The Joy of Running an Old Shed
Discussion
Darkslider said:
Bit of a left field entry here but with the purchase of my first house that's a bit of a doer upper I needed a temporary shed with a bit more carrying capacity than your average estate.
£1100 on eBay later and I'm the dubious owner of this.
And now you get to drive everywhere in whatever manner you like, as fast as the van will go if that takes your fancy!£1100 on eBay later and I'm the dubious owner of this.
Great buy.
loskie said:
will the local authority recycling centre sorry tip let you take stuff in a transit or will they class you as trade and try to charge you? Great buy by the way much the same cost as a trailer for a car.
In my area (North Wales) as long as the van isn't signwritten and what you're tipping isn't obviously commercial rubbish you can use local recycling centres in it no problem. The only junk I've got though is stuff the previous house owners kindly left behind, it's going to be more useful for moving flooring, boards and other building materials once I can buy them again!Darkslider said:
It's the 125 bhp version so it's performance is quite adequate. Dread to imagine what the 85 is like!
It's as glacial (and rough) as you imagine. Best mate's dad has an ex Post Office 2007 SWB 2.2 like yours. 85bhp and 2 tonnes. Nice.Don't get me started on the rust that had been fillered over for he Post Office auction.
mercedeslimos said:
loskie said:
I think ours (Dumfries and Galloway) are less understanding but then again they are abysmal at most things.
Like keeping criminals in prison...?Surely that's a good thing?
No bad at things like DG1 sports centre and bugger all accountability for the cluster fruck that that became, the waste recycling plant contract and many many more,
none available on K tel.
Oh! And agreeing to pay their incompetent and ineffective staff an 11% odd pay rise over 3 years even though they are broke.
loskie said:
WTF?
Surely that's a good thing?
No bad at things like DG1 sports centre and bugger all accountability for the cluster fruck that that became, the waste recycling plant contract and many many more,
none available on K tel.
Oh! And agreeing to pay their incompetent and ineffective staff an 11% odd pay rise over 3 years even though they are broke.
I was referring to one particular criminal, that I'm not going to name here. Was sent back to his home country on compassionate health grounds. He lived for three years. Surely that's a good thing?
No bad at things like DG1 sports centre and bugger all accountability for the cluster fruck that that became, the waste recycling plant contract and many many more,
none available on K tel.
Oh! And agreeing to pay their incompetent and ineffective staff an 11% odd pay rise over 3 years even though they are broke.
Salmonofdoubt said:
Faced with a choice between removing the door card and trying to fix the passenger window or spending £60 I took the lazy option.
Ice cold air conditioning and I can now enjoy the rest of my weekend with beers and my feet up instead of swearing and breaking clips.
tomble22 said:
I think the shed option would be to leave both and just open all the other windows, but in the face of adversity, I really appreciate the 'lazy' option!! You can even sit in the car and keep the veer cold now!!
I've soldiered on with the windows option for about ten months. But the shed appears to be lasting and as the majority of my commute is motorway windows open was getting tiresome. jet_noise said:
Home after 10weeks almost shielding. Shed (2006 Jazz) starts at 1st key turn.
I'd dug out a charger and extension lead expecting some resuscitation but, let's check volts first - 12.16. That's healthy, wonder if it'll go. Yes!
Un-SORN on June 1st I think
That's most impressive. When I went to start daughter's Ka Mk1 a couple of weeks ago, it was absolutely dead after just 6 weeks off not being started. Good old 2000 era Honda reliability!!I'd dug out a charger and extension lead expecting some resuscitation but, let's check volts first - 12.16. That's healthy, wonder if it'll go. Yes!
Un-SORN on June 1st I think
Salmonofdoubt said:
tomble22 said:
I think the shed option would be to leave both and just open all the other windows, but in the face of adversity, I really appreciate the 'lazy' option!! You can even sit in the car and keep the veer cold now!!
I've soldiered on with the windows option for about ten months. But the shed appears to be lasting and as the majority of my commute is motorway windows open was getting tiresome. I would have cracked within a month, let alone ten!!
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