micrak10
1999 Toyota Avensis 1.6 SE
End of the road for this Avensis. Always a bit more sad when a car is able to drive itself onto the vehicle which will take it to it's final destination.
The mechanic who works for my company has known this Avensis pretty much all of it's life. He bought it from the original owner (an ex employee) when it was 3 years old with 17,000 miles on the clock. He owned it until 2010 when he sold it to a friend after buying a Ford C-Max. There's probably very few people other than him who have worked on it in it's life.
Sadly the head gasket has recently gone, and it has been replaced (by the said C-Max, as the mechanic now has a Fiesta). It was very fixable, but lack of time, space and ultimate resale value has led to it's scrapping today. Final mileage count was 136,183.
Personally, if I'd known a car all of it's 18 year life and I had the skills to repair it myself, I definitely would. But then I get far too attached to inanimate objects like cars.
1999 Toyota Avensis 1.6 SE
End of the road for this Avensis. Always a bit more sad when a car is able to drive itself onto the vehicle which will take it to it's final destination.
The mechanic who works for my company has known this Avensis pretty much all of it's life. He bought it from the original owner (an ex employee) when it was 3 years old with 17,000 miles on the clock. He owned it until 2010 when he sold it to a friend after buying a Ford C-Max. There's probably very few people other than him who have worked on it in it's life.
Sadly the head gasket has recently gone, and it has been replaced (by the said C-Max, as the mechanic now has a Fiesta). It was very fixable, but lack of time, space and ultimate resale value has led to it's scrapping today. Final mileage count was 136,183.
Personally, if I'd known a car all of it's 18 year life and I had the skills to repair it myself, I definitely would. But then I get far too attached to inanimate objects like cars.