MarvinsMom Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Eleven. 18-ish... i dunno how much i weigh, last time i got on a set of scales, it shouted "one at a time, please!" i'll get my coat...... tooSavvy, MikeR, clayts450 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 "No coach parties!" ... smart arse :/ MarvinsMom, jumpingjehovahs and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Amazingly it's 12months this week since I picked up the ex Bornite/AlsoMike 306 cab.Celebrated today by fitting its freshly painted Roadster winter top, and mirror cases. Supernaut, RobT, Skizzer and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Always looked half decent, but it's on another level now. Braddon81, egg and Tam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 _20181116_170354.JPG _20181116_171643.JPG Amazingly it's 12months this week since I picked up the ex Bornite/AlsoMike 306 cab.Celebrated today by fitting its freshly painted Roadster winter top, and mirror cases.That's absolutely lovely. I've had the hots for that for ages, the addition of winter roof has given me a jealous. Braddon81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 205 STDT sale agreed. Need to go pick it up and either hide it away until I can weld it up or break it and make some instant cash.I love 205's and always wanted an STDT but domestic management is not amused by my current vehicular richness and didn't respond well to news of another diesel 205.Maybe the hiding away option is best, then only I can see it. Lacquer Peel, Ghosty, DVee8 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Talking of XUDs, I spotted my old ZX this evening! As we went to leave, another ZX drove past! A 1.4i making the most horrible 'knackered bearing' noise from the engine bay... GrumpiusMaximus and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Less pleasing is the fact that I cannot find the Rover's key. I have one key, and one fob. Or rather, I do not have these things. It doesn't work very well without them. It's also blocking the Fox in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 205 STDT sale agreed. Need to go pick it up and either hide it away until I can weld it up or break it and make some instant cash.I love 205's and always wanted an STDT but domestic management is not amused by my current vehicular richness and didn't respond well to news of another diesel 205.Maybe the hiding away option is best, then only I can see it.Will it fit inside the Merc? somewhatfoolish and Arthur Foxhake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 1st lot of snow is currently descending from the skiesWe've been told of another mild winter this year,with predictions of -6°c by the end of next week BorniteIdentity and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 1st lot of snow is currently descending from the skiesWe've been told of another mild winter this year,with predictions of -6°c by the end of next weekWe've been told arctic blasts, colder than Russia and worst winter since records began, just like every year really. alf892, egg and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Less pleasing is the fact that I cannot find the Rover's key. I have one key, and one fob. Or rather, I do not have these things. It doesn't work very well without them. It's also blocking the Fox in.Saw on FB that they may be in the hotel at the NEC, I'm there tomorrow, if you can track them down I'm happy to pick them up and meet you somewhere on Sunday.. Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk dollywobbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Long distance phone call from an Uncle in Malaysia. He's regretting selling that Dino 246GTS years ago and is now thoroughly bored. Can I find him a scruffy Alfa Romeo Series 1 Spider, the boat-tailed one, in RHD? Sure, like I can walk round the corner and choose from a selection*... Braddon81 and DodgeRover 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Mrs P has gone shopping with friends. One drove over here so Mrs P could drive everyone and the friend left her car here. She complained that it was absolutely filthy (this is the friend talking about her car, not Mrs P talking about the friend) so I went and had a look. I have never seen such a dirty car in my life. I actually wanted it off the drive so I could wash the drive down. How people can let their vehicles get so bad is beyond me, and I am not particularly OCD about mine anyway. Anyway, long story short, a 2010 Fiat 500 has been washed and waxed and is now looking ticketyboo. I have an ulterior motive of course, it would be ideal for Parkette and when the friend gets shot soon and I plan to make an offer on it. Having washed it I now know exactly what the bodywork is like (poor) so that gives me an idea of what I am dealing with price wise. It also had low oil, no screenwash, seriously mismatched tyre pressures (45 and 24 on the fronts, 32 and 19 on the rears) and it badly needs a service, poor thing. Fluids topped up from stock supplies and tyres properly set. Next up is the series of awkward questions from Mrs P as to why I washed and waxed a friends car without asking so I had better go and do all her laundry or something Skizzer, oldcars, Coprolalia and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I like your style. Wash, wax, top up, pressures and then leave a note on the windscreen... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Actually that’s a very autoshite way to meet girls isn’t it? “Hello, you don’t know me but I couldn’t help but notice you had non standard trims on your Clio. I believe the ones you have are actually from the Renault 19 Be Bop special edition available in March 1994 as part of a limited run of 800 cars. Anyway I couldn’t help but notice your tyres looked too low so I took the liberty of resetting your pressures for you. I also managed to open your bonnet from underneath, change the oil and filter and checked your coolant. Your brake fluid is a bit old and could do with a change, and one of your rear tyres is perishing a little bit ok for now. Honestly I am an interesting person, please go out with me” It can’t be any worse than some of the online dating horrors! Coprolalia, Lacquer Peel, chadders and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Parky. Winner of Autoshite Restraining Order Award 2018. SierraMikeHotel, Datsuncog, jumpingjehovahs and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 They call me....the Servicer! Rusty_Rocket, dome, egg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 18-ish... 24 & 5lb I win GrumpiusMaximus, Tam and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 They call me....the Servicer! Sounds grotty. Like you hang around the back of a nursing home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 24 & 5lb I win You always win. Except when you've got a match with Old G's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 You always win. Except when you've got a match with Old G's. Cobblers GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 One of my old bosses called me Corgi as I always seemed to be servicing old boilers. Fair cop.. GrumpiusMaximus, Coprolalia, dozeydustman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 9 days since my last cigarette. It's got to the point that I can't stand the smell of smoke now as my sense of smell is heightening. I'm using the vape less as well. Managing to keep myself occupied without the need for a 'smoke' or a snack. When I do snack between meals, it's been fruit, vegetables and the occasional tin of fish. I'm not going to have any alcohol until the 25th December either, despite putting nearly half a stone on over my birthday, I want to be pushing a 6 and a half stone loss before the year is out. Lacquer Peel, stonedagain, Noel Tidybeard and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I'm on another collection mission. To make matters more interesting, this one is slightly broken. I have my AA card in my pocket. skattrd, RobT, nigel bickle and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Actually that’s a very autoshite way to meet girls isn’t it? “Hello, you don’t know me but I couldn’t help but notice you had non standard trims on your Clio. I believe the ones you have are actually from the Renault 19 Be Bop special edition available in March 1994 as part of a limited run of 800 cars. Anyway I couldn’t help but notice your tyres looked too low so I took the liberty of resetting your pressures for you. I also managed to open your bonnet from underneath, change the oil and filter and checked your coolant. Your brake fluid is a bit old and could do with a change, and one of your rear tyres is perishing a little bit ok for now. Honestly I am an interesting person, please go out with me” It can’t be any worse than some of the online dating horrors!This needs a whole new thread entitled "Autoshite chat-up lines"..... GrumpiusMaximus and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 This needs a whole new thread entitled "Autoshite chat-up lines"..... Done. Parky, Datsuncog and Tadhg Tiogar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Today I have been mostly turd polishing! Washed,mopped over with fine compound then waxed.Looks quite decent for a Viva. How does it repay me?The little bastard decided to develop a misfire.Cunt. Amishtat, Ghosty, Rusty_Rocket and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 PT Cruiser fixed after pissing out diesel from one of the leak-off tubes. 10 second fix, another 10 minutes mopping up all the diesel. To reward me the rear view mirror fell off...again. Now a past master at resticking, done in another 10 minutes and also re-stuck the dashcam which had also dropped off the windscreen. Seems the windscreen is very averse to having anything useful stuck to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedagain Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Today I have been mostly turd polishing! Washed,mopped over with fine compound then waxed.Looks quite decent for a Viva. 20181117_153855.jpg How does it repay me?The little bastard decided to develop a misfire.Cunt. Cos it's a Viva! I had a Viva estate in the early 80's, the most unreliable pile of shite I ever owned! One day when it failed to start (yet again), I lost my rag with it & kicked the driver's door in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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