The Joy of Running an Old Shed
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well, tonight I have just driven the 30 odd miles back from the big city, in a Volvo S60 D5. Big, and leather, and electric heating and adjusting, and diesel-y, and runs a treat. It has a wheel bearing that's noisy, some crusty sounding suspension, and an MOT that is measured in hours (about 5 at the moment), but it's big and economical, and wafty, and with cruise control, and mine for £580.
2005 sport model. Love these things, and they make great sheds. I'll keep it for as long as I possibly can, look after it, do the little jobs as they turn up, and do the big ones in between, and this will be depreciation proof motoring. I have no doubt it will see me to 300k, and the advent of electric everywhere.
2005 sport model. Love these things, and they make great sheds. I'll keep it for as long as I possibly can, look after it, do the little jobs as they turn up, and do the big ones in between, and this will be depreciation proof motoring. I have no doubt it will see me to 300k, and the advent of electric everywhere.
bearman68 said:
well, tonight I have just driven the 30 odd miles back from the big city, in a Volvo S60 D5. Big, and leather, and electric heating and adjusting, and diesel-y, and runs a treat. It has a wheel bearing that's noisy, some crusty sounding suspension, and an MOT that is measured in hours (about 5 at the moment), but it's big and economical, and wafty, and with cruise control, and mine for £580.
2005 sport model. Love these things, and they make great sheds. I'll keep it for as long as I possibly can, look after it, do the little jobs as they turn up, and do the big ones in between, and this will be depreciation proof motoring. I have no doubt it will see me to 300k, and the advent of electric everywhere.
Enjoy the horrendous turning circle!2005 sport model. Love these things, and they make great sheds. I'll keep it for as long as I possibly can, look after it, do the little jobs as they turn up, and do the big ones in between, and this will be depreciation proof motoring. I have no doubt it will see me to 300k, and the advent of electric everywhere.
Bought a 2006 Fiesta off a mate for £150 2 years ago. Bought with some MOT thinking it would be a scrapper when the next came along... since passed 2 more without issues, probably spent the same again on tyres and oil and filters for 3 services. 25,000 miles later, never broken down and runs a dream... very very fun to drive with no sh*ts given!
Captain Answer said:
Starjet99 said:
Has anyone run a Jaguar X-Type as a shed, specifically a 3.0 V6, who can provide some insight as to how good a shed it might be?
Check with caution, I was seriously interested in getting one last year but the couple I went to see all had quite nasty rot in the sills and that seems a pretty common theme if you google it3.0 V6 in those is a ford unit, and pretty hardy
Jimmy No Hands said:
bearman68 said:
well, tonight I have just driven the 30 odd miles back from the big city, in a Volvo S60 D5. Big, and leather, and electric heating and adjusting, and diesel-y, and runs a treat. It has a wheel bearing that's noisy, some crusty sounding suspension, and an MOT that is measured in hours (about 5 at the moment), but it's big and economical, and wafty, and with cruise control, and mine for £580.
2005 sport model. Love these things, and they make great sheds. I'll keep it for as long as I possibly can, look after it, do the little jobs as they turn up, and do the big ones in between, and this will be depreciation proof motoring. I have no doubt it will see me to 300k, and the advent of electric everywhere.
Enjoy the horrendous turning circle!2005 sport model. Love these things, and they make great sheds. I'll keep it for as long as I possibly can, look after it, do the little jobs as they turn up, and do the big ones in between, and this will be depreciation proof motoring. I have no doubt it will see me to 300k, and the advent of electric everywhere.
Starjet99 said:
Jimmy No Hands said:
Enjoy the horrendous turning circle!
I had one for years (many years ago, when they were far from shed territory) and never once was affected by the turning circle!Great cars.
M4cruiser said:
Just checked and it's 11m. Not too bad for the size of car. Primera is worse, 11m for a smaller car. But older Volvos were great, 140 and 240 series had under 10m.
I'd agree, 11m is reasonable. Our 2 ('60/'12) Astra Js turn in 11m too.
Parkers won't say what my Focus does it in, but it feels about the same.
dunc01965 said:
Yes but should one of my wheel trims fall off then that's a different story, should I lose a trim from one of my steelies then I shall immediately scrap the car.
The correct procedure is to pull over immediately, torch out the car and order an Uber home less you be seen in such circumstances by a member of the parish councilCaptain Answer said:
dunc01965 said:
Yes but should one of my wheel trims fall off then that's a different story, should I lose a trim from one of my steelies then I shall immediately scrap the car.
The correct procedure is to pull over immediately, torch out the car and order an Uber home less you be seen in such circumstances by a member of the parish councildunc01965 said:
I once drove my cavalier for nearly a year with the front bumper held on by bailer twine, some of past bodges beggar belief in former times before I got older and wiser and actually bought some tools.
I backed a MK1 Mondeo into a post that I'd bought for £80 at auction.. A good section of the nearside corner was then gaffer tape for a good few months until it was scrappedCaptain Answer said:
dunc01965 said:
I once drove my cavalier for nearly a year with the front bumper held on by bailer twine, some of past bodges beggar belief in former times before I got older and wiser and actually bought some tools.
I backed a MK1 Mondeo into a post that I'd bought for £80 at auction.. A good section of the nearside corner was then gaffer tape for a good few months until it was scrappedThe Mad Monk said:
Captain Answer said:
dunc01965 said:
I once drove my cavalier for nearly a year with the front bumper held on by bailer twine, some of past bodges beggar belief in former times before I got older and wiser and actually bought some tools.
I backed a MK1 Mondeo into a post that I'd bought for £80 at auction.. A good section of the nearside corner was then gaffer tape for a good few months until it was scrapped
The Mad Monk said:
Why did you buy a post? And eighty quid - for a post! They saw you coming mate!
I went to an auction where people acted like that though didn't buy anything as it was stupid. It was a sofa showroom Norwich that had gone bust and selling off all their stock The galling thing for the owners is that although the sofas were priced up somebody must have bussed in the village idiots from miles around - they were exceeding the MRP let alone the discounted prices that included free delivery.The most astonishing thing is there was a rough looking sofa round the back that looked like a "trade in" (do these places do that?). Somebody had been sick on it and the selling price was still in the hundreds...
CDP said:
I went to an auction where people acted like that though didn't buy anything as it was stupid. It was a sofa showroom Norwich that had gone bust and selling off all their stock The galling thing for the owners is that although the sofas were priced up somebody must have bussed in the village idiots from miles around - they were exceeding the MRP let alone the discounted prices that included free delivery.
The most astonishing thing is there was a rough looking sofa round the back that looked like a "trade in" (do these places do that?). Somebody had been sick on it and the selling price was still in the hundreds...
Been going to various auctions on and off for a fair while... Depending on where you go you see some very high bids going on stuff that is basically tat, people get caught up in the excitement of it and end up spending a fortune on stuff that's no where near worth the final bid price, then the fees on top push it up again. The most astonishing thing is there was a rough looking sofa round the back that looked like a "trade in" (do these places do that?). Somebody had been sick on it and the selling price was still in the hundreds...
Captain Answer said:
CDP said:
I went to an auction where people acted like that though didn't buy anything as it was stupid. It was a sofa showroom Norwich that had gone bust and selling off all their stock The galling thing for the owners is that although the sofas were priced up somebody must have bussed in the village idiots from miles around - they were exceeding the MRP let alone the discounted prices that included free delivery.
The most astonishing thing is there was a rough looking sofa round the back that looked like a "trade in" (do these places do that?). Somebody had been sick on it and the selling price was still in the hundreds...
Been going to various auctions on and off for a fair while... Depending on where you go you see some very high bids going on stuff that is basically tat, people get caught up in the excitement of it and end up spending a fortune on stuff that's no where near worth the final bid price, then the fees on top push it up again. The most astonishing thing is there was a rough looking sofa round the back that looked like a "trade in" (do these places do that?). Somebody had been sick on it and the selling price was still in the hundreds...
grumpy52 said:
Deep joy , my Nissan x trail bought last summer for well under a grand has today passed its MOT without even an advisory, its only done 547 miles since the last test . 
It is indeed deep joy when your shed passes it's MOT without any advisories, my shed did last week too, 13 months ticket for next to nothing. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff