Think it's time to move on.... But what to do with my Mk3?!

[Rolling Stones]

I have just bought a standard 1.6 in excellent condition with 11 months MOT and 4 months tax for £425. I looked at a few others for slightly less one of which was a GTI with not tax or MOT and that was £200.

I know all cars are different but that may give you a benchmark.

I have stripped a few Landrovers in my day but once all the best bits go you end up with it on your drive for ages and then it ends up at the skip.  Stripping is not worth it in my opinion unless you are in it for the long haul.  Good luck with selling it.

Jon 

[spikenipple]

I'll give you scrap value for it? I'm only in Trowbridge!

[murraymint]

£150?

[Dan_GTi8v]

why are you selling it?
ABS light is probably a sensor or something mines been on for about 3 years! also dipstick housing is what fiver if that off ebay?

All it really needs is a new windscreen and a good wash/wax with some decent branded stuff, and possibly a new sill trim which is about £15 from vw and no longer comes with metal in them so whats happened to yours wont happen again

breaking this or selling for peanuts imo is just a waste of time and money, good as new for around £150 and thats generous, I got my replacement screen for £100 so that gives you £50 for sill trim dipstick and some elbow grease

[dom]

why are you selling it?
ABS light is probably a sensor or something mines been on for about 3 years! also dipstick housing is what fiver if that off ebay?

All it really needs is a new windscreen and a good wash/wax with some decent branded stuff, and possibly a new sill trim which is about £15 from vw and no longer comes with metal in them so whats happened to yours wont happen again

breaking this or selling for peanuts imo is just a waste of time and money, good as new for around £150 and thats generous, I got my replacement screen for £100 so that gives you £50 for sill trim dipstick and some elbow grease

The sill trims are over £25 each

[F17BAD]

they are about 22 quid last time i got one

[Len]

Bring it to Swindon as scrap value here is £250.

[Dan_GTi8v]

They were £13 when I got mine last year 

even if they are £25 its hardly bank breaking, imo scrapping or selling for peanuts over the small amount that is wrong with it is crazy

[jiminbmth]

seems you bought the car cos you liked it!
why wud you not spend a small amount of time and money,effort to make it/her sweet again,unless there is more work,engine rich?

[Fallenidol1]

In any other circumstance I'd stick with it and get it running sweet again, the thing is, I have another car (a golf!) and I'm just finding it expensive to keep two cars now, as well as that my work takes up all of my time, I just don't have the free time to deal with it.

As to running rich, this is what I have been told by the mechanic at work, he said something about checking and cleaning out the air system, my mechanical knowledge is not great so I don't know the ins and outs of it. The reason is due to some sooty deposits and occasional white smoke from the exhaust.