Nasco12
Active Member
As with most W202s mine has rust all over the place, specifically, the front wings, the rear wings, two doors, the boot lid and, oddly enough, the rear just above the bumper.
This is the worst I know of:
So, what should I do first? Should I:
a) get some rust prevention;
b) get it repaired, or:
c) do nothing, let the rust reduce the car to scrap.
Judging by Autotrader asking prices, I would say the car is worth no more than £1,000 and a pretty good replacement could be had for £1,500 - perhaps £2,500 after the sort of repairs that any seller is likely to have been putting off have been factored in.
This is the worst I know of:
So, what should I do first? Should I:
a) get some rust prevention;
b) get it repaired, or:
c) do nothing, let the rust reduce the car to scrap.
Judging by Autotrader asking prices, I would say the car is worth no more than £1,000 and a pretty good replacement could be had for £1,500 - perhaps £2,500 after the sort of repairs that any seller is likely to have been putting off have been factored in.
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In 87/88 I was a pub landlord and due to an MOT i borrowed a customers car ( I say that very loosely) to transfer 2 x 10 gal kegs of cider from a mates pub to mine, the car was an alfasud 
the steering was rather light 
on the return trip and a series of small dips in the road got it bouncing and it promptly slid to a stop in a cacophony of dust and sparks, front subframe mountings had rotted through and it dropped off, arrived back to pub on breakdown truck and gave the lad his keys back :bannana: on closer inspection,front parts of the sill that took the impact with the road had smashed all the filler off showing rolled up daily mirrors used as packing to fill to 
