The Joy of Running an Old Shed

[redandwhite]

giblet said:

Trying to work out if garages will remain open from Thursday. The Saab shed is booked in for an MOT on the 14th of November

I would say so, you couldn’t class them as ‘non essential’

[mattman]

mattman said:

With any luck, I’ll be experiencing the Joy or Shed tomorrow with a £600 Impreza Wagon. Non turbo, short MOT, 128k. My son has already got his eyes on a couple of parts for his own Impreza.
Hopefully it’s as solid as it looks in the photos, needs a good clean and then will be put into action as the tip/diy store/sh!t carrier.

If not, and it fails the MOT badly, I may have to break it - not told the wife that bit

Shed purchased. First stop was the petrol station as usual. Pictured with my son’s Impreza which he’s already eyeing up bits to swap to his car. Made it home fine. Every panel has a dink or scratch, interior needs a good clean, but did come with a set of coilovers and a janspeed stainless steel exhaust in the boot.

[Raymond Reddington]

That looks decent for 600 notes

[Jimmy Recard]

redandwhite said:

I would say so, you couldn’t class them as ‘non essential’

And they never had to close in the stricter lockdown we had from March

[loskie]

I agree, short MOT you said? Hopefully not a rusty car underneath. But I guess you'd easily recoup your money in parts with a little time and effort.


In fact it looks bloody good

[DailyHack]

SAAB shed, happy doing its thing - MOT time tomorrow don't see why it won't pass, bloody good cars!

[mattman]

loskie said:

I agree, short MOT you said? Hopefully not a rusty car underneath. But I guess you'd easily recoup your money in parts with a little time and effort.


In fact it looks bloody good

Mot until the beginning of jan. most panels have dinks on, photo flatters it, but drives well and stops so that’s a result!

[Calmchap]

ooid said:

What's the Shed experts on this 90s Avensis?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202002247...

Any issues to consider for these engines? so tempting to chuck it in for boring daily duties, if its reliable

The 2.0 is one of the best engines they ever made.

[giblet]

redandwhite said:

I would say so, you couldn’t class them as ‘non essential’

My local mechanic was closed during the first lockdown, I imagine it will be the same this time.

Just a case of if they will extend the MOT grace period like they did during the first lockdown

[ooid]

Calmchap said:

The 2.0 is one of the best engines they ever made.

Cheers! IS that The Toyota 3S-FE engine? the one that they have used for Rav4 too. Assuming, that was pretty reliable, just oil change regularly thats all

[M4cruiser]

giblet said:

Trying to work out if garages will remain open from Thursday. The Saab shed is booked in for an MOT on the 14th of November

This is a good question, maybe one for the Covid threads. But there could be another extension? As I understand it, cars which were due in May for MoT were extended to November and are definitely due now.

[giblet]

I’ll find the right thread for the question. My MOT was originally due on 11/07/19 but was then extended to 12/01/21

[ooid]

giblet said:

My MOT was originally due on 11/07/19 but was then extended to 12/01/21

Same with my VW shed. January is the new MOT, thats why I bought it in july too!

[giblet]

Asked on another thread and people seem to think garages will remain open.

Sent a text to the bloke who runs my usual MOT garage, they are staying open it seems. Sorted, might as well get it driven and tested as it’s been parked up for a few weeks

[200Plus Club]

A friend is an mot tester, they've not been told as yet to close but if he is I'll post up.

Serviced the wife's vvti Corrolla yesterday with an ECP package discount oil n filter, less than 25 quid all up. Got to love ECP weekend specials.

[Digby]

1.9tdi auto now sporting some proper wheels (from a Merc) with Winter rubber. The alloys will never go back on, because.......well, black steel wheels!

[chunkyjh]

Picked up this beige beauty for £800. Nothing less than the full “Privilege” spec with 64k miles, 12 months MOT and FSH

[Poisson96]

That's horrid


A brilliant shed then. Well, depends what spec. Does it share bits with the Grand Scenics that are clocks and turbos?

[ajprice]

Poisson96 said:

That's horrid


A brilliant shed then. Well, depends what spec. Does it share bits with the Grand Scenics that are clocks and turbos?

It's smaller than a Scenic, more likely to share bits with the Clio or Twingo.

[Horsey McHorseface]

ajprice said:

It's smaller than a Scenic, more likely to share bits with the Clio or Twingo.

What is it?