The Joy of Running an Old Shed (Vol 2)
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Wondering if I can apply for membership to club shed?
Bought the mrs a 2013 Fabia TSI estate 2 years ago for just shy of £4k (ex company car, 90k miles). 4 new cross climates, car play head unit, OEM mats and a leather steering wheel upgrade later away she went.
First spend looming (excluding servicing) as it needs some front suspension work, reckoning on about £400ish.
Haven’t a clue what it’s worth (£2kish?) and intend to run it for the foreseeable so I now see it as a bit of a shed, albeit one that I don’t mind spending a few quid on to keep in good mechanical nick. My mrs doesn’t give a toss about it, she puts petrol in it and tells me when the washer bottle needs topping up.
Does this now qualify as a mild form of shedding or am I deluded and just bragging about a posh set of wheels?
One of my favourite threads btw, some great stuff on here
Bought the mrs a 2013 Fabia TSI estate 2 years ago for just shy of £4k (ex company car, 90k miles). 4 new cross climates, car play head unit, OEM mats and a leather steering wheel upgrade later away she went.
First spend looming (excluding servicing) as it needs some front suspension work, reckoning on about £400ish.
Haven’t a clue what it’s worth (£2kish?) and intend to run it for the foreseeable so I now see it as a bit of a shed, albeit one that I don’t mind spending a few quid on to keep in good mechanical nick. My mrs doesn’t give a toss about it, she puts petrol in it and tells me when the washer bottle needs topping up.
Does this now qualify as a mild form of shedding or am I deluded and just bragging about a posh set of wheels?
One of my favourite threads btw, some great stuff on here
Th3 D0n said:
Wondering if I can apply for membership to club shed?
Bought the mrs a 2013 Fabia TSI estate 2 years ago for just shy of £4k (ex company car, 90k miles). 4 new cross climates, car play head unit, OEM mats and a leather steering wheel upgrade later away she went.
First spend looming (excluding servicing) as it needs some front suspension work, reckoning on about £400ish.
Haven’t a clue what it’s worth (£2kish?) and intend to run it for the foreseeable so I now see it as a bit of a shed, albeit one that I don’t mind spending a few quid on to keep in good mechanical nick. My mrs doesn’t give a toss about it, she puts petrol in it and tells me when the washer bottle needs topping up.
Does this now qualify as a mild form of shedding or am I deluded and just bragging about a posh set of wheels?
One of my favourite threads btw, some great stuff on here
Many will say shedding is a mindset, not price or spend. But, to me a shed is something very cheap, maybe <£2k that you can potentially throw away and start again - bit of an in-between (shedding & bangernomics)Bought the mrs a 2013 Fabia TSI estate 2 years ago for just shy of £4k (ex company car, 90k miles). 4 new cross climates, car play head unit, OEM mats and a leather steering wheel upgrade later away she went.
First spend looming (excluding servicing) as it needs some front suspension work, reckoning on about £400ish.
Haven’t a clue what it’s worth (£2kish?) and intend to run it for the foreseeable so I now see it as a bit of a shed, albeit one that I don’t mind spending a few quid on to keep in good mechanical nick. My mrs doesn’t give a toss about it, she puts petrol in it and tells me when the washer bottle needs topping up.
Does this now qualify as a mild form of shedding or am I deluded and just bragging about a posh set of wheels?
One of my favourite threads btw, some great stuff on here
I only fix things if and when I need too, if its broken, or if its a safety issue that will affect the MOT - everything else is fair game until it annoys me or becomes a bigger problem - I run my shed on a shoestring budget, not that I need too, but I choose too - its very liberating - I never buy anything it doesn't need on a whim.
It gets a oil service every year as its doing nearly 20k a year, never gets washed, the last time I washed my shed was October 2023. It is a work mule earning me business mileage, so it needs to be mechanically ok only - if the MOT's bring anything up, they mostly get fixed. If is corrosion issues, it will go to scrapmycar.com etc, and I will rinse and repeat.
Welcome to the club, your Fabia is welcome with open shed arms
Mad Maximus said:
Jazoli said:
p4cks said:
4 ditchfinders will be fine
Until it rains or you need to do an emergency stop, ditchfinders are never the answer when you can get a set of quality mid range tyres for £400.For me, it isn't a necessity these days, more of a choice. I would therefore spend the money on the tyres, but fully agree that for many that isn't such an easy choice and that inevitably choices need to be made.
OMITN said:
Mad Maximus said:
Jazoli said:
p4cks said:
4 ditchfinders will be fine
Until it rains or you need to do an emergency stop, ditchfinders are never the answer when you can get a set of quality mid range tyres for £400.For me, it isn't a necessity these days, more of a choice. I would therefore spend the money on the tyres, but fully agree that for many that isn't such an easy choice and that inevitably choices need to be made.
For pottering about town then ditchfinders or used but decent tyres will do - I am veering towards the latter.
But I want to be safe. And there is always the chance that, if the weather ever improved reliably, yI would want to travel some distance with caravan attached and wife and dogs on board.
I am battling with this one now. When I got said shed 6 years ago, I replaced the tyres almost immediately with a set of recently new, but in fact used, tyres with 8.5 mm on them all round (they come with 10 mm new). 4 decent brand rain tyres for £120.
The fronts are now pretty well due for replacement, and the rear Uniroyal Rain tyres are probably only 12 months behind them.
Decisions, decisions.
A set of 215/65 16 98Hs ccan cost over £600 fully fitted and top quality.
7 5 7 said:
Many will say shedding is a mindset, not price or spend. But, to me a shed is something very cheap, maybe <£2k that you can potentially throw away and start again - bit of an in-between (shedding & bangernomics)
I only fix things if and when I need too, if its broken, or if its a safety issue that will affect the MOT - everything else is fair game until it annoys me or becomes a bigger problem - I run my shed on a shoestring budget, not that I need too, but I choose too - its very liberating - I never buy anything it doesn't need on a whim.
It gets a oil service every year as its doing nearly 20k a year, never gets washed, the last time I washed my shed was October 2023. It is a work mule earning me business mileage, so it needs to be mechanically ok only - if the MOT's bring anything up, they mostly get fixed. If is corrosion issues, it will go to scrapmycar.com etc, and I will rinse and repeat.
Welcome to the club, your Fabia is welcome with open shed arms
CheersI only fix things if and when I need too, if its broken, or if its a safety issue that will affect the MOT - everything else is fair game until it annoys me or becomes a bigger problem - I run my shed on a shoestring budget, not that I need too, but I choose too - its very liberating - I never buy anything it doesn't need on a whim.
It gets a oil service every year as its doing nearly 20k a year, never gets washed, the last time I washed my shed was October 2023. It is a work mule earning me business mileage, so it needs to be mechanically ok only - if the MOT's bring anything up, they mostly get fixed. If is corrosion issues, it will go to scrapmycar.com etc, and I will rinse and repeat.
Welcome to the club, your Fabia is welcome with open shed arms
The suspension has been clunking for a while now, the MOT advisory for worn arms/bushes has prompted me to get it sorted.
The Fabia has expensive bork potential (timing chain/turbo/clutch/DMF) but that bridge will be crossed when/if it’s reached. It does less than 3000 miles a year so I’m hoping it’ll keep going for a while yet.
It’s due a wash but once I’ve done mine I can rarely be arsed…
ferrisbueller said:
Is the 2012+ (Mk9?) Civic as much of a cockroach as its predecessor?
I don't see why it shouldn't be. I've got a 66 plate Tourer, 1.8 petrol auto. I've had it for 5 years. Not a thing has gone wrong with it, but then it still hasn't done 40k miles. I'm planning to keep it forever. They are holding their value incredibly well, which is a good sign. I valued mine on Motorway recently and got an estimate of £10.3k, versus the £13k I paid for it in 2019 from a Main Dealer.ferrisbueller said:
Is the 2012+ (Mk9?) Civic as much of a cockroach as its predecessor?
I have a 2015 tourer 1.6 i-DTEC for nearly two years now. Objectively it's one of the best cars I have had. I have done about 22k in it and nothing has ever gone wrong ever. Driving up and down from Kent to Scotland in it and everything else in between. Regularly does over 65 MPG, the boot is massive, the magic seats are very clever. Cheap tax at £20 odd for the year. It even handles really well in dynamic mode.I really rate them, the petrol is meant to be equally as good. They designed this diesel engine well with the location of the DPF, will keep it going and going.
Negatives. The paint is very soft on these, alloy wheels corrode easily (just had mine refurbed) seems to be a Japanese thing in my experience. The seats aren't the most comfortable on long trips sadly.
maxwellwd said:
ferrisbueller said:
Is the 2012+ (Mk9?) Civic as much of a cockroach as its predecessor?
I have a 2015 tourer 1.6 i-DTEC for nearly two years now. Objectively it's one of the best cars I have had. I have done about 22k in it and nothing has ever gone wrong ever. Driving up and down from Kent to Scotland in it and everything else in between. Regularly does over 65 MPG, the boot is massive, the magic seats are very clever. Cheap tax at £20 odd for the year. It even handles really well in dynamic mode.I really rate them, the petrol is meant to be equally as good. They designed this diesel engine well with the location of the DPF, will keep it going and going.
Negatives. The paint is very soft on these, alloy wheels corrode easily (just had mine refurbed) seems to be a Japanese thing in my experience. The seats aren't the most comfortable on long trips sadly.
I would agree that objectively it's one of the best cars I've ever had too (37 at last count...)
Mr Tidy said:
GeneralBanter said:
Mr Tidy said:
It's painful on early 2000s cars. I paid £395 to tax my 2005 Cat N 330i Shed for a year last month, and it's gone up since then!
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Go for a zero tax shed pre 1985 - there are quite a few on the market sub £6k My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
CivicDuties said:
maxwellwd said:
ferrisbueller said:
Is the 2012+ (Mk9?) Civic as much of a cockroach as its predecessor?
I have a 2015 tourer 1.6 i-DTEC for nearly two years now. Objectively it's one of the best cars I have had. I have done about 22k in it and nothing has ever gone wrong ever. Driving up and down from Kent to Scotland in it and everything else in between. Regularly does over 65 MPG, the boot is massive, the magic seats are very clever. Cheap tax at £20 odd for the year. It even handles really well in dynamic mode.I really rate them, the petrol is meant to be equally as good. They designed this diesel engine well with the location of the DPF, will keep it going and going.
Negatives. The paint is very soft on these, alloy wheels corrode easily (just had mine refurbed) seems to be a Japanese thing in my experience. The seats aren't the most comfortable on long trips sadly.
I would agree that objectively it's one of the best cars I've ever had too (37 at last count...)
I don't think corroding alloys is a Japanese thing. Diamond cut alloys in general are stupidly difficult to keep in good order for any length of time.
ferrisbueller said:
CivicDuties said:
maxwellwd said:
ferrisbueller said:
Is the 2012+ (Mk9?) Civic as much of a cockroach as its predecessor?
I have a 2015 tourer 1.6 i-DTEC for nearly two years now. Objectively it's one of the best cars I have had. I have done about 22k in it and nothing has ever gone wrong ever. Driving up and down from Kent to Scotland in it and everything else in between. Regularly does over 65 MPG, the boot is massive, the magic seats are very clever. Cheap tax at £20 odd for the year. It even handles really well in dynamic mode.I really rate them, the petrol is meant to be equally as good. They designed this diesel engine well with the location of the DPF, will keep it going and going.
Negatives. The paint is very soft on these, alloy wheels corrode easily (just had mine refurbed) seems to be a Japanese thing in my experience. The seats aren't the most comfortable on long trips sadly.
I would agree that objectively it's one of the best cars I've ever had too (37 at last count...)
I don't think corroding alloys is a Japanese thing. Diamond cut alloys in general are stupidly difficult to keep in good order for any length of time.
7 5 7 said:
Th3 D0n said:
Wondering if I can apply for membership to club shed?
Bought the mrs a 2013 Fabia TSI estate 2 years ago for just shy of £4k (ex company car, 90k miles). 4 new cross climates, car play head unit, OEM mats and a leather steering wheel upgrade later away she went.
First spend looming (excluding servicing) as it needs some front suspension work, reckoning on about £400ish.
Haven’t a clue what it’s worth (£2kish?) and intend to run it for the foreseeable so I now see it as a bit of a shed, albeit one that I don’t mind spending a few quid on to keep in good mechanical nick. My mrs doesn’t give a toss about it, she puts petrol in it and tells me when the washer bottle needs topping up.
Does this now qualify as a mild form of shedding or am I deluded and just bragging about a posh set of wheels?
One of my favourite threads btw, some great stuff on here
Many will say shedding is a mindset, not price or spend. But, to me a shed is something very cheap, maybe <£2k that you can potentially throw away and start again - bit of an in-between (shedding & bangernomics)Bought the mrs a 2013 Fabia TSI estate 2 years ago for just shy of £4k (ex company car, 90k miles). 4 new cross climates, car play head unit, OEM mats and a leather steering wheel upgrade later away she went.
First spend looming (excluding servicing) as it needs some front suspension work, reckoning on about £400ish.
Haven’t a clue what it’s worth (£2kish?) and intend to run it for the foreseeable so I now see it as a bit of a shed, albeit one that I don’t mind spending a few quid on to keep in good mechanical nick. My mrs doesn’t give a toss about it, she puts petrol in it and tells me when the washer bottle needs topping up.
Does this now qualify as a mild form of shedding or am I deluded and just bragging about a posh set of wheels?
One of my favourite threads btw, some great stuff on here
I only fix things if and when I need too, if its broken, or if its a safety issue that will affect the MOT - everything else is fair game until it annoys me or becomes a bigger problem - I run my shed on a shoestring budget, not that I need too, but I choose too - its very liberating - I never buy anything it doesn't need on a whim.
It gets a oil service every year as its doing nearly 20k a year, never gets washed, the last time I washed my shed was October 2023. It is a work mule earning me business mileage, so it needs to be mechanically ok only - if the MOT's bring anything up, they mostly get fixed. If is corrosion issues, it will go to scrapmycar.com etc, and I will rinse and repeat.
Welcome to the club, your Fabia is welcome with open shed arms
The best of these is truly not giving a sh#t, that attitude is infectious and rubs off on many other aspects of life that really don't matter.
GeneralBanter said:
Mr Tidy said:
GeneralBanter said:
Mr Tidy said:
It's painful on early 2000s cars. I paid £395 to tax my 2005 Cat N 330i Shed for a year last month, and it's gone up since then!
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Go for a zero tax shed pre 1985 - there are quite a few on the market sub £6k My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Mr Tidy said:
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Yep, it's a consideration when browsing my next car.I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Hoofy said:
Mr Tidy said:
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Yep, it's a consideration when browsing my next car.I think Band M killed off some great cars.
giblet said:
I stuck a set of Goodyear all seasons onto my shed a few months back. Not cheap at £400 but they seem decent so far
Putting a decent set of all Michelin CC2s on my shed has trapped me into a position of 'I've got to keep repairing it whatever the cost because it's got £400 worth of new tyres on it'Is that a version of the sunk cost fallacy?
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