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I used to work in this area and it never took less than 5 hours to get here, 3:40 today when it didn’t really matter

Nice drive so far

Just now, richbraith said:

Oh dear, extreme sports do carry risks.  I have a lot of metal in my leg because I won't stop ice skating (I still won't).  I mean I do stop sometimes, I'm sitting down right now...

I think Mazda 626.

Right country

Was supposed to get an early night due to being on newborn night feed duty the last 2 nights, but 33% of my kids have so far managed to shit and piss themselves in new and interesting ways tonight.

poo count: 2, one of which was spread across the bathroom floor as I opened the door. Only way is up from here

And onto the first part of the journey, where my temporary transport awaits

Bonus i8 outside the phone shop

It’s been a while but the familiar ache/burn got too much and I gave in again. For context I was bidding on a certain vehicle on eBay in early August, missed out on winning it by a fiver or something and called it a draw. As we all know this feeling of nonchalance manifests itself in a desire to do better next time. I put it down to be being the wrong time for such things, seeing as though child number 3 was due to be born in about 60 days’ time. With that in mind, and the feeling of freedom of the first day free from work and/or childcare since March  I put my pushbike on the train, rode it a few stops and  got out at Leeds urban bike park, where I was having a lovely time until I decided to have one more go at a set of jumps. The ground came out of nowhere and twatted me goodstyle in various places, mainly my left (dominant) arm which broke either side of the elbow. 
None of this matters a great deal but today finds me able to drive again and having won a subsequent eBay auction for a similar vehicle. The first part of the journey is on foot, in to the depths of Ravensthorpe no less

29 minutes ago, Yoss said:

What is going on at BMW these days? 

What is going on is that they have designed a car so fucking ugly that literally everybody knows what it looks like. See also Tesla cybertruck accidental window breakage and subsequent share price increase. 
No publicity is bad publicity but it’s certainly no E21 or E30

An impeccable stable with the correct approach to improvement imo. That Falcon is ace

17 hours ago, Stroller133 said:

Is the needle 180degrees out? Shadow of rev counter suggests just over 3000rpm, which would be about 55/60 if similarly geared to my 205XS.

It’s in reverse, the speedo counted back from zero!

My old 205 GT at the top of the clock. If you look closely you might be able to see how I did it

I’ll be heading from West Yorkshire to clacton on sea and back on the 28th. Will be in a small van, empty on the way down and loaded but with some room to spare on the way back. Happy to move stuff if required but wouldn’t be able to deviate too far due to time constraints

20 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

I'm happy to keep count....

That is one of the most realistic fake turds I’ve seen. Got a link?

Had a 240 with the same engine and it had enough power to do third gear drifts at 70 mph. It’s all about commitment, and even 2.3 turbos aren’t anything close to being fast by today’s standards. They are, however, reliable, comfortable and spacious as well as being enjoyable to drive sedately. Offering to put it through a test does seem to make sense. 
Thoroughly enjoyed my old 940 but some of that may have been down to it being a turbo estate

On 10/13/2020 at 2:37 PM, SiC said:

Iirc its to remind you that you haven't taken the face plate off yet. Wish it was possible to disable...

I always thought so, but the one in my bus doesn’t have a removable face plate 

On 10/5/2020 at 9:45 PM, Ghosty said:

Beep boop, beep boop, beep boop

This made me chuckle. Unsure of the purpose of it apart from reminding you that you have a Sony head unit

On 10/5/2020 at 10:54 PM, LightBulbFun said:

although as you say obviously a fake plate for the movie

it looks like PEG1 was eventually issued (PEGxxx being issued starting in April 1962)

its currently on retention and was last on this moped which clearly is owned by some sort of number plate dealer and used as a mule to hold registration marks

which according to another tool in my arsenal  has had 158 registration marks LOL

I’ve always harboured a strange desire to invest in a really short, expensive private reg and put it on a shit scooter. No idea why

I have nothing to add apart from the memory of seeing one of these parked neatly in the grass where the M62 splits around the farm, having somehow leapt over the barrier. Can imagine they are a perfect storm of shit handling/susceptible to sidewinds/driven by giffers

Original owner might’ve just wanted not to have a sweaty arse?

That exhaust is fuckin class

I usually work out mpg for the sake of it and do try to drive efficiently most of the time, but it doesn’t bother me very much. It’s a good job because some of my current and previous motors have had a pretty healthy appetite. Most notable was the W123 280CE that did an average of 12mpg on my short commute. I once remarked to my girlfriend after on the way home with a boot full of bathroom tiles “fuck me this thing is getting through petrol like it’s pouring out of the back”. Got home and it was, pickup hose had perished and failed catastrophically 

7 hours ago, paulplom said:

I don't take an interest from a money point of view. I do keep a check on it though.

I think your average mpg can be a good way to keep an eye on the health of your car. A rise can be a good indication of a problem.

Aye, mpg will tend to rise if you have to push the bastard 

This photo is nearly a decade old so the moderns are old hat now, but the middle aged spread is still clearly apparent. My E30 never felt narrow 

17 minutes ago, RayMK said:

My son's old 1994 Tipo (now mine) with his new Tipo 1.3 Diesel.

The Tipos don’t look too dissimilar in size, but it’s hard to tell with the perspective. The old ones did seem quite chunky when they were current but have aged very well

That looks glorious. Lambda light on my old 850 mkII (V70) was curable by ragging the shit out of it