takin my cos to the workshop today to start striping it for parts. i was looking forward to 1 last blast but its pooring down with rain here

 

go for a drive anyway; just dont stack it!

 

itl be preaty hard not to in this weather mate !

 

why are you stripping it? usual story worth more in bits?

 

yep so much more !

 

I had to do this the other week such a shame but its all about the money, just glad the left overs of mine went to someone whos putting it back on the road.

 

Well i hope you make plenty of money off it.What will you be buying next.

 

are you going to sell the shell atleast?

 

my shell went this morn hopefully will be a snot ball by tea time

 

Shame - but there you go.

Interesting project with the diesel BM by the way

 

all about the money,people should think harder before they buy these cars,get a fucking scooby,plenty of them to rip to bits.

 

or mabey the average pratt should pay there worth

 

no i agree with KOSMAN

 

ok so you should buy car spend on it and sell it for less tha half its value

 

no just buy a gtst if thats youre thing.

Any car you modify will lose you money, My gtr lost me plenty so did my mates 03 sti, so did my silver 03 Sti.

All cars do if you mod them i dont really see youre point.

In an ideal world you take off the mods sell them and sell the car as standard.

Obviosly the big spec ones will always be broken due to the sheer amount of money put into them but i dont see as scrapping the shell gets you anywhere.

unless its rusty due to years of abuse and not being looked after that is.

 

theres no room for sentiment when your talking about thousands more to be made by breaking.
the only downside is having to deal with all the timewasters that say "dont break it" and "if i had the cash id buy it" type stuff.
then theres all the clowns that hassle you for a window switch or something equally small and complain when theres a tiny scratch on it and how they could have gotten it 50p cheaper on ebay etc etc .
i had started breaking mine and gave up and changed my mind after being inundated with timewasters

 

exactly its a no brainer sell it for 5/6k as a whole or get another 3/4k in bits ! nah cant do that as it might hurt someones feelings but you can get the money back i only had the shell left after 3 weeks

 

If a car is worth more it bits then why should the owner take a loss? I wouldn't. If people were willing to pay the prices cars were worth it wouldn't be an issue. But instead they would rather buy a knacker and spend more on it anyway

More to the point the shell can be sold so it can be rebuilt anyway. Plus it provides other cars with parts they need.

 

All of that is so very true!!

 

I plan on breaking mine when i get rid of it but not for a while yet.

 

I dont disagree with breaking big power cosworths.

just dont see any need to scrap the shells.

 

my shell was welded to death so hence crushy crushy lol

 

what planet you on ? ive been getting offered 7k which is nowhere near enough ! and the shell will live on im sure someone will buy it.

 

why do people insist on not breaking them,its nobodys buisness but the owner

yous wont be complaing when you need a new a rear diff for £100 over paying ford £2000

 

theres shit load of professionals breaking them,without you bedroom traders,if you buy it and decide to break it you should have thought about the money first,its not like you're poor if you got a big power cos anyway,so just take a hit moneywise and let some 1 else enjoy it,and theres so many getting broke we wont need parts soon because they'll be no cars left to put the fuckers on,not likr the cosworth was mass produced was it compared to the scooby,if you cant afford it shouldnt have bought it.

 

sorry mate but that bollocks. would you take a hit of quite possibly a couple of grand just so a car can live on? if people cared so much about preserving them perhaps they should be more willing to pay the value rather than the usual clowns expecting everything for practically nothing?
a broken car can possibly be the saviour of several more that might have been scrapped had the right parts not came available at the right time.

 

Loads of people regret scraping there mk2 mk1 escorts many years ago,i reckon people who scrap there cossies will be feeling the same way in a few years
I and i bet after you have ownd the supra for a while you will regret selling the cossie
But it is your car,do what you need to do

 

if the shell aint scrapped i dont see the problem. all the parts will go into another cossie. and its his car lol.

 

i broke mine, end of the day traders are gona offer you pence for the car, you will not get what its worth as a whole car, and with breaking it it helps to get others fixed and upgraded

reason i broke mine is i had enough as i spent 12 months restoring it for it to last 4k, i double what it cost me to build and i scrapped the shell and still have a rear beam left, plus a few other bots whch ive given to friends to help there cars on

and woth scooby slayers spec it will break for a good amount, i knwo you say bedroom traders but hes had that car as have as ive sen him post on here soits not as if hes bought it to break to make money, way i see it he wants to get asmuch money as possible which i dont blame him as we all want that for when we sell our cars

 

As said the parts keep many other Cossies on the road, but I would have thought decent shells would sell.

 

iam currently having this dilema in a position where i may need the funds from the car so do i sell complete or break

ive just rebuilt the engine has a new t34 and the engine has only done 1100 miles so far,brand new ap 6 pots quaiffe diff etc etc etc think to get my money its a breaker any one thats recently stripped a saph and cares to pm with how much they got back would be appreciated

 

i bought my smokestone as a shell trimmed,as was well worth saving,its in vgc,i bought all the bits for it in a month to put together,from other people breaking them

think the car stood me 4kish

would of cost another 2k to build,mot,bits and peices,tax,paint etc

got £6200 back and the shells going to live on

wheres the harm?????

 

its a no brainer really. unless your a millionaire who doesnt need the money obviously.

 

its still just a lump of metal on wheels at the end of the day.

i would break a car if i could get more for it that way.

 

i assume by your attitude you drive around in a pretty basic saph compared to my one !

 

yeah i do,but not argueing nemore,just get fooked off with em getting broke all the time,but your car your choice,end of argument for me.