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  1. I don't think the roof is erm standard.
  2. The omega was sold in The USA as the Catera https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/93857300
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    I thought it was one of the Gallagher brothers. You know the more ugly, arrogant and wankerish of them.
  4. Let's imagine that 60% of cars pass first time. They get paid. Let's imagine that 80% of the 40% that failed pass second time, within the time limit, so they only have to inspect the failure point. So that's 92% paying for a test. Let's assume of the 8% that didn't pass second time within the time limit there are 50% that decide that it's not economical to repair, so that's 4 % that you did an inspection but don't get paid. Ah well, they'll be repeat customers and the next car they bring will probably pass first time. The 4% that missed the time limit, so it has to have a full retest ? So they end up paying once for 2 anyway
  5. No issues at all. Vs Birmingham. Is that a sort of automotive oxymoron? No offence to anyone from Nechells, or Castle Vale, but its probably a lie.
  6. Those side skirts will be hiding a fuck load of welding. Nice of the owner to include the picture. It's enough to know that it's not the fantastic bargain it first appears to be.
  7. Yes, and I have the *unused lube to go with it.
  8. Sorry. There are rules ? My bad. I hate Jason Plato, and was either going to bin his signed autobiography or drop it off at the charity shop. Count me in, I've got all sorts of shite I don't want. Saved from last Christmas. Unused. I'll even throw in the batteries.
  9. @MikeR great retirement project for you.
  10. The Friday afternoon Trains. From Hemel Hempstead to Runcorn changing at MK and Crewe was cheaper 1st class advance than a second class advance. No idea why. On the train from MK to Crewe I got lunch free, and a scotch and coke. Drank the coke. Took the scotch home in its tiny bottle and saved them up for Christmas.
  11. At first glance I thought it was a printed wrap. Which would be functionally so much better. But then they could all be capris
  12. Is it wrong to want hinges like that on my cars doors
  13. I think you'll find that was purely value engineered to save a bulb and a bulb holder.
  14. When you say reunite do you mean it's the actual same car, or just one very similar ? My dad's first car was a 1959 mini in 1959. He says it was shit and he's driven Fords ever since (apart from an avenger which he says was shit) I think he'd he be rather cross if we found and bought him any mini. Choose speed.
  15. For a moment I thought that was strawberry flavoured condoms
  16. There's no way anything that shit was done in a weekend. There would have been multiple meetings before a project manager was tasked with pulling 56 different work package together. Unfortunately these 56 design teams probably didn't like each other, so did what the fuck they wanted. Eventually the Project manager were given an ultimatum. Show something by Monday or your sacked. The result is a bloody miracle concocted by 5 first year apprentices on weekend overtime. All probably went on to long careers in Foden.
  17. The only decent public transport in the Northwest is the Northern line from Hunts Cross to Southport, stopping at all stations. Every 15 minutes. Not particularly expensive. Unfortunately it doesn't go when or where I want to go. I had a look at how long it would take me to get to work from Formby to Just North of Leyland. 44 mins in the car. Would be quicker but average speed cameras, and 50 mph on dual carriageways. 2:25 by public transport.
  18. Job, the miles you do, that its not an identical car, the fact that having had one crash, she's now less likely to crash again. All these could be statistical reasons with mathematical correlation, but definately not because you are male. Because gender is not allowed to be a reason. Oh no. Not allowed.
  19. What do you normally use it for? I mean funerals for former members of the RS owners club must be a niche market.
  20. That is what you call FUCKED. Bloke I worked with was part of a team that drove 2 new one across Africa in the late 1980s. They were lent to them by the UK LADA distributor. The one with full roll cage and strengthening had some cracking of the monocoque. The completely standard one: they had to bodge the chassis rails with timber to hold the engine in place. The distributor had hoped it would be a great marketing opportunity to show how resilient they were. Instead they were pushed into a crusher, and never mentioned again.
  21. Same with the omega V6. Castrol products made it worse according to some "experts". Using genine GM oil did improve it, but it only really went away if you did long journeys.
  22. That would actually be very funny. Don't be offended on @Cavcrafts behalf. Billy sold me all his Pet shop Boys LPs years ago and life hasn't improved for either of us since then. Anyways up. The end of line factory column switch tester. This person works at TRW Burnley and spend 8 hours a day at the end of an assembly line where she. (It is always a she), twiddles and pulls and pushes a column switch, every which way. testing one full assembly every 2 minutes. She is part of a team of 5, and she passes 30 switches an hour having tested every function. At the end of her shift, she will get in her car, and drive home, through the city centre to Padiham, without touching any switch. Even if it's dark or raining, because she's not being paid, she's not operating another fucking switch until she's back in the factory tomorrow.
  23. You didn't spot my pointing out his obvious error was ALL part of the humour? 😉 User name computes. 😄😇🤣
  24. I've walked around the lake, but never been on the railway. I kind of assumed that it would be owned by 235 (white) retired men with beards via some sort of charitable trust. During lockdown I had discussions with the lake committee chairman, about testing an amphibious automotomus track laying vehicle, with a military application, in the lake and even did a risk assessment. In the end we found a more suitable* location.
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