The Joy of Running an Old Shed (Vol 2)
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[quote=757]Any love for the shed Vectra interior?
I kind of think it's ok, in a utilitarian/simple no fuss way perfect for "a do it all hack."
Dated by today's standards but it is not a too bad a place to spend my countless hours on the motorway, certainly less creaky than my SAAB 9-3 I had.
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Really like the Vectra interior.
I had an Elite spec V6 diesel estate and loved it, dated interior but very “ronseal” in attitude.
Mine was faultless in during my ownership and having since had an Insignia would still consider another Vectra.
Hope yours continues to serve you well!
I kind of think it's ok, in a utilitarian/simple no fuss way perfect for "a do it all hack."
Dated by today's standards but it is not a too bad a place to spend my countless hours on the motorway, certainly less creaky than my SAAB 9-3 I had.
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Really like the Vectra interior.
I had an Elite spec V6 diesel estate and loved it, dated interior but very “ronseal” in attitude.
Mine was faultless in during my ownership and having since had an Insignia would still consider another Vectra.
Hope yours continues to serve you well!
I see the city-bugs (C1/Aygo/107) have divided opinions on here recently. Bit of a marmite car. I had a 107 a few yrs ago & liked it a lot (when it wasn't leaking from various orifices). I had as much fun if not more driving it than various much more expensive motors (such as Impreza WRXs, various BMWs & Mercs, RR SVR, Teslas etc) as well as enjoying the financial benefits that came with running a cheapie. A CRX vtec, Prelude vtec & a Westfield topped it for enjoyment, but is there anyone else who enjoys the actual drive of a bare-bum basic shed more than the Ultimate Driving Machines out there?
I should add that I didn't own most of these cars. I just had ready access to them through work, but having driven them for weeks at a time, they largely left me cold.
I should add that I didn't own most of these cars. I just had ready access to them through work, but having driven them for weeks at a time, they largely left me cold.
ferrisbueller said:
MattsCar said:
Ouroboros said:
Lol I paid 40 quid for 4 unknown branded tyres on steels. How many miles a year do you do?
6000 miles a year. Why the LOL?ferrisbueller said:
Because buying utterly toss tyres is seen by some as a badge of honour.
not really this is the shed thread Afterall. p.s i've bought CC as well, they were s
te. It just amuses me people buy sheds and spend a fair % in tyres, yet there are loads of cheaper options out there. i've done 10k on ste tyres and no one has died.757 said:
Agreed, on a shed it's mid-range MAX, you don't put premium ones on, blurred lines between shed and bangernomics?
I have Continentals on my shed with a set on Dunlops adorning the winter wheels. It may only be a shed but my view is if I want to carry my family around in it, I want the best tyres possible. Especially when you end up driving along in a deluge on the motorway, it’s nice to know the four bits in contact with the road surface haven’t been skimped on. When I bought it years and years ago, it had Landsail tyres fitted all round. They would happily generate tyre squeal going round bends at normal speeds; I didn’t have them long enough to find out what they’d be like in the wet.
Ouroboros said:
ferrisbueller said:
Because buying utterly toss tyres is seen by some as a badge of honour.
not really this is the shed thread Afterall. p.s i've bought CC as well, they were ste. It just amuses me people buy sheds and spend a fair % in tyres, yet there are loads of cheaper options out there. i've done 10k on ste tyres and no one has died.I've bought cars with s
te on them and then run them for a while but I've never put ste tyres on a car.ferrisbueller said:
Ouroboros said:
ferrisbueller said:
Because buying utterly toss tyres is seen by some as a badge of honour.
not really this is the shed thread Afterall. p.s i've bought CC as well, they were ste. It just amuses me people buy sheds and spend a fair % in tyres, yet there are loads of cheaper options out there. i've done 10k on ste tyres and no one has died.I've bought cars with s
te on them and then run them for a while but I've never put ste tyres on a car.The reason I bought Cross Climates was because these were the cheapest brand new fitted tyres available from anywhere. They worked out cheaper than even the most budget of unbranded tyre due to an ATS euro master offer. There were no other cheaper offer available.
And they are not bad tyres. The reviews online from users and independent tests show this. They also have an extremely long life.
I have more confidence in them than I would a set of Linglongs.
My shed came with Dunlop BluResponse tyres all round.
They weren't new by any means when I bought it but I got another 30k miles out of the fronts. I replaced them with Yokohamas because at the time and although I was pretty impressed with the BluResponse longevity I didn't think they were worth the extra £20 each.
The Yokohamas are pretty much down to the wear indicators after just 18k.
Do the sums.
They weren't new by any means when I bought it but I got another 30k miles out of the fronts. I replaced them with Yokohamas because at the time and although I was pretty impressed with the BluResponse longevity I didn't think they were worth the extra £20 each.
The Yokohamas are pretty much down to the wear indicators after just 18k.
Do the sums.
aaron_2000 said:
ferrisbueller said:
I think you need to get the plate off while the MOT is valid?
Not sure but I have seen it takes 4-6 weeks so I'll likely just leave it on when I scrap itone eyed cat said:
Any love for the shed Vectra interior?
I kind of think it's ok, in a utilitarian/simple no fuss way perfect for "a do it all hack."
Dated by today's standards but it is not a too bad a place to spend my countless hours on the motorway, certainly less creaky than my SAAB 9-3 I had.
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Really like the Vectra interior.
I had an Elite spec V6 diesel estate and loved it, dated interior but very “ronseal” in attitude.
Mine was faultless in during my ownership and having since had an Insignia would still consider another Vectra.
Hope yours continues to serve you well!
Been a great purchase so far, wasn't actually looking for one in particularly, but can't ignore their value for money, absolute tanks aswell, well they feel it.I kind of think it's ok, in a utilitarian/simple no fuss way perfect for "a do it all hack."
Dated by today's standards but it is not a too bad a place to spend my countless hours on the motorway, certainly less creaky than my SAAB 9-3 I had.
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Really like the Vectra interior.
I had an Elite spec V6 diesel estate and loved it, dated interior but very “ronseal” in attitude.
Mine was faultless in during my ownership and having since had an Insignia would still consider another Vectra.
Hope yours continues to serve you well!
Very underated cars and great for a shed hack to not care about, blends into the background perfectly aswell.
For a £350 PD130 I really have no complaints at all. The gearbox is appalling and not suited to the engine at all but it still drives really well, doesn't even have any warning lights on. If it had a senor manuel box I'd be keeping this one without a doubt, but the Tiptronic and short MOT seal its fate, scrap is being booked tomorrow for collection on the 30th. I'll be putting 1500 miles on it between now and Thursday so hopefully it remains trouble free as it has for the 300 I've done so far.
aaron_2000 said:
For a £350 PD130 I really have no complaints at all. The gearbox is appalling and not suited to the engine at all but it still drives really well, doesn't even have any warning lights on. If it had a senor manuel box I'd be keeping this one without a doubt, but the Tiptronic and short MOT seal its fate, scrap is being booked tomorrow for collection on the 30th. I'll be putting 1500 miles on it between now and Thursday so hopefully it remains trouble free as it has for the 300 I've done so far.
ICYMI Martin mrt a few posts back saidAaron, I’d rather save that than see you scrap it, pm me and maybe we can sort out a deal.
Its like a good car throttle episode
Ryyy said:
If this happens I think we need a saved from the graveyard build thread
I don't think it'll end up scrapped. A lot of owners club members have been trying to buy it from me since I got it, even had a few £700 offers from people wanting it for the plate. Hopefully it gets saved, it's a proper old bus 
Well good evening fellow shedders. I've been away for a bit as my desktop has packed up, and I've had to get a replacement laptop in. First world problems and all that.
Shed world has been interesting of late. On the plus sides, I managed to buy a 2007 plate V70 Euro 3 D5, with a 6 SPEED MANUAL box, which is slightly rarer than hens teeth. Given the car is immaculate, and lovely, and was very cheap, I was very pleased with that.
A fiesta 1.4 TDCI followed, and a C107 that needed a new front end, and another one with a (very common) clutch failure and that's about it recently. I spent a whole day welding up the Fester, which was a bit of a laugh, and resulted in a very noisy and subsequently dirty workshop. I lik a bit of welding every now and again, but I couldn't do it all the time.
One of my nicer Laguna 3's went to a smashing bloke off PH, which was a very pleasing thing. I've met a few guys from PH, and all have been lovely.
Of less tranquillity was my encounter with an idiot customer.
She had trouble with her car going into limp mode, due to EGR issues as it turned out, which was fair enough. She had a courtesy Yaris 1.4d off me to run around in for a few days while I sorted the EGR. She called me a few days later to say the Yaris had broken down.
It took me a moment to process what car she had, and when I realised she had the Yaris, I was full of disbelief. I've only ever know a Yaris breakdown due to running out of fuel, or having a flat tyre. As it turned out after a stressful recovery, this one was the former. Ho Hum, say nothing, and grit the teeth.
Having swapped the lady and her family back into her original car, I was a bit perplexed when she phoned me a few days later to say her car had broken down AGAIN, and what was I going to do about giving her a reliable car, and one that works, and I had let her family down by abandoning them on a busy road, with my deathtrap cars that breakdown every week, and so on ad infinitum.
Anyway, after attending the scene - it took me about 2 minutes to diagnose the issue - the bloody thing had run out of fuel again. I just couldn't believe it. But I put £7 in yesterday before driving it 55 miles - the gauge must be wrong. In fact, everything was wrong except for her. I was soooo cross. Anyway, I am now not her favourite mechanic / service provider / etc etc, and to be honest, I'm glad to be shot of her. You just can't help some people.
Anyway, therapeutic ranting.
Shed world has been interesting of late. On the plus sides, I managed to buy a 2007 plate V70 Euro 3 D5, with a 6 SPEED MANUAL box, which is slightly rarer than hens teeth. Given the car is immaculate, and lovely, and was very cheap, I was very pleased with that.
A fiesta 1.4 TDCI followed, and a C107 that needed a new front end, and another one with a (very common) clutch failure and that's about it recently. I spent a whole day welding up the Fester, which was a bit of a laugh, and resulted in a very noisy and subsequently dirty workshop. I lik a bit of welding every now and again, but I couldn't do it all the time.
One of my nicer Laguna 3's went to a smashing bloke off PH, which was a very pleasing thing. I've met a few guys from PH, and all have been lovely.
Of less tranquillity was my encounter with an idiot customer.
She had trouble with her car going into limp mode, due to EGR issues as it turned out, which was fair enough. She had a courtesy Yaris 1.4d off me to run around in for a few days while I sorted the EGR. She called me a few days later to say the Yaris had broken down.
It took me a moment to process what car she had, and when I realised she had the Yaris, I was full of disbelief. I've only ever know a Yaris breakdown due to running out of fuel, or having a flat tyre. As it turned out after a stressful recovery, this one was the former. Ho Hum, say nothing, and grit the teeth.
Having swapped the lady and her family back into her original car, I was a bit perplexed when she phoned me a few days later to say her car had broken down AGAIN, and what was I going to do about giving her a reliable car, and one that works, and I had let her family down by abandoning them on a busy road, with my deathtrap cars that breakdown every week, and so on ad infinitum.
Anyway, after attending the scene - it took me about 2 minutes to diagnose the issue - the bloody thing had run out of fuel again. I just couldn't believe it. But I put £7 in yesterday before driving it 55 miles - the gauge must be wrong. In fact, everything was wrong except for her. I was soooo cross. Anyway, I am now not her favourite mechanic / service provider / etc etc, and to be honest, I'm glad to be shot of her. You just can't help some people.
Anyway, therapeutic ranting.
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