rml2345

thought this best be posted in this thread  

I think that has to be the most depressing and dystopian one so far.  Well done.

Black Range Rover with BO55 numberplate.
An utter cunt in every way.  If you were sat next to them on a plane journey, you’d happily get out halfway through.

See how your relatively economical heaps economy plummets when faced with round the town traffic? Yeah, times that by eleventy billion. Stop start, stop start, it absolutely kills economy even in the best of things. Add an old school auto gearbox and it’s no real wonder that they only do pitiful miles per gallon.
As a confirmed 680 and L10 fan (sorry, no Gardners here - go back to the 19th century where you belong), it pains me to say that modern engines aren’t that bad on torque and given the obscene amounts of stress they’re put under by their mega turbos and strangled with hideously complex emission control equipment, the figures that they put out are nothing short of remarkable. Longevity isn’t that bad either.
It’s this economy that’s driving some large operators push for more battery electrics, they are simply far cheaper to fuel and in an industry that seems to constantly invent new bottoms to race towards, fuel costs are a huge stumbling block in trying to make services pay. Add on reduced component wear, reduced maintenance and theoretically longer service life (mechanically, anyway), it’s a no brainer.

You're not wrong! The NXWM B7s were nearly always on full until Grayson Systems came out with an electric retrofit package. They're quite cool too as they have a routine where they blow backwards to help clear the crap back out of the fins.
The original set up was an ecu controlled hydraulic set up and its fail state was full on at full (engine driven) pump pressure Needless to say, any glitch in sensors, wiring or ecu meant double deck hoovers running around. They reckoned that it knocked over 1mpg off the economy, not great when they're only doing about 5 to begin with.

I'll just drop this here.

a very stern man telling you how to change gear on a Leyland National 

Went out a wander yesterday and got a nosy in here - Stockwell Garage had the largest single span concrete structure in Europe when it was built in the 1950s.

I put a few NCB trucks in the other thread, so here are some buses as well

Greenhill Lower Junction, Falkirk. ScotRail Push and Pull service and is that an Alexander bodied Y type coach?

Let's peak behind the curtain -

An Ikarus 255 in Kuibyshev Oblast, Togliatti, 1975.

A LAZ-699R Volgograd, 1988.

This one is a CAVZ-3270, purpose built on a GAZ chassis for harsh weather.

Peek-a-boo, let's hide behind a Uralets-66.

And finally, a ZIL-158B.

Northumberland Street, NuT.

A picture of a special bus from London on a trip in Norway has appeared, does anyone know what kind of bus this is?

And people seem to think the Buick is French registered?

Apologies for lack of reply, have been dead but a bit better now.
Got this and bonus Haribo to share with Wife_RML who is less appreciative of the stupendous Autoshite calendar.
Many thanks!

A slightly shoddy picture of the surprisingly cramped interior of a Saab 9-3 and more importantly of 36 envelopes just before dispatch this evening. We have a very late post collection here (7pm dontcha know).
@grogee, @dozeydustman, @juular, @adw1977, @catsinthewelder, @davidfowler2000, @castros_bro, @TrabbieRonnie, @garycox, @bobdisk, @Macscrooge, @Chuck Buckles, @Sunny Jim, @KruJoe, @AnnoyingPentium, @aldo135, @EyesWeldedShut, @Zelandeth, @rml2345, @brownnova, @rob88h, @Wibble, @captain_70s, @I_am_Diesel, @Tommyboy12, @Fat_Pirate, @N19, @Marina door handles, @Spottedlaurel, @quicksilver, @HillmanImp, @95 quid Peugeot, @Matty, @Cookiesouwest, @red5, @chaseracer
yours were all in the box above and were dispatched today (Wednesday) 2nd class post, delivery could be from any time Friday onwards. 
@RobT, @wesacosa, @vulgalour and @garycox's other calendar I will endeavour to hand deliver yours as you are all local to me or my route to work.  I'm planning on a route Friday evening unless I get screwed over by traffic
@2316cc and @hairnet's UK addressed one will go out tomorrow (Thursday).  Sorry, I ran out of lunch hour to pack these last few at work. 
@MorrisItalSLX I've sent a PM, at last!  Sorry that it's taken so long, I had to wait until the calendars were here so that I could weigh them to get a price.

My one the second.
A much more  slapdash affair ..
Uaz 452
 
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Fuel pin ALL THE WAY ROUND.
MAX FUEL FOR DAYS
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HOLSET Hx50

 
= mild lolz

Absolutely this. I'd paint it Nightfire Red or Amaranth and I think it'd look awesome, as would an SD1 to the same spec.
Or as a more modern equivalent, a Rover 75 V8 Tourer with supercharger, Monogram paint, Personal Line leather and all the nice stuff from the early cars that Project Deprive removed (and the original front end styling - thanks LBF). I fear that might blow the 10 grand budget though.

Two wall hanging calendars wot are for hanging on walls please.

Pre facelift Rover P6, ideally an Estoura but a saloon would be fine. Converted to run a 3.9 litre EFi Rover V8 with a ZF 4HP22 or 4HP24. Probably uprated brakes just to be on the safe side but the rest left as stock as is practicable.
If there's anything left over it can be spent on fuel.

Reduce mine to one please, my long time calendar companion isn't wanting one. 

Lovely idea but I'd go LS400 engine and box for a bit more modernity. 

Volvo Amazon estate then make it just 100% reliable and as economical as possible with a few comfort focused pieces added.
Then just use it as a car.

Pre facelift Rover P6, ideally an Estoura but a saloon would be fine. Converted to run a 3.9 litre EFi Rover V8 with a ZF 4HP22 or 4HP24. Probably uprated brakes just to be on the safe side but the rest left as stock as is practicable.
If there's anything left over it can be spent on fuel.

Pre facelift Rover P6, ideally an Estoura but a saloon would be fine. Converted to run a 3.9 litre EFi Rover V8 with a ZF 4HP22 or 4HP24. Probably uprated brakes just to be on the safe side but the rest left as stock as is practicable.
If there's anything left over it can be spent on fuel.