I could cry :(

1. TheVtrKid Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 Leeds, England Posts: 1885 MG ZR 1.4

   #1 13th June 2011, 19:19

   Took car for mot this morning. Huge failure. Aparantly theres over £600's worth of welding before they even start. All underneath is excessively corroded, he said the wheel arch isn't even there, so he said your better scrapping it. So i am now car searching. Huge shame as its a decent motor, starts everytime now new relay fitted, runs like a dream. Guess i'll have to put it for spares/repair on ebay and see what i get
2. MickyWelsh172 Established Member Joined: May 2010 Sunderland Posts: 1966 Clio Sport 172

   #2 13th June 2011, 19:22

   Could you not strip the parts yourself?
3. couttsyboy Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Chippenham, Wiltshire Posts: 667 Silver Mk1 VTR 16v S1 Rallye 8v

   #3 13th June 2011, 19:23

   did u not notice the rust before ?
   no wheel arch omg
4. sgeary Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2010 loughborough Posts: 372 Pug 306 - gone BlackmK 2 vtr - present

   #4 13th June 2011, 19:29

   Not good news tbh mate I would cry
5. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #5 13th June 2011, 19:33

   Split it & sell the parts on here,surely you`ll get more cash that way mate.
   
   
   Steve.
6. Duddy Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Sunderland Posts: 259 206 vtr gt turbo

   #6 13th June 2011, 20:24

   i nearly cried for you :'(
7. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #7 13th June 2011, 20:30

   If its any consolation my mates son had a vts,wheel arch liner was coming away at the back on closer inspection when he went to refit it there was nothing to fit it to.He took it to welder & asked him to weld his inner wheel arch the reply came back yes mate but what to theres nothing there just a big hole.He scrapped it in the end.
   
   Steve.
8. seddon89 Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2010 gateshead Posts: 807 vw golf GTI citroen saxo forte 02 plate vw polo

   #8 13th June 2011, 20:33

   its the case how much does it mean to ya mate
9. TheVtrKid Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 Leeds, England Posts: 1885 MG ZR 1.4

   #9 13th June 2011, 22:26

   theres not really any rust i can see at all around the car, you cant see it till you get it up in the air. I love the car its perfect for me. I thought about stripping it down and selling parts seperate but its having time, really as im working 7 days a week n shit. The wheels are probably worth over £300 so i will bang it on ebay and put a reserve price on, see what happens. I just spent £120 few weeks back on the proffesional tinted windows at the back n all wat a mush
10. saxoclarke Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport

    #10 13th June 2011, 23:13

    strip all the valuable parts , sell the body / weigh it in as scrap buy a cheap vtr add your parts back to that
11. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

    #11 14th June 2011, 11:32

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by TheVtrKid theres not really any rust i can see at all around the car, you cant see it till you get it up in the air. I love the car its perfect for me. I thought about stripping it down and selling parts seperate but its having time, really as im working 7 days a week n shit. The wheels are probably worth over £300 so i will bang it on ebay and put a reserve price on, see what happens. I just spent £120 few weeks back on the proffesional tinted windows at the back n all wat a mush

    if youre buying a new saxo just6 take the windows out and keep them for your new one.
12. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

    #12 14th June 2011, 11:38

    Any pics of the rust?
    
    May be a bit of an over elaboration on cost to fix?
13. bboy90 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Troon Ayrshire Posts: 171 Mr2 N/A

    #13 14th June 2011, 11:48

    Happened to me with my punto managed to sell it for £350 spares and repairs its now m.o.ted and for sale again. Try getting a few quotes youll probably find somewhere cheaper.
14. j_s Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2011 hull Posts: 210 saxo vtr 1.6 8v

    #14 14th June 2011, 12:07

    how much for your engine??? pm me
15. TheVtrKid Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 Leeds, England Posts: 1885 MG ZR 1.4

    #15 14th June 2011, 19:05

    ye i'm thinkin of banging it on ebay, i was told by scrappy they'd give me £150 for it. I would expect double that on ebay to be honest, i think it would be fixable, i just aint got the money to do it. Its too good a car to send to the scrappy i think. I'll bang it on ebay and see what happens
16. vtrmann Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 E yorkshire Posts: 947 53 black vtr

    #16 14th June 2011, 20:29

    think mine might of ended up that way in a few years. had a good look under it had bit of weldin done then sealed the lot. the only reason its still on the road is because its still a decent lookin car.