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Old 8th February 2019, 19:26   #41
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( Just made that up. Lol. )
Is it? I'll have to think that through but not now I'll do it tomorrow....
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Old 8th February 2019, 22:58   #42
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This has been sat in my neighbours garage ( He lets me use it to store my car) since I put it there in 2009 when it needed a small amount of welding to the outriggers. ( Vitesse based). Don't think it will see the road again under my ownership

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When I was a youngster, I always fancied a Spartan.
Don't worry about the outriggers they are MOT exempt now.
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Old 8th February 2019, 23:36   #43
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Back in the day I bought a Vitesse with a rusted out rear outrigger. Every time I accelerated it pulled to the left and when I braked it pulled to the right.

It was only £50 quid and a new outrigger was less than a fiver, so a quick trip to my uncle's lorry workshop to borrow the welder and all was well.

Hope things work out Rav. Plenty of good advice on here - I've got too many cars as well so any advice from me wouldn't be worth listening to.








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Old 9th February 2019, 00:34   #44
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I notice you don't post links to nice rovers for sale anymore, you used to find some crackers!


You've had some good advice on here, start with selling one. Don't look at any others until you are in a better position and frame of mind. They are lovely cars, except the worries of life sometimes take away the joy of owning them.



Time for a holiday I think somewhere warm! Blessings mate.
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Old 9th February 2019, 07:46   #45
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I’ve barely posted of late and don’t visit the forum very much now. I seem to have lost the love for it and for our cars now.....is this the beginning of the end? I have too many cars and it’s stressing me out in terms of managing them and paying for them. I don’t enjoy looking at them, I don’t enjoy being on the forum, I don’t even enjoy driving them at the moment. Life seems so busy at the moment that our cars for me now have gone down on my list of priorities. And, I don’t know what to do. Feel like chucking it all in now and just having one car I can drive about in for work and leisure and not have all this worry. Sick of it.
Sorry to hear you feel this way, we all get fed up on occasion my advice is get rid off the cars keeping the one you like and have a break from it all completely, visit some friends, get away for the weekend, go to a football match listen to music read a book, have a pint, then Spring will be hear.! Good luck.
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Old 9th February 2019, 07:54   #46
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Ravinder, from my point of view you need a break.

If you could drive all your cars to me, I would offer you storage in this dry weather here for a small fraction of what are you paying now.
However, I think you need to sit and decide what to do next. Most probably you will need to define priorities in your life. For me it would be getting your place for your own and follow your heart for your work. Everything else which represents ballast will need to go. Hard decision but the only correct on in my book.
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Old 9th February 2019, 08:15   #47
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If you cut down to one car think of how much you would save a month of the £200 insurance...£45 storage and the vehicle tax plus other sundries that you could spend on yourself after working so hard each month.

You could see some tangible immediate spending benefits on other living items plus be able to put some by if it suits.

I only have one 75 and it is my daily drive I couldn't afford to have more than one car. I spend money on my car just like anyone else to keep it on the road but it has to be a reliable runner otherwise I'd go bust. My last 75 was my only car and daily runner it was reliable on a daily basis, I had to spend money on occasional repairs like an alternator and a clutch but I've had to do that with other cars also.

Its of course up to you but I'd suggest like others concentrate one car, perhaps the most practical runner prospect, enjoy spending any saved money on yourself and you'd also have more to spend on the upkeep of your one car if when and as required.


Best of luck anyway whatever you decide.

Don't bottle anything up you already know that most people including those on this forum are only to willing to help others having a hard time if they are able to, its in the human nature of most people. and thankfully always will be

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Old 9th February 2019, 12:54   #48
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Rav if you sold them all bar the coupe and ploughed some money from them into that to get it in top condition would it make you happy ?
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Old 9th February 2019, 13:09   #49
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Rav - I say sell all but one of your cars. Keep the one that you like and is a reliable daily.


Then focus your energy on the photography and finding that tall, young, beautiful maiden.........
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Old 9th February 2019, 13:40   #50
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Thanks for all the advise.

The reason I don’t post other cars for sale that I come across is that I just can’t be bothered anymore and I don’t like looking for 75s and MGs now. Makes me a bit sick. That’s just the way I feel....

My head is saying let the 600 and the coupe go...if I had my own space and a big driveway, I probably would want to keep them. The problem that I have is I’m not allowed to store cars st home apart from one. So, the others are in lockups.

I was working this out last night...my 5 cars with insurance, tax and lockup costs is costing me £388 per month.....
I could cry. This is a bit of an eye opener and something needs to change.
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