Another one bites the dust....

[Dezzy]

Gutted for you mate. You are in an awkward position, however i agree with Adrian. If you are really thinking of another 8 then i'd be thinking of fixing it as long as the rest of the car is good. I know on the one hand it's dead money throwing at it but to replace the car will cost the same, and that might give the same issue again later on. You've come this far with yours all it needs is a gearbox and it'll run for years to come (hopefully)

You'll never get your money back that you've spent on it. If you were throwing in the towel and saying i'm getting something else then yeah rip it to bits and get back what you can.