RobT Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 On the bright side, if they flat bed you home that's 50 quid or so in pez saved. The Moog, Magnificent Rustbucket, BorniteIdentity and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I miss Fifi and the Flowertots and Peppa Pig.We are due a dvd clear out soon, ill pop some in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Still, it's a stylish as fuck way to be broken down. Junkman, egg, Magnificent Rustbucket and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 That ass though. Dave_Q, Angrydicky, binhoker668 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 My new friend Darius G. Flag traced the fault to the ignition commutator. Bloody Italian electrics... oh hang on, it's a Bosch part. Getting recovered to a garage. Might have another go at driving home tomorrow if they can source the part. Interior shot at last: uk_senator, egg, Fat_Pirate and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf892 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Alternator i think.IMG_7411.JPGLooks like a nice spot for a maintenance pause though.......... Surely you could have come up with some material for the Cars and Girls thread ? holbeck and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 That'll teach you for not buying British. Nice stylish car, good luck with it. Junkman and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Â Â Â It was the Japanese British who invented reliable car electrics. Â Â Â Â EFA Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 My kids have library books where there is a little duck hidden on each page and the bags reminded me of that a little bit. Apple Tree Farm. Â Loving the Lancia. Belissimo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 Right, so what have we learned this from this episode, children? Puffed up with pride after driving a shonky-looking (but actually very well cared-for) Granada up and down the country, young Skizarus thought he could fly as high as ever he liked. So he bought a Lancia Gamma that had just been awarded its first MOT since 2012 and decided to drive it across London and onward 200 miles to Wales, on the Friday night before a bank holiday. (Young Skizarus is in fact quite old so forgot that 2012 is actually several years ago now.) In other words, young Skizarus thought he could fly with the gods of shite. But he flew too close to the sun, and his ignition commutator melted, and fell back down to earth with a bump.  Still, it was fun while it lasted. And it did make it all the way from Tower Hill to Regents Park in horrid jams without overheating, so that's sort of a win, isn't it? So anyway, now I'm back on a train, which is where we came in. richardthestag, djimbob, AMC Rebel and 34 others 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 Looks like a nice spot for a maintenance pause though..........Surely you could have come up with some material for the Cars and Girls thread ?I broke down outside the most expensive house on the planet I think, and they were having a children's birthday party so there was a continuous stream of rather extraordinary milfs. But no photos because that would have been weird plus they had small children and I don't want to spend the rest of my life getting shanked with a broken fork at Her Majesty's pleasure. Actually the house owner was very nice and came out to offer sympathy and refreshments. It turns out he has some cars of his own, several of which are Italian, so he knows how that goes. I don't think any of them were shonky Gammas, Betas or Dedras, mind.  Edit: big lol at 'maintenance pause', I shall nick that. eddyramrod, mat_the_cat, Vince70 and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Worse parts of London to break down in.   When  I was a kid in the good old 80s we took my dads old Rover 2600 into Central London, funny you mention Tower Hill as that was one of the few places it boiled over big time that day before being abandoned at Aldgate.  No Breakdown cover.  It was a slam door ride home to Southend. Don't tell anyone, but we bunked it too. Sept 1987. Skizzer and Parky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Last time I was in London in a car, stationary for a long time near Regents Park because of a poorly Maserati. Â A "Bermuda Triangle" for Italian class? Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 How did prestige go from this: uk_senator, Springer, Sudsprint and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 To this?   alf892 and Braddon81 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 ^^easy credit m9 Vince70, Magnificent Rustbucket, solid61 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Suited, and in a Gamma coupe, in Regent's Park. In the history of FTP'ing in style this has never and will never be bettered. Unlucky skizz, but 5000/10 at the same time. egg, Vince70, John F and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Romans. What did they ever do for us.. The Reverend Bluejeans, Sudsprint, holbeck and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Back to the Gamma: Â The interior is lush. Â Pale velour cloth with Ls on it. Â You sit in a low and very Italian driving position, looking over the impressive dashboard which has MANYS dials, lights, buttons, switches and WTF is thats. Â The gearstick is a thing of design and manufacturing beauty. Â So too are the interior door handles. Â The build quality feels good - the car doesn't feel at all flimsy. The car has an understated elegance to match that of its owner. Â It manages to be simultaneously angular and mildly curvy (I am talking of the car now, not of Skizzer). Â It has presence, but it isn't aggressive. Â It is like a really good bespoke suit, hand made by a slightly mad but very talented Italian tailor. Â It is in all respects simply fabulous. Â Â Wonderful thread, really enjoying it. Â I would slightly quibble though at your description of those Lancias' gearsticks, I remember it from a Beta saloon I had many years ago and the thing is a disaster to actually use for its primary purpose i.e. changing gear. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 That doesn't matter though, it breaks down before you change gear trice. It's there to admire whilst you await the AA. Skizzer and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 If we time things correctly today, I could be broken down on the eastbound hard shoulder of the M4 whilst you are broken down on the westbound hard shoulder of the M4. Â Shall we say about five miles east of Membury Services? Â Â Â Â Â Ffffffuuuuuuuccccckkkkk! Â I put a curse on the Skizzergammakooop! Â V sorry, chap. Â You can beat me up with the fancy gearstick. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 ... It was a slam door ride home to Southend. Don't tell anyone, but we bunked it too. Sept 1987. I can haz totez dobbed you in to the Feds.  Expect the TfL knock any minute now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I can haz totez dobbed you in to the Feds.  Expect the TfL knock any minute now. brickwall and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Beautiful car and a superb thread. Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I AM SKIZYMANDIAS, KING OF SHITEÂ LOOK UPON MY FLEET YE LOSERS, AND DESPAIR Coprolalia, Asimo, Skizzer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 I AM SKIZYMANDIAS, KING OF SHITELOOK UPON MY FLEET YE LOSERS, AND DESPAIR I think the next line is more to the point: "Nothing besides remains round the colossal wreck..."Â Wendy from the garage phoned today - new ignition module is inbound on Monday (which I expect means Tuesday with it being a bank holiday even in Croydon). Magnificent Rustbucket, somewhatfoolish, alf892 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Walter de la Mare, Shelley, a step up from Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Such a pretty thing.. Your making me want to make room to rescue this poor thing (along with the Dedra & a Fiat 130 Coupe it shares a driveway with). Top work. Magnificent Rustbucket, Vince70, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 To this?Simple, the Audi was never class to begin to with. The Lancia still is, nowt's changed. You have to keep the grunters busy somehow. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 The good thing about these is that when they break down you can just sit them outside your house and look at them, thus restoring your faith in life. solid61, The Reverend Bluejeans and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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