The Joy of Running an Old Shed

[Johnny Raydome]

Squirrelofwoe said:

How did you find the auto in these?

The auto box suited the car and certainly the use it was put to.
Other than that, I don't remember an awful lot about it

It did remind me of previous generation Hondas where they just worked if you know what I mean.

[Etypephil]

jamesson said:

kestral said:

so you can change gear and indicate at the same time

Why would you need to change gear and indicate at the same time?

1) To save wasting the lives of others wondering wtf you are planning to do while you fumble for second gear at roundabouts.

2) Preparing to overtake.

There are numerous other situations where multitasking is appropriate when driving.

If you are by that concept, ask your carer to explain.

[Condi]

jamesson said:

kestral said:

so you can change gear and indicate at the same time

Why would you need to change gear and indicate at the same time?

And how can you, unless you take your hand off the steering wheel?!

Very confused. Besides, you should enter the corner already in the correct gear, so you don't have to change while turning. Did nobody teach you nuffing?

[Superchickenn]

My daily shed is this unit..

She's done about 248000 miles (it stopped counting for 2 years)

I paid 300 for it just over 2 years ago..

I've put a remapped ecu into it.. It gets used every day down lanes or on long runs..

I had to change the clutch due to the remap (lasted 3 weeks) new clutch cost me £62 quid

And gets 50 plus mpg everywhere I go PD130 :-)



[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/peBHjLxJ[/url



My 9 year old doing the oil change

[Lemming Train]

^ That's nearly got the same reg as my old one, but my shed was in dark blue! Same engine and spec. Without a doubt the worst handling car I've ever driven and they eat cam shafts for fun.

[Superchickenn]

Lemming Train said:

^ That's nearly got the same reg as my old one, but my shed was in dark blue! Same engine and spec. Without a doubt the worst handling car I've ever driven and they eat cam shafts for fun.

The PD150's are the ones that eat cams, the PD130's dont. This one is 248,000 on its original, my PD150 is on its second cam at 208,000 miles.

Plus i oil change every 3 months :-)

[Lemming Train]

Superchickenn said:

Lemming Train said:

^ That's nearly got the same reg as my old one, but my shed was in dark blue! Same engine and spec. Without a doubt the worst handling car I've ever driven and they eat cam shafts for fun.

The PD150's are the ones that eat cams, the PD130's dont. This one is 248,000 on its original, my PD150 is on its second cam at 208,000 miles.

Plus i oil change every 3 months :-)

I know about the PD150s but the PD130s aren't immune from it either. It went pop on mine and reading around the VW forums I was certainly not alone.

[slipstream 1985]

Superchickenn said:

My daily shed is this unit..

She's done about 248000 miles (it stopped counting for 2 years)

I paid 300 for it just over 2 years ago..

I've put a remapped ecu into it.. It gets used every day down lanes or on long runs..

I had to change the clutch due to the remap (lasted 3 weeks) new clutch cost me £62 quid

And gets 50 plus mpg everywhere I go PD130 :-)



[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/peBHjLxJ[/url



My 9 year old doing the oil change

You have out shed'd us all by employing child labour to do the grunt work good sir

[Superchickenn]

Lemming Train said:

I know about the PD150s but the PD130s aren't immune from it either. It went pop on mine and reading around the VW forums I was certainly not alone.

Thats normally because of lack of servicing or incorrect oil being used.. ive also got a PD130 A4 on 234000 which is also remapped

[Superchickenn]

slipstream 1985 said:

You have out shed'd us all by employing child labour to do the grunt work good sir

Haha he wants to learn how to work on the cars so he likes to help :-)

[jamesson]

Etypephil said:

1) To save wasting the lives of others wondering wtf you are planning to do while you fumble for second gear at roundabouts.

2) Preparing to overtake.

There are numerous other situations where multitasking is appropriate when driving.

If you are by that concept, ask your carer to explain.

If your planning is so bad that you need to perform tasks which require the same hand at the same time, then I would suggest you're not a very good driver.

[carinaman]

Some useful VAG knowledge. Thanks.

I suppose an Auto Accord avoids possible clutch issues unless the clutch has already been done? There's a few Hondas on AT that need clutches.

[slipstream 1985]

I went through a different ethos of shedding for a while. A daily shed and a fun shed

The Noble obviously a fun weekend car but it broke alot

so I bought a tatty xsara vts. It had dents, dings all over it but on a hoon in the highlands with lots of single track roads everything gave way to me, Even on bits of single track with a car coming the other way i would just bump it up on the verge and drive half off road it really was a riot.

The clio was my daily for 4 years and offset the Noble cost £30 road tax 65mpg and on my dailly commute of 40 miles A road it was all i needed. Amazing how fast you can drive a road when you drive it 300 times a year. It was such a trooper it took 3 of us and all the kit skiing,
Pulled an audi q7 (on summers) out of a ski slope car park.
Think i ran it to 145k but it started leaking and having electrical starting issues so had to go.

I replaced it with a much comfier 406 coupe 2.2 petrol as running cost wasnt such an issue.

[Lemming Train]

That top photo is one for the 'things that make your teeth itch' thread .

[Etypephil]

jamesson said:

Etypephil said:

1) To save wasting the lives of others wondering wtf you are planning to do while you fumble for second gear at roundabouts.

2) Preparing to overtake.

There are numerous other situations where multitasking is appropriate when driving.

If you are by that concept, ask your carer to explain.

If your planning is so bad that you need to perform tasks which require the same hand at the same time, then I would suggest you're not a very good driver.

Then I have been extremely fortunate not to have had a fault accident in more than three million miles of driving.


Scenario # 1: you wish to take the second exit from a roundabout in a manual transmission car, away in first, by the time you should indicate your exit, you also need second gear; probably one of the reasons why so few indicate nowadays.

Scenario # 2: you are behind one or more lame drivers on a straight NSL road, no junctions, travelling at forty mph, you wish to overtake, not die of boredom, you note that there is no oncoming traffic and you can safely pass provided that you do so quickly, mirror; ok to go, indicate, simultaneously down a couple of gears and accelerate to minimise time exposed. Oh dear, you can't, because the indicator stalk and gearlever require the same hand, at the same time. Not a problem in a left hooker, because that's not the case, nor for me because both cars are autos, but in a modern turbo manual, with no throttle response, or worse, a diesel with a 1,000 rpm power band it is.

[slipstream 1985]

Lemming Train said:

That top photo is one for the 'things that make your teeth itch' thread .

The shape of the garage? Yes it is a bit wierd.

[carinaman]

slipstream 1985 said:

The clio was my daily for 4 years and offset the Noble cost £30 road tax 65mpg and on my dailly commute of 40 miles A road it was all i needed. Amazing how fast you can drive a road when you drive it 300 times a year. It was such a trooper it took 3 of us and all the kit skiing. Pulled an audi q7 (on summers) out of a ski slope car park.
Think i ran it to 145k but it started leaking and having electrical starting issues so had to go.

Leaks? Oil, coolant or into the car itself?

I am considering one of these next. I like the compactness, the £30 a year road tax and the rust resistance.

I know someone that ran a petrol one to over 100K from new that was replaced due to niggling issues.

[jamesson]

Etypephil said:

Then I have been extremely fortunate not to have had a fault accident in more than three million miles of driving.


Scenario # 1: you wish to take the second exit from a roundabout in a manual transmission car, away in first, by the time you should indicate your exit, you also need second gear; probably one of the reasons why so few indicate nowadays.

Scenario # 2: you are behind one or more lame drivers on a straight NSL road, no junctions, travelling at forty mph, you wish to overtake, not die of boredom, you note that there is no oncoming traffic and you can safely pass provided that you do so quickly, mirror; ok to go, indicate, simultaneously down a couple of gears and accelerate to minimise time exposed. Oh dear, you can't, because the indicator stalk and gearlever require the same hand, at the same time. Not a problem in a left hooker, because that's not the case, nor for me because both cars are autos, but in a modern turbo manual, with no throttle response, or worse, a diesel with a 1,000 rpm power band it is.

Rev a little higher in first if you need to for scenario 1. Scenario 2 necessitates changing down earlier if you need to so you can indicate in time. Planning, again.

[slipstream 1985]

carinaman said:

slipstream 1985 said:

The clio was my daily for 4 years and offset the Noble cost £30 road tax 65mpg and on my dailly commute of 40 miles A road it was all i needed. Amazing how fast you can drive a road when you drive it 300 times a year. It was such a trooper it took 3 of us and all the kit skiing. Pulled an audi q7 (on summers) out of a ski slope car park.
Think i ran it to 145k but it started leaking and having electrical starting issues so had to go.

Leaks? Oil, coolant or into the car itself?

I am considering one of these next. I like the compactness, the £30 a year road tax and the rust resistance.

I know someone that ran a petrol one to over 100K from new that was replaced due to niggling issues.

eh no leaks were from the sunroof seal and the ariel which had some electronics above the interior mirror so they started causing issues. Brakes and springs really cost nothing the car just ran and ran that 1.5 dci renault engine really was a peach. Even the bodywork of the car was in decent nick no rust I can think of.

In all honesty I had a bit more disposable income for a better daily and wanted something that was comfier and really looked the part so replaced with teh pug 406 coupe. Probably the best looking "everyday car" I had ever owned.

[Etypephil]

jamesson said:

Etypephil said:

Then I have been extremely fortunate not to have had a fault accident in more than three million miles of driving.


Scenario # 1: you wish to take the second exit from a roundabout in a manual transmission car, away in first, by the time you should indicate your exit, you also need second gear; probably one of the reasons why so few indicate nowadays.

Scenario # 2: you are behind one or more lame drivers on a straight NSL road, no junctions, travelling at forty mph, you wish to overtake, not die of boredom, you note that there is no oncoming traffic and you can safely pass provided that you do so quickly, mirror; ok to go, indicate, simultaneously down a couple of gears and accelerate to minimise time exposed. Oh dear, you can't, because the indicator stalk and gearlever require the same hand, at the same time. Not a problem in a left hooker, because that's not the case, nor for me because both cars are autos, but in a modern turbo manual, with no throttle response, or worse, a diesel with a 1,000 rpm power band it is.

Rev a little higher in first if you need to for scenario 1. Scenario 2 necessitates changing down earlier if you need to so you can indicate in time. Planning, again.

1. 1; When you run out of revs?

1. 2; And if having checked your mirror, find that you can't safely pull out?

When in a hole, stop digging.