tonealfie1

Hey guys I have always wanted a scooby.I have had friends that have had them.I have always loved that 4 pot roar.Anyway I recently saw a bit of a dog on ebay and put in a bid.I am 37 and thought stuff it why not?!!The mrs mum bless her died at 42 and I thought live for today!I won the scooby and WOW!! it didn't disappoint!
Its a wagon? n reg 193000 miles but starts first time and absolutely flies!
It has a private plate and I am looking in to how to remove and sell it.
The car has no mot or tax so my mate (mot tester)will be looking at it tommorow but there are loads of upgrades on it so if it is uneconomical to mot
I know I can get the purchase price plus profit from the upgrades and private plate.
Anyway just wanted to say hello and cant believe you can get such an amazing car for such little money!
Any advice much welcomed
cheers tony

360ste

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The main issue could be emissions depending on what mods have been done. I have heard about friendly MOT's but cannot advise on any. LOL. Depends on how good a mate you have I hear small engined cars are good!!

GrahamG

wow 193000 miles, thats awsome. Good luck with it!

Stig67

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welcome to scoobynet is it a uk or import it might be in kilometres not miles

MattyB1983

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193K, that's gotta be a record. Highest one I've heard of.

Welcome to the fold fella..

AWG

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Good luck mate, sounds like its gone this long who knows you might get another tonne out of her!

Myles

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A mate of mine is well over 200k on his classic wagon, and it runs like a dream. Enjoy it!

Turbotits

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Sounds good but remember your not gonna get a penny for the plate unless the cars mot'd taxed and insured

Shaks-STI

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welcome along bud get some pictures up

chocolate_o_brian

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With that kinda mileage hopefully you didn't pay much. Be a good project car if you wanted something for keeps.

There is a member on here (Dave D I think) whose early classic saloon ticked over 200,000 miles a while ago on it's original engine/box.

rich666

Me n my mate got 1 with 253k on and drove it back lol ran sweet as a nut dead now tho lol

EOEUMC

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It can't be!

Frenchies old one done over 200,000 but it was well looked after and wanted for nothing

Welcome to the wagon club
Be careful with that high mileage though, could easily all go wrong

Good luck and enjoy

tonealfie1

Hey guys thanks for the warm welcome! Doesn't look like I will be here long though!Perhaps its not time for me to have my Scooby.Due to various **** ups from me and not doing enough research.I am a impulsive!The good news -The car doesn't need that much work for MOT a bit of welding and a bit of the front exhaust.
The bad news I didn't realise you couldn't use your no claims on a second car so insurance quotes are way way more than I expected.Putting the car back on the road is a little out of reach for me at the moment.Also as someone else on here mentioned I can't remove the private reg(worth about £1000) unless I MOT tax and insure the car.Ithought I could sell the plate to raise some money to help finance repair etc.Can't believe it.I thought if worse came to worse I could break the car and remove the plate that way but that looks like a no no.Stupid rules in my opinion.
Anyway could I kindly ask your advice as the best way to proceed now?Should I try and sell the car on as a whole or break the car for parts?It has some almost brand new alloys on it 17's with toyos.555 seats,bailey dump valve,uprated front brakes,samco hoses,rear light lenses etc.And if I break would you sell the engine and gearbox(quickshift do they all have them as standard) as a whole or remove parts from the engine.
Any advice very much appreciated.And I will be back one day!!!!

Ryan@Indigo-GT

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I'd say keep shopping around for insurance, have you tried Admiral multi car policy? Failing that there are quite a few Scooby friendly companies out there, the one I always recommend is Pace & Ward, they're awesome for owners of performance cars!

EOEUMC

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Keep it for now. Get it sorted and then maybe try the insurance again. If still no good sell it

Shaks-STI

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but stick with us it doesnt mean that if you arent an scooby owner you have to leave the club

tonealfie1

Cheers everyone I haven't given up yet.Going to try and do some of the work myself and shut myself away for an afternoon and shop around for the insurance(Admiral multicar came up with 1800!!)
I will probably be getting on your nerves with my technical questions very soon!!
For now I am enjoying reading up on the forum and trying to learn.