bad news... advise please.

[r16]

Hey guys,

Got some bad news this afternoon, my other half is being made redundant
she has been given a weeks notice and is getting 3 weeks redundancy pay and thats it.
to make matters worse she is just about to finish her 9 months on maternity (so money is tight) and we have just put the house on the market

the question is this... if it comes to it (and the chances are it will)
what is the rocket worth?
Its up and running (when i replace the o/s dive shaft that i broke)
it just needs lights, and the ali pannels for the fuel tank finishing and thats about it ready for IVA.

its the only thing i have to sell thats worth any money really

I will hang onto it till the last possible moment and after 2 years of building it will be very sad to see it go as im sure you will understand but needs must

phil

[mastarforth]

sorry to hear that mate

I dont knwo how much the rocket would be worth, so cannot help you to much, but I would delay selling it as long as you can

[brownie]

Sorry to hear that mate. The only person i know who has sold one is scott, no idea how much it went for. It really depends on the build quality, parts used ect. I would estimate any where between 6.5k to 12k

[r16]

Im going to hang on to it untill i need to pay bills and have no money in the bank
the problem is at that point ill be so stapped for cash i might have to just take offers on it
i don't think anyone has sold a part built rocket before, i really don't want to be the first

[Andy]

Hi phil sorry to hear your bad news mate can I ask one thing ? Is it just your wife that has been made redundant or the hole company ? As for the rocket hold on for as long as you can things do work out and for the best
lego

[Scott]

Phil,

Sorry to hear the news,

All I know is it will be worth more complete and road legal

I have to congratulate you as you have done incredibly well to so far to fund this project, I know i couldn't fund a project like this on my own,

Well done mate, hope you can get something sorted,
maybe a sponsorship from a Mev or RTR

Scott

[r16]

thanks for the kind comments guys, :-) thanks scott,

Lego - they have let 5 people go out of a team of about 30... bad luck i guess.

im still working on the car, there are a few little bits i can do without spending anything and im going to fix the drive shaft and get it running again.

then i guess its just wait and see :-(

[mattsmev]

Phil, thats shocking news, so sad that you may be out of the kit car scene for a while

hopefully mrs-r16 will walk in to her dream job really quickly, who knows, it not over untill untill the chequered flag mate.

What is the spec of your car? if I find any one looking for a rocket I'll let you know.

Cheers

mattsmev

[r16]

thanks mattsmev,

car is the best type...1.6 zetec SE ;-) ha ha ha.

Mrs R16 is busy looking for jobs, we have all fingers and toes crossed!!!