I've been umming and arring for a while now about what to do.

 

I'm 27, i'm still living at my parents after my ex sucked me dry of every penny i had unintentionally as i was trying to help her sort her finances out.

 

I have a couple of loans that have 2 years to run and my outgoings have been nearly 90% of my salary each month mainly due to the 350 miles a week i have to drive to work.

 

I run the scorpio to and from each day with the zed only being run twice a week. I never have any time to finish off the jobs i start on it and my life is hectic.

 

I'm paying 1000 quid a year on insurance, i've never once used the nitrous on the car since i bought it and as much as i love it and the fact it always puts a huge smile on my face not only the drive but you guys on here/meets i have to admit defeat.

 

My ex pretty much ruined what i enjoyed about the big shows last year and i haven't been to any this year mainly due to bad memories and the amount of work left to do on the car to make it the dream showcar i've always desired is looking further and further away.

 

The housing market is coming to a rock bottom and i know it's about time i get on the properly ladder before it starts going up again next year.

 

The zed in its present state is probably not worth much more than 3-3500 quid, if i break it for parts it looks more like 4-5k purely on the masses of decent components fitted to it.

 

It kills me to say it but she has to go :(

 

I'm compiling a list of parts on the car which i will put up on here for you guys to pick through ( and if you look in my rides section there's alot of nice stuff, nearly £12,000 quid in parts spent on it via the previous owner)

 

If i get enough response to warrant breaking her then i will. If not then i'll have to take Zena off the road and cover her for the forseable future because it's not worth selling her for peanuts as an unfinished project.

 

I've tried to warrant the cost to myself but i just can't any more, bloody gordon brown and his stupid country he's destroyed :(

 

I'll still try to come to the local meets but it won't be the same without my zed

Woah, sorry to hear this Nick. Try to hang on to it, it is a very special example.

If you do decide to break I'll have the Nos, Doolz intake, flywheel, clutch, and third dibs on the brakes.

Really sorry to hear this Nick :cry:, don,t leave us bud , the place just wouldn,t be the same without you post whoring :bow::bow::D

dont you dare ! sell your kidneys and arms first !

Ever thought of being an IT contractor? My company is paying £300 a day for junior SQL devlopers atm - you could do that with your MySQL skills.

 

That way you get to keep the zed and the scorpio.

Cheers guys for all your support.

 

I'm just testing the water to see if i can reclaim the value of the car in parts first, no point in trying to sell it in the current climate it wouldn't be worth my while but within 24 hours of putting this post up and only 10% of the items on my list being dibbed right left and centre its looking like its worth be breaking it.

 

I have added everyone's names next to all the items on a spreadsheet and if/when i decide to break i'll contact you all regarding prices.

 

For a rough guide, the parts are all less than 2 years old and have been on the car less than 6k so i'm looking for roughly half the price new which i think is pretty reasonable, there's no point trying to ask for more

 

In terms of my job, i get paid a fair old amount for the job i'm in just i have alot of outgoings mainly the loan for the zed, the loan for the last zed, some finance etc which i want to clear which doesn't leave me enough to move out and that's why i'm thinking about this.

 

I wouldn't stop posting on here and my love of zed's hasn't gone, i will be getting another just after i've sorted everything out.

 

Next time it'll be a shorty slicktop so i at least stand a chance against slick pete in the zed drag challenge ;) lol

i may also be interested in the rad and bracket

i think someone has already first dibs on it ??