for a couple hundred quid. Definitely going to be a 406 though.

[teamster1975]

Well that V6 Exec is still at £400 mjb, keep your eyes on that one!

Oh, £32 bid

[mjb]

Well that V6 Exec is still at £400 mjb, keep your eyes on that one!

See the counter underneath the pictures? Well I think all but 5 of those hits is me... But £400 will get my tubby rolling again. Although that cambelt... and the sound of the V6... I'm conflicted.

[Captain Jack]

But £400 will get my tubby rolling again. Although that cambelt... and the sound of the V6... I'm conflicted.

Then just fix it man! A lot less hassle than buying a new 'old' car...

[Welly]

and SWMBO is nagging me to piss even more money away by replacing it with another "nearly new" car. She's using lines like "it's at the age where things are going to start going wrong"..... and "gonna cost more and more to keep it running"

I wish my missus would nag me into spending on a car. I once mentioned "eight thousand pounds" to her and she was nearly physically sick! you see to her that would equate to 4 holidays (which last 2 weeks and then promptly forgotton about)

She sees cars as a total 'waste' of money

carry on..........

[Captain Jack]

Not being married, I have to ask... what's "SWMBO"

[Welly]

Not being married, I have to ask... what's "SWMBO"

I don't know either, is it like MILF ?

[DaiRees]

She Who Must Be Obeyed

[steve_earwig]

It's from She by H Rider Haggard.Mmm, Ursula Undress

[teamster1975]

Not being married, I have to ask... what's "SWMBO"

That's scary; I've been married for 6 years and I instantly knew what it meant!
I'm doomed!

[puggy]

I'm not married but have a partner and as i have always obeyed ( to score uber brownie
points in the hope of having sex ) i have never come across this either !!

[mjb]

I don't know what to do Here's my options as I see them.

1) Wait until payday, pay a garage to source and fit the bonnet+track rod end+cv boot - £3-400 + MOT
AND pay a garage to fit a cambelt+pump at a later date £350
Live without a 5th seat and an engine that's knocking 180k and isn't as lively as it once was

2) Scrap the tubby, buy a £100 fiesta/etc saturday and live in pain for a couple of months until I can afford a decent D8 V6 estate (£1000)

3) Scrap the tubby, be without a car until a cheap £2-600 V6/tubby comes on ebay (I doubt AndyV6's £400 one will finish under 4 figures )

Number 2's sounding good right now. The tubby's too good to scrap, but money is an issue and at the moment it's taking up valuable shared car park space. I literally can't keep it for much longer in this condition without it being towed

[teamster1975]

Does the bonnet close though?
I don't know how far away your local scrappy is but you could drive it there and fit the bonnet yourself; take it home and get it booked for the mot work