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Everything posted by tooSavvy
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When I see BMW powered imps I get a yen for my Pocket Rocket...rip 884KOE. ππ¨
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@DirtyDaily... My Hero *Standing in my toasty kitchen... Nice Mottah M9 π ππ¨
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@MorrisItalSLX.. there's a tatty 'Countryman' estate (met red..π€) monte knocking about Wallsend. ππ¨
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Rather sad sight (for 2.5seconds π―) Hauling up the stretch from the end of Washington highway onto the A1.... Following a large artic - not rushing it, everyone howling past us... I spotted a rabbit, just going (.... trying π’) over the kerb into the undergrowth with a mashed up/dragging leg = big boyo just squashed it! Probably death throes TBH... Ah well ππ¨
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Ahh..... The 'savoury lungfuls!'... π΅βπ« The bus to South Shields left from there so, as a kid, Ma would go shopping and we would wait for the bus home. The stands were a 'herring bone' layout and you stood with your back to the next bus up the stalls.. so to speak. The drivers left the engines on and we were smoked out, like kippers π€ͺ ..... the gudd auld dayzz π ππ¨
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The Ford '100,000 Mile Club' key fob, leather, was a globe with 4 silver rings round it π. No longer in my possession [Cortina III or fob] π ππ¨
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Well, well, well... π You drive into Morrisons for a fill-up and whatdy find abandoned on the pump plinth.. yupp 2 of em! ..... So now I've two. @loserone + this one π₯π₯³. ππ¨
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Yrr looking well, MonAmi.... π ππ¨
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Now..... If only I was actively searching out a $hitty auld nail π #local ππ¨
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What A Beautiful Day βοΈ Popped over to Penrith for lunch.... Geezze π―... Bit snowy about Hartside β·οΈ ππ¨
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My Estelle got through starter motors (a dealer purchase/brand new...) π *never paid for them π
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PooLo... Shirleyπ€ BonChance ππ¨
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Would that have kicked off the *lucrative trade, buying UK spec cars in Belgium and discovering lots of detail differences.... π€
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Flakey paint..... Get a fella up, with a bucket n brush. *No..... Wait! Do a PROPER job, over 4 years, and FFS don't splash the Kittywakes π― ππ¨
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As an aside.... I keep a plastic tub box in the hatch boot, with some basic tools and oil/washer top up stuff, I took it out to get the old tyres in... Having NEVER raised the spare wheel cover board and looked under it π±.... I reckoned if the spare was a baldy scrapper then one of the 'good' wheels being chucked out could be swapped in π€ No need to worry π Brand-new/unrun spare, full toolkit [in factory Hessian bag] + NO WATER in well π ...... we'll forget about that now, then π€£ ππ¨
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Quick trip over to the Civic Amenities Site, Wallsend. By pre appointment 17:30 - 18:00. Skipped 2x Getz wheels, numerous plastic bottles of old oil [into recycling drum], single pane radiator & junked 4x plugleads 4x 14" wheel trims.... Job jobbed... π₯ ππ¨
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Elasticated gusset in kegs, for all them Kahoonis π€π TresBon ππ¨
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So..... Leg stretch, here at Creswell Ices, and the car is transformed π₯³π₯. Smooth as Silk β₯οΈ ππ¨
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20 minute 'upgrade'...... All new leads + air filter .... Good lash of Silicone spray >> down plugholes .. into plug sticks .. onto coil posts .. into lead coil plugs .. over coil body + loom plugs π ππ¨
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..... 90 more today ππ ππ¨