RE: Windrush car storage | PH Meets

RE: Windrush car storage | PH Meets

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court

1,485 posts

215 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Looks like just the place to leave the car while I go shooting tigers.

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Motorsport3 said:
For 100 cars say

c. 300k for rent
c. 200k for salaries (6 people doing 3x 8h shifts in pairs)
c. 200k left

Not much capital needed so I think it is about right.
£200k for salaries... pffft the average PHeader powerfully built type wouldn't get out of bed for that! hehe

Nitro666

23 posts

145 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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So that’s where SHMEE keeps his fleet I guess...

Jonny8v

183 posts

73 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Nitro666 said:
So that’s where SHMEE keeps his fleet I guess...
I don’t believe it is. From memory his spots all have numbers and I didn’t see any numbers on the floor of that garage.

Not sure where Tims garage is in London.

monthefish

20,439 posts

230 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Cool business. thumbup


Can anyone explain this to me...

the article said:
One particular owner of a highly-strung Jaguar E-Type has asked for their car not to be started, however, so Windrush has used other tactics to keep its oily bits in good, “on the button” shape. Windrush’s employees drip oil into its cylinders through the plug ports, before rolling the car back and forth while it’s in gear to keep the internals lubricated
Given that keeping a car in gear will hold it on a hill, how much force is required to do the above operation?
(or is the force far reduced because the engine is 'open' through the plugs?)

Shnozz

27,422 posts

270 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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I must admit, I thought £600 PCM for central London parking sounded very cheap before taking into account the extra attention. A cursory glance on google shows a fairly industrial looking underground but uncared for space at the same price.

ate one too

2,902 posts

145 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Don't forget to knock the VAT off those t/o figures...

I hope there's well over 100 cars in storage plus add ons otherwise it can't be financially viable at those rates.

I looked at setting up a similar car storage business in the East Midlands a couple of years ago and found you can achieve a far better ROI by just renting out the empty building for warehousing etc.

Jonny_

4,108 posts

206 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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monthefish said:
Cool business. thumbup


Can anyone explain this to me...

the article said:
One particular owner of a highly-strung Jaguar E-Type has asked for their car not to be started, however, so Windrush has used other tactics to keep its oily bits in good, “on the button” shape. Windrush’s employees drip oil into its cylinders through the plug ports, before rolling the car back and forth while it’s in gear to keep the internals lubricated
Given that keeping a car in gear will hold it on a hill, how much force is required to do the above operation?
(or is the force far reduced because the engine is 'open' through the plugs?)
You're certainly thinking along the right lines.

Removing the plugs means that there's no compression generated by the piston in the cylinder, which makes the engine considerably easier to turn.

The other factor is which gear the car is in; selecting a higher gear will reduce the force required at the wheels to turn the engine. If parking on a hill you'd select first gear to maximise the force needed to move the car. To move the engine more easily by pushing the car, you'd select top gear.


Lt. Coulomb

202 posts

53 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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It should be in an inactive volcano.

wolfie28

686 posts

143 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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I also thought this was a good price for London. I looked for somewhere to store one of my cars locally (Midlands) and it was £120 per month in a barn on a farm. I am sure the chap that owns Windrush is business savvy; therefore knows what to charge to maintain it as a profitable business.

Niffty951

2,333 posts

227 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Ok car nerd challenge, how many covered cars can you identify?

This is nice. Makes sense for people whose London life doesn't suit a car at all but who love to do a few track days a year in their favourite investment

K50 DEL

9,227 posts

227 months

Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Alex_225 said:
That looks like a fantastic place and the attention to detail is quite something. Although £600 to us mere mortals sounds like a lot, when you consider prices of anything in London, as well as the service on offer it's a bit of a steal.

I pay £130 a month to keep my car in a far less fancy set up but still a converted barn with carpeted floors and heating. There are options to 'exercise' the car but I'm just grateful for a warm, dry, secure space and the opportunity to keep the car on charge.

Great idea nonetheless and interesting seeing the Windrush storage facility. smile
The quote I got to store the 360 somewhere fairly local to here was around that same price... I looked at what I could move to if I added that cost to my mortgage payment and moved house to somewhere with a decent double garage instead lol

rodericb

6,660 posts

125 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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At the opposite end of discrete and tucked away in an underground carpark here's one going up in Los Angeles by Matt Farah: https://youtu.be/9z_NRIIngs0


While working out the man maths on a Lincoln Mark V I wondered if creating an enthusiasts car storage would be a business opportunity. Watching Matts video above and thinking about the advanced state of targeted thefts/organised crime puts a dampener on it!

Alpinachauffeur

6 posts

61 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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£600 a month for this service sounds really good value. We have 2 bays in an underground garage in Central London ....£10k per annum each!

C7 JFW

1,205 posts

218 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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Having asked for the annual cost of rental in some of the city's car parks where a permanent storage solution is required, some come in at about £4k, so £8k with all the trimmings really, is probably par.

Looks like the genuinely know what they're doing too (not just a spot where you can shove the cover over it and plug in the trickle charger) which is refreshing.

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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court said:
Looks like just the place to leave the car while I go shooting tigers.
How very sporting, sir.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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court said:
Looks like just the place to leave the car while I go shooting tigers.
Will you be using a machine gun?

Tom_The_Light_House

41 posts

106 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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OMG what a great job.
Now, if only i could set something like this up in the middle of Somerset.
Only problem is being too far away from any towns, cities , airports........ smilesmile

skylarking808

778 posts

85 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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They must spend a large amount of time putting front number plates back on smile

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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swiveleyedgit said:
court said:
Looks like just the place to leave the car while I go shooting tigers.
Will you be using a machine gun?
paraphrasing The Italian Job?