RE: Shed gets a pay rise!

[swimdunc]

Can still get them cheep if you look around and haggle £500 for a v8 s type.

[Mr2Mike]

Hoofy said:

£2.5k then.

Still not really shed money for most people. You seem to be missing the point of this; the idea is to get an interesting, road legal car with as little money as possible and since the pool of £1k cars is drying up a relatively small (in absolute terms) increase of £500 seems entirely reasonable, and probably in line with inflation. Why do you think bumping it up to £2.5k would make it more interesting?

[Hoofy]

Mr2Mike said:

Hoofy said:

£2.5k then.

Still not really shed money for most people. You seem to be missing the point of this; the idea is to get an interesting, road legal car with as little money as possible and since the pool of £1k cars is drying up a relatively small (in absolute terms) increase of £500 seems entirely reasonable, and probably in line with inflation. Why do you think bumping it up to £2.5k would make it more interesting?

I'm just playing along - more money = more fun cars.

As I've said, keep it to £1k and only write when there's something to write about. I am a bangernomics fan and still won't increase my budget as keeping it under £1k is part of the challenge.

[JustinF]

PoopahScoopah said:

Hoofy said:

PoopahScoopah said:

Hoofy said:

Obviously. But if there are two sheds, one better at £1200 and one not so good at £800, the £800 should be picked first.

bks to that, the choice should come down to what makes the more interesting article, within the rules of SOTW! Why do people feel the need to try and complicate this and put their own take on it? Like all the fuds who miss the mark every.....single......week and offer up alternative suggestions that are for sale on eBay, AT or Gumtree etc?

I welcome this change, if it opens up new possibilities. It's been samey for a couple of years but still with some good ones now and then, peaks and troughs, but the last few weeks have been diabolical.

Sure, so let's keep it simple and stick to £1k. If there isn't anything decent, don't write the article. I think it's a nice challenge at £1k and something I like to try to stick to. Yes, there are fewer decent cars but that is why it's more interesting. Otherwise, why not say £4k or even £10k?

I agree with you on the first point and had the same thought yesterday - instead of it being weekly just make it an ad-hoc feature as and when something genuinely interesting comes up in £1k budget. But that would be far more controversial a choice.

change of budget means a change of cars, must be tough to keep coming up with different sub 1k cars and not fall into, here's another MX-5/Saab Aero/306Gti
and frankly £1500 is back of the couch money no?

[dhutch]

SOTW t-shirt needs reprinting.....

[aaron_2000]

Hoofy said:

I'm just playing along - more money = more fun cars.

As I've said, keep it to £1k and only write when there's something to write about. I am a bangernomics fan and still won't increase my budget as keeping it under £1k is part of the challenge.

Then screw it, let's say £150,000 budget which brigs in MP4-12C's, 911 Turbo S, F430 and a new GTR. That's sure to bring in some interesting motors. I'm just playing along.

[Halmyre]

JustinF said:

change of budget means a change of cars, must be tough to keep coming up with different sub 1k cars and not fall into, here's another MX-5/Saab Aero/306Gti
and frankly £1500 is back of the couch money no?

Back of your servants' couch money, surely? No? Hand in your PH badge at once.

[culpz]

This needed to happen i think. It, essentially, unlocks a higher tier of interesting vehicles that may not have already been covered or have been able to with the smaller budget.

There are way too many repetitions on here or cars that are just really not that interesting or special for the money. £1500 is still a relatively small amount of money to buy a car with but it certainly seems to be a decent sweet-spot every time i look on AutoTrader.