Finally got hold of the reinforcement frame to tick another item off the list on The Proper Car.
How much is this project going to cost you, and how much do you think it will be worth at the end?
Less than I paid for the car, and more than I paid for it. In that order.
Although it's a moot point, as the doing of it is reason in itself
to do it. Arguably, it's only been possible because I have been able to do it... it would have made even less sense to pay someone else to do the work.
It's true I could have leased a new Astra for £3,279 down and 47 x £379... So using some spectacular man maths, the 30 months I have had the car for would have cost me £14,649 for the new Astra. I have spent ~£13,300 on the The Proper Car (cost to change, retrofits and maintenance, including the gearbox replacement), so I am still ahead and I own the car
Put another way, some people spend every weekend chasing a football team (from a place they have no actual connection to) around the country/Europe on the off chance they win something just because their mate at primary school supported a rival team and did so 'because their dad did'...
I've had someone drive into the side of a £100 car the day it passed its MoT having spent £400 on welding for the MoT. Shit happens and sometimes it sucks.
Life's far too short to get that depressed
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