Hi everyone, it's been far too long since I last logged into the forum but glad to see it's still here.
So after 15 years of ownership the latest MOT flagged up some serious issues with the underside of the car with regards to rust so I'm in a bit of a quandary as to what to do with her. I popped over to a relatively local car restoration unit (Surrey Restorations in Egham) to get a rough idea as to how much it would cost to get it sorted.
To cut to the chase, the bill is going to be around the £6-7k mark to fully sort the underside and give me a car that will last another 10+ years, however I'm trying to work out whether it is going to be worth it. Getting hold of the money isn't going to be easy, what with a family and mortgage to think of and I'm at the stage where I'm thinking of letting her go and breaking for parts, or potentially selling as a project for someone with more time/money to properly sort her out.
Prices for the 200 still seem a bit mental at the moment, when I can find one for sale; and they're listed for anything from £10k to £25k but I'm under no illusion that mine would go for anywhere near that amount.
I'm really just putting my thoughts out there for a bit of advice as to what you good people would think of doing as I know I wouldn't be able to get another in the future and the money I would get if I sold/broke her wouldn't go towards a replacement car and isn't enough to warrant putting towards the mortgage in any meaningful way.
Your thoughts are most welcome, even if it's just to tell me to man up, sell a kidney and get her sorted . Looking online there are currently only ~200 registered on the round and ~1200 left that are SORN'd so it would be a shame to consign another 200SX to the scrapheap in the sky.
Cheers for reading
Andy