Guest Hooli Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 ...and just how much left-foot-braking do you do, then?!! Plenty when riding old Brit bikes M'coli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I like the Austin picture on that cufflinks website http://classiccargiftsdirect.co.uk/epages/950018525.mobile/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950018525/Categories/Car_Makers_A__D I notice they also sell Citreon key rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 My grin is sitting in Holland on the aft deck, as we nauticals call it, of a pre Hitler barge, (non wafting) with a big Gin and Tonic, with lime and ice, in 24 degrees. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Datsuncog, privatewire and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Oh yes they are, you righties are freaks. Just being more of you doesn't make you correct, I mean look at PCP car users - loads of them & all wrong.Mrs fp has always said I eat wrong, im a rightie but eat opposite like a leftie it just feels natural to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 My sister ( the PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge) has just sent me this pic. M'coli and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Fossil flavour with added minerals? richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 My sister ( the PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge) has just sent me this pic. Fossil flavour with added minerals?New Ice Age? richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Picked up this little beauty today. Loving the viva photos on the box,didn't even see them until I got it home. How cool is that! chodweaver, privatewire, Eddie Honda and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Spent several hours today with a mate who has 5 bee hives. Had a great time. The honey was utterly amazing! privatewire, Bobthebeard, andy18s and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Had the time today to take each of these lovlies out for a 40 mile loop of my favourite, almost empty, roads. Just watched the Assen MotoGP recorded earlier, accompanied by a couple of ice cold beers. Not sure any Sunday could be better. Bucketeer, CGSB, wuvvum and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Plenty when riding old Brit bikes So the clutch lever is on the right, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 So the clutch lever is on the right, then? Don't be silly old chap. The levers remain the same (on most) with the addition of a decompresser lever on the left for big singles. The gears are correctly located on the right & normally go one up, rest down. Meaning the rear brake is for use by the left foot. They changed in about 1972 due to simpleton americans getting confused because the japs & themselves did it the wrong way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfamale Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 So today we have been on the Clun Run. An annual event organised by the Clowne Motor Club to raise money for the Air Ambulance. Plan was to use the Delta, but last night the fuel pump decided it fancied a day off. What to do? 100 mile pround trip? Let’s go with the BMW 2000. A car that has done a maximum of 10 miles in my ownership since a restoration following import from South Africa. What could possibly go wrong? Well as it turns out very little. Slight problem with the exhaust seal and the hot weather did cause a fair amount of pinking but a great time was had by all. My mate in the car behind took this: Run was a round trip to the Newark Air Museum where they had this: gm, Jerzy Woking, mercedade and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I believe that's the only place you can see a Blue Steel next to a Vulcan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Jerzy Woking, stonedagain and Tam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Some very serious meetings today, so it’s important to dress to impress: adw1977, catsinthewelder, Dippy and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Some very serious meetings today, so it’s important to dress to impress: 7DE21686-27D0-473C-A70C-84BC8591109C.jpeg One like is not enough, so I'm quoting and then liking my own post. 100/17. BorniteIdentity, chodweaver, Tadhg Tiogar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Yesterday , I had one of my occaisional Black Dog days, nothing compared to others here experience , but nonetheless the full despair, helplessness, futility etc.Why the grin thread then?Well, to keep away from other more normal family members trying to enjoy their sunny Sunday, I retired to a shed to mess around with a desk I'm restoring* . And discovered a couple of boxes of magazines that wouldn't fit in the magazine shed.September 1994 Car and May 20 1992 Autocar.In particular cheered me no end, in fact I will post theseindividually to any shiter that thinks there sanity may need saving at any point in the near future. Giant test is 620Ti,Lag and Mondy V6 , Brilliant articles by the late great Bulgin, Llewelyn and Setriight plus Diablo, M3 cab , Maverick , 306 vs 911 vs F1 car at Siverstone, first cars .Autotest 2.0 turbo Vitesse, launch of Carina E , used Montego,405,BX dizzler turbo test. Interview with Senna, where he bemoans semi auto boxes saying anybody could win races when they go fully auto. wuvvum, oldcars, vulgalour and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The contract I'm involved in at work transferred to another company as of 1st July. The new company has a restrictive internet policy in place, and we were told last week that we probably won't be able to access external internet at all for a while. I was therefore very pleasantly surprised to discover this morning that not only have they got the internet access sorted already, but Autoshite is somehow on the list of approved sites. Coprolalia, mrbenn, Skizzer and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Forgot to make my sandwiches last night, the lady where I'm working just popped out to ask if I had eaten them came back with jerk chicken rice n peas. I'm full now AlabamaShrimp, purplebargeken, catsinthewelder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I'm back in Arnold Clarke land! oldcars and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Hot weather blah blah Britain is melting waffle waffle blah. Except a friend of mine has just had a brilliant idea.... Cookie dough. Apply to car dashboard, wait an hour or so. LightBulbFun, stephen01, danthecapriman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 A fairly easy working day tomorrow (probably no more than a couple of hours, tops) and then I'm taking some more time off until after next weekend to crack on with my ongoing V8 Disco project mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 This will be lost on those south of Sheffield. catsinthewelder, tinribs, RobT and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Politics, sexist, sizest, racist and northernish! Full house! Ghosty, myglaren, DeeJay and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Monday's make me grin.Specifically Monday mornings at 06:00.Why?I finish work for the week! Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Very south of Sheffield and still grinning down here. Should say Fat Lass for full offences Sign outside the sports club I saw last week had a letter rubbed out so it read "No lasses to be taken on the rec" "(Ask for a plastic cup at the bar)" Ghosty and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I've just realised my Saab still has nearly half a tank of scotch petrol from shitefest. My cars really don't move much in the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 3 police cars showed up about an hour ago. Went knocking on Wayne & Waynetta's door (see http://autoshite.com/topic/31654-grumpy-old-man-thread/page-2570#entry1521715 forreference). Mrs D walked in 10 mins ago having been out & about with stepdaughter and told me Waynetta's been put in the back of a police car with handcuffs on while shouting and swearing. Other officers still taking out evidence bags. Wayne has a black eye and fat lip and has been left with the ridiculous number of Waynelets they seem to have. This makes me very happy as they've done nothing but give dustbin towers, the 3 student houses and the Greek family grief (for no apparent reason) over the last month. chodweaver, cobblers, pshome and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The Saab 9-5 bought from Barry Cade on here a couple of years ago...Still doing the daily slog 30 odd thousand miles later. I love this car! Have re furbished the wheels (and changed the oil and filter every 5k) and the car keeps on giving. mrbenn, Saabnut, purplebargeken and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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