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JDM Imports out for Harambe.

Does @Arthur Foxhakelike these too - or only Granvias ?

Tabling a motion to have something similar for December’s calendar image featuring all fallen soldiers of 2024

@GingerNuttzloves nothing more than a holey undercarriage

From me then: May 4th, 5th and 6th, East Midlands Steam and Country Show. This is basically the successor to the incredibly succesful and much missed Rushden Cavalcade which I bloody loved. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=388249430530836&set=pb.100080373476985.-2207520000 May 5th - Ipswich to Felixstowe Vintage Vehicle Run. This is a great show with military, buses, bikes and cars. It's also a moving show with people starting in a large park in Ipswich, then driving the 12 mile route to park on the promenade at Felixstowe. I would recommend this to ANYONE. June 15th and 16th - Bolnhurst Vintage and Country Show, Bedfordshre. https://www.bolnhurstrally.org.uk/ It's quite a nice little gathering this one - plenty of interesting stuff.

It's very much my aim to get my old heaps to lots of different events this year. Not just car shows with the deckchair/picnic brigade - but genuinely interesting shows that are all over the UK but perhaps not known to everyone. It'd be great if you could add anything in that you're going to, or that happens locally to you which you know to be interesting. If the thread gets going, maybe it could become a sticky for the next few months. Ta!

Zel - please be the first person in the history of the British judicial system to present evidence from 'popular automotive-subculture discussion board autoshite dot com' in a sitting court.

Hmm. I don't know if the City Council CAN do vehicle look ups. Maybe they're hooked up to the 'Special Tool' but I imagine they would have to write to DVLA and pay, which they won't want to do. It's tricky territory, and we had it with that Fiat chap on here a few years ago who had a millionty cars all in a row. The council didn't just say "Mmmkay" and disappear. @For Fiats Sake I think it was. I'd absolutely be engaging with the council and trying to help and reassure them that you're simply a vehicle enthusiast and they're all taxed/sorned and in your name. There should be no conflation between the two (completely separate) issues of the planning and the boundary. My recommendation to anyone dealing with a local authority is be polite, be transparent, do everything in writing (don't accept any calls - ask them to write to you) and be helpful. Try to remember: this isn't personal; they are just investigating something and are on a fact finding mission. EDIT - found the thread, and @rantingYoof's excellent appraisal.

A gentleman of the classic car fraternity with whom I mince about has one. His weekend toy is a fully refurbed ‘Kermit Gear’ but he absolutely loves his Alpine. He’s promised me a whizz in both of them this summer, and I’m very excited. If you can, and this is as good as the deals get, then I would.

Perfect for Caribbean Banger racing 😏

Honestly, it was the best morning I've had in ages. It completely erased the disappointment of there being NO bear claw pastries in Waitrose (and - for those who don't know me - food is life). There are a couple of 70s/80s cars that I still wish to own. One is a pre-facelift MK2 Granada in low spec like this. Another is a Saab 900i. Finally, a MK4 Cortina. Unfortunately, none of these are a weeks' pay anymore - but still, it's nice to dream!

Quite the morning! I had a client meeting in Ely which is always a pleasant jolly. Once completed, I decided to take a middle-class deviation to Waitrose for a Bear Claw pastry and orange juice following a productive appointment. Then, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. I was so excited, I abandoned my car in a bus stop and forgot to put my handbrake on in a fluster! Communications were sent to @Skizzerand @Cheggers, with whom - via Whatsapp - we share our love of the unloved. Things then took a very quick change of direction as I pulled into Waitrose This is the best thing I've spotted in years. Actual years. A Pre-facelift MK2 Granada 2.3 L in full 'Euston Films/Minder' condition and spec. Just. Simply. Amazing. These still look so bloody good. I wanted it, there and then. I've had to come home for a sweet cup of tea and a lie down. PS - this is a maximum 2 hour car park, so it's definitely being used. Fair play to them too.

Great stuff - good on you for keeping it. I'd stick some VMAXDERV in it from Shell too. Run any fuel treatment a bit stronger than it suggests too - then second gear up the longest hill you can find!

Is it still for sale?

There's a couple who send their daughter to the same school as my youngest son. Usually, they rock up in a green 1994 Defender 90 with a few splodges of red oxide on it. However, it looks like they've got some new wheels! I don't ever remember seeing one in AS Bronze. Tabling a motion to have it included in the new Autoshite logo. Mega.

The thing is, it’s pointless having a discussion with a dealer about how a car needs an MOT to get a plate off. If I’ve managed to work out how to get a wonky ticket (no comment, your honour) then someone in the trade DEFINITELY can. You might as well go and shout at a wall than try and correct their thinking. Plates moving cars has always happened and always will happen. It just needs a Gallic shrug and filing under ‘disregard’.

I struggle to get cross about plates being taken from cars. In other countries plates go from car to car constantly and stay with the owner. It’s just how it is. Lovely car, Dicky. Hope to see it soon!

£1500 for a that with 12 months tax seems more than fair.

D701 Sierra madness Pretty sure this is the one my dad bought brand new in 1980 from the fourth owner who won it in a bet from an old lady called Desmond.

I can’t for the life of me work this out. It looks like it’s pierced the car, rather than swinging into it. That’s definitely a near miss. Goodness me.

68 and still looks tighter than a drum. She turned up in Hollyoaks a couple of years ago - still got a “phwoar”

How come this has the grey topped bumpers on an L, @egg? Saloon?

The RAV has been with me for a year now and has been absolutely bloody perfect. Including two new premium tyres, two home services, an MOT and a couple of advisories being taken care of - I think the total costs for last year came in around £600. Not bad for 23,000 miles of motoring and a £1500 purchase price. Took it to my folks today where Bornite Senior and Junior teamed up to wash it. The equivalent photo would have been me in 1990 washing something like an Austin A40 Farina. These are such different times, and this just highlights how far the motor car has come in such a short time. 168,700 miles (Not Out)

You forget I’m a young whipper-snapper! I always loved bands who printed their lyrics on album sleeve notes, rather than me having to buy various magazines like Look-in or whatever.