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Newbie poster here, however I've done some searching around the web and you folks seem like a friendly and very knowledgeable bunch, so I thought I'd ask your advice please.
I'm building an extension on the side of the house soon, however there's a RS in the way....
My nephew bought an 03 plate around 12 years ago, but was too young to be able to afford the insurance, etc so he soon parked it on the driveway and forgot about it. After more than a decade out in the rain (shame on all of us!) it's in a fairly shabby condition.
Rear brakes calipers and discs are rusted together, likewise front discs. The Brembo calipers up front will surely need a rebuild. The paint is ok, seats good apart from some wear on driver's bolster and the interior seems dry. Wheels are fine. No idea on the engine, the bonnet hasn't been opened forever. It ran well in 2012.
But obviously it's underneath (which I haven't checked) that will need the most work: suspension, rubbers, brake lines, rad, (potentially) the floors, etc are probably all shot!
So the car will need to be dragged/towed out of the way, but it can't stay on the property any longer. I'm a classic 4x4 fan and don't know much about hot hatches, but even I can see this is a special car and should be saved by someone. We'd hate to just scrap it.
I've read some threads here and now know about the 3 x RS specialists you guys recommend, however I think restoration could be expensive....upwards of £10k (which I'm spending & more on the house instead). Autotrader shows cars of good condition asking around £15k, so there could be a profit in it eventually. Although I've seen enough Car SOS episodes to know we could also have a rusty money pit.....
So if we chose to sell it as is, does anyone know what someone might pay for it today?
I'm building an extension on the side of the house soon, however there's a RS in the way....
My nephew bought an 03 plate around 12 years ago, but was too young to be able to afford the insurance, etc so he soon parked it on the driveway and forgot about it. After more than a decade out in the rain (shame on all of us!) it's in a fairly shabby condition.
Rear brakes calipers and discs are rusted together, likewise front discs. The Brembo calipers up front will surely need a rebuild. The paint is ok, seats good apart from some wear on driver's bolster and the interior seems dry. Wheels are fine. No idea on the engine, the bonnet hasn't been opened forever. It ran well in 2012.
But obviously it's underneath (which I haven't checked) that will need the most work: suspension, rubbers, brake lines, rad, (potentially) the floors, etc are probably all shot!
So the car will need to be dragged/towed out of the way, but it can't stay on the property any longer. I'm a classic 4x4 fan and don't know much about hot hatches, but even I can see this is a special car and should be saved by someone. We'd hate to just scrap it.
I've read some threads here and now know about the 3 x RS specialists you guys recommend, however I think restoration could be expensive....upwards of £10k (which I'm spending & more on the house instead). Autotrader shows cars of good condition asking around £15k, so there could be a profit in it eventually. Although I've seen enough Car SOS episodes to know we could also have a rusty money pit.....
So if we chose to sell it as is, does anyone know what someone might pay for it today?
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