big willy wrote:
Where the hell are all your people's heads at?
If this one gets destroyed, and many more people do the same in the next few years, minis will indeed become very rare to find a good condition one, so later on, the person will be buying a crappier shell for the same price and will have to spend lots more money on getting it fixed.
Jeez why don't you think what it will be like in the FUTURE you selfish, selfish people.
Who's going to subsidise this owner to keep her car on the road? I know what you're saying, and agree to a point. But the parts on her car (as it stands now) can be recycled apart from the shell. It's called attrition and once a car gets terminal rust, it gets very expensive, unless you have room in your driveway and the tools to repair them.
I have two clubmen which I've "saved" and are awaiting room in the intensive care unit, but I don't think British Leyland are going to drop by with parts - for normal people, economics play a part. For $3K, you can buy a perfectly servicable mini which will run for at least another decade, and the parts from hers may allow 10 others to keep going.
Sometimes you just have to let go.
and maybe a 2nd or third quote
