The Joy of Running an Old Shed (Vol 2)
Discussion
7 5 7 said:
My mechanic mate is loving these wetbelts, he does at least one a week, keeping him busy! Absolutely POS engine! But very profitable for mechanics.
I can imagine, there are so many of these engines about, the Peugeot version too. A lot of wetbelt cars will end up scrapped as they inevitably end up in the hands of people who defer maintenance due to affordability. They're cheap runabout, ticking time bombs, I feel sorry for the owners that will end up out of pocket.
legendracer said:
Looking for a shed with cruise control. Smaller cheaper automatic reliable. Hopefully 150 bhp at least. Anything of interest please share.
Don't know where you are in the country, but I'd be looking for one of these:https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506153...
7 5 7 said:
Waxed.......a shed, hmmm - we are sailing very close to the line here!
I'm an imposter, my GT86 daily is a bit outside of shed range 
Although I will say that washing and waxing a car is quite easy work, and gives real benefits, protecting your car from UV and bird poo. Even a shed deserves decent maintenance imo.
7 5 7 said:
My mechanic mate is loving these wetbelts, he does at least one a week, keeping him busy! Absolutely POS engine! But very profitable for mechanics.
My Mum has been casually looking for a replacement for her "ever reliable but now made of 95% rust" 2009 Mazda 2 Sport that she's had for about 89 years and rather strangely, decided to go and look at a Ford Grand C-Max with the EcoBoom engine. Looked a nice enough car but at 80,000 miles, I then asked her if it'd had the belt done or evidence it's been meticulously serviced. "No, but the local garage will do it for £500" she said. Aye ok, try nearer £1500 to £2000 for a proper job with the full kit plus oil pump belt etc etc and that's assuming it hasn't already started to fail and clog up the inner workings. I advised she'd be getting carted off to the local loony bin if she bought it. Who's going to be spending £2k doing a belt on an old Ford worth say, £2k... She's since put a deposit down on a 63 plate Captur 0.9 but it was MOT'd by the garage last week, failed on a spring and emissions and as yet hasn't been retested / passed and she's meant to be picking it up in the morning...
Can't but think there are alarm bells starting to ring with this one...
Davie said:
7 5 7 said:
My mechanic mate is loving these wetbelts, he does at least one a week, keeping him busy! Absolutely POS engine! But very profitable for mechanics.
My Mum has been casually looking for a replacement for her "ever reliable but now made of 95% rust" 2009 Mazda 2 Sport that she's had for about 89 years and rather strangely, decided to go and look at a Ford Grand C-Max with the EcoBoom engine. Looked a nice enough car but at 80,000 miles, I then asked her if it'd had the belt done or evidence it's been meticulously serviced. "No, but the local garage will do it for £500" she said. Aye ok, try nearer £1500 to £2000 for a proper job with the full kit plus oil pump belt etc etc and that's assuming it hasn't already started to fail and clog up the inner workings. I advised she'd be getting carted off to the local loony bin if she bought it. Who's going to be spending £2k doing a belt on an old Ford worth say, £2k... She's since put a deposit down on a 63 plate Captur 0.9 but it was MOT'd by the garage last week, failed on a spring and emissions and as yet hasn't been retested / passed and she's meant to be picking it up in the morning...
Can't but think there are alarm bells starting to ring with this one...
Davie said:
She's since put a deposit down on a 63 plate Captur 0.9 but it was MOT'd by the garage last week, failed on a spring and emissions and as yet hasn't been retested / passed and she's meant to be picking it up in the morning...
Can't but think there are alarm bells starting to ring with this one...
A stretched timing chain (among other things) can knock out emissions, this happened on my 1.4 shed MINICan't but think there are alarm bells starting to ring with this one...
BenS94 said:
Davie said:
7 5 7 said:
My mechanic mate is loving these wetbelts, he does at least one a week, keeping him busy! Absolutely POS engine! But very profitable for mechanics.
My Mum has been casually looking for a replacement for her "ever reliable but now made of 95% rust" 2009 Mazda 2 Sport that she's had for about 89 years and rather strangely, decided to go and look at a Ford Grand C-Max with the EcoBoom engine. Looked a nice enough car but at 80,000 miles, I then asked her if it'd had the belt done or evidence it's been meticulously serviced. "No, but the local garage will do it for £500" she said. Aye ok, try nearer £1500 to £2000 for a proper job with the full kit plus oil pump belt etc etc and that's assuming it hasn't already started to fail and clog up the inner workings. I advised she'd be getting carted off to the local loony bin if she bought it. Who's going to be spending £2k doing a belt on an old Ford worth say, £2k... She's since put a deposit down on a 63 plate Captur 0.9 but it was MOT'd by the garage last week, failed on a spring and emissions and as yet hasn't been retested / passed and she's meant to be picking it up in the morning...
Can't but think there are alarm bells starting to ring with this one...
QBee said:
BenS94 said:
Davie said:
7 5 7 said:
My mechanic mate is loving these wetbelts, he does at least one a week, keeping him busy! Absolutely POS engine! But very profitable for mechanics.
My Mum has been casually looking for a replacement for her "ever reliable but now made of 95% rust" 2009 Mazda 2 Sport that she's had for about 89 years and rather strangely, decided to go and look at a Ford Grand C-Max with the EcoBoom engine. Looked a nice enough car but at 80,000 miles, I then asked her if it'd had the belt done or evidence it's been meticulously serviced. "No, but the local garage will do it for £500" she said. Aye ok, try nearer £1500 to £2000 for a proper job with the full kit plus oil pump belt etc etc and that's assuming it hasn't already started to fail and clog up the inner workings. I advised she'd be getting carted off to the local loony bin if she bought it. Who's going to be spending £2k doing a belt on an old Ford worth say, £2k... She's since put a deposit down on a 63 plate Captur 0.9 but it was MOT'd by the garage last week, failed on a spring and emissions and as yet hasn't been retested / passed and she's meant to be picking it up in the morning...
Can't but think there are alarm bells starting to ring with this one...
W00DY said:
I don't think I've washed my shed this year.
None of my current fleet of 3 have been washed by me this year either. One is a company car that I'e never washed - it got so filthy over winter (thanks HS2) I just kept wiping the number plates and lights. It had a paint repair, the paintshop washed it, next day it was absolutely brown again. It recently got washed by the dealer when it had its windscreen replaced, saving me the trouble. As I'm losing that car soon the first time I wash it might well be the last time too!
The second car we bought in March and has barely gone anywhere because the company car has been doing all the work, so has stayed fairly presentable. The final car, the shed, is the one ironically most likely to get washed, because it's more brown than anything and it's starting to look a bit too neglected for my tastes. Normally sees a bucket and sponge at MoT time, I've always felt it poor form to send a dirty car.
I love an absolutely spotless car, but with 2 little children it's just not possible to find the time so I've given up trying to keep the outside clean.
I can't abide by a dirty interior however, no matter what the car is - all rubbish gets removed immediately and they are regularly hoovered out and wiped down.
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