I'm getting a bit too attached to my shed
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Yadizzle1 said:
That is a seriously good sounding barge. 
Maybe lost some of the subtleness.
I have this problem to. I bought a merc S320 Cdi a year ago for comuting in. It had 118,000 on it and a fair bit of rust with a few dents thrown in for fun. One year latter coming up on the MOT, do I she'll out for some new rubber. Remembering it has 18" wheels. I'm very tempted to get the rust sorted to. 130,000 on the clock now, but so comfy to cruise to work in.
I have a 10 year old Disco 3 and it's the oldest car I've ever owned. Had it for 6 years and it's now done 134,000 miles but I cannot part with it because it works so well. Hardly a shed but the problem is a Disco 4 is essentially the same thing and will cost me 20k to upgrade. I see why people smoke around in old P38 Range Rovers! When you stop caring about how new your car is, you start caring about what it does for you and if you've looked after it, why change it?
oilslick said:
I bought an £800 168K mile LS400 originally intending it to be a stop-gap until I found something new to buy (I'd changed jobs and lost my company car so needed something immediately).
This was a year ago. Since then I've enjoyed wafting around in utter comfort and haven't even started looking for something new. I've had a few suspension bits replaced, but it's going to be due a timing belt in the next year or so, plus I'd like to replace the engine and transmission mounts and get some crappy paint sorted.
Total cost for this is looking at about £1k and the head says that I should start looking for something new. However, it's such an utterly relaxing place to be, even in the worst of traffic, that I'm seriously considering stumping up more than it's worth to keep it running and make it look nice.
Anyone else have a similar dilemma?
So you are going to spend less on making it almost like new than the depreciation on a newer car ? This was a year ago. Since then I've enjoyed wafting around in utter comfort and haven't even started looking for something new. I've had a few suspension bits replaced, but it's going to be due a timing belt in the next year or so, plus I'd like to replace the engine and transmission mounts and get some crappy paint sorted.
Total cost for this is looking at about £1k and the head says that I should start looking for something new. However, it's such an utterly relaxing place to be, even in the worst of traffic, that I'm seriously considering stumping up more than it's worth to keep it running and make it look nice.
Anyone else have a similar dilemma?
My man maths, works on the concept of durable car ownership. I ignore the value of the car, and just work on estimated cost of ownership over the next 12 months to 3 years, and if the planned repairs are less than the depreciation on it's likely replacement then I fix it. Otherwise I would have to scrap cars, because 4 tyres cost more than the car is worth.
Si.P said:
I bought a shed of a Rover 75 last year and I love it.
Yeah me too, bought a 2001 Rover 75 2.5 V6 Auto Connossieur SE Auto in pale metallic blue, it had 142k on the clock but was loaded with blue personal line heated electric memory seats, climate, cruise, electric sunroof, sat nav, traction control, electric rear blind, Harmon Kardon sound system, cd changer, power fold mirrors, heated washer jets, headlamp washers. Cost me the princely sum of £500!!Think it was £27k-£28k new. I bought it as a run around last July to keep in Glasgow for six months whilst working away instead of spending £120 a week on a hire car, fully intending to sell it up there when I finished in January.
I still have it, use it daily for commuting leaving my Supercharged VXR8 on the drive.
The Rover hasn't missed a beat. The traction control light was on when I bought it, turned out to be a broken tooth on the TC throttle motor, the headlamp washers weren't working, turned out to be a frozen exploded pump, picked up a new one on ebay for £17, the cooling fan didn't work on low speed making the air con make whale song, fixed with a £20 replacement from ebay.
The only major expense was the cambelt which I had done along with the MOT and oil change for £700.
I also picked up a pair of xenon projector lamps on ebay for £80 and fitted those too!
I keep looking at getting a nice walnut steering wheel for it but I have to resist, I'm emigrating soon and it'll have to finally go!!
Such a brilliant car for the money, drives great, mid 30's on the motorway, it's saved me a fortune of six months worth of car rental!
Stef
Edited by StefanVXR8 on Wednesday 23 April 22:09
I paid £400 for this and spent about £300 on parts and on welding. It was for my little Brother who is learning to drive.
Bought it in worse state than it is in the pic. It drove like a dog. I changed front springs, ARB links, bushes and strut top mounts. Gave it a decent surface and a thorough clean.
I hugely fell in love with it during the process and it drove like a brand new car.
I drove it the 220 miles to Cornwall where my Brother lives, non stop and begrudgingly handed him the keys. He was delighted and I was gutted
Seriously thinking of buying one as a winter car.
Bought it in worse state than it is in the pic. It drove like a dog. I changed front springs, ARB links, bushes and strut top mounts. Gave it a decent surface and a thorough clean.
I hugely fell in love with it during the process and it drove like a brand new car.
I drove it the 220 miles to Cornwall where my Brother lives, non stop and begrudgingly handed him the keys. He was delighted and I was gutted
Seriously thinking of buying one as a winter car.
I've just spent £3k getting my trusty, rusty 1988 225k mile 1.3 Astra bare metal resprayed, new arches, floor pans and some interior bits. And another £400 getting the wheels restored and new tyres. I originally bought it in an emergency when I was an apprentice with no cash. Walked into the bank with my current car smoking gently outside, got a loan and had bought this one within a few days and it got me through a tough patch with next to no fuss at all.
First thing people mention is that the car isn't worth anywhere near that etc blah blah. I know that. But I've had the thing for 15 years and it's only ever broken once (and that was due to a cheap ebay part, it was fixed within an hour of being towed home). It was my wife's wedding car and it's done a lot of things with us over the years and is still her daily drive.
Worth it? Of course not! Did it make us feel good? Hell yeah. And I'll get another load of years from it easily.
First thing people mention is that the car isn't worth anywhere near that etc blah blah. I know that. But I've had the thing for 15 years and it's only ever broken once (and that was due to a cheap ebay part, it was fixed within an hour of being towed home). It was my wife's wedding car and it's done a lot of things with us over the years and is still her daily drive.
Worth it? Of course not! Did it make us feel good? Hell yeah. And I'll get another load of years from it easily.
DKS said:
I've just spent £3k getting my trusty, rusty 1988 225k mile 1.3 Astra bare metal resprayed, new arches, floor pans and some interior bits. And another £400 getting the wheels restored and new tyres. I originally bought it in an emergency when I was an apprentice with no cash. Walked into the bank with my current car smoking gently outside, got a loan and had bought this one within a few days and it got me through a tough patch with next to no fuss at all.
First thing people mention is that the car isn't worth anywhere near that etc blah blah. I know that. But I've had the thing for 15 years and it's only ever broken once (and that was due to a cheap ebay part, it was fixed within an hour of being towed home). It was my wife's wedding car and it's done a lot of things with us over the years and is still her daily drive.
Worth it? Of course not! Did it make us feel good? Hell yeah. And I'll get another load of years from it easily.
Fantastic dedication First thing people mention is that the car isn't worth anywhere near that etc blah blah. I know that. But I've had the thing for 15 years and it's only ever broken once (and that was due to a cheap ebay part, it was fixed within an hour of being towed home). It was my wife's wedding car and it's done a lot of things with us over the years and is still her daily drive.
Worth it? Of course not! Did it make us feel good? Hell yeah. And I'll get another load of years from it easily.
Just 2 weeks (and 2000km) into owning my own shed but the love is there...
why not take the shed principle further (which is, amongst other definitions, about saving money, living economically, and doing stuff yourself) and sort out the paintwork yourself (or at least practice) on this car? Sort the rust, knock out the dents, filler and prep the body, maybe even spray it, polish it up. tlc for the interior too - then for much less than shed money you'll have a better shed, and some skills to take forwards, maybe even for non-shed cars..... and that way, you can justify the costs as they are (a) less and (b) transferrable.....
Pesty said:
I want a 75 now
Do it.With the amount of people on here who must have them (or ZTs... which I will never get insured on!), plus you and me, there'll be enough of us for an owners' club.
I'm keeping my eye on several within a 20-mile radius. It's incredible what a grand buys you these days. First lot of pay from my new job at the end of the month and as a treat to myself I might get a loan and get that 75. I don't even need it, I work in the city centre and get the bus to work... I just want it so very, very much.
There's a gold 2.5 V6 Rover 75 connie with 40k miles on Autotrader for £1000... With a bit of homework these things are incredible bargains . The good thing is if you buy one with low owners , it's quite likely it's not been driven in anything other than a "driving miss daisy " manner. And for your homework ... Pop into www.the75andztclub.co.uk some guys on there will even give a car an inspection for free if the car you want to view is miles from you.
GeordieInExile said:
Pesty said:
I want a 75 now
Do it.With the amount of people on here who must have them (or ZTs... which I will never get insured on!), plus you and me, there'll be enough of us for an owners' club.
I'm keeping my eye on several within a 20-mile radius. It's incredible what a grand buys you these days. First lot of pay from my new job at the end of the month and as a treat to myself I might get a loan and get that 75. I don't even need it, I work in the city centre and get the bus to work... I just want it so very, very much.
The only thing is i am trying to limit my shed purchasing budget to less than £400 per shed and you can easily triple that on a 75 and still get an absolute bargain.
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