God, I hate this pile of shite

[rustyrider]

The 1.4 Peugeot petrol engine is nigh on bulletproof as long as the cam belt is changed.  I bought a 1.4 306 for my daughter as her first car and it ran forever despite her having raced karts from the age of 11 so treated everything else on the road as a competitor that must be overtaken at all costs.  There's a coolant hose at the back of the engine that gets oil on it so goes all soft and squidgy which will burst at the most inappropriate time and they weep oil out of the front right corner of the head gasket (but will do that forever and isn't a reason to change the head gasket as you seem to feel that is beyond you).

But what has caused the sudden change from not wanting to repair the 106, not wanting a car and wanting to get the bike thrown back together again?