HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Just completed the first leg. 15 mile cycle out of dartmoor to Plymouth station. The fog and drizzle soon became full pelt rain. which I didnt plan for. So I'm sat in the station cafe in my own puddle at the mo; but I'm on time and in the words of D ream, things can only get better (I hope) The Moog, pshome, 95 quid Peugeot and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 To say your not off to a good start would be an understatement then, (Things can only get better)Was that not Tony Blair that said that ? HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Can we have a clue? HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 It must be big enough to put a bike in unless it's a swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Ooh kullekshun Fred:) Good luck! HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Well done thus far! You've already ticked off many modes of transport and are therefore winning! HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 It's going to be German and have an undeserved reputation for rust resistance I think. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Now slumped on the train, nobody has sat next to me as I look like a vagrant and have been going around barefoot after wringing out my socks and sticking them on a radiator. Can we have a clue?If only they knew I was going to pick up some cherman engineering. I should say 80% cherman engineering, as at least 20% has oxidised, in lots of odd places like half way up a door skin etc. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 To say your not off to a good start would be an understatement then,(Things can only get better)Was that not Tony Blair that said that ?Yes he ruined on of my favourite songs. Every time it comes on I picture him with a big cheesy grin greeting hordes of deluded people by Downing Street. Cringe. chaseracer and greengartside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Winter on a pushbike I know, I know, its serious. CGSB, Cavcraft, loserone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Now slumped on the train, nobody has sat next to me as I look like a vagrant and have been going around barefoot after wringing out my socks and sticking them on a radiator. If only they knew I was going to pick up some cherman engineering. I should say 80% cherman engineering, as at least 20% has oxidised, in lots of odd places like half way up a door skin etc.Amma call Merc e320cdi estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 My call is a "galvanised m8" Porsche 924. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm also calling E Class Estate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I dunno, rust halfway up a door-skin sounds distinctly Vauxhall to me, or rather Opel. Maybe a Monza? I think even the Omegas enjoyed rusting in stupid places. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Winter on a pushbike I know, I know, its serious.Heaven knows, he's miserable now. I say Vito. chaseracer, Uncle Jimmy and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burraston2006 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm with the E class group on this one. Plenty of room in boot for the bike and mine used to return to nature in odd places as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Panzerkampfwagen. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm going to go with a C Class estate ironically purchased in the UK whilst in Germany . HMC and Uncle Jimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0ldCh0d Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I was going to say E Class as well, but i will change it to a C Class Estate? Just going by the rust halfway up the door comment... HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Train 2. Drying off here and some very impressive detective skills Norfolknweigh. Nailed it even down to the country I was In when I agreed to buy the old tub in question I would have preferred an e class, but this was very cheap (and very rusty) rantingYoof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Why pamper life's complexitiesWhen the leather runs smoothOn the passenger's seat? Craig the Princess, drum, CGSB and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 That's just not true. The smoothest leather is always going to be on the driver's seat. Jim Bell and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 I don't know whether I'm getting jaded by this car buying malarkey. Spend peanuts and trust someone you've never met before to be honest. Why do we do it to ourselves? I wonder if ive got some sort of compulsive personality disorder if something like that exists. ( ends post to google it) wuvvum, Jim Bell, The Reverend Bluejeans and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Diesel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Wouldnt that be more creased and cracked through greater use and therefor less smooth? Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 It's probably MB-tex, not skinned cow. Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Diesel? Lacquer Peel and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Wouldnt that be more creased and cracked through greater use and therefor less smooth?Good point, maybe that's what he means by life's complexities. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Just before dawlish on that stretch by the sea, the bit that Brunel built which fell to bits a few years back in TEH WINTER STORM CHAOS that cut off the southwest from civilisation etc.Idea for a TV programe. Join Michael Portillo as he journeys on the rail network with an original edition of JALOPY to pick up an ill advised car purchase. mercrocker, Jim Bell, Skizzer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Im not even that excited. More blind hope that it has no terminal mechanical issues that will see it blow up on the M5.Exeter st David's achieved. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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