Dan's 1998 Rover 820 Sterling Coupe Auto

[Very Tall Brad]

That's much better.

[DLR]

Confession time!

My interest in this car is rapidly disappearing. It's not a bad car but I really need to focus on other things going on in my life at the moment and having one non-functioning car is ridiculous, a second slightly broken one even more so. I can't afford to fix either of them and the more I use the coupe I'm becoming increasingly worried that I will do further damage to it.

I am extremely grateful for the generosity with parts and support from forum members for this car but I am thinking of selling it as-is rather than scrapping/breaking it. Given the parts donated it would be selfish to break or scrap it anyway.

Tax until the end of June and MOT until November 19th. Only issues are the gearbox leak (as previously discussed), chip in the windscreen (behind the rear view mirror, doesn't obstruct the driver's view) and a small rubbing noise on the nearside rear (although this isn't a regular occurrence, I've no idea what it is). Other than that it's spot on. Still able to drive the car!

What's it worth? I'd like to think that it's worth £550 (what I paid). Or swap for a smaller car?

I'll write up a proper advert for it tomorrow (lacking the enthusiasm tonight).

[vito]

That's very disheartening Dan, can understand your frustration.

[Very Tall Brad]

I'd at least have a look at the auto leak first. No one will buy this car for any sum unless that's fixed or it's selling for scrap/spares money.

[Richard Moss]

I'd at least have a look at the auto leak first. No one will buy this car for any sum unless that's fixed or it's selling for scrap/spares money.

That's for sure

[DLR]

I've written and rewritten this post so many times I've lost sight of who I'm trying to convince - me, or the rest of the world.

Opinions have been noted and I am grateful for them. My stance has not changed and I will not be continuing the search for this leak, rendering it a definite spares/repair car, or 'scrap value only'. This is not because I want to see this car off the road for good, but because my circumstances are very quickly becoming unmanageable and it is just not practical for me to get this car looked at.

As I said I'd like to think it's worth £550, but I am ready to admit I'm being far too optimistic! Surely £350 is reasonable? Failing that, I have three other options to consider:

1) Sell for scrap money to someone looking for a 'fixer-upper' as it's worth nothing more (con: lose money, plus could be sold on to a breaker who scraps it anyway)
2) Break the car, using parts from the coupe to fix the 820 and dad's Sterling, then scrap the car myself (financially the best solution as it minimises the expenditure for the other two cars, but morally wrong as it's a crime to scrap an otherwise reasonable car)
3) Forgo the agony of trying to sell this car and stick it in a garage somewhere and sort it when I'm well again (cons: finances of storing the car long-term, I'd have to rent a council garage again as I don't have the facilities at home).

Toss-up between 2 and 3 at the moment as I fear trying to sell this car as-is will be a world of pain I could do without!