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I have been wondering for a while what to do with my 1.9 gti (and car situation as a whole tbh), its got to the point where its starting to annoy me as I really don't know what to do - so I am after some opinions. A bit of background: Daily I drive the Bora and the Mrs drives her Rav4. The camper is used occasionally but constantly kept road legal and insured. This year I have had the gti on the road on a classic policy which hasn't happened for a while and just used it for a bit of weekend fun. The Cti is kept in storage and in the summer I swap it with the Bora sometimes for a couple of months. If we ever go anywhere long distance we use the Bora. All was hunky dory with this set up that is until we found out the Mrs is preggers. Don't get me wrong we are over the moon - its due in august and its all exciting times. However being a car person its been playing on my mind that we haven't got a car that would do the job as a family waggon. We need one, in my opinion one thats 04 or newer, large enough to have the baby stuff in and take the dog in the boot. Im thinking some sort of 4x4 thingy as I am not a fan of 7 seaters or estates. Now I thought I had a plan which was to sell both the bora and the Rav4 to buy this family car and bump the gti to my daily driver but after taking the gti out for a run the other day the gti seems not to be performing too well. The clutch has started to slip and the rear beam needs a rebuild as I can only seem to get 200miles (normal driving) from a tank and I just do not know why. Now the clutch isn't too much of an issue for me but with the fact we are franticly try to finish bits of the house we started to do work on before the baby comes it means I havn't got the time or knowledge tbh to refurb the beam and sort the excessive fuel useage. Now because of this I am be-grudgingly thinking of selling the gti as well but I want to get as much from it as I can to put towards another vehicle as a daily driver. I see it as I have a few options: - Sell the gti as it is take a big cut out of the money but less hassle - Fix the gti and sell it in a better condition - Break the gti for parts to help the rest of the 205 community - Fix the gti and go back to square 1 and use it as a daily - Leave it in a shed somewhere so that in 15 years time I can hopefully afford to fix it up and restore it Does anyone have any inputs on these. How much will I be looking at to get a rear beam refurbed, whos my nearest and best bet to get it refubed, happy for PMs on this. Anyone have any ideas on what could be causing the fuel issue? Should I break it is it worth a lot in bits or should I get rid and cut my losses. I am being genuine here it really is playing on my mind and I am open to ideas. A bit about the gti, its a ph2 laser green 1.9 standard. It has done just under 30,000miles which is believed to be genuine millage and is backed up by a couple of old receipts. I brought it from a guy that had loads and was losing his lock up and had to get rid of some. I got this cheap as it has been repaired at some point very early on in its life. It has had new wings, bonnet and drivers door and lost its original peugeot sport front bumper and rear bumper but still has its sideskirts. Don't get me wrong its a very presentable car and seems to get a bit of admiration when I am out in it. It would be ideal for someone that knows what they are doing and knows these cars to fix the niggles and give a bit of tlc to have a low millage classic. To the mods this is not trying to be a for sale ad just looking for some advice on what people think I should do. Thanks Andy