You'd make more money breaking it up and selling it in bits and weigh the shell in. It wouldn't be the first time any of my cars have ended up with this fate :big_grin:
There comes a point when a vehicle becomes a bottomless pit for your money.
I know, I've been there many years ago, I kept throwing money at the car and then something
else would go wrong!
I went from loving the car, it was a Rover Metro GTi, to absolutely hating it.
I felt a huge sense of relief once it had gone.
My Peugeot 406 Hdi was like this. I bought the car as a temporary runabout after I scrapped the Vectra and only paid £500 for it at auction. The car was bought in the spring and I intended on replacing it in the summer but I ended up keeping it for another 3 years as the engine was mint. The final nail in the coffin for the car was the suspension and I couldn't justify the price against the car to repair it so I sold the entire thing for scrap and bagged £300 back on it so it only cost me £200 for 3.5 years motoring. The Vectra was cut up on the drive along with a Cavalier, a Peugeot 306 Hdi estate and various Morris Marinas.
I agree with Sean. Scrap it. Or flog it to someone who will. There's a guy near me who buys perfectly OK older Minis, mostly MCS, and scraps them because they are worth a lot more as parts than as a runner. Sad I feel but true.
Keep it, keep it original, get a replacement gearbox from JohnTee. The day you sell it will be the day you regret it if you do the Getrag conversion, keep all the bits so you can put it back to original.
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