HMC Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Also I hope neither of them has a poo in nappy count (2) The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Equalizer Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Most impressive. I like the W210 in particular the twin round headlights. It reminds me of the twin headlight or headlight/fog light treatment of 1960s cars such as Rolls-Royce Cloud 3, Jag Mk2, Rover P5B and Alvis TE/TF. The rust doesn't look too bad - we have all seem some really evil ones. I say well bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Nice, looks very similar colour scheme and trim wise as my old 300TD Mr_Bo11ox and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Junkman Knew; but to satisfy my curiosity and those who were’nt aware........ Yes, that’s 8 litres of engine oil for a 2.4 litre engine(!) richardthestag, Kringle, The Moog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Shit, the 5 and a half litre takes less! For the record my 4.2 S4 takes 9.5 litres and the 4.0 Exploder takes 5.6... HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 That’s crazy, I hadn’t seen that! ^Junkman would have expressed that way better than I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 What exactly is an E240 Belgium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 You can live in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTVnMO6cRfg (this is a joke about a Dutch pop song if the preview doesn't load) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 An odd problem with the avensis- it suddenly started making a low speed rubbing/graunching noise at the front. It seemed wheel/ driveshaft related as it was unconnected to engine speed and clutch etc. It didn’t stop if you applied the brakes, nor did it change or stop depending on how much lock you applied (I thought maybe an unseen bit of the arch liner was rubbing against the wheel or driveshaft) I was about to jack it up and take a closer look , when I went to loosen the near side wheel nuts, they were all a bit loose! Torqued them up and the noise has gone. It had recently (just before I bought it) had an mot where a cv gaiter had to be replaced so perhaps somebody forgot to torque them up afterwards? Hopefully it hasn’t ovalled the bolt holes. A now silent avensis, earlier. Sigmund Fraud, RayMK, RobT and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 It’s 550am, good Friday. For normal people, this is a time they will never see voluntarily. Sir Francis Drake looks on, bemused. Six-cylinder, The Moog, BeEP and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgetgricey Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I agree.. Only weirdos would be up this early HMC and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Excellent:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Owing to kids sleeping over at my house I too was up nearly this early on Good Friday!! Lucky me!! Chodspeed with your collection. I believe FotU might have given me a clue as to what you’re collecting... maybe... if it’s a secret... if everyone already knows then I’ll wipe the smug grin off my face and wish you good luck! HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Plymouth Rail achieved. By balls have disappeared up somewhere in my torso FYI Rave, Cavcraft, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Plymouth fun* phact Sir Francis Chichester left Plymouth on 27 August 1966 in his ketch Gipsy Moth IV and circumnavigated the world singlehanded, arriving back in Plymouth on 28 May 1967 after 266 days HMC departed at 7.50 on a HST, not one handed, but with two hands. I already have an advantage over old franny. There is however a vague nautical connection on my trip. I’m hoping to be back before day 266. Unless Green flag are actually shit. Jim Bell, Saabnut, holbeck and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 South Devon railway sea wall achieved Cavcraft, shedenvy, Broadsword and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Third leg- Reading to Basingstoke via pedal power .......... Jim Bell, clayts450, blakey79 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I am lucky to have purchased cars from both HMC and the Shiter that seems to be in competition with him to own every old car ever made and X seems to mark the spot where he lives. Coincidence? Rave, HMC and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Thats commitment to the cause, how far do you reckon you will have cycled today? Tavi to Plymouth would be long enough for Me! HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 It’s 14 miles plus 22 miles on this leg so 36 ish On the outskirts of Reading by a business park and near the m4 yet... chaseracer and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 M4 congestion westbound FYI Shit in a bush count 1 Amishtat, The Moog, Jim Bell and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Shitting outdoors should be worth double points imo. Six-cylinder, loserone, Amishtat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Have you drawn on your face with felt tip? Six-cylinder, HMC, Tickman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Morale disaster. A lot of pedalling later and oh look it’s the fucking m4 again- I should have crossed it once and never seen it again. Got to the stage where how i look to passing motorists / general public doesn’t matter anymore RobT, The Moog, HillmanImp and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Hallucinating Mint tomcat coupe brochure shot All that’s missing is a fit blonde bird off to play tennis RobT, jumpingjehovahs, BorniteIdentity and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 My good man What ho!!!! NorfolkNWeigh, somewhatfoolish, Dick Longbridge and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Currently lying under a tree, 8 miles to go Rave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 It could be worse. You could be at work with a caffeine overdose headache shooting out from the back of your eye and the only thing that might cure* it is another cup of caffeine liquid. Nice bike... think I have one of those somewhere... HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Coprolalia, gadgetgricey, Broadsword and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Oh and FYI It has a ROVER APPROVED QUALITY INSPECTION GUARANTEE Amishtat, Sigmund Fraud, egg and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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