Soldato
Sell it
Yawn.
If I were sensible id patch the sills, MOT it, tart it up a bit and sell it, then sell my other car, and buy a tidy 350Z.
sounds like a sensible option.
I can see quite well where the rot goes thankfully
I can see quite well where the rot goes thankfully - From underneath the car you can see the inner sill lip and you can see where it is solid, and where it isn't. The conveniently placed hole in the sill and the inner arch are also excellent for shining a torch into to look at the condition of the inner. Silvery metal as far as the eye can see on the inside aside from a section up the side of the fuel tank at the rear of the sill, and a little bit further down.
The rot does extend from the rear sill to the inner and outer rear arch as mentioned, I actually discovered that rot before I discovered the sill itself was rotten.
On the "bad side" as far as the sill is concerned, it should really be a case of cut the outer sill out, cut a small bit of the inner sill lip off and weld in some 16 gauge sheet, and cut a slightly bigger bit of the inner sill out at the back near the arch. For this I have a genuine repair panel which can be cut down to just what is needed, and let into the gap, welded up, ground back, painted, and then have the outer sill let in, welded up, and inject cavity wax. Its quite a typical repair, and near identical to one which someone else in the owners club had done to his 325i Touring a couple of years ago.
Yes it does! But I just can't stand the thought of this car ending up getting broken for spares after I sell it, which is a fairly likely outcome. I've started to save it, I'd like to finish the job. There is time for a 350Z.
I hear your concerns though and I will have a chat with the guy who I am planning to get to do the welding, and get him to show me some more examples of work he has done to other cars and to talk me through his process.
Might join another forum...
Too much negativity, too little encouragement.
Its more that this isnt a model specific enthusiast forum where people blindly just tell you that its great. We also have a reasonably broad spectrum of people due to this who will give opinions from the point of view of an outsider to the brand or niche of interest.Might join another forum...
Too much negativity, too little encouragement.
The broad honest views are broadly unhelpful and negative though, with the occasional helpful and negative view.
OcUK motors is very knowledgeable but toxic. Negativity, pessimism, dramatic overkill and criticism by the bucket load, wherever you look.![]()
Sell yourself.![]()
Seriously, sell it, sell whatever other cars you have. Buy a good car and enjoy driving it. Maintaining old cars is just pointless now, unless it's a very rare old classic car which is worth something. Government wants as many old cars off the road, and I see MOT's getting even more strict in the coming year. Not worth it any more imo.
I won't lose any sleep by ignoring that post, sorry Vita.
I think we have different interests when it comes to cars.![]()
yeah but that's the case with everything in life, pcs, mobile phones etc etcBeen there done that. The time and money invested can be better spent on other things. Only trying to help mate. No hard feelings.