A car a month for 2020. Idiocy but you love it.
Discussion
I don’t really believe in New Year’s Resolutions but I’ve decided I am going to set myself a challenge for 2020 - I am going to buy, fix as required, use and sell/swap/otherwise dispose of a car every month. Twelve cars in twelve months. I know it’s been done before but this is my attempt.
The goal isn’t about making profit from each car (although it’d be nice) but to drive some stuff I haven’t had before and also to finally make some real effort in making YouTube content. Hoping that buying generally working stuff will mean I can churn out videos without the delay of having to replace head gaskets and other major repairs that the shoddier part of my current fleet requires
A few ground rules:
£500 max purchase price per car.
Road legal, preferably with a few months MOT. Having to test cars will make the schedule even tighter.
Only terminally broken cars will be scrapped if they absolutely must be - weighing in working stuff just to move on to the next one isn’t acceptable.
No age/type/etc restrictions. I don’t care how retro or interesting or whatever your ego thinks it is.
January’s entrant is already lined up. Keep your eyes peeled.
The goal isn’t about making profit from each car (although it’d be nice) but to drive some stuff I haven’t had before and also to finally make some real effort in making YouTube content. Hoping that buying generally working stuff will mean I can churn out videos without the delay of having to replace head gaskets and other major repairs that the shoddier part of my current fleet requires
A few ground rules:
£500 max purchase price per car.
Road legal, preferably with a few months MOT. Having to test cars will make the schedule even tighter.
Only terminally broken cars will be scrapped if they absolutely must be - weighing in working stuff just to move on to the next one isn’t acceptable.
No age/type/etc restrictions. I don’t care how retro or interesting or whatever your ego thinks it is.
January’s entrant is already lined up. Keep your eyes peeled.
YouTalkinToMe said:
Hate to be Mr Sensible here, but what about insurance? Do companies not get a bit uppity about chopping and changing, a la hiding as a trader?
No worries here, I already do a fair bit of chopping and changing / buying and selling so have appropriate cover (and a set of trade plates which makes collection day easier!) You’re right that it can be a bit difficult and expensive (admin fees!) with a standard policy. The first car I’ll be picking up on the 4th. It’s a little towards the boring end of the spectrum but is £174 with MOT until October.
Dave. said:
Toaster Pilot said:
The first car I’ll be picking up on the 4th. It’s a little towards the boring end of the spectrum but is £174 with MOT until October.
Where do people find stuff this cheap? That's bonkers!
2Btoo said:
Excellent plan TP! I'm definitely watching!
We need the YouTube channel name. NEED. Come on chap, pass it on.
I’ve only made a couple of crap videos rambling on so far, to get to grips with the equipment / editing. Part of the reason for doing this challenge (apart from wanting to drive a bunch of random cars) is to provide a regular reason and structure that’ll motivate me to crack on with content production. I have some longer term projects that I’d also like to make videos about but they’re not really in a great position to do so right now. We need the YouTube channel name. NEED. Come on chap, pass it on.
Edited by Toaster Pilot on Wednesday 1st January 20:28
eltax91 said:
Since I once sold you an old shed, I think you deserve me to sub and watch this crap content.
Mental idea, I love it.
Hahaha. That was a cracking shed apart from the marrow under the passenger seat! Mental idea, I love it.
I’m still messing about with knackered old rubbish, more so for enjoyment than trying to actually make a profit
durbster said:
Great project.
Just a thought - what is the limit to the number of cars you can buy and sell before having to be classed as an official car dealer?
I don’t think such a thing actually exists (it’s often spoken about but has little substance - badges of trade etc are more important), but as per previous I have the legal stuff covered already - I’ve been doing some on and off part time trading for years. Just a thought - what is the limit to the number of cars you can buy and sell before having to be classed as an official car dealer?
B'stard Child said:
The concept reminded me of a post on RR back in 2015
http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/175664/twelve-...
The budget wasn't as small as yours from memory
I was made aware of this after posting about my plans on the beige - hell of a read and what a journey!http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/175664/twelve-...
The budget wasn't as small as yours from memory
The pain of eBay was a strong theme, he didn’t half have trouble with his “buyers”. You hear the horror stories but I think he had more than his fair share of them!!
R8Steve said:
I have a Jaguar X-Type 2.2d lying up at my lodge on Loch Lomond, runs and drives fine, i only left it there as it had a towbar and a few folk up there use it to launch their boats/skis.
I've got a towbar on my daily now so no longer need it so will be selling it cheap soon, would make a good road trip for you as well
Sounds like the kind of thing you’d want to email me about, possibly I've got a towbar on my daily now so no longer need it so will be selling it cheap soon, would make a good road trip for you as well
. (modern heroes cars at gmail dot com)
mrtwisty said:
Afraid not, but I like the idea of people trying to guess, so might drop some better hints for future ones. This one’s a bit of an off market deal and not what I’d have chosen to lead with .It’s in better nick than that mind!
idiot to even consider it.
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