The Joy of Running an Old Shed (Vol 2)
Discussion
7 5 7 said:
My Vectra is £305, really not far off its value now - which is quite funny.
Most new cars are now £160+ since the new tax came in - so doesn't seem that much more really, for buying a very cheap car.
Thing is i dont think theirs a big car with low tax in my price range that i like anyway and if you do the maths of £1350 for the car + 330 tax and about £500 mot divide it by 12(say i scrapped it) youre at about £200 a month for the year and what would that get me without a good deposit or a lengthy contract. My missus was paying £215 to borrow an adam for 3 years Most new cars are now £160+ since the new tax came in - so doesn't seem that much more really, for buying a very cheap car.
7 5 7 said:
Ryyy said:
Just looked up my tax, £335 
Its a small cost in the grand scheme.
My Vectra is £305, really not far off its value now - which is quite funny.Its a small cost in the grand scheme.
Most new cars are now £160+ since the new tax came in - so doesn't seem that much more really, for buying a very cheap car.
VED is one reason why I think a lot of these post April 2006 old V6s won't ever make big money in the modern classic market. E.g Mondeo ST200 post April 2006 model, £710 to tax it for a year- yikes indeed!! You've got to real love an old Mondeo to fork that out each year on top of the fuel bills etc.
greenarrow said:
You're both right of course, but its a kicker when you have more than one car. My wife's ST150 is now £320 and the Astra H I am borrowing from my daughter until she gets her own place in August is £240 I think, so that's £560 for two cars worth about £3K between them and then I tax my own and my younger daughter's Smart 4-2. Lucky me then that they are only £35 each or I would be paying over £1,000 a year just to keep four ageing vehicles on the road which between them do no more than 18,000 miles a year......
VED is one reason why I think a lot of these post April 2006 old V6s won't ever make big money in the modern classic market. E.g Mondeo ST200 post April 2006 model, £710 to tax it for a year- yikes indeed!! You've got to real love an old Mondeo to fork that out each year on top of the fuel bills etc.
It's painful on early 2000s cars. I paid £395 to tax my 2005 Cat N 330i Shed for a year last month, and it's gone up since then!VED is one reason why I think a lot of these post April 2006 old V6s won't ever make big money in the modern classic market. E.g Mondeo ST200 post April 2006 model, £710 to tax it for a year- yikes indeed!! You've got to real love an old Mondeo to fork that out each year on top of the fuel bills etc.
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Mr Tidy said:
It's painful on early 2000s cars. I paid £395 to tax my 2005 Cat N 330i Shed for a year last month, and it's gone up since then!
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Go for a zero tax shed pre 1985 - there are quite a few on the market sub £6k My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Shed Mondeo collected and a drama free trip home in it. So far so good. Feels very tight and had a lot of work done, reading through the history things like top mounts and rear bushes have been fixed in pairs so doesn't appear to be run on a shoestring.
First jobs will be a good clean and a service. So far so good.
First jobs will be a good clean and a service. So far so good.
Sheddy Volvo has a full set of these and this one (mid 2018 DOT ) has done less than 10k miles and has an appearance of impending death that I’ve only just noticed - obviously stopped driving the car.
It’s a tenuous link to the topic, but this is a shed safe space without being told I should have bought PS5’s
This is impending catastrophic failure isn’t it?
It’s a tenuous link to the topic, but this is a shed safe space without being told I should have bought PS5’s
This is impending catastrophic failure isn’t it?
Bear-n said:
Sheddy Volvo has a full set of these and this one (mid 2018 DOT ) has done less than 10k miles and has an appearance of impending death that I’ve only just noticed - obviously stopped driving the car.
It’s a tenuous link to the topic, but this is a shed safe space without being told I should have bought PS5’s
This is impending catastrophic failure isn’t it?
I'd get 4 quality part worns on it.It’s a tenuous link to the topic, but this is a shed safe space without being told I should have bought PS5’s
This is impending catastrophic failure isn’t it?
Edited by Gordon Hill on Wednesday 1st May 20:41
Gordon Hill said:
Bear-n said:
Sheddy Volvo has a full set of these and this one (mid 2018 DOT ) has done less than 10k miles and has an appearance of impending death that I’ve only just noticed - obviously stopped driving the car.
It’s a tenuous link to the topic, but this is a shed safe space without being told I should have bought PS5’s
This is impending catastrophic failure isn’t it?
I'd get 4 quality part works on it.It’s a tenuous link to the topic, but this is a shed safe space without being told I should have bought PS5’s
This is impending catastrophic failure isn’t it?
GeneralBanter said:
Mr Tidy said:
It's painful on early 2000s cars. I paid £395 to tax my 2005 Cat N 330i Shed for a year last month, and it's gone up since then!
My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
Go for a zero tax shed pre 1985 - there are quite a few on the market sub £6k My 2006 Z4M cost £695 at the beginning of March and that has gone up since. I can sort of live with that because I love it, but wouldn't consider paying that for a V6 Mondeo, Hyundai Coupe, Mazda RX8, etc.
I think Band M killed off some great cars.
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