When I first got my lexus I was working in a rural area with non-existant public transport.
I have since moved to the city and public transport is just everywhere, and driving to work is costly, the road tax to just own the car as well as the premium for on street parking just doesn't seem to justify me keeping the vehicle anymore - because of that I stopped driving it for a few months, over the winter I travelled for a few months to a sunnier place and returned to the tyre being flat, I assumed it was deflated so bought a car powered inflator, which in turn made me realise the tyre actually has a puncture. The next time I tried to turn the car on it just refused to do so, I couldn't even open the door with the key - I am assuming the battery neds jumping?
All this seems like effort to me, tyre replacement + finding a battery jumper, plus theres 2 visible scratch areas, one on the rear left bumper and one above the right rim due to some really cool hit and runs (city living). I feel getting the car to a resellable state might end up being an over investment?
With that said It seems a waste to scrap, the car has 43k miles total, perfect service history (except for last year as I have not driven it in months) but I'm thinking this is the most economical choice? It's costing about £1.3k a year just to stay parked legally!
If the advice is to sell it, can you advise me on how to best tackle this in terms of min/maxing.
