cort1977 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 My Dad had one of those AA keys, I never knew what it was for until now.
fred Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Still got one of those AA keys hanging on my key rack, god knows why now! Been there since I can remember
EssDeeWon Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Whats the AA key for then? When the Rover doesn't start you stick that in the ignition and try it with that key??
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Oh, the innocence of Yoof! The key would open the little wooden AA call boxes that used to be dotted about the place, so that an AA member could call for help when his/her car went kabong. They may have been Tardises, or gateways to Narnia, or HELL, for all I know. There is still one, IIRC, by that hotel where Shitefest Cymru tends to happen. fred, Sigmund Fraud and Junkman 3
fred Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Back in the day when AA men saluted anyone with a AA badge adorned on their chrome grille
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Yesterday I drove the Rovaaaaaaaaaah 550 miles or so, and was behind the wheel for something over eleven hours. Mostly motorway driving, with some slow and sweaty M25 traffic, and a bit of country road stuff. The car behaved well, and I arrived home feeling surprisingly untired, such is the car's wafty smoothness and ease of driving.Sadly, it took only ten minutes stopped at Cobham Services for someone to place a standard issue selfish door-opener's ding on each of the nearside doors, front and rear. Tiny dings, and it's only an old car, but it's sad to reflect on the solipsism of Mr Typical Car Park Twannock. I have just jet washed the heap, and it didn't leak at sunroof, screens or doors. Hey, most of the paint even stayed on, so, bonus. PS: Also, driving on a dark country road late last night, through a very woody foresty leafy tunnelly bit I, thwacked a protruding branch and put a dent in the chrome cover of the nearside door mirror, but this is no biggies, and I wouldn't be me if I didn't bork a car at least a bit as soon as I get it. PPS: met another standard bloke at a fuel station who said he'd had a Vitesse that he had bored out to 97 litres and made it go faster than a Space Shuttle etc etc yadda yadda. Insisted on showing me photies of his brother's P5. Cars, eh? CGSB, scruff, Junkman and 4 others 7
purplebargeken Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 BV, I haz Dolomite screws for you. PM your details please mate and I will chuck 'em in the post. EssDeeWon 1
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Velour-o-rama Magnificent Rustbucket, drum, alf892 and 5 others 8
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Amazeballs spottagement of leprous 2300 in Moonraker Blue. Appears to be a daily. Shep Shepherd, Magnificent Rustbucket, Skizzer and 6 others 9
EssDeeWon Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Flippin eck! Where did you find that classy motor BV?? Love Moonraker Blue.
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Parked up on the road near the M40, where people lob their cars when catching the bus to London or Oxford. Photos fail to convey just how scabulated the body was. Gloomy dark grey interior, filled with tat eg old copies of Daily Mirror, empty coke bottles, brolly, 2010 road atlas, etc. Cannot recall whether auto or manual.
Bren Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Parked up on the road near the M40, where people lob their cars when catching the bus to London or Oxford. Photos fail to convey just how scabulated the body was. Gloomy dark grey interior, filled with tat eg old copies of Daily Mirror, empty coke bottles, brolly, 2010 road atlas, etc. Cannot recall whether auto or manual.The fact that it runs speaks volumes.
alf892 Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Velour-o-rama 11760204_10153143893578759_5943776772434093523_n.jpg Changing your own gears? Peasant! What a lovely interior that is though..........uncluttered and well laid out
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Ye olde autoslush very rubbish in these. Very pleasant five speeder shake it all about stick, and a little man pops out of the second glovebox and changes the gears for you on request. The interior is very lovely. The headlining you could eat yer dinner off.
Dr Mike Oxgreen Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 BV was kind enough to let me have a drive in it, and it truly is lovely. Engine is *so* smooth. The ride quality is fantastic, but not at the expense of making the car at all boat-like. Brakes are a little seventies, but that's probably more a reflection on my driving skillz. In return, BV had a go in the TVR - which he drove very admirably, it not being the easiest car to drive smoothly. Then we swapped drivers and I showed what the bottom half of the throttle travel does. I have a bad feeling I, er, might have scared the shit out of him, but oh well never mind, eh? Junkman and Skizzer 2
EssDeeWon Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 BV has one of the best looking cars in the world! I am not jealous that you own that, ya jammy bastard!!
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 The engine was off its feed that day. Possibly cobwebs as it had not been used much before I bought it. Maybe also dodgy dashpots. Dunno. It was hesitating a bit and not pulling properly. Come and have another go. Still smooooooooth, but now more powerful. Not TVR Warp 97 powerful, but not so slow either. Junkman and Dr Mike Oxgreen 2
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 PS: I drove the TVR like an utter numptie. Dr Mike then showed it who was in charge.
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 MOAR picz - Vince70, Coprolalia, EssDeeWon and 12 others 15
cort16 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Wow that's so clean!My one was missing the big dusty bin filter so I fitted a cone filter YO so it could just suck loads of hot air from the engine and never run right. Seen hear jump starting an Jagwar. IMG_0747 by cort16, on Flickr Magnificent Rustbucket, Junkman and fred 3
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Autoshite wheel arch repair of YES. Junkman 1
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Here is the car hanging with posh modern motaaahs in the car park outside where I pretend to work. Also, oh noes, cars in jail! Junkman, Vince70, Essex V6 and 9 others 12
fred Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Annd the man with the biggest corporate cock is the one on the far right, he needs no big money car to cosset his manliness saucedoctor 1
trigger Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 I've only just spotted this as I was on holiday when you first posted it. What a stunning car, I'd love to own one of these one day and your one looks perfect. I'm very jealous of your recent purchases!
EssDeeWon Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 I've only just spotted this as I was on holiday when you first posted it. What a stunning car, I'd love to own one of these one day and your one looks perfect. I'm very jealous of your recent purchases! You need to get door knocking for that dark blue 2600 VDP in Ipswich Trig. Wasn't it recently bought back to life by the owners:? trigger 1
trigger Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Well remembered! Yes it it still sits on the driveway too under a tarp, that's another car I'd like to get my cars on one day.
Noel Tidybeard Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 PS: I drove the TVR like an utter numptie. Dr Mike then showed it who was in charge.YOU are NEVA in charge of a TreVoR Dr Mike Oxgreen 1
Guest Breadvan72 Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Someone on PH actually said something funny, and pointed out that the SD1 has been banged up for impersonating a Ferrari Daytona. I have responded by saying that the Panamera has been banged up for impersonating a car. BTW, still NO LEAKS, despite mucho ranio in Olde London Towne. No OMGHGF either, despite traffic up the wazoo. This madness cannot last! Junkman, Vince70 and EssDeeWon 3
purplebargeken Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 It looks so dainteeee next to the modern shite even though it is not a small car by AS standards. Looks simply lovely though.
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