RE: PH 2018 - Shed of the Year
Discussion
t. Pistonheads, be ashamed of yourselves, totallyThere are some huge flaws in SOTW weekly, usually pointed out very soon after the article is published. The S60R was probably the most flawed thing to appear on there this year, and (in my opinion, as always on a Friday morning) there were better sheds on there. But I have to agree with the comments above. It's Friday, and you get that Christmas feeling when you click on the homepage - and that's every week. I love it. I want to say it's marmite, and I love or hate it, but I always love the 'not knowing'. Thanks lads.
Great shedding - keep it up.
A friend of mine always used to buy sheds. He had a Mini (original) that he sold to Sheffield Univerity's metallurgy department so they could cut it up and see what it was made of (they paid more for it than he did). He had a Fiat Strada and it became so difficult to get the ignition key in that he left it in with the car unlocked. One night when he was staying at a hotel the car next to his was stolen. He had a Vauxhall Chevette that he never locked because he didn't want people breaking into it to see if there was anything valuable in it (there wasn't). Some idiot still broke the side window without thinking to try the door first.
A friend of mine always used to buy sheds. He had a Mini (original) that he sold to Sheffield Univerity's metallurgy department so they could cut it up and see what it was made of (they paid more for it than he did). He had a Fiat Strada and it became so difficult to get the ignition key in that he left it in with the car unlocked. One night when he was staying at a hotel the car next to his was stolen. He had a Vauxhall Chevette that he never locked because he didn't want people breaking into it to see if there was anything valuable in it (there wasn't). Some idiot still broke the side window without thinking to try the door first.
Jex said:
Great shedding - keep it up.
A friend of mine always used to buy sheds. He had a Mini (original) that he sold to Sheffield Univerity's metallurgy department so they could cut it up and see what it was made of (they paid more for it than he did). He had a Fiat Strada and it became so difficult to get the ignition key in that he left it in with the car unlocked. One night when he was staying at a hotel the car next to his was stolen. He had a Vauxhall Chevette that he never locked because he didn't want people breaking into it to see if there was anything valuable in it (there wasn't). Some idiot still broke the side window without thinking to try the door first.
Brilliant. A friend of mine always used to buy sheds. He had a Mini (original) that he sold to Sheffield Univerity's metallurgy department so they could cut it up and see what it was made of (they paid more for it than he did). He had a Fiat Strada and it became so difficult to get the ignition key in that he left it in with the car unlocked. One night when he was staying at a hotel the car next to his was stolen. He had a Vauxhall Chevette that he never locked because he didn't want people breaking into it to see if there was anything valuable in it (there wasn't). Some idiot still broke the side window without thinking to try the door first.
My dad once had a 2CV with no keys: he pretended to lock it in car parks but the ignition was just a switch...
In these troubled times of leaving the EU, poverty, food banks, and political disharmony, SOTW provides one thing: hope. Every Friday I go straight to PH and hope: is there a truly bargain car waiting to be snapped up; can I be the first one to comment; and will someone buy it and report what a steal they managed to capture? So keep it up. For all the moans about what Shed could have bought for the money there are far more positive comments (or the negative ones are so funny that I don't care). Well done, and I look forward to 2019.
I had one of the best, most profitable times (right place, right time) selling RX 8's. I drove them constantly for the first couple of years (employers fuel / tyres /servicing) and as such didn't have to concern myself with the real world running costs. We didn't really discount them until they started to stick.
I do remember being shocked at the trade in values when they started being traded back in and the cost of the first few dealer services.
I seem to remember the brochure quoted MPG in the mid to high 20's. If you got the buzzer going at the top of the rev counter (it had to be done on most journeys) the car would destroy your bank account.
Still a great looking thing but I would not recommend one at any price.
I do remember being shocked at the trade in values when they started being traded back in and the cost of the first few dealer services.
I seem to remember the brochure quoted MPG in the mid to high 20's. If you got the buzzer going at the top of the rev counter (it had to be done on most journeys) the car would destroy your bank account.
Still a great looking thing but I would not recommend one at any price.
Shortos said:
Sadly it sounds like the S60R has been broken for parts
I had to laugh at the hard of learning in the original post whining about the possible costs such a car could generate... point of SOTW totally missed by some!You'd buy it, run it till something expensive broke and then break it and take a significant profit... or cut to the chase as has probably been the case and buy it to break.
Alloys are £500+, Brembos are £600+, interiors a few hundred, front bumper and lights another £500 and that's before you get into all the bespoke R mechanical and electrical bits.
Somebody with half a clue has probably done very nicely from that thing...
I value sheds by the 'driveway grin' factor - basically, if you came out of your house first thing in the morning to go to work and saw it sat waiting for you, would that make you happy? If you can get that for a knock down price, then stuff the naysayers.
On that basis it's got to be the Jags for me.
On that basis it's got to be the Jags for me.
FN2TypeR said:
harleywilma said:
Talking the arse off all these scrappers is so boring, come on,would anyone really buy any one of these crappy bangers that are only fit for the knackers yard, These shed articles should go the way of these awful cars...
Worra' bellend 
If it helps, I ended up buying a Shed this year after seeing another example of it in SOTW. I'd forgotten that Alfa GTV's were a thing and they would sometimes appear under £1500, until I read the GTV SOTW, then promptly bought one. Of course it's a bit flaky, but it is also a brilliant shed.
Keep on shedding.
TBH Shed of the week is becoming Barge of the Week if that top 10 is anything to go by. All are large complicated cars with a potential for wallet-rape should anything go wrong, and the fact that they are so cheap in the first place suggests it will go wrong sooner rather than later.
The essence of shedding is simplicity,; cars that are easy to work on, and the scrapyards are full of them so parts are cheap and readily available.
The essence of shedding is simplicity,; cars that are easy to work on, and the scrapyards are full of them so parts are cheap and readily available.
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