Dick Longbridge

Sounds like the Danny Baker effect.

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Ford Transit Courier. I had no idea.

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Pardon my French, but why the actual fuck do Ford stick those ridiculous fronts on everything they currently produce? Does having a car with a Les Dawson-esque gurn on show appeal to some weirdos?

 

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Compromise by selling some of your cars, but then covering the entire frontage of your house (windows and all) with a massive vinyl print of a junkyard scene. That should do the trick.

Front engined Porker? Whatever next? You'll be saying they're going to be building a diesel version!

I believe he has one of these, in which case rear engined.

 

 

I'm wondering where to get my MR2 4 wheel aligned - it's currently all over the place, especially on damp roads, and I reckon a decent alignment setup should help things.

I'd be interested to know what percent of the van market sector Ford fulfill. Forty years ago it was the lowly Transit vs Vauxhall vs a few British manufacturers. Now the market is huge, with masses of manufacturers building Transit sized vans. I can't quite work out whether Ford manages to sell their dissolvable steeds purely because

A. It's a Transit mate, or

B. It's 'cheap' compared to some of the competitors.

 

Whatever the case, I reckon Ford will need to pull their finger out of their arse before too long re build quality if they wish to continue to sell masses of the things. See what happened to BL etc etc.

Nail. Head. The only plausible explanation for it is some old boy who used to work fo BL (and is now past retirement age!) now works for Ford and is in charge of the 'That'll do' stamp for build quality and rust-proofing.

 

Have a photo of Take That from a couple of years back.

I wouldn't describe an 06 Transit as "already" crusty.

 

From what I've heard the new Transits are much nicer to drive, but the car-like driving experience comes with a car-like build. All you people saying you'll have one in ten years or so will be disappointed, there won't be any left.

Thing is, ten year old Vivaros aren't rusty, but ten year old Transits are. I'm just surprised that Ford is still pretty much the only manufacturer to give their commercials the same very level of rust-proofing as they did 40 years ago.

Neighbours are fortunately an incidence of geography which can be altered. Unlike family.

Incorrect. Everything can be altered.

If you have enough money

Transits must have come a long way in ten years then. My neighbour replaced his 06 Vivaro, which he loved, and always said drove as well as most cars) when it shit it's engine for the hundredth time. The replacement was an 06 Transit, which refuses to break, but is already crusty and 'drives like something from the bloody 1960's'', apparently. He genuinely hates everything about it.

Chevanne and blue VX. Oof. I sometimes wish I didn't live on a limb, miles away fro me anything in Poldark land.

Neighbours. Either they're fantastic, or utter bellends - there doesn't seem to be an in in-between. I'd be inclined to agree with Bollox - a polite acknowledgment expressing your agreement that you'll see what you can do (but no specifics). In the meantime, I'm aware of the website 'mailbait' for spamming e mail addresses - is there an equivalent to get a load of shit dropped through your neighbours letter box on a daily basis? I'd at least get a load of seedy catalogues sent direct to the person in question.

I love a mk2 Cavvy. Rear quarter patina looks like it has a story to tell as well.

Plot twist prediction. I reckon it's a petrol, which some prune has filled up with derv, rendering the whole caboodle royally buggered.

Utter bastards. At least it was boxed in...

I went through clutch cables on my TX200 like they were going out of fashion, the worst occasion being as I pulled into the Ponderosa cafe (top of Horseshoe Pass) in a torrential downpour.

I wouldn't buy one for the handling, they're a style thing (IMHO) but if I had the choice I'd have a Lambretta, even though they're even more unreliable they're just so nice looks by and sounding, it's unreal.

*Edit: Terry Wogan, let's do a deal!

I'll be honest, I'd need at least a million half-eaten packets of chocolate chip cookies, as well as an unrealistic quantity of dodgy import lagers.

*perversely, there is an old Vespa in the garage, but that's a family thing.

After singing the praises of Vespa, I'd also better contradict myself by admitting I've got a Lambretta sat in my garage.

Horrible things (and I say that as someone who mostly rides scooters), but RESULT cos you'll make £££ selling it on to a comedy mod/flying helmet wearing beardy hipster type.

Really? What's so bad about them? I bought a PX which had been left unused in the elements a few years back. Easy fixer upper, and I rode it to the Isle of Wight whilst I owned it. Mega reliable, ran on fumes and cheap parts. Plus they have a decent manual box.

I made a few hundred on mine, and I can see the same with the one in the photo at the top (save the advert 'til spring though)

Mini

 

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Some of them have symbols so you know what the lights mean. And some do not.

 

 

Is the clothes peg on the choke just out of shot?

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Bargaintastic. The interior makes it look like a Jag* as well.

Down the road from me. Late 70's ish.

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