General End of the road
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General End of the road
sad times...
Why not stick it on ebay? Will get at least scrap value, if not more 
Sad news . I'm starting to notice the lack of round nose Multis on the road now. Looks like you're not the only deciding to call it a day.
. I'm starting to notice the lack of round nose Multis on the road now. Looks like you're not the only deciding to call it a day.simonprior
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Very sad but probably a wise decision. We've just spent a lot of money getting ours back on the road in good condition - in hindsight it was almost certainly time to move on to something newer.
That depends.....
Multiplas (apart from newer square nose ones) have pretty much stopped depreciating now, and that's the single biggest running cost for a lot of cars. Glass's Guide says they're actually going up in value. As luck would have it, there's no current model I know of that does the same job as a Multipla (small package, seats for six people - in full size seats - and their luggage, flat load floor right thru'). So if a Multipla does the job that you ask of it, they make sense, even if you do have to spend out on repairs.
In one of the car mags I was reading over Xmas, there was a rather obscure list in the car specs section showing MPVs (of 6 seats or more) in order of length. The shortest was 4.4m long. When I looked at the details for that 'shortest' car, it had less head and leg room than the Multipla and less luggage space too. So, thought I, what exactly are they f'ing doing with the extra 16 inches of car length? The Multi is a marvel of packaging and beats pretty much everything else in that respect.
Multiplas (apart from newer square nose ones) have pretty much stopped depreciating now, and that's the single biggest running cost for a lot of cars. Glass's Guide says they're actually going up in value. As luck would have it, there's no current model I know of that does the same job as a Multipla (small package, seats for six people - in full size seats - and their luggage, flat load floor right thru'). So if a Multipla does the job that you ask of it, they make sense, even if you do have to spend out on repairs.
In one of the car mags I was reading over Xmas, there was a rather obscure list in the car specs section showing MPVs (of 6 seats or more) in order of length. The shortest was 4.4m long. When I looked at the details for that 'shortest' car, it had less head and leg room than the Multipla and less luggage space too. So, thought I, what exactly are they f'ing doing with the extra 16 inches of car length? The Multi is a marvel of packaging and beats pretty much everything else in that respect.
simonprior
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I agree with all that you say, the design of the Multipla is marvelous and suits our requirements to a T. Also love the look of the round-nose version. Its just that if you have to rely on a dealer for repairs it don't come cheap
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I know of a decent 2nd hand gearbox and a new clutch can be had for £80 so not really the end of the world and works out less than a months payment on a new car..
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Where abouts are you?
Looking at the rate that Multiplas are going to the breakers in the UK (check out the How Many Left? website) you might not have to wait anywhere near 20, let alone 30 years....
