Post #59
Toughto put a value on it, ok I know what it all cost etc but it won't sell for that obviously. I need the space where the car is at and I'm unlikely to be getting a garage. In the next couple of years that might change but I've had enough of waiting. I'm buying a big house too so even if I did have a garage I'd be struggling to find the money to finish then use the car. Trackday aren't cheap and wear and tear/fuel for something I might use 3-4 times a year plus 25K total sunk into it seems a hell of a waste now that Im a family man with other things to find money for than just myself.
I stopped adding stuff up at around 14K worth for sale, if I waited I might have brought in between 10-12k through selling bits but it might have taken a while and I wasn't looking forward to all the posting and photographing and gradually watching my dream of a race car going out the window piece by piece.
I'm not overly in love with the car im swapping for, it's an SMG not a manual, it's fairly high mileage at 120K and to top it all its a cat D due to some aparently fairly minor damage to the rear suspension (broken toe link) I am getting money on top of the car but not enough to make me feel happy about the deal but there you go, if I'm honest I think the BM is worth between 7-8k and there is £1,200 cash my way. It's been an expensive ride and in hindsight I'd buy a complete car from someone selling up rather than arse about building my own, it's just too expensive a hobby these days.
I'm going to properly inspect the car on Sunday, go for a test drive and then get her up on the ramps and give the car a thorough look over. If it doesn't pass muster the deal will be off and my plans might change. But it's unlikely I'll be finishing this one as I just think too much time has passed now and my priority for the next 5-10 years will be family and business, which doesn't leave much room in my life for a project like that if I can't work on it conveniently.
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Posted 19th Apr 2016 at 13:13
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