Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Right - update time! After some meanderings - this is a Roffle! To keep the ticket price sensible at £10 each but not lose too much (sorry, I can't afford to lose anything these days ) the Smart comes as I got it (paid £500), plus the new tyre that cost £150 (but should have cost £80ish I think), ashtray, new blue caps, missing cupholder replaced, new badges. The other bits can be purchased separately for around what I paid - i.e. £35 for the bike rack, £25 for the clock, etc. It works - starts, stops, goes round corners well, has had a clutch in recent history, is reasonably tidy bar some sticker fading on the original, self-coloured yellow plastic panels. Oldest Smart in the UK with chassis 647. MoT March 2017. Seem fair? Car is still for sale until numbers are appropriately allocated, of course, and still very much open to deals on Mercedes C/E class estate (might consider W124 saloon, actually, if it has a towbar), Volvo 7/8/9 estate, Saab estate or... well, things which are estate-like and not VW/Audi. And now, the original story... In one of those "WCPGW" moments, I blew most of the "driving an 18 foot long 17mpg beast daily is probably not the route to financial security and happiness" budget on something daft. Of course, right after a bargain Vectra estate shows up, then a Jeep Cherokee, then... yeah. Anyway, the new conveyance of style & dreams is quite a long way away, and I wasn't going to ask anyone to run me down there because of the sheer tedium of the drive back. Confident that some fine engineering will get me home without backup, I'm taking a train down. The drive back may be a little convoluted, too... Don't need to leave for ages, but can't sleep at the best of times. I'd probably kill someone for a good lie-in! Train goes sometime after quarter past 11.*restless* Six-cylinder, mrbenn, Junkman and 8 others 11
Jifflemon Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 interesting.... Direct train? Tedious long journey back, but a seemingly late start to the day. Fine engineering rules out anything french. Aston Martin and Junkman 2
Six-cylinder Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 In one of those "WCPGW" moments, I blew most of the "driving an 18 foot long 17mpg beast daily is probably not the route to financial security and happiness" budget on something daft. 18 foot = 17 mpg, on that basis buy a car 9 foot long for 34 mpg or 41/2 feet for 68 mpg! Vince70, Bear, DeeJay and 3 others 6
Skizzer Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Yay! Quality watch shite there, too. Junkman and Dave_Q 2
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Housemate's Saab for the first leg... Note the stylish radio! Vince70 and brickwall 2
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Waiting for the 11:14 to St. Pancras from Market Harborugh. One of my friends has a studio in the station! Conrad D. Conelrad, Vince70, Junkman and 2 others 5
Pillock Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Traindoordating.com? Swipe right! Justin Case, brickwall, egg and 5 others 8
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Poem to follow... Skizzer, Pillock, Twiggy and 4 others 7
billyboy406v6 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 2 crap watches and 1 crap train this is auto shite at its best ??
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Food.Denied a greasy bacon roll. This has 'sa-lad' in it. What?! egg, Vince70 and Junkman 3
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Arrive at St. Pancras 12:10... Not too busy. And plenty of time before 12:37 train Lovely architecture! Time for playing... And my carriage awaits! Aston Martin, scruff, Vince70 and 3 others 6
brickwall Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Please tell me that ain't £11.50 for a sandwich
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 No, that's the best before time! Vince70, Justin Case and Twiggy 3
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Ballardian Ebbsfleet egg, Junkman, garethj and 3 others 6
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Ashford International to Hastings bit... Junkman, Vince70 and egg 3
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Nearly there... Rye looks interesting, lots of quirky shops... scruff, egg, johngarty and 2 others 5
Skizzer Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Can you see the sea yet? First one to see it gets an ice cream. inconsistant 1
Skizzer Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Whoa, hang on... Hastings? You aren't nicking the Rancho are you? DeeJay, Bear, inconsistant and 1 other 4
Vantman Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 You could have called in for a pub lunch at Ashford. Bear and egg 2
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Whoa, hang on... Hastings? You aren't nicking the Rancho are you?Mayyyybe... Would it Drive home? johngarty, Junkman and Skizzer 3
billyboy406v6 Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Your trains and timepieces are not improving, trust motor is mega ?
holbeck Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 ** News Flash** Timmy Mallet late for radio broadcast - cannot find his watch. trigger, Bear, face and 1 other 4
Skizzer Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 Mayyyybe... Would it Drive home? The front half might. Bear and wuvvum 2
Junkman Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 image.jpeg Housemate's Saab for the first leg... Note the stylish radio! Yellow trousers FTW!
Bear Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 Vantman, DeeJay, Jim Bergerac and 14 others 17
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