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Upols finest satin black is the colour for a perfect* colour blend.

It looks brand new underneath compared to the Celica. Top marks to the guys for lending you a haun, legendary support. 👏

The one that I "should never have sold" has popped up in my ebay listing, 10 years since I sold it, by the guy I sold it too. I can't get it out my head. I was out with friends earlier and I was like a zombie for most of it as I couldn't think of anything else. I want it back very badly but its probably going to cost many times what I bought it for as I got it when nobody wanted them. (500 quid...probably add another zero to it). Am I mental that I'm considering it? I've contacted him and I'm awaiting a reply. Let's see.

I think I know. Maybe. Does it do lovely burbley noises and have inboard brakes at the rear?

Slightly off topic, but how do you find the 12 ton press? I was looking at them last night. I'm wondering if it is meaty enough to do wheel bearings on moderns.

I'm a lover not a fighter. I'd rather de-escalate a situation and lose a few hundred quid than get my cunt kicked in or worse my motor tanked. Ain't worth it. People are bastards. Nobody is perfect (myself included), but to put you out like that. May his shits forever be formed of broken glass.

Good luck man! I'm guessing R56 mini 😆

Sent some smackeroonies across.

I always think these look like a chopped facelifted rover 800 hatch from the rear. I can never unsee it.

Superb - Pics Pics Pics!

Could probably argue about that till the cows come home. XJ the first (mono-cock so not really a 4x4) ? Debatable on it being mainstream. Rav4/Crv are the biggest sellers globally. Although I think you're right. The rot set in with FWD only variants like the "joy machine"/ Rav4 with no intentions to do anything other than sit high. Sure I would see Rav4/ Crv in decent numbers here but the Qashqai is the one that turned it up a notch. At one stage every other fucking car seemed to be a MK1 Qashqai.

It's great to see an auld car being used as intended. Brilliant job on all the work done!

Mustang?

I suppose neighbours is a slight exaggeration as they are both around the corner(s) about 10 or so doors down. But my point still stands, they just seem to morph into fucking numpties when they get in a car and don't like it when they get called out on it. Thankfully the neighbours next door and across the street are all mostly decent folk/friends that seem to have their heads screwed on right.

RANT MODE ACTIVATED. Why is it that perfectly normal human beings turn into absolute fucking helmets with a screw loose as soon as they jump into a car. Neighbour 1 this morning - Stop being lazy and get out your bed 10 minutes earlier in the morning and leave your house 10 minutes earlier instead of hoofting around blind bends in your local small housing estate at 40mph in 2 tons of SUV. There are too many variables (traffic lights, give-ways, roundabouts) out there that will wipe out those 5 seconds you made up by driving like an absolute fucking flute. What's the fucking point? Neighbour 2 this evening - Don't tailgate, flash your lights and OVERTAKE me at an unmarked junction (20mph zone, kids running about and parked cars everywhere) in previously mentioned small housing estate, to then pull into your drive FIVE SECONDS LATER. Then have the audacity to call me a "dangerously slow driver" (whatever the fuck that means, I was doing a sensible speed ) , "nosey cunt" and "fucking arsehole" when I tell you that your "driving is out of order" and "was there really any need to get to your house seconds quicker by driving like that". I hope her fanny collapses out her arse. The cunt. ABSOLUTE FUCKING MORONS.

Seconded. It's outstanding! I missed the previous update. Thank fuck you spotted it and put it out. 😥

Well done man. Looks like great fun! I forgot how good the induction noise is on these, sounds braw.

Jeezo, even the hardtop has holes in it!

Baws news, but what a team. Cap doffed. Hopefully you get it back quickly!

Terrible news. 51 is no age at all. My condolences man.

Some absolute cock in work has handed over my contact details (including my personal number) to some salesteam who has then passed it across to about 10 other (that I know off) dodgy sales fuckers (I've been registered with TPS for years to cut this shit out). They phone my work landline, work mobile and personal mobile about 3 or 4 times a day and never leave a message. I answer and I can hardly understand a word they are saying as their accent is like pea soup (which is hilariously pointless if they are trying to flog me something or scam me). I tell them to get fucked (I'm no longer being polite about it!), block them and it's like wack-a-mole. A new number appears a few days later. It's doing my nut in. I'm at the stage I'm going to have to change all my numbers (I've had my mobile number for over 20 years) because these cunts won't fuck off and leave me alone!

I'd have lost the rag and set fire to the thing. Well in for persisting! Hopefully the module sorts it.

Well done man, great effort. It will be like night and day with the new clutch!

I'm clueless about trade policies. Presumably you would need to borrow the trade plates as well? What if you get a pull? Would you not need a valid reason for driving a traders car on their plates? (Test drive?) Or alternatively the DOC entitlement- It currently comes up on Askmid as not being insured. So if you aren't displaying plates, imagine trying to explain to plod you are driving it on your own DOC entitlement. I can see it being dragged onto a low loader. Would it not be easier to arrange temp insurance to do it? Or could they drop it off?