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Re: The old Posted by Snowmobile [Email]  (#686)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Snowmobile) on Thu, 1 Feb 2018 09:23:30
In Reply to: The old "sell or keep?" dilemma, Eiron, Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:40:27 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Yeah, what is the state of the "rust repair"? If it is major, it is a parts car. Our winter beater c900 was not in perfect shape when I got it. We drove it for probably 7-8 winters as a second car (we need 2) while keeping the nicer c900 off the road. Eventually broke a drivers side upper control arm, so with the amount of work to do that, a lack of time, the cost to farm that out to my tech, and given the overall state of the car wrt rust, it is now a parts car. Personally, I have not rushed to strip it b/c having parts right there makes it easy to see, but it does take space (though would take space stripped also). However, it makes sense for me b/c I have an almost identical c900 to use the parts. If you don't, it probably doesn't make sense to keep as a parts car.
imho, if the car is safe and you enjoy driving it, I would make the most out of it before it becomes a parts car, because in many cases, it is hard to sell those, and the alternative is it will just end up in the crusher. If you do sell it, post it here on TSN so parts have a better chance of going to an enthusiast.
If the rust is only minor and cosmetic, do a quickie repair for now (POR 15, a little bondo fill, sand, paint), oil spray it, and drive it. You may find it outlasts the 9-3 as they both get older. We just picked up a 9-5 wagon in the fall and I had plenty of rust repair to do on that car. The newer cars have less metal and worse paint, so when they start to rot, it spreads quickly. You can really slow it down if you catch it in time and do the right things, and the cost can be very reasonable. You don't necessarily need to make it showroom condition in the process (that is expensive).
good luck!
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