The Joy of Running an Old Shed
Discussion
martin mrt said:
magpie215 said:
Mmmm not good....break for spares will it return what it cost?
To be honest I can’t be arsed with the hassle, I’ve bought a new turbo for it and it’s being fixed tomorrow hopefully I’ve already stuck a deposit down on a mk6 Golf GTI that I’ll get later this week then punt the tdi once it’s repaired.
I bet you're gutted. If the rest of it is in good fettle could you not grit your teeth and pay for a recon turbo + fitting then keep it? At least you'd have a reliable motor then, assuming that the DMF isn't about to go pop as well. Seems daft selling it straight after as you'll never recoup that money.
As others have said, buying diesel sheds requires some very big brave pants and it's luck of the draw whether you get a good one or not. I got bitten buying a tidy but knackered mk4 Golf GTTDI PD130 some years ago but luckily managed to dispose of it on an Ebay 'no reserve' auction without losing any money. Everyone will tell you how bulletproof the PD130 engines are but it's a load of BS. The PD130 suffers with worn camshaft issues just like the 150hp model does, just not to the same extent.
cobra kid said:
2007 golf 1.9 tdi here. Original clutch and exhaust, now on 162k miles. Time to cash in on it I think.
We have one that's knocking on for twice that. Original everything. Can't believe how well it has done. We were going to change but it does 50mpg every day since we got it. egor110 said:
Picking a diesel is upping the risk when shedding , petrols a far safer punt .
Depend on the diesel - a nice early pre def direct injection. The Alfa 2.4 10 valves are reported to be pretty much unbreakable, and go to 250k miles with regular oil changes easily. Mines on 150k, so only a youngster.My sheddy E46 330d has 281,000 miles on the clock and I’m off to Dortmund in her on Wednesday - return flights were more than I paid for the car! 
1,300 mile round trip, glovebox is packed with brave pills.
Set me back £650 18 months ago, just needed a prop bearing and a wishbone.
10,000 relatively cheap miles down
Quite good spec with the 16:9 nav (which works) and full Harman Kardon system too!
Some donut has remapped it and has taken the silencers out of the exhaust though, it’s bloody loud at full chat.
1,300 mile round trip, glovebox is packed with brave pills.
Set me back £650 18 months ago, just needed a prop bearing and a wishbone.
10,000 relatively cheap miles down
Quite good spec with the 16:9 nav (which works) and full Harman Kardon system too!
Some donut has remapped it and has taken the silencers out of the exhaust though, it’s bloody loud at full chat.
Having just caught up with this thread, I realise that like so many others, I have become a sheddist by default. Just after Christmas I took the 2007 Mazda 6 off its private plate with the idea of just putting through its MOT and part-exing for something newer. Of course I couldn't find anything to tempt me sufficiently, so in for a service, brake fluid change and a couple of new tyres (Hankook) Six months (but only 3k miles) it has repaid my faith by not putting a foot wrong (other than an errant alarm which I have now [s]fixed[/s] bodged so it doesn't go off in the middle of the night 
) I do wash it regularly and even take it to the jetwash every month or two, and have touched up some scratches, but in my defence I touched them in with Suzuki Silky Silver because it was cheap, and it still has one silver and one black door mirror.
I am even thinking of buying another shed to add to the fleet, as I haven't bought a car for nearly nine years and the piggy bank rattles too much when I shake it. The Megane convertible for sale at the farm where we buy eggs from looks tempting, I must eat a few more omelettes in the next few days
) I do wash it regularly and even take it to the jetwash every month or two, and have touched up some scratches, but in my defence I touched them in with Suzuki Silky Silver because it was cheap, and it still has one silver and one black door mirror. I am even thinking of buying another shed to add to the fleet, as I haven't bought a car for nearly nine years and the piggy bank rattles too much when I shake it. The Megane convertible for sale at the farm where we buy eggs from looks tempting, I must eat a few more omelettes in the next few days
Lemming Train said:
martin mrt said:
magpie215 said:
Mmmm not good....break for spares will it return what it cost?
To be honest I can’t be arsed with the hassle, I’ve bought a new turbo for it and it’s being fixed tomorrow hopefully I’ve already stuck a deposit down on a mk6 Golf GTI that I’ll get later this week then punt the tdi once it’s repaired.
I bet you're gutted. If the rest of it is in good fettle could you not grit your teeth and pay for a recon turbo + fitting then keep it? At least you'd have a reliable motor then, assuming that the DMF isn't about to go pop as well. Seems daft selling it straight after as you'll never recoup that money.
As others have said, buying diesel sheds requires some very big brave pants and it's luck of the draw whether you get a good one or not. I got bitten buying a tidy but knackered mk4 Golf GTTDI PD130 some years ago but luckily managed to dispose of it on an Ebay 'no reserve' auction without losing any money. Everyone will tell you how bulletproof the PD130 engines are but it's a load of BS. The PD130 suffers with worn camshaft issues just like the 150hp model does, just not to the same extent.
That’s it fixed, brand new (not recon) turbo from turbo technics, new oil feed pipe and genuine oil and filter change carried out its better than it ever was. Driving it now there’s much more low down shove than before. Old turbo has completely gone, shaft has broken.
I’ve already bought a mk6 Golf GTI, ill run this tdi for a few weeks too until I burn the oil from the cat and it stops smoking. I might just manage to break even with it or keep the loss at a minimum
Mk4s are good old cars, I’ve had heaps, clutches and flywheels were always their Achilles heels I found. Your option you took with yours may be a good idea for mine
rxe said:
egor110 said:
Picking a diesel is upping the risk when shedding , petrols a far safer punt .
Depend on the diesel - a nice early pre def direct injection. The Alfa 2.4 10 valves are reported to be pretty much unbreakable, and go to 250k miles with regular oil changes easily. Mines on 150k, so only a youngster.
Jaguar steve said:
Any older diesel is a risk now the Cupid Stunts in Grubberment have retrospectively moved the goalposts on emissions limits for the MOT test.
Buy one with a years MOT, if it lasts until the next one, then it's done it's job. My Focus gets more 'Sheddy' every day. Growing crack in the windscreen, check, Consuming lots of oil, check, AC busted etc etc. But somehow it keeps soldiering on back n forth down the M4 and the country roads of Wiltshire.
It's got a good set of tyres and brakes, I'm going to drive it until the engine blows up or the next MOT in November. If it's more than a couple of hundred to get it through the test then I'll put it on Ebay and sell it. If I can get 300 for it then it would have only lost 600 in depreciation.
Cheapstraightsix said:
I always buy new cars for the mrs - kids and as I work away.
However I on the other hand always have a shed as a standby tip run car but end up using it daily.
Current one is £600 of beige goodness.
The good thing is you can even leave the keys in the door and nobody tries to knick them.However I on the other hand always have a shed as a standby tip run car but end up using it daily.
Current one is £600 of beige goodness.
Cheapstraightsix said:
I always buy new cars for the mrs - kids and as I work away.
However I on the other hand always have a shed as a standby tip run car but end up using it daily.
Current one is £600 of beige goodness.
And it carried all the stuff you got from that very busy car boot sale at the local farm too However I on the other hand always have a shed as a standby tip run car but end up using it daily.
Current one is £600 of beige goodness.
My 650 quid corrolla T3 stands me at:
£20 aux drive belt - 5 minute swap got to be the easiest ever belt job. I'd bought the wrong one by mistake and had to swap it at the local motor factors, but no problem doing so.
£21 approx for 3 wiper blades.
Done nearly 1k miles in it averaging 40mpg so far on Costco unleaded.
Nothing gone wrong so far and it goes /stops/handles as you'd hope with 70k miles almost on it.
£20 aux drive belt - 5 minute swap got to be the easiest ever belt job. I'd bought the wrong one by mistake and had to swap it at the local motor factors, but no problem doing so.
£21 approx for 3 wiper blades.
Done nearly 1k miles in it averaging 40mpg so far on Costco unleaded.
Nothing gone wrong so far and it goes /stops/handles as you'd hope with 70k miles almost on it.
Edited by 200Plus Club on Thursday 4th July 22:23
One for the shedders - taken from another thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AeAY8nn_s
Challenge is to find a car for £250 that isn't 'common'.
Budget must also be used to fund fuel to get to the destination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AeAY8nn_s
Challenge is to find a car for £250 that isn't 'common'.
Budget must also be used to fund fuel to get to the destination.
I bought a 2001 C230K for £2200 approximately 7 years ago, apart from servicing all I have had to replace has been a drop link, battery and a wheel bearing. It creaks and groans on every bump but has been the most reliable car I have owned. Brilliant for the shopping run and takes away the stress of parking, dings, scrapes, kerbs etc.
Keeping it until it properly fails an MOT and will try and replace it with similar
Keeping it until it properly fails an MOT and will try and replace it with similar
craig2003 said:
I bought a 2001 C230K for £2200 approximately 7 years ago,
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Keeping it until it properly fails an MOT and will try and replace it with similar
Nice shedding. ...
Keeping it until it properly fails an MOT and will try and replace it with similar
Curious what you would replace it with next MOT if you had to. My thoughts are that getting another 2001 c class now would not be a safe bet and if a 2008 version would be as well built.
Had a sub £2k Saab 9-3 estate for 9 months now. Used for plenty of tip runs and Ikea trips, had it washed about 3 times in total. There is something brilliant about having a car that owes you very little.
Side note, it’s funny how shedding values change as you get older. When I started driving my sheds were sub £500
Side note, it’s funny how shedding values change as you get older. When I started driving my sheds were sub £500
I'm running a 2006 E60 25d Automatic. Cost £2000 in February, 140k with FSH and bills for a turbo, swirl flap blanks, gearbox oil and sump, front dampers etc.
It's a fairly dull thing in the usual silver but it does purr along okay, and with leather and Navigation as well as Karmon HardOn sounds it's a pleasant enough place to sit. It's a tremendous motorway cruiser and does 40 on a run.
I could pay four or five times as much for an F10, but.........
It's a fairly dull thing in the usual silver but it does purr along okay, and with leather and Navigation as well as Karmon HardOn sounds it's a pleasant enough place to sit. It's a tremendous motorway cruiser and does 40 on a run.
I could pay four or five times as much for an F10, but.........
JaredVannett said:
One for the shedders - taken from another thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AeAY8nn_s
Challenge is to find a car for £250 that isn't 'common'.
Budget must also be used to fund fuel to get to the destination.
Loved that. Loved their series on the big mileage Octavia. My kinda car buying.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AeAY8nn_s
Challenge is to find a car for £250 that isn't 'common'.
Budget must also be used to fund fuel to get to the destination.
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