Considering selling up.....

Hi all,

As titled really Im quite upset that yet another year has passed and the novas only covered 400 miles... In fact in the past 3 years its only covered approx 1800 miles! Now bearing in mind I only tax it for 6 months a year I think its ridiculous and a waste of a damn good car. I really to be honest do not want to part with it but is it worth it to keep throwing money at it? Where do you draw the line? (4k in the past two years alone without my labour) and not getting the benefits from it I'd like to. Some of you know that six months ago I bought my first house, This I thought would give me more time for the nova as It was seconds from me in the garage But Ive found it to be quite the opposite and I seem to have less time for it than ever! My thinking is to possibly buy something that can be enjoyed everyday with the funds without worrying about bad weather turning the it to scrap! Or scenario two would be to use funds to build a low budget xe track car and enjoy myself that way. Although the nova has a good spec I couldnt see myself abusing it to death on a track as Id be to worried about damaging the paintwork or such like. I cant afford to have a good daily user as well like I used to as funds wont allow. Unfortunatly for me its one or the other. How do you guys that wrap them up for six months cope? Does it not frustrate you that your not enjoying your car to its full potential? All constructive opinions welcome as my tax runs out at the end of this month and Im down in the dumps with the car at the moment :(

Nick.

you thinking about selling you nova if so how much mate

Just accept the fact you'll get the odd stone chip occasionaly and start driving it more.

Perhaps sell the expensive engine and drop in a standard XE, if funds are a problem.

Just looked at the feature in your sig and it's a gorgeous looking car, love the everyday racecar feel of the flock and carbon fibre dash. I wouldnt want to let it go either! Not sure I understand correctly here, but why not use it for more of the trips that you use your other car for and enjoy it a bit more as a sort of part time daily driver, is it the fuel costs or maintainance or something else that stop you doing this atm?

The way i see it at the moment just because your car is a really nice example that you can't just buy out the showroom run into the ground and scrap, doesn't mean it can't be used a little more on the roads at the cost of a little more maintainance :thumb:

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Originally Posted by MK999

Just looked at the feature in your sig and it's a gorgeous looking car, love the everyday racecar feel of the flock and carbon fibre dash. I wouldnt want to let it go either! Not sure I understand correctly here, but why not use it for more of the trips that you use your other car for and enjoy it a bit more as a sort of part time daily driver, is it the fuel costs or maintainance or something else that stop you doing this atm?

The way i see it at the moment just because your car is a really nice example that you can't just buy out the showroom run into the ground and scrap, doesn't mean it can't be used a little more on the roads at the cost of a little more maintainance :thumb:

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Thanks..... I sorn it over the winter months like a lot of people as everyone knows the bad weather will soon take its toll on a nova. To keep it in its current spotless condition I only use it in good weather. Funds are not an issue on this car however what I mean is I cannot afford to have two nice cars. I currently use a 1.2 corsa as my daily runner and as you can guess its not much fun! Which is why Im considering selling up to use the funds to buy something more practical.

I'm sure you could find a cheap fun car to replace the corsa -Scirocco, Chevette, old mini. Plenty of cheap and interesting cars about. Your worried about the nova getting wet or whatever, but who knows what the next owner might do to it if you sell, could wrap it around a lamp post.

Break it and sell the carbon goodies :)
Seriously though it does seem a real shame having it sat there doing 400 miles per year...

IMO as long as the car is well undersealed, waxoiled and cleaned up after each "Wet" use it will stand up. My Mk2 nova i try to keep as clean as possible underneath and in the arches etc.

dont sell it!!!!!!

as above mate, as long as its kept well undersealed etc it should stand up to a bit more driving. after seeing the car up close its easy to see the amount of time and love you put into it, i dont think you should part with it as you know full well youll regret it!

Dude, your coming round to my way of thinking now!! Only I hit this slump a month or two ago, after Billing really!! I'm really in two minds about selling mine, but like yours I feel its too 'pretty' to destroy round tracks for the rest of its life, and am very close to selling it and getting a cheaper, more abusable car for my fun. Me and Shell have had our house for over a year now, and there's still loads of things that keeps me from being able to use my car, and the 6 months its not used over winter is a total waste. The way I see it I'll probably sell mine and use the 6 months or so to build something new, I get bored looking at it and not actually doing things to it! There is a point when you've got to stop throwing money at it, and I think your realising, like me, you've reached it!!

Its a sad time, but you may be right!!