oifovo
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Hi guys,
I've only had my 9 for 5 months but it is the first car I really don't want to sell and replace, in fact I want to keep it for good. The problem is that my 9, being on the cheaper side, isn't 100% perfect. There's nothing major wrong with it, but the bodywork is far from mint, the car has covered over 100 000 miles and there are a few wee dents and scratches and a couple rust spots under the bonnet. It doesn't bother me at the slightest now, because the car is my summer daily and I have to drive it regardless of weather, but in a year or two, I am going to put my 9 in the garage and only take it out when its nice and sunny and use some other car as my daily. I wouldn't want anything minter right now because it would tear my heart apart every time I would have to drive it in rain, so my car is perfect for me at the moment, but it is not a car worth keeping for the future.
So now I have basically 2 options:
1) Keep my car, drive it as it is for the next year or 2, sell it and add some savings on top and buy another - mint, low mileage one.
Now this would be obviously much easier solution and probably cheaper one too. On the other hand, buying another car is always risky - you can never be too sure if there's any hidden problem etc...
2) Keep my car, get an absolutely mint shell and start from scratch using my 9 as a donor. The advantage is that instead of saving money for a new one (I suck in saving, big time lol) I could just spend money bit by bit - rebuild engine, then gearbox, get new headlamps etc. And then finally get a new shell, underseal it, replace every bush on the suspension etc and over the course of one winter swap everything over. I like this idea better because it would somehow still be ''my'' 9 (I do get emotionally attached to cars lol) and what's even more important I would have total control of what has been done to the car. I'm just not too sure how much I would end up paying in the end.
BTW, if I get a shell that has not been registered yet - do I have to register it again? Or do you just notify DVLA that you chassis number has changed?
Another question - is there any difference between pre- and facelift shell? I'm not too keen on the facelift looks, but it is probably easier to get a mint facelift shell rather than mint pre-facelift? I know this has probably been asked million times, but I couldn't find a definite answer.
Just let me know what you think is better, what your experience is and anything else I should be aware of. Thanks guys!
I've only had my 9 for 5 months but it is the first car I really don't want to sell and replace, in fact I want to keep it for good. The problem is that my 9, being on the cheaper side, isn't 100% perfect. There's nothing major wrong with it, but the bodywork is far from mint, the car has covered over 100 000 miles and there are a few wee dents and scratches and a couple rust spots under the bonnet. It doesn't bother me at the slightest now, because the car is my summer daily and I have to drive it regardless of weather, but in a year or two, I am going to put my 9 in the garage and only take it out when its nice and sunny and use some other car as my daily. I wouldn't want anything minter right now because it would tear my heart apart every time I would have to drive it in rain, so my car is perfect for me at the moment, but it is not a car worth keeping for the future.
So now I have basically 2 options:
1) Keep my car, drive it as it is for the next year or 2, sell it and add some savings on top and buy another - mint, low mileage one.
Now this would be obviously much easier solution and probably cheaper one too. On the other hand, buying another car is always risky - you can never be too sure if there's any hidden problem etc...
2) Keep my car, get an absolutely mint shell and start from scratch using my 9 as a donor. The advantage is that instead of saving money for a new one (I suck in saving, big time lol) I could just spend money bit by bit - rebuild engine, then gearbox, get new headlamps etc. And then finally get a new shell, underseal it, replace every bush on the suspension etc and over the course of one winter swap everything over. I like this idea better because it would somehow still be ''my'' 9 (I do get emotionally attached to cars lol) and what's even more important I would have total control of what has been done to the car. I'm just not too sure how much I would end up paying in the end.
BTW, if I get a shell that has not been registered yet - do I have to register it again? Or do you just notify DVLA that you chassis number has changed?
Another question - is there any difference between pre- and facelift shell? I'm not too keen on the facelift looks, but it is probably easier to get a mint facelift shell rather than mint pre-facelift? I know this has probably been asked million times, but I couldn't find a definite answer.
Just let me know what you think is better, what your experience is and anything else I should be aware of. Thanks guys!
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