Hi all,
I'm looking for a few opinions on what to do with my MK7 GTi PP.
It's an early 2013 car. I've had it since about 40k and it's just hot 120k. It's my daily driver, covering the 60 mile round trip to the office and back every day.
It's been one of the best cars I've owned, very easy to live with every day, quick enough for a back road blast and apart from a few small things has been pretty faultless despite having a tough life.
It's just had it's annual MOT - it passed but with quite a few advisories;
There's three oil leaks. Timing cover gasket, sump gasket and lower timing chain cover (this is the worst one - quite an expensive job to change it apparently)
As well as the above, three of the DCC shocks are leaking and need replacing.
They've advised that while everything is off, because of the mileage, it might be worthwhile doing the timing chain at the same time (I know these are supposedly for the life of the car, but at 120k it's probably a sensible idea)
Do I spend the money (awaiting a quote, but can't imagine it's going to be insignificant) and get it back to a reliable state and hope for many more miles of trouble free motoring and run it into the ground, or cut my losses and replace it without spending on it.
Any thoughts?