I am paranoid about my stuff so buying a shed, not a whatcar
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I can only run a shed.these days.it is an e39 on an 02 plate. Fairly clean and after 11 months trouble free motoring it passed an mot with any serious advisories.
I was thinking about treating it to anwash.now some t
t has driven into it.
Minor scrape on o/s
Even if it is a smoker, you still care
I was thinking about treating it to anwash.now some t
t has driven into it.Minor scrape on o/s
Even if it is a smoker, you still care
I've thought about it many times, but at the end of the day I would rather drive my RS3 absolutely everywhere than only on certain occasions, otherwise there's no point in buying the car. I've never been arsed about scratches etc, it's a car and that's a risk you take. If it gets scraped then it'll just get fixed, whatever. Although touch wood I've been very lucky and only ever had 1 incident like that in a previous car. I also live in a very low crime area so no worries about it getting stolen/stuff nicked off it.
Can’t fault having a shed car.
When I had my Cayman and the wife her 370z to keep the mileage down and for fear of them getting damaged we got a shed from the local auctions. Kept it 2 years and loved it.
I remember once parking in Halfords and coming out to see some gigantic fat fker trying to get in his car must have been 25 stone. We were both parked in the middle of our bays but he was just to fat. He was bashing his car door against my shed. I just laught at his while he was effing at the top of his voice.
I didn’t give a st. The car had more dents and scratches on it than decent bits.
It was very liberating to not give a st.
When I had my Cayman and the wife her 370z to keep the mileage down and for fear of them getting damaged we got a shed from the local auctions. Kept it 2 years and loved it.
I remember once parking in Halfords and coming out to see some gigantic fat f
ker trying to get in his car must have been 25 stone. We were both parked in the middle of our bays but he was just to fat. He was bashing his car door against my shed. I just laught at his while he was effing at the top of his voice. I didn’t give a s
t. The car had more dents and scratches on it than decent bits. It was very liberating to not give a s
t. All three of my cars are sheds, but on a scale of 'master shed' (PT Cruiser), 'wafty barge cruiser shed remix' (Rover 45 V6), and 'semi-shed but secretly throwing money at it cos future classic innit mate' (Rover Streetwise).
I'd probably be upset if something happened to the Streetwise, but the V6 has a whopping dent in it from the previous owner and the PT Cruiser I couldn't care less about - it was a stopgap car but seems to be hanging around like a bad smell due to it's usefulness as a quasi-van. The latter two get parked where I land, the Streetwise parked up on its lonesome as far away from humanity as it's possible to be.
I'd probably be upset if something happened to the Streetwise, but the V6 has a whopping dent in it from the previous owner and the PT Cruiser I couldn't care less about - it was a stopgap car but seems to be hanging around like a bad smell due to it's usefulness as a quasi-van. The latter two get parked where I land, the Streetwise parked up on its lonesome as far away from humanity as it's possible to be.
Regarding the point about depreciation... of my last three cars that were the 'nice' ones and thus spent most their time in the garage, whilst I'll not be returning on the proceeds... all increased in value during the time I owned them. Hence, another reason to keep them nice and use something care free for battering about to work and such like.
Shedder here too- albeit a lovely shed.
Mondeo ST TDCI. Great on fuel, looks nice and goes well whilst being comfy
Nail in the tyre the other day- scuffed all the paint on my home-sprayed wheels. No bother! Scraped the loose paint off, tyres replaced and I’m off again not really caring that much. Really “freeing” stuff.
If I had damaged my XKR I’d have been most upset.
Also had a jap import Impreza STi as my toy and a Volvo v40 1.9tdci combo for a while. Volvo was great shedding! Wheelie bins on the drive when I get home? No problem- just push them out the way with the bumper haha!
Someone knocked my wing mirror off? Ok- £7 later a new one was fitted. Needed to transport sleepers to build my garage? Volvo did it :lol:
Bought it for £1k. Sold it for £950 a year later to find the Mondeo (fancied one for a while!)
Mondeo ST TDCI. Great on fuel, looks nice and goes well whilst being comfy
Nail in the tyre the other day- scuffed all the paint on my home-sprayed wheels. No bother! Scraped the loose paint off, tyres replaced and I’m off again not really caring that much. Really “freeing” stuff.
If I had damaged my XKR I’d have been most upset.
Also had a jap import Impreza STi as my toy and a Volvo v40 1.9tdci combo for a while. Volvo was great shedding! Wheelie bins on the drive when I get home? No problem- just push them out the way with the bumper haha!
Someone knocked my wing mirror off? Ok- £7 later a new one was fitted. Needed to transport sleepers to build my garage? Volvo did it :lol:
Bought it for £1k. Sold it for £950 a year later to find the Mondeo (fancied one for a while!)
Back in 2002 I bought a shed Escort 1.8LX for £500, that I needed for a contract that involved driving between Kent and Devon twice a week.
My car at the time was a 1999 Impreza Type R which would have drained the tank one way and so after that role finished, I kept the shed as a train station car, allowing me to both get a later train and park further from the doors. I stopped worrying about people nicking my STI.
Some git nicked that shed from the train station and crashed it into a roundabout (probably due to cheap shed-priced tyres all round). Loads of nicer cars there, but my shed was obviously an easier target.
I had to replace it with a newer shed.
My car at the time was a 1999 Impreza Type R which would have drained the tank one way and so after that role finished, I kept the shed as a train station car, allowing me to both get a later train and park further from the doors. I stopped worrying about people nicking my STI.
Some git nicked that shed from the train station and crashed it into a roundabout (probably due to cheap shed-priced tyres all round). Loads of nicer cars there, but my shed was obviously an easier target.
I had to replace it with a newer shed.
I have a cheap daily barge (Mondeo) and keep my kitcar for weekends, I still get pissed if someone damages my barge, but there's less reason for anyone to do so and generally it'll be accidental rather than a deliberate act.
However the idea of having a fun weekend fun car, gets less and less appealing as the years go by because of the changing attitudes of drivers over the past 10-20 years. It's very hard to enjoy driving it any more, it's just the stupid stuff, people being deliberately obstructive, being bullied by 4x4s/pickups/vans, etc etc.
It's more fun to tinker with, than it is to drive.
I wouldn't want a "nice" daily car, I just don't see the point, i'd be worried about it all the time, I just don't need that stress.
A lot less stressful running a shed, I have a fairly new Yaris as a lease car for work and it's a right pain in the ass. It seems every week I find a new scratch or pin dent on it, and the least said about the interior durability the better.
You end up getting paranoid about leaving it next to other cars.
As for my shed, no such worries, I recall coming out of work one day and someone with a red vehicle had left about 3ft of their paint on the side of my car, I stared at it for about 5 seconds, chuckled and drove home, it was utterly worthless anyway.
You end up getting paranoid about leaving it next to other cars.
As for my shed, no such worries, I recall coming out of work one day and someone with a red vehicle had left about 3ft of their paint on the side of my car, I stared at it for about 5 seconds, chuckled and drove home, it was utterly worthless anyway.
I do get what people see in "Shedding" and it's generally for the exact reasons that you have outlined, OP. Life's too short for me though and if i do ever get a cheap car, which is probably my plan when my current car goes back, then it'd have to be something that's still quite fun to drive at the very least. I don't think i could go full shed and buy something really boring and tatty. Here lies my issue with the concept and i reckon i'd still potentially get attached to something like this, regardless of how little it may have cost me.
My only "shed" was my first ever car. Since then, i've had 2 brand new lease cars for a total of 5 years. I'm now about 3 months into my 3rd one and the only one that's even been damaged by someone else was my previous Audi A4, where someone kindly scraped down the side of it outside my flat and just buggered off without leaving a note. I was still furious, even though i really didn't like the car, but i think that was more because i now had to spend my own money getting it repaired before it eventually went back.
My only "shed" was my first ever car. Since then, i've had 2 brand new lease cars for a total of 5 years. I'm now about 3 months into my 3rd one and the only one that's even been damaged by someone else was my previous Audi A4, where someone kindly scraped down the side of it outside my flat and just buggered off without leaving a note. I was still furious, even though i really didn't like the car, but i think that was more because i now had to spend my own money getting it repaired before it eventually went back.
Bennyjames28 said:
God you sound like my work colleague. He bought a very nice 17k Audi A4 s line, but was so scared of it getting scratched he would park it on the pavement at the gym, and for a year or so didn't bring it to work. He bought a 2k Corsa and drove that to work.
Only places he really went are the gym, and work.
He does same now, he's got a 20k Volvo XC60, I only seen it a few times, takes his wife's car everywhere including work. Mental.
I do love and support the ownership of a shed tho. My only car is a shed, so far I've had 6 months of lovely cheap motoring.
Another funny story about my mental friend... He bought a very nice toaster for 100 quid, would not let anyone use it. He said it's for show because it looks so nice in his kitchen. He then bought a cheap toaster to sit in cupboard to use for making toast.
I am having a very stressful time at the moment, this is the first thing to make me laugh out loud in days. Your friend is absurd, strange and utterly brilliant. I love his mentality Only places he really went are the gym, and work.
He does same now, he's got a 20k Volvo XC60, I only seen it a few times, takes his wife's car everywhere including work. Mental.
I do love and support the ownership of a shed tho. My only car is a shed, so far I've had 6 months of lovely cheap motoring.
Another funny story about my mental friend... He bought a very nice toaster for 100 quid, would not let anyone use it. He said it's for show because it looks so nice in his kitchen. He then bought a cheap toaster to sit in cupboard to use for making toast.
Edited by Bennyjames28 on Tuesday 19th June 12:37
Plinth said:
E36Dan said:
This is one of the main reasons I daily a shed, and I'm sure many more will be over to agree as well.
Me too – my “prime vehicle” for the last 8 years has been a late 90’s Fiesta (estimated value £75.50 ) It is very liberating not having to worry about car park damage and theft.
Actually quite pleasant to drive (in a “flat out everywhere” style – which is not very fast…) and is much more comfortable than certain rear-engine German cars I have had in the past.
I bought a shed last year for all of the reasons mentioned in this thread.
I still don't like the idea of it getting damaged but it's very liberating being able to just forget about it while parked in a rough area, campsite or festival car park.
I think two cars will be a staple for me in future. It will allow me to get a much more impractical fun car.
My shed car is basically free motoring. It makes you question owning anything else. I really only use my other car for weekend drives and often find myself taking it out for a drive for no other reason that to keep the battery topped up.
I still don't like the idea of it getting damaged but it's very liberating being able to just forget about it while parked in a rough area, campsite or festival car park.
I think two cars will be a staple for me in future. It will allow me to get a much more impractical fun car.
My shed car is basically free motoring. It makes you question owning anything else. I really only use my other car for weekend drives and often find myself taking it out for a drive for no other reason that to keep the battery topped up.
Can’t beat a good shed. I ran sheds all my life. Ditched a Peugeot 206 for a Cayman.
It’s my only car. Spent a few months avoiding driving it too much to keep the miles sub 6k a year etc, daren’t Park it anywhere etc. Then I changed! I just got really annoyed with it all. This wasn’t my idea of fun ownership.
I realised worrying about miles was a trick. I worked out the depreciation if I hardly drove it anyway and then added a load of miles and realised I’d only be slowing the drop down by a small percentage in return for all that missing fun. I don’t actually want two cars. I don’t want a toy in the garage. I like the idea of my nice car to be my only car.
So now I drive the bloody wheels off it, park it on the street, use it everywhere etc. The only concession is I stick it at the back of the supermarket and avoid pay and display tight spots. Hardly ever need to anyway. Still keep it nice though.
But you avoid all this with a shed in the first place. So unless you really really like nice cars, shedding has a lot to offer!
It’s my only car. Spent a few months avoiding driving it too much to keep the miles sub 6k a year etc, daren’t Park it anywhere etc. Then I changed! I just got really annoyed with it all. This wasn’t my idea of fun ownership.
I realised worrying about miles was a trick. I worked out the depreciation if I hardly drove it anyway and then added a load of miles and realised I’d only be slowing the drop down by a small percentage in return for all that missing fun. I don’t actually want two cars. I don’t want a toy in the garage. I like the idea of my nice car to be my only car.
So now I drive the bloody wheels off it, park it on the street, use it everywhere etc. The only concession is I stick it at the back of the supermarket and avoid pay and display tight spots. Hardly ever need to anyway. Still keep it nice though.
But you avoid all this with a shed in the first place. So unless you really really like nice cars, shedding has a lot to offer!
Buggyjam said:
Can’t beat a good shed. I ran sheds all my life. Ditched a Peugeot 206 for a Cayman.
It’s my only car. Spent a few months avoiding driving it too much to keep the miles sub 6k a year etc, daren’t Park it anywhere etc. Then I changed! I just got really annoyed with it all. This wasn’t my idea of fun ownership.
I realised worrying about miles was a trick. I worked out the depreciation if I hardly drove it anyway and then added a load of miles and realised I’d only be slowing the drop down by a small percentage in return for all that missing fun. I don’t actually want two cars. I don’t want a toy in the garage. I like the idea of my nice car to be my only car.
So now I drive the bloody wheels off it, park it on the street, use it everywhere etc. The only concession is I stick it at the back of the supermarket and avoid pay and display tight spots. Hardly ever need to anyway. Still keep it nice though.
Hear, hear. It’s my only car. Spent a few months avoiding driving it too much to keep the miles sub 6k a year etc, daren’t Park it anywhere etc. Then I changed! I just got really annoyed with it all. This wasn’t my idea of fun ownership.
I realised worrying about miles was a trick. I worked out the depreciation if I hardly drove it anyway and then added a load of miles and realised I’d only be slowing the drop down by a small percentage in return for all that missing fun. I don’t actually want two cars. I don’t want a toy in the garage. I like the idea of my nice car to be my only car.
So now I drive the bloody wheels off it, park it on the street, use it everywhere etc. The only concession is I stick it at the back of the supermarket and avoid pay and display tight spots. Hardly ever need to anyway. Still keep it nice though.
I adopted the same approach. Ran sheds alongside "nice" cars for years and then resented the fact I spent 90% of my time driving a shed. So now I just use whatever I have at any one time for everything. Trips to the shops, holidays, boring m'way commutes, client visits. Whatever. Gets parked in car parks, on streets, left overnight on council estates etc.
Usually its filthy dirty and covered in grime. The mileage has ballooned. Life is too short IMO to have coveted things that you rarely take the enjoyment from for fear of "what ifs". If "what ifs" do occur, I will deal with them. 99% of the time the what ifs won't happen anyway, and if they do, the cost to sort them is rarely so eye-watering that you would retrospectively lose all those smiles per mile you gained when you did crack on and use the thing.
My parents have a lovely cutlery set that set them back a huge amount of money. I remember eating with it once a year, at Christmas. I see no value in that approach.
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