rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 So as you'll be no doubt aware by now, I'm the purchaser of the current Autoshite Volvo 740 estate bike thus removing another of these fine machines from circulation.Sorry about that. Unsurprisingly this has been in the making for some time. Undeterred by failing to win the Bucketeer Roffle (and missing out on it before that) I contacted Mr. Tickman of 7, Dundeeish offering coin in exchange for it provided the imminent MOT was passed without too much hassle. Being a kind sort he'd lent it back to Bucketeer in the interim so we put it on hold.Time passed until yesterday and the news that it's still in Englandlandland without test and without time for Tickman to collect. "I still fancy that". Never mind the 50 hour weeks or that it's nearly Christmas. Nor that it's still 300 odd miles away without test. So a plan was formed and within 10 minutes of going up I'd agreed to fetch it and bring it to SVM headquarters in Volvograd. Which is why I'm sitting in my parents house at 0540 on a Sunday morning awaiting FATHA_RML who has agreed to participate in this idiocy. With day insurance arranged and an MOT in Paisley booked we leave at 0600. TL:DR The SVM are at it again. Junkman, fatharris, 320touring and 37 others 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Chodspeed, good sir! rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Patchy fog. Great. Junkman, Tickman, Split_Pin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Chodspeed sir! rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I'm looking forward to seeing this at some point in the future.Safe travels rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 "We're the SVM, and we've come to nick your motah" Have a grand trip! chaseracer, somewhatfoolish and rml2345 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Well done Adrian, I was thinking its been far too long since Scotland stole another volvo in cold blood! rml2345 and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 We have reached Killington Lake. Despite being near Kendal there's no Killington Lake cake. Today's transport is first class however which compensates for the disappointment of not going to Tebay.. Cavcraft, 320touring, davidfowler2000 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 May the chod be with you, good knight rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Volvo migraating north = standard behaviourSVM not at Tebay = wtf? Good luck Mr_rml rml2345 and billy_bunter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 GL M8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Ha en säker resa, mina vänner - Volvo väntar på dig! rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 GL M8It’s a GLE actually M8! rml2345, fairkens, Dave_Q and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 ThatBitOnTheM6NoOneCanRemember Viaduct. Motorway journeys are REALLY boring. Other than that things are well. To the south! danthecapriman, Mrs6C, chaseracer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Thelwall (sp?) rml2345, Twiggy and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Skizzer, yellowperil, Asimo and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Motorway journeys are REALLY boring. Other than that things are well.To the south! Don't forget to wave as you go past gate 11 - or T7 if you're using the toll road! Mrs6C and rml2345 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I also have to travel to meet you, ok ,ok so it's 2 miles. The question is which car do you want me to turn up in, Jaguar S Type black or Alfa 156 V6 black? This is a problem I am now facing on a daily basis as I like them both and they both work! PS Stop off in Birmingham, Jump start Heidel_Kakao Citroen XM, bring it down to me! clayts450, rml2345, Mrs6C and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Don't forget to wave as you go past gate 11 - or T7 if you're using the toll road!GOOD TO SEE YOU! I also have to travel to meet you, ok ,ok so it's 2 miles. The question is which car do you want me to turn up in, Jaguar S Type black or Alfa 156 V6 black? This is a problem I am now facing on a daily basis as I like them both and they both work! PS Stop off in Birmingham, Jump start Heidel_Kakao Citroen XM, bring it down to me!What a choice! If I'd known sooner about the Heidel_Kakao XM I'd happily have brought it down too... Always fancied a shot in one of those. chaseracer, Six-cylinder and Mrs6C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 We are now south of Birmingham. No pictures but if you sit in a concrete coalbunker it looks about the same. dome, Tickman, Ghosty and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 If you end up at junction 15a or 15 of the M1 I'll wave out the window... Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 The scenery will get better! Take Junction 11 for Banbury off the M40 and follow A421 west (with a few diversions due to a road closure at Farthinghoe) and we're about 30 mins from there, though some pleasantly rolling hills and green fields. rml2345 and rantingYoof 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I have broken the Jag trying to fit head light bulbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 I have broken the Jag trying to fit head light bulbs!Choice made for you then! Bloody moderns chaseracer, clayts450, Mrs6C and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 ThatBitOnTheM6NoOneCanRemember Viaduct. DSC_0143.JPG Oh, I remember that bit of the M6! That was where the exhaust note of my MR2 understandably changed, in sync with one of the tailpipes falling off and visibly bouncing down the northbound carriageway behind me in front of 3 lanes of cars (fortunately, all over 200 yards behind me, so I was fairly confident that it had stopped bouncing by the time they reached it). I added a good half hour on a journey to Scotland, turning around at the next junction, going back, turning round again and checking the northbound side to see if1: there was any evidence that I might have 'inconvenienced' someone also travelling north and2: there was any chance of me recovering said tailpipe and practising my welding on it (ahem, again) Alas, it was gone for ever. Probably for the best. PS Sorry for the thread deviation.Chodspeed, good sirs, in your honourable endeavour. somewhatfoolish and rml2345 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 OK I still have not worked out how to do live stuff from my phone so it has all happened according to plan. mrl found mekey found for Volvocar startedcar inspected and approvedlegals and levels doneand they have set of for Scotland catsinthewelder, The Moog, Split_Pin and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Excellent news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Nice!What happened to the bonnet on this? Hopefully the trip back will go well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Excellent! Nice day for it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Take it easy up the road gents:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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