Mr Lobster

Most of the women with the 'Powered By Fairydust' stickers on their cars should actually have them replaced with 'Powered By Greggs' from what I have noticed.

Most of the women with the 'Powered By Fairydust' stickers on their cars should actually have them replaced with 'Powered By Greggs' from what I have noticed.

Couple of current accessories which mark out those vehicles so adorned as owned by imbeciles - 
 

 
and obviously -
 

 
Usually seen on the back of a Ka / 500 / Clio / 207 spelling 'SEXY CHICK' or something equally improbable.

Years old and everybody has probably heard it a million times but makes me smile each time  I read it;
 
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and
spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me,
can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I
don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees
north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the woman,
"How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is, technically
correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact
is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything,
you've delayed my trip."

The woman below responded, "You must be in Management." "I am," replied
the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're
going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air.
You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people
beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same
position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

I learnt in a Toyota Corolla; think it's number plate was D701SWL.....

Cooked myself a full English and washed it down with a nice cup of tea.
 
There is no finer way to start a Sunday.

Cooked myself a full English and washed it down with a nice cup of tea.
 
There is no finer way to start a Sunday.

Cooked myself a full English and washed it down with a nice cup of tea.
 
There is no finer way to start a Sunday.

Never take advice from a cat. They know very little about car maintenance and chaos often ensues if a cats' advice is heeded. Unless you need half a mouse, some sicked up fur or a dead woodlouse. In which case they can contribute quite well.

Done well it can look really good. A nice set of wheels and slight lowering works for me, examples -
 

Fiat 127 by Mr Lobster, on Flickr
 

Vauxhall Cavalier by Mr Lobster, on Flickr
 

Mk1 GTi by Mr Lobster, on Flickr
 

R4 GTL by Mr Lobster, on Flickr
 

Renault 17 by Mr Lobster, on Flickr

I was wondering that, this is from the days when Autoshite was brilliant.

Glad its not just me - brew time in our office is usually when I spot that its 11.08. Same as the engine size of my R4

I'm not against privatisation in some circumstances but Royal Mail should be left alone. I don't buy this bollocks that they need the money to invest anyway, they still made a very handsome profit last year as it is. Privatisation will only bring greater costs for the users and a poorer service. And if you live somewhere remote (Scotland, the Isle of Wight, Cornwall) then you're probably shafted. The current situation whereby Royal Mail and the Post Office are entirely seperate organisations is stupid enough as it is.
 
BTW, the Post Office (as seperate from RM) are going to scrap all that medium /. large packet silliness they introduced a few months back and bring prices back down. Apparently they have lost a lot of over the counter business because of it.

Glad its not just me - brew time in our office is usually when I spot that its 11.08. Same as the engine size of my R4

I bought this off Panhard on here in February. Car has had a full respray, all the dents and knocks fixed. Seeing these makes me very happy!
 
Before:
 

 

 
 
After:
 

 

You're a;; taking it too seriously FFS. if you dont like car shows don't go to them!! But dont choose to go to one and then grumble about the folk mucking about with badge boards and cuddly toys and that. Thats what a car show is!!! FFS I WENT TO A SUPERMARKET YESTERDAY AND EVERY SINGLE SHELF WAS CHOCK FULL OF BASTARD FOOD!!!!! WHAT A JOKE, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPERMARKETS ANY MORE.

Welcome to  my kitchen -
 

Welcome to  my kitchen -
 

Welcome to  my kitchen -
 

Welcome to  my kitchen -
 

I notice its had one of those de-cat conversions that all the kidz are on about.

Hacked my arse. He was driving too fast, went through a red light and hit a tree. Then he died.
 
End of story.

If a car is driven less than 50k miles in 14 years, then the petrol consumption makes absolutely sod all of a difference.
What do they have in mind? Buy a new car to save 150 quid worth of petrol a year?
They should trade it in for a 198X Turbo Bentley, because there will be the day such stuff becomes illegal and then they regret every yard they didn't drive a decent motor.

Must add: I ran an 04 Slaguna DCi and ended up really respecting it. They are a lot better than some of the overrated shit out there.

My 2p worth.
 
As much as I don't want to see the forum heavily moderated I think some moderation is in order.
 
Cavette was right to lock the thread, from the minute it was posted it was only ever going to go one way and was best locked / deleted / not posted right from the start.
 
So whilst I don't want RR style moderation there does need to be moderation to delete obvious trouble / trolls / scammers and not just to authorise new members.
 
It'd be nice if people thought a bit more before they posted and considered whether they were actually posting something of interest or something that could be better added to another thread or whatever. A form of self moderation or whatever.
 
Not sure how a five minute delay on posts being published would work as it could get confusing but +1 on not using 'real' names as its hard work for those of us who don't use facebook...