Sadly after almost 4 years of completely trouble free motoring my TT overheated on the way to Plymouth last Saturday and has blown the head gasket, 12 miles away from completing a 235 mile trip.
I'm looking for opinions on the best course of action from here. Whifbitz have suggested replacing the engine. I can understand that point of view, is it the best option though? The engine hasn't been stripped to check for any other damage so we don't know if there is anything else more serious wrong.
The thing on my mind is that being that it's an auto and it's done a few miles the cost of the repair whichever route I take is most likely going to be uneconomical relative to the value of the car, on top of this whatever has caused the overheating will need to be addressed. Should I just break it? Is there much to break considering the engine is not usable at the moment? I'm not keen to break it as it has been a great car but at the end of the day it has to come down to the economics, I can always get another car...
I am a little bit lost as to what to do so any advice would be much appreciated!