The Joy of Running an Old Shed (Vol 2)
Discussion
bodhi said:
tim jb said:
I think it's worth about £1500.
He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
Assuming it's the same 1.8 VTEC unit that's been about since the Mk8 I wouldn't be too concerned about the engine crapping itself - I've seen a fair few Mk8s on 200k + He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
So, prices for them are punchy because people recognise that they're a bit of a rarity and are very good cars.
CivicDuties said:
bodhi said:
tim jb said:
I think it's worth about £1500.
He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
Assuming it's the same 1.8 VTEC unit that's been about since the Mk8 I wouldn't be too concerned about the engine crapping itself - I've seen a fair few Mk8s on 200k + He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
So, prices for them are punchy because people recognise that they're a bit of a rarity and are very good cars.
Having a quick look on FB marketplace on my made up account just for shed hunting (quit FB personally years ago...) - and tell you what there are some cheap motors on here, think I may use this as a tool for local searching going forward if I need too.
Obviously a buyers nose and common sense is required of course to sieve out the crap - but for a roll of the dice for some cheap local N/A petrols, seems great!
Obviously a buyers nose and common sense is required of course to sieve out the crap - but for a roll of the dice for some cheap local N/A petrols, seems great!
7 5 7 said:
Having a quick look on FB marketplace on my made up account just for shed hunting (quit FB personally years ago...) - and tell you what there are some cheap motors on here, think I may use this as a tool for local searching going forward if I need too.
Obviously a buyers nose and common sense is required of course to sieve out the crap - but for a roll of the dice for some cheap local N/A petrols, seems great!
Yes, my wife and I were talking about this only the other day. It seems the cheap end of the market is returning to pre COVID levels. Plenty of sub grand motors out there now. I think people are struggling across the country and this is reflecting in prices. Maybe the last chance to bag a solid Mk1 Focus at banger money before inevitably these cars move into the usual Ford modern classic territory, which eventually they will do as numbers fall. The Focus apparently is the most scrapped car in the country at the moment. Must admit when my daughter takes her Astra H back with her to Manchester this August, I might be tempted to get myself another one as a run around. It just ticks all the boxes for me as a faithful workhorse.Obviously a buyers nose and common sense is required of course to sieve out the crap - but for a roll of the dice for some cheap local N/A petrols, seems great!
greenarrow said:
7 5 7 said:
Having a quick look on FB marketplace on my made up account just for shed hunting (quit FB personally years ago...) - and tell you what there are some cheap motors on here, think I may use this as a tool for local searching going forward if I need too.
Obviously a buyers nose and common sense is required of course to sieve out the crap - but for a roll of the dice for some cheap local N/A petrols, seems great!
Yes, my wife and I were talking about this only the other day. It seems the cheap end of the market is returning to pre COVID levels. Plenty of sub grand motors out there now. I think people are struggling across the country and this is reflecting in prices. Maybe the last chance to bag a solid Mk1 Focus at banger money before inevitably these cars move into the usual Ford modern classic territory, which eventually they will do as numbers fall. The Focus apparently is the most scrapped car in the country at the moment. Must admit when my daughter takes her Astra H back with her to Manchester this August, I might be tempted to get myself another one as a run around. It just ticks all the boxes for me as a faithful workhorse.Obviously a buyers nose and common sense is required of course to sieve out the crap - but for a roll of the dice for some cheap local N/A petrols, seems great!
There are a lot of cars in the "too good to be true" bracket on Facebook Marketplace, in my opinion.
So have your wits about you.
I didn't intend on running more than one shed as the extra insurance, tax and MOT costs defeat the point of cheap motoring, but I couldn't resist this one...
Back in 2016 I bought a 2007 Suzuki Swift Sport for £4650 from a Suzuki main dealer, kept it a little while, but it was too harsh and noisy for my commute.
My mum ended up buying it from me (I took quite a big loss with a family discount), and she's had it ever since. It's barely put a foot wrong although now it's a bit more rattly and is a Cat N after a minor car park ding last year which has been fully repaired.
She's getting a new car so I've agreed to take it on for the princely sum of around £600. I'd quite like to put some new suspension on it, but it drives lovely on around 100k miles now.
I'll post up some pics when I collect it next week.
Back in 2016 I bought a 2007 Suzuki Swift Sport for £4650 from a Suzuki main dealer, kept it a little while, but it was too harsh and noisy for my commute.
My mum ended up buying it from me (I took quite a big loss with a family discount), and she's had it ever since. It's barely put a foot wrong although now it's a bit more rattly and is a Cat N after a minor car park ding last year which has been fully repaired.
She's getting a new car so I've agreed to take it on for the princely sum of around £600. I'd quite like to put some new suspension on it, but it drives lovely on around 100k miles now.
I'll post up some pics when I collect it next week.
Raymond Reddington said:
I didn't intend on running more than one shed as the extra insurance, tax and MOT costs defeat the point of cheap motoring, but I couldn't resist this one...
Back in 2016 I bought a 2007 Suzuki Swift Sport for £4650 from a Suzuki main dealer, kept it a little while, but it was too harsh and noisy for my commute.
My mum ended up buying it from me (I took quite a big loss with a family discount), and she's had it ever since. It's barely put a foot wrong although now it's a bit more rattly and is a Cat N after a minor car park ding last year which has been fully repaired.
She's getting a new car so I've agreed to take it on for the princely sum of around £600. I'd quite like to put some new suspension on it, but it drives lovely on around 100k miles now.
I'll post up some pics when I collect it next week.
Love a Swift Sport - well, any Swift really, very revvy and fun. Underrated cars. Back in 2016 I bought a 2007 Suzuki Swift Sport for £4650 from a Suzuki main dealer, kept it a little while, but it was too harsh and noisy for my commute.
My mum ended up buying it from me (I took quite a big loss with a family discount), and she's had it ever since. It's barely put a foot wrong although now it's a bit more rattly and is a Cat N after a minor car park ding last year which has been fully repaired.
She's getting a new car so I've agreed to take it on for the princely sum of around £600. I'd quite like to put some new suspension on it, but it drives lovely on around 100k miles now.
I'll post up some pics when I collect it next week.
QBee said:
Just use common sense here.
There are a lot of cars in the "too good to be true" bracket on Facebook Marketplace, in my opinion.
So have your wits about you.
My routine on FB was to put the car reg into Cazoo and see if it came up as 'sorry we can't buy this car as it has been previously involved in an accident' (or words to that effect). No need to go further and run a HPI check, so I'd move on to the next one. I found that maybe 1/3 of the cars that weren't listed as Cat S/N would turn out to be using this method.There are a lot of cars in the "too good to be true" bracket on Facebook Marketplace, in my opinion.
So have your wits about you.
Fair enough if you don't mind, but I always think it's better to look for the ones that admit it in the advert itself rather than trying to hide the fact. Even if in their defence they didn't realise, because that means there may be other issues with the car as to me it shows a general lack of awareness about the car.
ferrisbueller said:
CivicDuties said:
bodhi said:
tim jb said:
I think it's worth about £1500.
He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
Assuming it's the same 1.8 VTEC unit that's been about since the Mk8 I wouldn't be too concerned about the engine crapping itself - I've seen a fair few Mk8s on 200k + He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
So, prices for them are punchy because people recognise that they're a bit of a rarity and are very good cars.
CivicDuties said:
ferrisbueller said:
CivicDuties said:
bodhi said:
tim jb said:
I think it's worth about £1500.
He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
Assuming it's the same 1.8 VTEC unit that's been about since the Mk8 I wouldn't be too concerned about the engine crapping itself - I've seen a fair few Mk8s on 200k + He's increased the price to £4700 today. It was £4500 yesterday.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402236...
£4700 for a motor with 165000 miles on it. Boggles the mind but punters must be paying it. At that mileage you've got to factor in a new engine really. I don't mind installing engines and performing major surgery on cars but I might as well look for a decent condition non-runner at copart for a reflective price.
From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
So, prices for them are punchy because people recognise that they're a bit of a rarity and are very good cars.
bearman68 said:
Look, either love it or get rid of it. We've had 400 pages and 4 years of you pondering it's demise, and thinking to get something else. So, in the interests of being an internet warrior (worrier), I have decided to give you some advice, and I would advise that you get off the bloody fence.
None of this, 'yeah but what can I replace it with' rubbish. It's been going on for long enough. Marriages have come apart quicker than your love / hate relationship with the sheddy V50. Even countries have come and gone, and your Volvo is has seen more than it's fair share of both monarchs and PM's in its time with you.
So I feel obliged to tell you that you are dithering.
Mind you, I do enjoy your stories of the dither, and look forward to you posting musings over the ongoing debate about the V50, but that is still no excuse for your state of indecision.
Just came across this whilst catching up on what I've missed... and well played squire, well played though I have to ask, are you actually my wife as that's pretty much been her sentiments for the past 4yrs / 400 pages (or 6yrs / 37 threats of divorce) however there have been decisions made, changes happened and but you'll be delighted to learn that despite a rather mad week which has seen the 'ever brilliant but needed lots of work' XC70 departing after 3yrs and 40,000 miles (it will be missed) and being simultaneously replaced by a Transporter (because 'reasons') the V50 has come through the cossfire, smoke and tears and soldiers onwards and actually may find itself being used a bit more moving forwards as it plays wing man to the unnecessarily large van that almost fits on my drive now. Obviously said V50 has rewarded yet another bullet dodging by filling the OSF footwell with water and popping at headlihgt bulb. The bd. So yes, the story continues... for now... None of this, 'yeah but what can I replace it with' rubbish. It's been going on for long enough. Marriages have come apart quicker than your love / hate relationship with the sheddy V50. Even countries have come and gone, and your Volvo is has seen more than it's fair share of both monarchs and PM's in its time with you.
So I feel obliged to tell you that you are dithering.
Mind you, I do enjoy your stories of the dither, and look forward to you posting musings over the ongoing debate about the V50, but that is still no excuse for your state of indecision.
bodhi said:
Assuming it's the same 1.8 VTEC unit that's been about since the Mk8 I wouldn't be too concerned about the engine crapping itself - I've seen a fair few Mk8s on 200k +
From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
That's really interesting feedback about the Mk8 Civic. You always assume Civics are some of the best built cars out there. I know Hondas, like Mazdas, seem suspectible to rust as they age, but didnt know trim falls off and doors randomly don't open!From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
By contrast, the Astra H I am looking after (same generation as your Civic) exhibits none of those foibles. Not a single rattle or squeak, feels tight as a drum and no structural rust whatsoever.... interesting, given that Vauxhalls have an internet reputation for being, well a bit rubbish!
greenarrow said:
bodhi said:
Assuming it's the same 1.8 VTEC unit that's been about since the Mk8 I wouldn't be too concerned about the engine crapping itself - I've seen a fair few Mk8s on 200k +
From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
That's really interesting feedback about the Mk8 Civic. You always assume Civics are some of the best built cars out there. I know Hondas, like Mazdas, seem suspectible to rust as they age, but didnt know trim falls off and doors randomly don't open!From the experience of our own Civic however it's everything attached to the mechanicals I'd be worried about - doors randomly deciding not to open, bits of trim falling off, rust etc.
For 2k that would be a decent contender to be run into the ground, at that price though? Large bargepole required....
By contrast, the Astra H I am looking after (same generation as your Civic) exhibits none of those foibles. Not a single rattle or squeak, feels tight as a drum and no structural rust whatsoever.... interesting, given that Vauxhalls have an internet reputation for being, well a bit rubbish!
mickythefish said:
I'm on the look out for a car.
1kish to spend.. If anyone fancies doing a bit of charity work lol special offer, unfortunately my last shed I lost over 1k on, out of work at moment and a need reliable cheap tax, fuel car to get back into things.
Not me but first thing that looks okay not a million miles from you.1kish to spend.. If anyone fancies doing a bit of charity work lol special offer, unfortunately my last shed I lost over 1k on, out of work at moment and a need reliable cheap tax, fuel car to get back into things.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/for...
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