Scrap, it's an avensis. Boring or not a knackered and potentially rusty car is not a safe family shuttle. Do you want a subframe collapse on the motorway?
Edit, this was a reply in general...
If it turns out to be as bad as that (garage in France said it was nowhere near this, hence I hope it's manageable) I would obviously go for scrap option.
People who think all cars are boring clearly haven't driven anything nice. I wonder why they are on this thread.