Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - The BIG news of the day is I have driven my own Mini Mayfair for the first time!

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

I'm sure we can find you something to do!

bring hoover pinny rubber gloves

[Mrs6C]

The JCB needs a bit of a clean, but also, if I haven't lent out the scratter and press, I have about a tonne of cider apples to mill and press...

[Longbridge Apologist]

2 hours ago, mat_the_cat said:

Not really relevant, but a close reg to my wife's old Megane.

Seen here with my BX while we were putting a phone line to the house nearly 15 years ago now!

Are you doing it again now with some fibre optic? 

[High Jetter]

17 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

The JCB needs a bit of a clean, but also, if I haven't lent out the scratter and press, I have about a tonne of cider apples to mill and press...

Ooh, get you with your modern metrics! Wasn't it 'a load' in years past?

[mat_the_cat]

49 minutes ago, Longbridge Apologist said:

Are you doing it again now with some fibre optic? 

No plans to, as fibre optic is still a few miles away  - we only laid the cable to the nearest road around 400m from the house. So until fibre gets there, there's nothing to be gained. And TBH, we now get significantly faster connection over 4G than the 3-4 MBps over broadband. If only we'd known...

[chaseracer]

11 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

I'm sure we can find you something to do!

NOW I'm worried! 😬

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

NOW I'm worried! 😬

It is great you are coming over to fully service our JCB, don't forget your big boy tool kit as this is one of the hydraulic filters!

[Six-cylinder]

Oh lighter duties I hear you say, well there are 200 cars to clean!

[Eyersey1234]

How many full size cars have you owned over the years @Six-cylinder? 

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

How many full size cars have you owned over the years @Six-cylinder? 

About the same as my model collection, There is nearly a model for each car we own, have owned or I have had as a company cars. (Not just the ones I have driven)

There are a couple of white metal kits that need building in my cupboard, Reliant Scimitar 5a, and MGZS.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

How many full size cars have you owned over the years @Six-cylinder? 

Based on what he mentioned in passing to me months ago when I passed him the Alpine cassette stereo out of my CX, you'll need to set aside at least a week to hear the full list....

[chaseracer]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is great you are coming over to fully service our JCB, don't forget your big boy tool kit as this is one of the hydraulic filters!

[dozeydustman]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Reliant Scimitar 5a

Does it come with an appropriately scaled Princess Anne?

[chaseracer]

57 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Does it come with an appropriately scaled Princess Anne?

But Y THO...? 😉

[hairnet]

20 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

I'm sure we can find you something to do!

 

8 hours ago, chaseracer said:

NOW I'm worried! 😬

chain him to kettle

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

But Y THO...? 😉

Next time I'll ask if it comes with a to-scale Dickie Davies

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Does it come with an appropriately scaled Princess Anne?

Princess Anne has scales? Always thought there was something fishy about her. 🤣

[Six-cylinder]

My CLK has had a very badly blowing exhaust for a while now and I have not been using it for fear it might fall off or cause damage. I finally took it in to be fixed this week terrified how much an exhaust might cost for a Mercedes V6. Turns out it was just a broken clamp allowing the exhaust to separate. This means after 2 years of ownership of the @HMC CLK320 it is firmly on the good car list and back in use!

[hairnet]

such. a. tart.

[Crackers]

How much for a short back and sides Chris? 

[Six-cylinder]

24 minutes ago, Crackers said:

How much for a short back and sides Chris? 

I always thought it was the Peugeot 306 Cabriolet I was going to be called out for!

[Six-cylinder]

Sunday 28th Nov if anybody is free we hope to pop up to the FoD to move a couple of cars and then a cupper at the house.

11.30 am meet at the house. PM me if you are planning to come over so I know how best to contact you to let you know if we are at the house or FoD.

[richardmorris]

I’ll have a think Chris. Probably no, but see how the weather looks in the morning - just getting over a cold and a day in freezing temp does not sound too appealing.

[AxWomble]

We’ve  got a friend round this weekend and sadly I’m on roast dinner duty - after numerous free weekends, I was dying to come to my first FoD, never mind! We’re down off J5 of the M40 now, so not far to come up even at short notice or if you need an extra pair of hands for anything. Thanks all the same and sorry can’t make it! 

[beko1987]

I'm putting a bloody shed up tomorrow 😂 In Winslow though... Aiming to get up there early and if we're all done at lunchtime I'll see where you're at. 

[beko1987]

49 minutes ago, AxWomble said:

We’ve  got a friend round this weekend and sadly I’m on roast dinner duty - after numerous free weekends, I was dying to come to my first FoD, never mind! We’re down off J5 of the M40 now, so not far to come up even at short notice or if you need an extra pair of hands for anything. Thanks all the same and sorry can’t make it! 

Oooh you live in Fraggle now? 🙏😂 I'll wave when I drive to work (Marlow) 

[Zelandeth]

Sadly I'm tied up tomorrow.  Got a load of things I need to get done prepping for a bunch of jobs including getting new fences installed, especially as it's the only day I have a helper on hand for a while - and need to give the Jag a pre-MOT inspection.  Plus sort the windscreen washers, the dodgy fog light and get the nearside headlight to point vaguely in the right direction again.

If vehicles are being moved and it's not a huge pain (which given the recent weather it may well be deemed to be - if so please don't bother) and the Cavalier could be got to somewhere on a hard surface that would be brilliant.

Jag hopefully should be moving on in the next week or two and once that's done can look to arrange collection.  Though conditions for getting vehicles out of the field are only getting worse as the winter progresses.  I'd kinda hoped to have it sorted by now, but it's taken way longer to sort things to make the hole for it than I'd hoped.

[AxWomble]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Oooh you live in Fraggle now? 🙏😂 I'll wave when I drive to work (Marlow) 

I had to Google that (not a local innit) without much success - although Wikipedia seems to be able to work it out! Yep, here for the next year at least - we had snow this morning, #TopOfTheHill! 😂
 

 

[mintwth]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Oooh you live in Fraggle now? 🙏😂 I'll wave when I drive to work (Marlow) 

Dance your cares away

Worry's for another day

[hairnet]

for a cup of tea - yes

116 quid on the train - no

also see about wind - that says no too

will be in mk next week - so maybe (lock up your cake)