How many of your old cars are still alive?
- Thread starter bluestreak56
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124 City Road, London
https://nationwidesalvage.co.uk/ state they pay salvage prices not scrap prices, I got £500 for a 2010 Audi A4I have a tendency to drive my cars to the scrap yard when I'm done with them.
Fist car Nissan Cherry 1.3, ran it for 8 years. Blew the cylinder head gasket chasing a Merc up a hill. On 135k miles. Drove it another 200 miles home, with regular stops for water. Gave it to the Garage I bought it from, they used it as a card table.
Primera 2.0 Mk1. ran it for 8 years. Blew the radiator flat out up yet another hill. 140k miles. Sold for a grand ASAP afterwards.
Astra 1.8 Sport. Fell to bits. Drove it to the Scrap yard.
Mondeo SI 24V. Bottum end failed. 35k miles Bought a new engine for it. £3.5K, Drove it to the scrap yard some years later.
Fiat Coupe 20VT. Bottom end failed 144k miles. Chasing a mate up yet another Cornish hill. Gave it to the Guy who had serviced it, for me, the previous 9.5 years.
Mazda 323F Sport. Bottom end failed 79k miles. Drove it to the scrap Yard.
Basicaly I've sold two cars in 35 years of driving. The others lived well and died well.
The good news:- the Zed is fast enough to seldom be driven flat out. So hopefuly will live a long and happy life.
(Note no crashes, discounting minor scuffs & a hire car that a bull charged)
The guy who bought my 1994 Eunos J2Ltd. a couple of years ago assured me that I would have first refusal when he'd finished the restoration. He showed me photos of his previous restorations which looked pretty impressive.
So I'm still waiting with eager anticipation
So I'm still waiting with eager anticipation
This is quite a thread resurrection!
But thankfully both my old E86s still have an MOT as do my 52 plate E46 325ti and 06 plate E91 325i, although my 04 plate 320td and 57 plate 123d don't.
Who said diesels last longer!
None of the cars I owned before them seems to be alive, but they worked when I sold them.
But thankfully both my old E86s still have an MOT as do my 52 plate E46 325ti and 06 plate E91 325i, although my 04 plate 320td and 57 plate 123d don't.
Who said diesels last longer!
None of the cars I owned before them seems to be alive, but they worked when I sold them.
Sadly I don't think any of my old cars are still going:
2000 Renault Clio Sport
2003 BMW 316ti M Sport
2008 BMW Z4 2.0i Sport
None show up on the MOT/Car Tax checkers. I've been **REALLY** missing the E46 Compact these last couple of years. What an excellent car that was.
2000 Renault Clio Sport
2003 BMW 316ti M Sport
2008 BMW Z4 2.0i Sport
None show up on the MOT/Car Tax checkers. I've been **REALLY** missing the E46 Compact these last couple of years. What an excellent car that was.