Marm Toastsmith

My 8yr old was trying to point out a van last night - I couldn't tell what he was on about……
 
This morning - on the way to school - we passed a slightly more modern version of the Merc LWB van. He pointed it out and declared:
"When I'm older - I'm converting one of them into a camper" ……… #parentinggoingwellmethinks
 
I'll show him this thread later - he'll be chuffed

This was posted on the Facebook Microcar page, Polish 126 based. Anyone know more?
https://player.hu/auto-motor-2/ilyen-modern-utodot-is-kaphatott-volna-a-kispolszki/?fbclid=IwAR3SlbLzM2BERjGIF6_D-Tn9v4a8R653Vch0EwJr2c_73e1KAcuUk8SFkmw
They seem to have picked Coleen Rooney for the promo pic, lol.

Thanks, I'm not a teacher...otherwise all my posts would probably be in comic sans or something...I didn't really go any further than training as one... but who knows what will happen in the future... it's good to be aware of this stuff.
And no need for apologies. Sorry if I offended, too. It's an interesting one re written vs spoken tone. Me, I find it hard to write conversationally. In real life I mostly mumble, grunt and swear in a semi-cockney accent, but on a keyboard I probably come across... I don't know... like I'm writing an essay? I wish I was more like the other lads on here... As for your "colonial" accent then it's probably right to represent that in a serif font, obviously I was wrong about the top hat and monocle, but the R.A.F. association gives me a nice picture.
I should try to be more accepting. But I'll always be put off those car listings on eBay where everything is written in huge rainbow coloured capitals.

Yes, this is a problem. For some reason the reply box is using the headline font and it shouldn't be. I will figure it out. 
I was asked to remove the country field because the flags were an add-on which didn't work with the new board software. All I could do was try to hide the broken "Country :" display with CSS, which IIIRC was working on the test board but doesn't seem to be working here. 
Yes, this is a stupid oversight, sorry. The icons are just the wrong colour, or no colour or something. Will fix.
I will tweak the colours a bit and replace the font in the editor so it matches the font in posts.
Name wrap looks shit, I agree. I will make the usernames a bit smaller. 
It's on my list!

My sincere apologies, I never intend to come across as looking down upon anyone, indeed I'm liberal verging on communist in my attitude towards others (albeit I'm non-political and with tongue in cheek humour).  My small 'c'  christian beliefs and lifelong personality is to help others help themselves, not to preach to nor look down on others.  I hate being preach to, but I thoroughly enjoy being taught.  However my dad was a Chief Tech electrical engineer.  He served in the R.A.F. for 25 years - so I had a good schooling and it was demanded I should speak clearly and confidently. My accent is as much 'colonial' as anything ..but I can't help these things - I'm certainly not a toff.  
As a teacher (..had you read my posts) you might also have been annoyed by my repeatedly breaking  sentences up  ..with using pause dots or a dash - rather than a comma or even a full stop. That too is a tool of my working around dyslexia, as it provides a more distinctive visual break in sentences which I would otherwise have difficulties in reading.   Similarly it is very rare that any paragraph I write is longer than four or five lines. Then a distinctive space is needed, so you see this website's new auto-spacing is a hindrance.
I hope that helps you with your children,
Bfg.          

It's nice to arrive and see the top mechanic from Snagglepuss Motors prepping your loan car.
 

 
I'm going to need a big net to catch all the pants that will drop as I cruise past in this honey.

Tick tick tick tick BOOM!
 

I've been back in the UK for about a week and Bucketeer Delivery Services has already had a couple of requests flooding in. I've collected and delivered various cars for various forum members in the past, and am happy to do so in the future. As such, I'll update and keep all the adventures of our plucky/masochistic BDS operative here in the one thread. It's easier and neater than dotting reports about all over the shop and I'm loathe to keep starting new threads. I mean, think of all the paperwork and wasted resources. Someone needs to consider the defloweration of the world's paper plants.
Hopefully this thread will provide some occasional Marlboro Ultra Light levels of mild entertainment for some and maybe even a moment of escape for those unfortunate enough not to spend large chunks of a day on the most mega of buses, their unnecessary 6'5" frame scrunched up in the Lilliputian seat, wishing other people didn't smell so bad. Or cough so much. Or breathe.
Our lawyers have asked us to point out that BDS is a non-profit organisation, just looking to recoup expenses (we do however accept bribes, kickbacks, coffee, cake, brandy, and occasionally payment in kind). I do this purely to help forum members and to have a nice day out, riding on choo choo buses and brum brum trains and hopefully seeing some new places along the way. And lots and lots and lots of the M6 (surely every young boy's dream is to live the life of an M6 commuter, jacket on the peg in the back window, scowl on face, the glorious colours, sounds and smells of roadworks as far as the eye can see).
 
Tonight I shall be setting off from my palace on the beginning of a three or four day collectioneering and deliverising mission, the first part of which is actually a collection for myself. As I was just recently named near the top of the Times Skint List 2019 this car is just a loaner not a purchase, but it's still a pant-wetting racecar of much gusto. After this I'll be covering most of England and parts of Scotland for the next few days, delivering cars left right and centre with the calm steady hand and cold emotionless eyes of a pro.
I'll be leaving at exactly 9 or 10 pm-ish on the dot tonight and my first leg of many will be (according to Google maps) a three and three quarter hour walk to rendezvous with a Meglobus.
Finally, soz for pissing on anyone's balloon but there will be no poo counts on my journeys. That's the venerable Jim Bell's thing and I like to plough my own furrow. Also I don't poo, I just expel pellets as I walk like a rabbit or sheep or poorly horse or whatever.

Haha I think it was by HooHing/D-Link building! I was heading towards Finchley....car looked alright!!

Ha, yeah, that would have been me... probably. Hope I wasn't driving like a dick.

Just got back from a 464 mile road trip around the South West with no issues. The little pug was great fun, comfortable, and totally capable...if a little noisy with the hood up. More sunshine please (it's much better with the roof open)!
 
Best of all, I brimmed the tank and have calculated I'm getting a smidge over 40 MPG, which is pretty impressive I think, especially as I was driving fairly enthusiastically and mostly on a-roads with lots of roundabouts and stuff. On a similar trip recently in the CR-V I calculated 22.2 (!)
 
I've totally fallen for the engine in this, it's really a peach. At some point I'd like another (tintop) 205 with the same motor. For me it's a real nice power/weight balance with just the right amount of go for an entertaining drive. It's not super fast, you have to work it a bit, but it goes as well as you need it to. There's more than enough pep to put a smile on your face, but thankfully not quite enough to scare you shitless.
 
Anyway, here's a slightly blurry picture of the car, somewhere in Devon, this morning. First person to see the sea gets an ice cream.
 

Were you on the north circular in this with the roof down the other day in the direction of Hangar Lane? Saw one - guy was wearing shades....

Just got back from a 464 mile road trip around the South West with no issues. The little pug was great fun, comfortable, and totally capable...if a little noisy with the hood up. More sunshine please (it's much better with the roof open)!
 
Best of all, I brimmed the tank and have calculated I'm getting a smidge over 40 MPG, which is pretty impressive I think, especially as I was driving fairly enthusiastically and mostly on a-roads with lots of roundabouts and stuff. On a similar trip recently in the CR-V I calculated 22.2 (!)
 
I've totally fallen for the engine in this, it's really a peach. At some point I'd like another (tintop) 205 with the same motor. For me it's a real nice power/weight balance with just the right amount of go for an entertaining drive. It's not super fast, you have to work it a bit, but it goes as well as you need it to. There's more than enough pep to put a smile on your face, but thankfully not quite enough to scare you shitless.
 
Anyway, here's a slightly blurry picture of the car, somewhere in Devon, this morning. First person to see the sea gets an ice cream.
 

Just got back from a 464 mile road trip around the South West with no issues. The little pug was great fun, comfortable, and totally capable...if a little noisy with the hood up. More sunshine please (it's much better with the roof open)!
 
Best of all, I brimmed the tank and have calculated I'm getting a smidge over 40 MPG, which is pretty impressive I think, especially as I was driving fairly enthusiastically and mostly on a-roads with lots of roundabouts and stuff. On a similar trip recently in the CR-V I calculated 22.2 (!)
 
I've totally fallen for the engine in this, it's really a peach. At some point I'd like another (tintop) 205 with the same motor. For me it's a real nice power/weight balance with just the right amount of go for an entertaining drive. It's not super fast, you have to work it a bit, but it goes as well as you need it to. There's more than enough pep to put a smile on your face, but thankfully not quite enough to scare you shitless.
 
Anyway, here's a slightly blurry picture of the car, somewhere in Devon, this morning. First person to see the sea gets an ice cream.
 

I hope someone saves this. I want to live in a world where all cars look like this.

I've got one of these cheapie ones:
 

 
Had it a couple of years now and it's a decent enough bit of kit for the price - obviously given its size its cranking abilities are fairly limited, but it will start my 1.8-litre Toyota Carina OK, so should be fine for a bike.  My only complaint thus far is that the springs in the clamps are slightly feeble so sometimes need wiggling around to get a good connection on the battery terminals.

You could perhaps swap it for a lovely Rover 45 CVT.....

Alright then Kev.
I'll take it off your hands.
 
IMG-20190302-WA0006 by davedorson, on Flickr
 
IMG-20190302-WA0005 by davedorson, on Flickr
 
IMG-20190302-WA0002 by davedorson, on Flickr
 
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It's got literally days of MOT left and I've got nowhere to put it.
What could go wrong?

My t5 had "unsolvable" electrical issues too... part of the reason I sold it.  Rear indicator stopped working on one side, I couldn't get to the bottom of it and gave up.
 
What are the problems with this? Dibs (maybe) if you decide to sell.

If you make it to the NLVC can I pop along in mine and say hello? Would be nice to get them together...
 
Mine has pretty much all the same faults as yours - the adjust stopped working on my clock when I tried to compensate for British Summer Time, it's now totally wrong, and fairly noisy. Also (randomly) my nice Alpine stereo is now goosed - although I think it's just very dirty heads on the tape deck following playback of a slightly dubious and very old Santana tape. I have an original stereo here too, which is also slightly knackered - it's quiet on one channel. I might get it looked at. I know a guy.
 
Re "using no petrol", I think it's also a case of TADTS - they are very frugal, but the gauge is fairly hopeless too - it pretty much either displays a full tank or almost empty. Sometimes it wobbles about a bit. And it's entirely wrong if you're not on the flat. I've got used to it, it is better than nothing, and there is a warning light when you're running really low. I do keep a can in the boot though.
 
As for the warning lights, in mine if you turn on the ignition and wait for a bit they come on. Otherwise they stay unlit.
 
Temperature guage would be a nice touch, OTOH, no news is good news and in a way it's one less thing to worry about. I'm reasonably confident that the red light will come on if the worst comes to the worst. You don't seem to hear horror stories about these doing OMGHGF or whatever.

Let me subtly remind you of that special moment in your life  
https://youtu.be/PsUuZuPX-kA

Well, I'm glad it's not just me. Drove me mental. I don't think I want another after all. I'll get a Honda next time. Have fun with it! 

Now you've made me want one again... 

Now you've made me want one again... 

I nearly forgot, sometimes the loom breaks too where it pass through the handlebars. Just imagine Italian design made to a budget in India. 
 
The switches and other minor electrical bits are the only things that are worse in LML's- everything else is better or the same. Once you've chased away the electrical issues you're left with a more rust-resistant, reed valved PX. Racks front and back, two up etc, it's unbelievably useful. Ulez compliant too, but with the smell of two stroke and the fun of gears.  Solid gold!