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[JamesV6CDX]

Called in at the scrappy this morning to get an old wheel to sit the Elite on. Got one for a fiver.

I noticed a 98k mini facelift 3.0 Elite Estate, still intact, immaculate, Oil cooler failure, mis diagnosed as HG.

MOT, the lot. B@rstards wouldn't sell it to me though, no matter how I tried

It's a minter, new tyres, leather, satnav, dog guard.... immaculate through and through. I could put that back on the road in an afternoon... and it's just what I need

Instead, it's going to be ripped apart  

[Kevin Wood]

Worth more to them in parts than whole, I guess

Kevin

[tunnie]

must admit, i have sat in Omegas at the scrappy and wondered why they are here! mind you they soon get picked to bits.

[STMO123]

Called in at the scrappy this morning to get an old wheel to sit the Elite on. Got one for a fiver.

I noticed a 98k mini facelift 3.0 Elite Estate, still intact, immaculate, Oil cooler failure, mis diagnosed as HG.

MOT, the lot. B@rstards wouldn't sell it to me though, no matter how I tried

It's a minter, new tyres, leather, satnav, dog guard.... immaculate through and through. I could put that back on the road in an afternoon... and it's just what I need

Instead, it's going to be ripped apart  

What a waste is right

[Kevin Wood]

Problem is, once thirsty cars get old not many people who would normally purchase cheap cars can afford to run them when they're working, and if you're unable to maintain yourself the simplest fault will appear to cost more than the car's worth.

Very few of the cars you see scrapped are really at the end of their lives. It just gets too costly to maintain them once anything starts to go wrong, thanks to silly labour rates.

There must be a considerable environmental cost to treating cars like throw-away items, but I guess it's not as quantifiable as the apparent reduction in emissions generated by newer, cleaner cars replacing them.

Kevin