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woah, sorry guys - I'd somehow missed all these replies further up the page.
Anyhow, he traded it in. Now has a 200. It sounds as though the garage were planning to fix it and sell it on, so it'll live on.
The one I'm breaking is a different car, the fact I'd mentioned that one is why this...
well, the guy who works in Spar near where I work. He's got a 2004 172 on 117k.
Failed MOT on broken rear spring, trailing arm bush, leaking rear shock and exhaust major leak.
Sell as is, or fix and sell with full MOT. He'll not do the work himself and I've not got the time to help him there..