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[tim king]

TurboTomato, on Mar 15 2006, 18:52 , said:

The one you've all been waiting for

1. Mmmmmmm, check out the badge kudos

our lass had a rover for 2 year till i drove it a bit hard . Bloody crap head gaskets

[Dunc6]

JG, on Dec 14 2009, 12:54 , said:

Mangham54, on Dec 14 2009, 12:52 , said:

I have a 2004 MG ZR 1.4 - Awaiting the inevitable (though post 2002 cars are supposed to have a better HG), but it is covered on a warranty.

As for a VX alternative I do like it, it isn't fast - it's relatively nippy and the steering for a shed is also pretty good, the 205/45/17 Straights help.

Touch wood it has been a great example so far.... Bought it with 26k on it 18 months ago and it has creeped past the 50k mark this weekend and all it has cost me is a service and MOT.

Though two new front tyres (scrubbing these so much faster since buying the VX) are gonna be needed soon as will it's next Service & MOT. But when all said and done "Hank" as the missus named it has been a real soldier.

That's not a shed.

Get out!

I have also got a 1.4 ZR, 05 plate, doesn't go that fast but it handles ok.

Had an S plate 214 before and the head gasket went at 60k, it was fairly easy to change only cost about £70 in parts and a days work.

The biggest pain was flushing all of the "mayonaise" out of the coolent system, the oil wrecked the water pump seals, so I had to change that aswell.

[p4cks]

These have been my sheds over the past 5 years...
£500

£175


As well as a Metro Rio, a 205 GTI (overrated French piece of sh**) and a Punto Sporting. None of which I have a photo of

[TurboTomato]

All bets are off. P4cks wins by a mile with the shittest Proton ever. Combined with a Metro later on.

[LazyDonkey]

Do i win extra points when i tell you that now that the central locking has packed in i can't lock my shed? (the main door lock is broken) Also i left it unlocked in a development area of glasgow city centre and it was still there this morning when i woke up?

Edited by LazyDonkey, 16 December 2009 - 08:35 AM.

[G-Bob]

LazyDonkey, on Dec 16 2009, 08:34 , said:

Do i win extra points when i tell you that now that the central locking has packed in i can't lock my shed? (the main door lock is broken)

Also i left it unlocked in a development area of glasgow city centre and it was still there this morning when i woke up?

That's rubbish..... so far this week I've blown an exhaust and am running on 3cyl. Sounds like a V8!

[mceeaw]

gbobm, on Dec 16 2009, 09:42 , said:

That's rubbish..... so far this week I've blown an exhaust and am running on 3cyl. Sounds like a V8!

I think you should get rid of Meg the Shed and get yourself (or your lovely wife maybe?!) a Hank the Tank...!

[G-Bob]

mceeaw, on Dec 16 2009, 10:25 , said:

gbobm, on Dec 16 2009, 09:42 , said:

That's rubbish..... so far this week I've blown an exhaust and am running on 3cyl. Sounds like a V8!

I think you should get rid of Meg the Shed and get yourself (or your lovely wife maybe?!) a Hank the Tank...!

NO!

[p4cks]

TurboTomato, on Dec 15 2009, 22:15 , said:

All bets are off. P4cks wins by a mile with the shittest Proton ever. Combined with a Metro later on.

There is a story behind the the Proton... It was the worst (looking, mechanically it was faultless!) I could find and it was purchased from a forum member. I got a train down from Newcastle to Bedfordshire (I think) to pick it up. I also paid for my mate to come down with me, I was out on the lash the night before and I slept in and missed the train so I had to buy us both another pair of tickets. The car only cost me £175 but the tickets and petrol were considerably more than that.

Then when I came to sell the car was another story in itself...

Advertised for £375 ono in the Autotrader. Bloke comes to look at it, takes it round the block (literally) and then says it's a beauty(?!) and he'll have it. He said, "The thing is, I only have £170 cash", to which I thought was a decent enough offer and I was about to tell him he could have it there and then but he added "The rest I'll have to write you a cheque for". I actually LOL'd and said that was fine. I let him drive away there and then, and the cheque cleared some days after that. I was laughing for days after that! Funniest thing was was that he was buying it for his daughter as her first car. I suppose from that point the only way is up...

[Coral flash]

p4cks, on Dec 16 2009, 21:37 , said:

TurboTomato, on Dec 15 2009, 22:15 , said:

All bets are off. P4cks wins by a mile with the shittest Proton ever. Combined with a Metro later on.

There is a story behind the the Proton... It was the worst (looking, mechanically it was faultless!) I could find and it was purchased from a forum member. I got a train down from Newcastle to Bedfordshire (I think) to pick it up. I also paid for my mate to come down with me, I was out on the lash the night before and I slept in and missed the train so I had to buy us both another pair of tickets. The car only cost me £175 but the tickets and petrol were considerably more than that.

Then when I came to sell the car was another story in itself...

Advertised for £375 ono in the Autotrader. Bloke comes to look at it, takes it round the block (literally) and then says it's a beauty(?!) and he'll have it. He said, "The thing is, I only have £170 cash", to which I thought was a decent enough offer and I was about to tell him he could have it there and then but he added "The rest I'll have to write you a cheque for". I actually LOL'd and said that was fine. I let him drive away there and then, and the cheque cleared some days after that. I was laughing for days after that! Funniest thing was was that he was buying it for his daughter as her first car. I suppose from that point the only way is up...

I do love a story with a happy ending: I would have expected to find the £170 cash all forgeries and the £205 cheque bouncing to be inevitable.

You jammy barsteward

Cf

[G-Bob]

gbobm, on Dec 16 2009, 09:42 , said:

That's rubbish..... so far this week I've blown an exhaust and am running on 3cyl. Sounds like a V8!

Something is not right in the world at the moment. I managed to change the backbox on the exhaust with my dad and then changed the coil pack myself. Nothing went wrong, it only took about 30mins for the exhaust and 5 mins for the ignition coil. Everything went right first time and I even managed to guess the correct size of star headed screwdriver straight off.


I have a feeling something is about to blow up!

[Stuey]

I've just bought this...

Clicky

...picking it up next Saturday And I always used to take the mick out of my Grandad for driving one lol. I think it looks better than the hatch though, it's a proper kids drawing of a car. See how we get on.

[p4cks]

the Bluebird. They're hideous.

Coincidentally I was out with my mate yesterday shed spotting, although he seems to be looking for a car which doesn't exist. He constantly needed reminding that he only had £600 in his sky rocket. We even found a Suburu Legacy estate with 98k miles for £650 which he "didn't like". ETA... >this one<

Edited by p4cks, 03 January 2010 - 11:08 AM.

[LY_Scott]

Bluebird ftw. Banger drivers swear by them, if you go to a banger meet you'll see tons of them. Solid cars, take a lot of abuse.

Edited by LY055SCO, 03 January 2010 - 11:23 AM.

[vaux2008]

I just brought a 2004 Frontera 2.2dti for my runabout its not a bad motor so far.

[G-Bob]

Stuey, on Jan 3 2010, 10:58 , said:

I've just bought this...

Clicky

...picking it up next Saturday And I always used to take the mick out of my Grandad for driving one lol. I think it looks better than the hatch though, it's a proper kids drawing of a car. See how we get on.

65k on the clock. That's not too bad at all.
Looks fairly tidy for a box!

[Boombang]

Bag of sand just got me my lovely Corsa 1.2 Elegance... 2001, 60k on the clock, FSH, 2 careful lady owners & then my brother (think that's where it all went wrong). Is the first time in my life I'm going to pay someone else to do a proper cleaning job on it. It's not terrible, just inside hasn't been cleaned for 3 years in any way whatsoever.

[JohnTurbo]

Mine. Focus diesel.
Its actually good fun this car.

[p4cks]

JohnTurbo, on Jan 3 2010, 12:27 , said:

Mine. Focus diesel.

Did it cost more or less than £1k? There are rules to running a shed

[JohnTurbo]

1k exactly. Does that make it borderline? haha