RE: Skoda Roomster Scout | Shed of the Week
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Great shedding there!
From a time when Shkoda were less popular and more interesting!BeastieBoy73 said:
I like these.
During lockdown last year my teenage daughter and I picked up an old Kangoo 4x4 to build into a micro campervan.
It comfortably slept 2 and had a kitchen, toilet and shower. Once completed we ended up selling it for a hefty profit.
Tempted to do the same with this.
Show us some pics! Sounds like a great projectDuring lockdown last year my teenage daughter and I picked up an old Kangoo 4x4 to build into a micro campervan.
It comfortably slept 2 and had a kitchen, toilet and shower. Once completed we ended up selling it for a hefty profit.
Tempted to do the same with this.
If I was going down the fugly car route, I'd do it properly and have a Multipla - properly loony, with the added quirk of three-abreast front seating.
I always fancied the loopy idea of fitting a Multipla with a tweaked Fiat Coupe engine and then taking it on a trackday with three people up front. Middle passenger probaby wouldn't have enjoyed it very much....
I always fancied the loopy idea of fitting a Multipla with a tweaked Fiat Coupe engine and then taking it on a trackday with three people up front. Middle passenger probaby wouldn't have enjoyed it very much....
If they made them with a bit more wheelbase, and a 6D temp engine, I would have that.
In a bright color, then foil the side in a way that the upper/lower line of the front windows is extended along the sides,
then tint the side widows and blacken the door pillars..............if you can understand what I mean.
Would do the "design" a lot better in my imagination.
All a matter of taste.............said the monkey and bit the soap..............I have a new Lodgy now.
In a bright color, then foil the side in a way that the upper/lower line of the front windows is extended along the sides,
then tint the side widows and blacken the door pillars..............if you can understand what I mean.
Would do the "design" a lot better in my imagination.
All a matter of taste.............said the monkey and bit the soap..............I have a new Lodgy now.
Jaguar steve said:
the wonderful sense of liberation that comes with a zero fkucks given mindset regarding status and image and damage and dirt.
This.This is the essence of shedding.
As a petrolhead, there really is something wonderfully liberating about driving a car you don't give a flying f
k about.The excellent (but terrible to navigate and no longer updated) Australian Autospeed website did a series on Roomster Tuning.
From memory, the chap fitted bigger brakes and wheels, a rear ARB, driving lamps, made an exhaust & modified the intake, fitted an intercooler and had it mapped on a rolling road.
Edit: here it is
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_112589/article
From memory, the chap fitted bigger brakes and wheels, a rear ARB, driving lamps, made an exhaust & modified the intake, fitted an intercooler and had it mapped on a rolling road.
Edit: here it is
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_112589/article
Edited by MC Bodge on Saturday 6th March 10:53
malaccamax said:
BeastieBoy73 said:
I like these.
During lockdown last year my teenage daughter and I picked up an old Kangoo 4x4 to build into a micro campervan.
It comfortably slept 2 and had a kitchen, toilet and shower. Once completed we ended up selling it for a hefty profit.
Tempted to do the same with this.
Show us some pics! Sounds like a great projectDuring lockdown last year my teenage daughter and I picked up an old Kangoo 4x4 to build into a micro campervan.
It comfortably slept 2 and had a kitchen, toilet and shower. Once completed we ended up selling it for a hefty profit.
Tempted to do the same with this.
With not being able to travel (stay in it), it not being a great first car (financially) and with an MOT looming, we decided to sell it as soon as it was finished.
The buyer just wanted a 4x4 Kangoo so we took all the camper stuff out to be used in the next one.
Lots of micro camper groups on FB though, some amazing builds to check out.
AdamV12AMR said:
Jaguar steve said:
the wonderful sense of liberation that comes with a zero fkucks given mindset regarding status and image and damage and dirt.
This.This is the essence of shedding.
As a petrolhead, there really is something wonderfully liberating about driving a car you don't give a flying f
k about.
Sandy59 said:
AdamV12AMR said:
Jaguar steve said:
the wonderful sense of liberation that comes with a zero fkucks given mindset regarding status and image and damage and dirt.
This.This is the essence of shedding.
As a petrolhead, there really is something wonderfully liberating about driving a car you don't give a flying f
k about.Everybody should drive a scruffy, basic ordinary car once in a while and luxuriate in not having anything needy you're precious about and proud of because doing that pushes the reset and reality buttons nicely.
Nothing to prove and nothing to loose. All you have to do to make that happen is abandon your pride and ego and aspirations, which of course can only be a Good Thing.
Sn1ckers said:
A van with windows. I mean this as a compliment inasmuch as it provides ultimate practicality when you take into account the price. So what if you chuck a load of rubbish in the back for a tip run - it cost peanuts and a bit of crap in the back is neither here nor there...
They did the Roomster as an actual van in some markets. I give you the Skoda Praktik.
Numeric said:
Skoda had a sweet spot - take the first Yeti - really distinctive and seemed good quality while the Superb really was. Even this - had a purpose and went for it, good value transport and I sometimes think of one for garden and bike duties.
The Skoda range now is just so vague - maybe I do see the odd new Yeti if their is one - but I wouldn't notice, while pricing seems almost in VW territory. My suspicion is it became too successful and threatened VW sales which perhaps had higher margins.
The Yeti felt a bit like VW Group had accidentally built a car a lot of people really liked when it was supposed to be a niche product to fill in a tiny gap between segments. Not pointlessly large, not trying to pretend it can do everything. Just a chunky little utilitarian car that was still surprisingly plush inside, especially in Laurin & Klement spec. They also ended up very popular with older drivers, thanks to the lack of sporting pretensions they have a high H-point and are easy to get in and out of.The Skoda range now is just so vague - maybe I do see the odd new Yeti if their is one - but I wouldn't notice, while pricing seems almost in VW territory. My suspicion is it became too successful and threatened VW sales which perhaps had higher margins.
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