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[JG]

Its hibernating this year

Same here



well, it will be used every so often to keep it in good shape when the weather is nice. But i'm losing the garage here for 5 months, so its going to live elsewhere, 20 miles away... I wasn't going to leave it outside!

oh and its new place is properly heated

[TurboTomato]

Hmm.. I guess that would be the case for most tiny little old cars.. Is that something that you've heard Ant, or is it what you expect?

Ignoring the tin foil construction and the shoebox size It's cheap as chips with fairly low mileage..

I used to have a Cinq Sporting and it was massive fun for its size. Cheap to run and a viable shed option

[tifosi V8]

Hmm.. I guess that would be the case for most tiny little old cars.. Is that something that you've heard Ant, or is it what you expect?

Ignoring the tin foil construction and the shoebox size It's cheap as chips with fairly low mileage..

I used to have a Cinq Sporting and it was massive fun for its size. Cheap to run and a viable shed option

Cheers TT, I'll keep looking into it. I dont think I would get anything as grand as a sporting though..

The 900cc is group 1 insurance *rubshands*

[Tinhead]

Here's my new baby for the winter
A Daewoo Lanos



Its a step up from my previous shed, the astra that ended up in the scrapyard.
Central locking, twin airbags, elec windows, power steering and aircon

The engines a bit bigger than i was looking to get, its a mighty 1.6

Only done 53,000 and looks like its been well serviced, MOT till next june

All for £700

[chuno]

Tuning the shed? Yep, you need help! Why not just get another 205 mate? My insurance on the 1600 is only £240 so fairly reasonable, then we can start another thread 'Fast-sheds-r-us

Edited by chuno, 09 October 2006 - 12:22 PM.

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Hmm.. I guess that would be the case for most tiny little old cars.. Is that something that you've heard Ant, or is it what you expect?

Ignoring the tin foil construction and the shoebox size It's cheap as chips with fairly low mileage..

I used to have a Cinq Sporting and it was massive fun for its size. Cheap to run and a viable shed option

I had the 900cc as my first car. It was painfully slow, the radio was sh*t, tyres cost a fortune because of the odd size, but.... It used no petrol at all, it was relatively comfortable, it handled alright, the boot was a decent size, nothing fell apart in the interior, it only broke down once (unfotunately it was HGF) and it came fully loaded (SX model) with leccy windows, rear wiper, heated rear screen, central locking, wheel trims, you name it, god it even had a sunroof and pop out rear windows.

All in all, it was a total and utter fcucking bargain.

[tifosi V8]

Hmm.. I guess that would be the case for most tiny little old cars.. Is that something that you've heard Ant, or is it what you expect?

Ignoring the tin foil construction and the shoebox size It's cheap as chips with fairly low mileage..

I used to have a Cinq Sporting and it was massive fun for its size. Cheap to run and a viable shed option

I had the 900cc as my first car. It was painfully slow, the radio was sh*t, tyres cost a fortune because of the odd size, but.... It used no petrol at all, it was relatively comfortable, it handled alright, the boot was a decent size, nothing fell apart in the interior, it only broke down once (unfotunately it was HGF) and it came fully loaded (SX model) with leccy windows, rear wiper, heated rear screen, central locking, wheel trims, you name it, god it even had a sunroof and pop out rear windows.

All in all, it was a total and utter fcucking bargain.

Sounds good to me..

When you say the tyres cost a fortune..?

[JG]

This has to be a joke (of course it isn't which is why ist all the more ) GF has an S reg Megane coupe 1.6, Nice car actually Its just coming up to 60k miles and a look through the service book shows no cam belt change. Renault suggest a 72k miles or 4 years, well time wise it probably should have been done, but the milage is low, so it was probably ok. Anyway, i offered to do it, with new tentioner bearing and a full service, aux belts, plugs, all filters, oil etc etc. The parts came to £150 (inculding aspecial tool). It took me a few hours to do it (partly because horrid renault didn't leave quite enough space between the end of the (transverse) engine and the chassis so you have to go through the wheel arch. In all fairness its not a lot of effort and its good to give the car a check over But get this, a call to renault to find out how much they would charge: Cambelt change: £440 +vat which tentioner bearing, £560 + Vat Oil service (with filter, woopy!), £145 +vat Aux belts, £100 Plugs, £75 and it when on. So that servicee would have cost around a grand! No wonder people don't do cam belt when they are supposed to. How does the rest of the country live?

Edited by JamesGray, 10 October 2006 - 10:01 AM.

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When you say the tyres cost a fortune..?

It's all relative, they were't like £150 a pop or something, but its not as cheap as say a focus or a corsa as they're 13 inch wheels and an odd width.

[JG]

you'll see when you come to do the corsa Ant, never seen one as easy. took just over an hour , only slightly fidly bit is that you have to remove an engine mount. no tentioning gauge or estimating, it does it all for you

Edited by JamesGray, 10 October 2006 - 10:29 AM.

[JG]

cam belt for corsa b d: £16.50

[Victor Xray]

I stumbled across this thread at the weekend and I've spent the last couple of days reading through it on and off. Its great to see people with the same opinion - i.e: how cheap it can be to run a "shed". My particular shed of choice is a Proton 1.3 ge no less. She is a 1993 on a K-reg and has done just 19k from new! Normally I'd doubt this but the bloke who I got it from bought it from the family of an old fella who had owned it since new. After he died it had just sat there he put it back on the road with new brakes, tyres, etc. I've done 5,000 miles in it since March and got it MOT'd last month. She sailed through! Cheap tax, Cheap insurance (£21 a month TPF&T) and I'm 27. I've just upgraded to a newer and more e comfortable shed because I've found myself sudden;y doing a lot more miles. I'd have been happy to do it in the Proton though, but I've upgraded to a Mondeo. a 99 S-reg 1.8 LX with some 135k on the clock, just £250. The Proton though only cost me £120 back in February and all I've bought is a couple of little bits and tax for it. Owes me about £150 I reckon which I reckon I should easily get with the MOT on it and the low mileage. The downside of the Proton as a shed is the safety record (similar to that of a Metro or Cinquecento i reckon) but other than that its so easy to work on, and the engine is from Mitsubishi so its a good reliable piece, never let me down yet. Have a look on E-bay, you can get really cheap Proton's for under £100 with MOT and tax and if you go for the 1.5 model you even get Power Steering. Cheap as chips, just the way shed motoring should be!

[JG]

The Corsa is a little bit ill Not sre what it is yet, but its not running right. The strange thing is, it has all its power, but the 2000rpm constant speed running is rough. Give the impression of a mis-fire in a petrol engine. Its just had a new fuel filter, so it can't be that. Posibly injectors or pump. Deisel pumps are the worst PITA i know, so i'm really hoping its not that. I might (you never know) take it to a deisel specialist in the area and a get a second opionon, see what can be done for the mininum expenditure.