hi matty, a dilema that one
i had a similar problem back in the mid 80's when i got close to buying a sud and a sprint, but insurance costs were too much
after a few years of all sorts of boring cars like an allegro
, mk1 fiesta, mk2 escort, etc i ended up with a lancia delta 1.5 which was my first taste of italian motoring
pretty much kept with lancia until a couple of years ago when i got a 156.
one thing i will say matty, if you can struggle through then keep it. you will 100% regret it in later life
do you do much mileage with it? i guess it is a daily runner? just i know from my old sprint that a classic/limited milage policy from the likes of adrian flux works out pretty good. would it even work out cheaper to get a cheap runabout for work? i know it sounds extreme but so does spending £2.5k on insurance
less than £500 maybe for a classic insurance (my sprint was around £125, but then i am pushing 40
on a 3000 mile limted policy) should leave room to insure soemthing cheap to do the daily slog, cheaper to run, moped maybe? and then when you do get to drive the 33 it will seem so much better
and it will save damaging the 33 like the other week
just an idea
