Do I keep this car or try to sell/scrap it?

[KestrelRose]

Hi, first of all I know absolutely nothing about cars and I can't even drive. However I have just been given a Nissan micra 2002 as motivation to start lessons. Problem is I was told it needed a bit of work as it failed its last mot but I have no idea how serious the things it failed on are or how much I'll be looking at paying to get it fixed? If anyone could offer some advice that would be fantastic thanks ?? I'd love to keep the car if its worth the work
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[S100HP]

Scrap that. Absolutely not worth even considering fixing it.

[steveo3002]

wont be worth fixing with the rust

[Krikkit]

Sadly it does sound like that's beyond worth saving.

[TO73074E]

The money you spend to fix that could be put towards a car that doesn't have those issues. It's the chassis corrosion that put me right off.

[Ransoman]

Scrap it. To fix all that would be multiples of its own value.

[anonymous-user]

Scrap it, you will get more for it than you think, I bet you get quoted between £200 and £250. It is really not worth trying to sell it and having to deal with people, the extra money will not be worth the hassle.

[boyse7en]

Most of that is cheap and easy to replace/repair. However the chassis corrosion will likely be expensive to sort out as it needs a skilled welder and takes time to do.
Sadly, as the others have said, the best course of action would be to scrap it (or sell it on FB as a spares car) and to put the money towards something cheap with an MOT.

[soad]

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[blue_haddock]

Its a rot box so just scrap it.

[DaveyBoyWonder]

KestrelRose said:

However I have just been given a Nissan micra 2002 as motivation to start lessons.

Looking at that MOT report, does the person who gave it you like you?

[defblade]

To take a different view from the above:

Get a quote to repair (not make pretty) the rot. If it's not too bad, slapping a patch or two on, grinding back the worst of the welds and a quick lick of underseal could see you with change from one or two hundred pounds at your local indie garage.
After that, the rest should be cheap/simple.

But if the local welder starts poking bigger and bigger holes, sucking through his teeth and shaking his head, don't even bother waiting for the answer, just drive it to the scrappy and weigh it in.
(Or stick it no reserve on ebay as spares or repair. I prefer to do this with dodgy old cars - I'd rather not make quite so much back but help someone else keep theirs running than just scrap them.)

[Doofus]

Why do people play this game?

[defblade]

Doofus said:

Why do people play this game?

There's nothing worth watching on the telly.

[samoht]

When you scrap it, the catalytic converter might be worth a few hundred quid by itself, assuming it's still original.