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Pretty much, I'm sending a container over with house stuff anyway so sending the parts won't be an issue.  Not sure if I could be bothered though to be honest..  maybe time to get out of the game.

I'll probably put the rolling body up for sale here, if it sells it sells, if not I might just have to send it over.  We'll see.

Looks like I have no choice really and I'll have to accept the bmw/eurolife.  I hope this thing sells quickly.. I'm only in the middle of a complete fuse box change over and relocation (all the fuse box wires are cut at the moment), so I'll just need to finish that and put the interior back together and get her on the market.

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On 14/07/2022 at 9:51 AM, 30ed32 said:

innocent soul that doesn't know how cars will financially ruin him

lol....

I kept a spreadsheet on the current shit box, total costs excludes serviceable parts (fluids, pads, filters, etc.), dyno tuning (because I tuned it myself), but still it's crept up to $90k for a shit box GTS-t.

 

Holy shit that's a bit of money.  I haven't kept track of mine and I don't even want to know, I would estimate somewhere in the mid 40's and I'd still have to spend another 15k to even get it moving (ecu, suspension, tune, a lot of an fittings, wiring etc) that doesn't include needing a paint job, new seats and all of that.  This is probably for the best, better I stop myself now than spending more on a car that's gonna make 350kw on a good day.

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