Reputation from outlaw118

outlaw118 got a reaction from Carl1981 in Watch me make a stupid mistake - Peugeot 504 Break L March 11

Mere details it'll be fiiiiiiine.
Probably.
Chod Speed!

outlaw118 got a reaction from chodweaver in The grumpy thread February 22

Bit of a series....
Yesterday I left home at 6am for a journey to Peterborough, which would normally take 2.5 hours, possibly 2.75 including a stop either at Cambridge services for a wee and a McD's or Brampton for a wee and a Wendys.
M25 had other ideas, gantry signs say J29-28 30minute delay.....
I pulled into the pez station at Stanstead at 8.15, which is normally no more than 50 minutes away, even in the van. No sign of any crashes, road works or other fuckery. Why can't the gantry signs tell the truth - I'd have found an alternative route, rather than sit there like a dick.
Anyway, left meeting at 2.15pm, as I was going to the O2 last night to see Depeche Mode. More gantry signs warning of impending delays, so I diverted - trouble is so did everyone else. I reckon I was still ahead of the game, but not by much. Collected Moose, then chum, drove to Forest Gate to collect other chum, and get on the tube. Yeah, in the ULEZ, but whatever.
Fancy a beer" said Chum One. Two pints of Budweiser and a large Pepsi Max.... nigh on £23. FFS.
(DM were GR9 btw).
Massive queue to get into Tube Station, got back to Chum 2's house 00:20. Which, as I found out about an hour ago, means I've got to pay ULEZ for yesterday and today, despite it being one trip. FFS.
Lastly, just been out to get some bread and fizzy pop, and encountered an absolute throbber verbally abusing a female member of staff, who was clearly getting distressed. I asked him to calm down, to which I got the standard "Fuck off you fat cunt" response.
Well mate, you need to google "Fuck around and Find Out" to explain what just happened. I'm tired, you're an arsehole. With a fat lip and a fucking headache.
Why are people such twats?

outlaw118 got a reaction from Marshall2810 in Amelia's Automotive Adventures - Big sister/Little sister February 5

So, is it electrical power steering or something? Battery low, therefore you can FRO?
The best cars fix themselves anyway. 😀

outlaw118 got a reaction from Rust Collector in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread February 4

Everyone will do that once.
Maybe twice, once while living at your olds, using a fragile old washing up bowl whose indented handles snap off under the weight of iron-filings laden 10/40 from a Mk2 Capri, then again a few years later using an old metal Castrol GTX tin, that someone may have forgotten to screw the cap back on, all over the 6 month laid driveway.
My friends* eh?

outlaw118 reacted to ruffgeezer in Oh no, not ANOTHER one! 18/02/24 Topless french totty! February 4

So it started, as it often does, with a perusal of all the cheapish, localish, broken shit that was on ebay.
This one wasn't listed cheaply and I'd left my gambling pants at home, so I settled for a different approach. A conversation with the seller via messages and a promise to view promptly if it didn't sell via the auction.
You forget these little asides, dont you? You have these conversations fairly secure in the knowledge that most of the people on eBay are fine, upstanding, folk who wouldn't dream of pulling a seller's pisser when it comes to something like selling a car?
Well now, imagine my surprise* when less than an hour after the auction finished, the only bidder pulled out of the purchase. The car's owner, Scott, was good enough to get back in touch and offer me a viewing of the car.

There are one or two marks on the paintwork, but it looks very well on it's miles. The interior is very clean and a testament to the owner's late brother who has kept the car neat and tidy, but there is of course to be done or it probably wouldn't interest me at all!

To do:
Replace the battery and collect the car. MOT - last years advisories for rear discs & pads and both front arm bushes. Service - unused for at least a year. Roof inoperative - the biggun - but I like a challenge. There will doubtless be more as I work through the car, but it's a rare hen in that it's a 2.0 diesel with 6 speed box, full heated leather and auto lights/ wipers. Definately the right time of year to be getting into something like this I reckon.

outlaw118 got a reaction from andrew e in Shite in Miniature II February 3

Some thing rings a bell that Soberano is brandy or cognac.
*Useless anecdote* Shortly after I was born, Fatha_Outlaw was working for the local council, driving a J4. He rolled it avoiding a speeding LandRover (SWL701D?) coming the other way.