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[Mr Lobster]

Even so I'd think you couldn't go far wrong on it at £1500

[Barry Cade]

KIll it with fire. Hateful things...

[trigger]

Well it books at £3325 with that mileage so I don't think i'll be getting it anyway but unless you make a offer you'll never know, It's just passed it's mot so it can't be too bad but it is rusty under the spot lights and the rear bumper apparently.

 

Not as bad as this one which was only 10 years old when the photo was taken though.

 

1999 Rusty Rover Mini by Ackers- Schoolboy Hero!!!!, on Flickr

[Barry Cade]

Brilliant!

 

[Micrashed]

Well as mysteriously as the yellow lamp of doom lit up, its gone out again after about 10 miles of normal motoring.

Weird.

[Angrydicky]

Trig, the Mini looks comparable to my Aunt's one, although hers is a '98 R reg MPI, same colour as that one though. She paid £2500 and I thought that was a good price. It's tidy, but has had cover sills in the past, which she wasn't aware of until I pointed them out. I had a drive of it and really enjoyed it, very fast and chuckable.

[Lord Sterling]

Sterling has apparently been leaking coolant from its expansion tank. Who'd have thought it? 

 

Been contacted by the holiday company today. Had a chat with them and it seems they want to get me started as soon as possible, so I may be gone mid February. I may not take the Sterling as I reckon a long journey like that may kill it. There will, however, be a car available to staff at the shared house. Sounds great but its scaring me slightly, I'm not used to things happening at such a fast pace.

[scruff]

Go forth and enjoy Mo! 

[Timewaster]

My first car was a 1985 mini which was only 5 years old, garaged all it's life (it was my dads from new).

 

It used more Kurust than oil!

[vulgalour]

Help me Obi-wan Autoshite, you're my only hope!

 

Since the Dollywobbler BX estate I've wanted another BX but it had to be practically rust free, non-turbo, diesel and in reasonable fettle.  Just such a car has become available to me tonight.

 

To take on the BX I need to raise some capitol and rehome the 6, but I have a great deal more want and desire for a BX than I do for the quirky little 6. The BX is a car I love almost as much as the Princess and one that is remarkably cheap to run and a nice counterpoint to the Princess.

 

What I don't know is what I should do next.  I don't want to abandon the little 6 so soon after getting it rescued but I know it currently isn't really worth more than what has been paid to purchase and transport it.

 

So, do I try and rehome the 6 to take on a dream car, or do I stick with my current lot and put it behind me?

[barefoot]

I'll give you twenty quid for the six, can bring cash and be there at dawn.

[vulgalour]

SOZ M8 CNT UNNERSTND UR TXT

[ruffgeezer]

There will be other BXs but very few 6s.

[Inspector Morose]

Stay with the 6. I'll have the BX!

[vulgalour]

This is my other concern, if I let the 6 go is anyone else going to bother saving it?  Other BXs will come up in the future, I have no doubt, but they'll all have the rust issues that this one has had resolved.  Will the 6 make me as happy as the BX?

[Inspector Morose]

Yes.

[HMC]

I would second (or is it third?) the renner 6. When are you likely to find another like that if you moved it on? Plus it's great looking little car, I was looking forward to reading about your work on it ( plus possibly seeing it at shitefest)

 

Is it cheating ( or possible even) to say do both?

[MrDuke]

I should say that IF the 6 was moved on, it would very probably be to me, and I am equally determined that it should be saved, and stay on the forum.

[vulgalour]

I can't take on both, if I could I wouldn't be asking the question.  Trouble is just lately I've been offered a few cars that are of interest to me but this is the first one that really made me consider having to make a tough choice.  I need to ask more questions about the BX at any rate, I know how troublesome they can be so while it doesn't have the rot issue it may have something else wrong with it that makes me keep the 6.

 

Whatever happens, if I can't be sure of the 6's future I'll be keeping it and will let the BX go and as MrDuke says, I reckon he'd be the most likely candidate for taking the 6 on at the moment.

[oman5]

If mrduke is prepared to take the 6 on, isn't that the solution?

[plasticvandan]

As an outsider looking in,at all your trials andtribulations,I would get rid of both the princessessss and have the bx as a daily,and the 6 as a project.the bx if as good as you say should provide cheap,reliable transport,and the 6 will fill the urge to tinker void.

[ruffgeezer]

vulgalour, I have the perfect bx for you, just waiting for when you're ready.*


*some assembly required

[Mr Lobster]

If you can rehome the 6 to Mr Duke then that seems sensible enough. I honestly can't imagine that outside of this forum there'd be many people interested in saving it tbh. As nice as they are, they don't have much following over here and even when done they sadly aren't worth a lot.

 

That said, BXs are still common enough that there will be another in future. You'd be very unlikely to find another R6.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Vulg you're showing signs of 'incremental shite strategy breakdown', this happens to people who only have limited money and space to spend on shite (i.e. everyone) when they spend too long looking at and being tempted by all the old crocks for sale all over the internet - the main symptom is buying or attempting to buy far more cars than you can reasonably do anything with. I know all about this as I intermittently suffer it. Seems that your passion for the 6 is getting overshadowed by something else even before you've got it home - trust me thats never a good sign.

 

PS I have retrieved these wedge brake shoes now from my Dad's so keep an eye/ear open for a way for me to get them up to you easily.

[HillmanImp]

What Bollox said. What will happen is that you will not have the funds to deal with them all and will not know what to do first with the limited money available. When you finally pick one as it seems like it needs least doing, it will inevitably self destruct, take up all your money whilst the rest will gradually deteriorate so that you need to spend even more money on them to get them into the state they were when you started, you will then suddenly feel totally overwhelmed with it all, not be able to deal with any of them, avoid eye contact with them all rusting on your lawn each time you leave the house, cry yourself to sleep at night as they are now all worth a quarter of the money you have thrown at them, then buy a bike off Cavette and ride to work. *

 

This is the voice of experience talking. 

 

* written like Raymonboy for dramatic effect. 

[plasticvandan]

That's sort of what I was trying to convey,the beige wedge alone I would struggle to keep on top of,let alone the red one,a rusty Renault and a bx.none of them are ever fully working,all of them need work and money,and all deteriorate so they need even more time and money.fine if your loaded,have a big garage and can farm out work,not ideal with little income,and a concrete slab to work on it.I suspect part of why you want thebx is because it will be less work.

[dollywobbler]

I'm very much in the same boat. Sanity seems to go out of the window when something tempting comes up. That's how I ended up considering selling my 2CV, just because a pretty Dyane had winked at me.

 

I do think you're in danger of taking too much on. I've got two cars to restore out of three and that already seems a challenge given budget constraints. I think to be honest that you could already do with flogging the red Prinny, so you can focus on the beige beauty. I also reckon that the days of running a BX on sod-all budget are gone. It isn't just corrosion - there are plenty of other issues that make daily use more and more of a challenge. I still love them, and still want another, but I'm not sure I want another to use daily.

 

Does seem a shame to flog the 6 when you've not even started on it, but at least a decent get-out clause appears to exist.

[HMC]

At least it's a good time to take stock, before work starts on the 6. Mr D sounds like he's waiting in the wings but its deffo easier to move something on before it starts to be taken apart.

[Angrydicky]

A BX could be bought at any time, although numbers have thinned out in recent years there's always loads on Ebay. Renault 6's on the other hand...well I've never seen one on the road and have only ever seen pictures of two in recent years, Wuvvum's white car and that scruffy red one that used to go to the shows in Essex, OLA 407L I think it was. Know what you mean about taking on too much, but personally I'd be selling the red Princess (once it's MoT'd) and investing the money in tidying up the beige car. As far as I can see the Renault just needs low-cost TLC rather than loads of expensive bodywork, at least for the time being. If you could get a grand for the red Princess with a year's MOT it would go a long way to sorting out the other two I reckon.

 

A Dutch mate of mine is selling his A35 van project that he's invested thousands in because an Atlantic convertible came up at the right price an hour away in Belgium. He knows that he could buy another van at any time but an Atlantic convertible? No chance.

[trigger]

To be blunt but honest, let Mr_Duke take on the R6 if he wants too, you haven't the money or skills to do the work as you've said before, you already have two Princess sucking you dry and taking up your driveway upsetting your neighbours, why not just get one decent car (This BX although we haven't seen it so I'm guessing it's better than than the estate was) and concentrate on that.

 

Being even more honest If it was me I'd also bum off one of the Princesses too, free up some spare cash, time and driveway space and worry about having one nice car and one hobby toy.