Car’s a rust bucket, should I buy a new one or not?
For context, I live in Scotland, so yes, we do salt the roads in the winter, and yes, that causes huge amounts of rust.
I passed my driving test about 2 months ago, 2 days later I bought a Honda Jazz (Or Honda Fit for the countries outside of UK) for £2.9k. Except I made a big mistake of not checking under the car before paying for it.
About a week ago I went to my mechanic for a small problem, and he showed me all the rust underneath.
I’m now considering to replace her, but still, I love her so much. The MOT lasts until next February, so still about 10 months of legality on this car, but after that there’s no way it will be legal to drive.
If I was to replace it now, what the car sells for, would be my budget, let’s say around £2.3k. If I wait until next February, I might have an extra £3k to play with, but then the car would worth absolutely nothing or someone buys it dead cheap, or I might have to pay someone to scrap it.
As car owners yourself, what would you do in this situation? Get a new one now, or wait until the MOT runs out and get a new one then?