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[Kate]

The tester told me to scrap it. He said it needed £1000-£1200 worth of welding.

[STEMO]

The tester told me to scrap it. He said it needed £1000-£1200 worth of welding.

Depends who's doing the welding.

[Kate]

Has anyone got a welder I can borrow?

[tunnie]

The tester told me to scrap it. He said it needed £1000-£1200 worth of welding.

Lost for words, you did not mention this earlier?

Need photos really of offending area around sub frame.

[aaronjb]

For rust to fail it you'd usually find a gaping hole (or certainly a gaping hole that opens up if you poke the crusty bits with a screwdriver).. that sounds like a long list of gaping holes.

[Kate]

I've just  removed the sill cover and it does look quite bad. 

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[Kate]

The tester told me to scrap it. He said it needed £1000-£1200 worth of welding.

Lost for words, you did not mention this earlier?

Need photos really of offending area around sub frame.

I just thought it must be a really expensive garage.

[STEMO]

Has anyone got a welder I can borrow?

With a man attached to it?

[Kate]

Has anyone got a welder I can borrow?

With a man attached to it?

Yes please if you're offering.

[STEMO]

Has anyone got a welder I can borrow?

With a man attached to it?

Yes please if you're offering.

If I could weld, Kate, I'd do it in a flash (metaphorically  ) but I can't.
Ask my wife, I can't do any of these jobs that handy people do. 

[05omegav6]

If you were keeping it more than 5 minutes, then patch it up...

However, as I suspect this unlikely... I vote break it or pop it on ebay with a 99p start as a project

[STEMO]

If you were keeping it more than 5 minutes, then patch it up...

However, as I suspect this unlikely... I vote break it or pop it on ebay with a 99p start as a project

It would be a pile of red dust before the auction ended. 

[Bigron]

Kate, may I suggest that you take it to a Council Depot for another MOT? They are obviously independent, no quota of fails to fill and, more importantly, no repair facilities so no need to find things for their workshops to do!
That rust? If the Council tester fails it, loads of Oofers with welding skills will rush to your aid......

Ron

[STEMO]

Kate, may I suggest that you take it to a Council Depot for another MOT? They are obviously independent, no quota of fails to fill and, more importantly, no repair facilities so no need to find things for their workshops to do!
That rust? If the Council tester fails it, loads of Oofers with welding skills will rush to your aid......

Ron

That'll be c£120 spent on mot's, we're getting into the realms of 'money down the drain' here.

[terry paget]

As said before, when my Omegas rust I scrap them. There are still lots on e-bay and elsewhere, find one to your taste, look at rear wheel arches for rust, and buy a better one.
As another thread relates, this year I hope to get 8 cars through the MOT. To avoid unnecessary failures, I check the next due car for exhaust and tyres early to enable relaxed replacement, then pre-MOT it a week before test, then final examination, wash & tidy on morning of test day.
Be ruthless, Kate, look around for a better car. There was a 2001 manual 2.5CDX petrol saloon on e-bay 2 weeks ago, MOT till December, for £450, which then dropped to £395. I wanted to buy it as a spare, but the wife restrained me. There are still bargains about. Your being in Cornwall might make collection expensive, but regard it as a day out. Last year I bought a car in Plymouth and another in Clacton. Who needs holidays?