?Marty?
04-03-03, 03:03 AM
I think you may already know that my car has been vandalised a fair lot: - currently have a different coloured door (after having to replace the last one - someone kicked the shit out of it), a dent on the roof (a brick was thrown onto it), scratches on just about every panel, a broken front grille (someone tried to pull it off and snapped it in half), spray-paint on the sides and rear, a cracked bonnet/scoop (someone climbed onto it) and two mirrors that have been ripped off.
However, i was going to have it all re-sprayed and kitted up anyway, and now have a whole kit, mirrors and new panels (such as bonnet/wings/grille) and etc sitting at home.
HOWEVER, i'm now having second thoughts, as i've already got a lot of stuff done to the car (17's, front and rear discs, rollcage, strutbraces, buckets/harnesses, steering wheel, suspension kit, custom jap exhaust... and so on) - basically a LOT of money already spent on the car, but, in it's current state, it's probably worth less than i paid for it standard! AND i have the kit and etc (around ?2000 worth) in my house PLUS the cost of having everything fitted, painted and etc to go on top (probably another ?2k).
Now i can't decide what would be a better option:
- To get the car 'done' and have a 'nice' Nova (to me, anyway), but i probably won't want it for much longer after that, and after spending around ?10k to build, it will sell for fuck all (though MOST of that money has already BEEN spent, and therefore 'lost'). AND there's no guarantee that after i've spent all this time and money, it won't get ripped to pieces again. Which will probably be even more likely than before. Then i will be even worse off.
OR;
- To save the money i'd spend in the bodyshop, sell all the parts i have at home (the kit and etc - though i'd end up losing money on what i paid, even though it's all still bubble wrapped and shit), strip the car and sell all the parts on/in it seperately, and sell the car as scrap metal.
Basically, i already want another car (possibly an RX7, a Mitsi FTO or an MR 2 - but proper 'done up' like :roll: ), and can't decide whether to 'finish' the one i've got, and then sell it and get another car (lose a lot of money, BUT get to have a 'cool Nova'), OR save the money i'd spend on 'finishing it' and sell all parts already bough (fitted and non fitted), and just get another car now (wouldn't get to have a 'cool Nova', and would i really be better off financially?). i.e. what would make me more money (to go towards my next purchase) - selling the whole car itself with all parts fitted, or stripping it and selling all parts separately?
However, i was going to have it all re-sprayed and kitted up anyway, and now have a whole kit, mirrors and new panels (such as bonnet/wings/grille) and etc sitting at home.
HOWEVER, i'm now having second thoughts, as i've already got a lot of stuff done to the car (17's, front and rear discs, rollcage, strutbraces, buckets/harnesses, steering wheel, suspension kit, custom jap exhaust... and so on) - basically a LOT of money already spent on the car, but, in it's current state, it's probably worth less than i paid for it standard! AND i have the kit and etc (around ?2000 worth) in my house PLUS the cost of having everything fitted, painted and etc to go on top (probably another ?2k).
Now i can't decide what would be a better option:
- To get the car 'done' and have a 'nice' Nova (to me, anyway), but i probably won't want it for much longer after that, and after spending around ?10k to build, it will sell for fuck all (though MOST of that money has already BEEN spent, and therefore 'lost'). AND there's no guarantee that after i've spent all this time and money, it won't get ripped to pieces again. Which will probably be even more likely than before. Then i will be even worse off.
OR;
- To save the money i'd spend in the bodyshop, sell all the parts i have at home (the kit and etc - though i'd end up losing money on what i paid, even though it's all still bubble wrapped and shit), strip the car and sell all the parts on/in it seperately, and sell the car as scrap metal.
Basically, i already want another car (possibly an RX7, a Mitsi FTO or an MR 2 - but proper 'done up' like :roll: ), and can't decide whether to 'finish' the one i've got, and then sell it and get another car (lose a lot of money, BUT get to have a 'cool Nova'), OR save the money i'd spend on 'finishing it' and sell all parts already bough (fitted and non fitted), and just get another car now (wouldn't get to have a 'cool Nova', and would i really be better off financially?). i.e. what would make me more money (to go towards my next purchase) - selling the whole car itself with all parts fitted, or stripping it and selling all parts separately?