junkyarddog Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Sunny day,Old car,Quiet county roads lisbon_road, dome, DVee8 and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 At Race Retro at Stoneleigh. Been for a passenger ride in an ex Carlos Sainz Focus WRC. Ooft catsinthewelder, Nyphur, DeeJay and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 At Race Retro at Stoneleigh. Been for a passenger ride in an ex Carlos Sainz Focus WRC. OoftWas the RS1700T out today?Watched the live BGM feed of it yesterday where they had turned the boost down to "only" 350 through the rear wheels..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Sunny day,Old car,Quiet county roads 20180225_123923.jpgThat could be a brochure pic! Excellent! junkyarddog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I look back to make sure it hasn't rolled away.I've done likewise to find the rotten fucker rolling after me. myglaren, aerodynamically_challenged, DeeJay and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Was the RS1700T out today?Watched the live BGM feed of it yesterday where they had turned the boost down to "only" 350 through the rear wheels.....No, never saw it out sadly. If you're a fan of rally cars this is must. Still slightly on cloud 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Parky, taxi paul, RoadworkUK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Just faffed with blue Dolomite in a garage that is in a much better state of tidiness. Yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 It's legal here in Oregon... and surprisingly cheap! Very good quality too. The Moog, Ghosty, danthecapriman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Got absolutely trollied on Sat night for my work’s do/birthday. Woke up yesterday and remembered I’ve agreed to buy a Corsa with a knackered engine. That’s what weekends are made for. cms206, Coprolalia, strangeangel and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 ^^ I have never, ever known anyone to have so many works do's. Your lot must be in a permanent state of pissed. Gets you through the day mind. Corsa..... knackered engine...... normal service resumed. STUNO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Got absolutely trollied on Sat night for my work’s do/birthday. Woke up yesterday and remembered I’ve agreed to buy a Corsa with a knackered engine. That’s what weekends are made for.I've got no excuse I was sober and agreed to buy a 1.2 2005 Corsa C, it is around 55k miles and ive looked after it for the past near 10 years so i know the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I've spent the last 18 months rebuilding relations with my sister after 20 years of ignoring/avoiding each other. We're all the blood-relations each other has left so we've managed to agree that life's too short. We are having brother-sister "dates" in order to make some new, nice, memories. I do often feel like I'm walking on eggs a bit (and I'm very good at trampling them) but it's worth the effort. In other news, I was late finishing work today because I had to take a delivery to Bowness, and the A592 is closed so there's a diversion. So why is this a Grin? Because I went to work in the Cadillac this morning, a Grin in itself; but also, my van was in need of an Italian tune-up, as all it does is go 5 miles at a time, meaning it never really gets up to temp. The diversion sent me all the way to Kendal and into Windermere which is beyond Bowness, and back the same way. Quite a lot of that is dual carriageway and when traffic's light, these are gorgeous roads. Not that I saw much of the scenery, as I was trying to see what speeds I could do in each gear.... within the law obviously officer!* Let's just say, my Transit has well and truly had its lungs cleared.Excellent "crusty camper" in Windermere too, no photo as I was driving.That crusty camper lives on the main road down to Bowness, which is probably where you saw it, the local snobs hate it. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 My car broke down the other day. Had it recovered: Plastic swirl-flaps needs removing they reckon.... danthecapriman, Talbot, clayts450 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 That crusty camper lives on the main road down to Bowness, which is probably where you saw it, the local snobs hate it. Hah! I was up that way the other week, visiting a friend in Grasmere. If I'd known, I would have diverted... Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 The Scirocco runs. Update soon. Stanky, Tickman, anonymous user and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I've got no excuse I was sober and agreed to buy a 1.2 2005 Corsa C, it is around 55k and ive looked after it for the past near 10 years so i know the car55k is a hell of a lot of money for a Corsa! Was it hand-made by Aston Martin? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Looking back at your car after parking up and muttering to self "I fucking love you, car" IMG_20180223_121604.jpg How many modernz owners look back at their car ? This is a practical and entirely sensible thing to do, and has saved me from a flat battery after leaving the lights on more than once... The Moog, clayts450, anonymous user and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 55k is a hell of a lot of money for a Corsa! Was it hand-made by Aston Martin?The radiator is filled with the tears of the workers from ellesmere port beko1987, eddyramrod, purplebargeken and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 The radiator is filled with the tears of the workers from ellesmere portNot in a Corsa it won’t be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Had a message from fil fp to ask if I had a wet vac as he had spilt some coffee in his footwell, got my Bissell out and this is how much he spilled, it was a big thermos full the plonker I had a chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I did that in my mark 1 focus at least three times because of how terrible the cup holders were. I'd put a full thermos of (thankfully) black coffee in the cupholder, set off for the three hour journey to work and at the first corner it would inevitably tip into the passenger footwell. I tried any number of improvised additions to make it more grippy but none of them worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I dream of cupholders. Really. Never had 'em. My biggest disappointment on buying the 156 was realising that no Alfa comes with cupholders. Gutted. I really thought that getting a semi-modern after years of running wrecks would open up a whole new world of pleasure, but it was a disproportionately upsetting discovery. The second-biggest disappointment was the turbo that only seemed to spool up when floored in second gear. The third was the rest of the car. catsinthewelder, chodweaver, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Mazda passed it's MOT nay bother Turns out the guy that did it is an old friend of mine (he didn't know it was my car before you all start going on about favouritism!) and he said how clean and rust free it is underneath. Rare he said for an old MK2 as they are usually sieves. He did fail it first though, turns out I cannot fit a battery in the dark as well as I thought I could as I'd left the retaining bar loose... he failed it for that the miserable old bugger! Not sure if this is a grin tough: the car has done 400 miles in a year! Oh, and I had it serviced at the same time, after 400 miles, did it really need new oil/filter etc? Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 catsinthewelder, dome, Kiltox and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfamale Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 My 2004 147 JTDm Lusso had a cup holder. Fold out job just near the Radio. Perfect height so if you braked hard your tea spilled straight into the CD loading slit and knackers the entire unit. Ask me how I know that... beko1987, purplebargeken, Talbot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Went to Nottingham on Friday with the mrs for some lunch etc.Some nobhead in a Green Lambo was flying about the place driving like an absolute cunt, weaving through traffic on busy roads and generally being a danger and a nuisance.Today on facebook: DeeJay, strangeangel, Nyphur and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Silly drunken late night Facebook comment printed in popular car magazine! wuvvum, SiC, Eddie Honda and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I did that in my mark 1 focus at least three times because of how terrible the cup holders were. I'd put a full thermos of (thankfully) black coffee in the cupholder, set off for the three hour journey to work and at the first corner it would inevitably tip into the passenger footwell. I tried any number of improvised additions to make it more grippy but none of them worked.Perhaps you should've just used a cup like it was designed to hold rather than a top-heavy thing that it wasn't :mrgreen: ? I've always thought the mk1 Focus had excellently placed cupholders, whereas the mk2's were a liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Some hopefully a litter happier news to counter the very sad news elsewhere. We have absolutely no idea what to call this little fellow: Birth went almost exactly to plan, except for meaning I didn't get a chance to continue the scooby thread on Sunday. And since we're hippies, or hipsters, or something, that means a middle of the night VBAC in a pool in the bedroom. Datsuncog, Mr A Lawrence, Cavcraft and 38 others 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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