At the risk of appearing to sound as if I'm milking for free advice (and sympathy) I have had a chance to reflect on things overnight. Managed to chat with the mechanic this morning before coming into work. He said he will phone around his various contacts to see if he can source used/refurbished injectors - but warned that there is no guarantee the same fault will not develop again. Ditto if I opted for new ones to be installed.
I am really left with 3 options:
1. Pay for the repair, get the car up and running again - and put it up for sale. Take the money and think seriously before buying again.
2. Pay for the repair, and get it part exchanged for something more in my league (i.e something less powerful, smaller, cheaper maintenace). The common or garden Renaults, Citroens, Peugeots spring to mind.
3. Pay for the repair...live with the car, and just accept the fact its going to hurt my pocket seriously once a year.
Option #3 is hard to justify as I don't use the car every day - and two and half thousand pounds buys a lot of holidays, pays for medical expenses - not to mention home repairs/upkeep.
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