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[Cord Fourteener]

Boring news. New Volvo 740 is parked up for a few days, went to get my winter tyres on the Mondeo so it can be the family workhorse as usual!

[crad]

its not much but I did my first piece of work on my own car- the herculean* task of the front wiper blades and a rear lightbulb.  slightly broke the clip of the drivers wiper blade but i'm sure that will hold, it seems very tight (fnarr) anyway.

[Bren]

Getting a slot for Iceland or Asda is akin to winning the lottery.

When did life get so shite?

[Floatylight]

Grand Picasso back in for an MOT after over Christmas replacement of injector seals..

 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

I've just learnt that Andromeda is going to collide with our milky way in 4 billion years time. In light of this, I've started to stockpile toilet roll.

[wuvvum]

8 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

They did them as 7 seater right? Hope so!

I don't think they did on those.  I think you have to move up to the Expert Combi to get more than 5 seats.

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said:

I've just learnt that Andromeda is going to collide with our milky way in 4 billion years time. In light of this, I've started to stockpile toilet roll.

Presumably no-one's told you what the Sun is planning to do 4 billion years on Tuesday?

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Create a front page belter to stir up public Kaos?

[Kiltox]

3 hours ago, Bren said:

Getting a slot for Iceland or Asda is akin to winning the lottery.

When did life get so shite?

Surprised at that - Iceland near me (not the store I work in) is busy but has availability from Friday onwards.  They do seem to have slightly reduced capacity this week though, not sure why  

I don’t think I would be able to get a Tesco/Asda slot mind. 

[BorniteIdentity]

From where I am (Cambridgeshire) the supermarkets are playing it very, very well.

My Mother and Father in Law (He is clinically vulnerable) can get Tesco and Iceland twice a week if they want it.  Me (Young gay fresh and funky) can't - but can get Click and Collect slots at 50 pence or whatever.  The 85 item limit is just about right and stops people getting silly (cuntish) about it all.

No doubt there are people in the middle who are frightened and can't easily get deliveries, but in the main they're doing a good job of limiting slots (2 in advance) and prioritising the right people.

It's a shame that people can't just be human about stuff, but I've given up being surprised about that now.  If you don't expect, you're never disappointed.

[Stanky]

MOT day tomorrow for the mercedes, last year it was £312 in total, will it be more or less this year do we think?

What'll it be, Slobodan?

[Floatylight]

3 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Grand Picasso back in for an MOT after over Christmas replacement of injector seals..

 

Update- Its passed! 183k on a 1.6hdi, not bad going..

[Kiltox]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

From where I am (Cambridgeshire) the supermarkets are playing it very, very well.

My Mother and Father in Law (He is clinically vulnerable) can get Tesco and Iceland twice a week if they want it.  Me (Young gay fresh and funky) can't - but can get Click and Collect slots at 50 pence or whatever.  The 85 item limit is just about right and stops people getting silly (cuntish) about it all.

No doubt there are people in the middle who are frightened and can't easily get deliveries, but in the main they're doing a good job of limiting slots (2 in advance) and prioritising the right people.

It's a shame that people can't just be human about stuff, but I've given up being surprised about that now.  If you don't expect, you're never disappointed.

Meanwhile I delivered to the same customer on both Saturday and Sunday last week. 🤦‍♂️

[brownnova]

My 9000 will be a couple of days getting it’s brake lines done...

Whilst I’m there he says “don’t fancy another do you mate as a spares car” and points towards what (in the dark) appears to be a reasonably straight looking black 9000... 

Apparently the oil pump has gone knackering the engine.

 So yeah, I’ve been offered a complete spares car for £200... 🤔🤔🤔 tempting. 

[NorthernMonkey]

2 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Surprised at that - Iceland near me (not the store I work in) is busy but has availability from Friday onwards.  They do seem to have slightly reduced capacity this week though, not sure why  

I don’t think I would be able to get a Tesco/Asda slot mind. 

We’ve just had a delivery from Asda and booked our next one...plenty of availability from Monday onwards.

[Cord Fourteener]

16 minutes ago, brownnova said:

My 9000 will be a couple of days getting it’s breaker lines done...

Whilst I’m there he says “don’t fancy another do you mate as a spares car” and points towards what (in the dark) appears to be a reasonably straight looking black 9000... 

Apparently the oil pump has gone knackering the engine.

 So yeah, I’ve been offered a complete spares car for £200... 🤔🤔🤔 tempting. 

It will pay for itself in no time flat...

[Cord Fourteener]

5 hours ago, crad said:

its not much but I did my first piece of work on my own car- the herculean* task of the front wiper blades and a rear lightbulb.  slightly broke the clip of the drivers wiper blade but i'm sure that will hold, it seems very tight (fnarr) anyway.

First step is the first step.

Good work, I say!

[brownnova]

6 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

It will pay for itself in no time flat...

Yes it is quite tempting... 

[crad]

13 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

First step is the first step.

Good work, I say!

aye, rome wasn't built in a day. MOT tommorow, not holding out much hope for the poor thing but it shall live

[wuvvum]

Fuck me, it's all kicking off in Muricuh!  

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

What, wait... Lemme go get my maga hat!!!

[Ghosty]

POLITICS?

[Jazoli]

Oh give over

Trump is a grade a lunatic, it shows just how low the IQ of the average trump supporter is, and how are they allowed to carry rifles and semi-automatic assault rifles in public? It is insane.

[loserone]

Just now, Jazoli said:

Trump is a grade a lunatic,

Bloody extreme lefty

3 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

POLITICS?

 

[somewhatfoolish]

It's a shit riot, they've not turned over any cars and nothing is on fire. They're just milling around like freshly castrated cattle.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Fuck me, it's all kicking off in Muricuh!  

It's fucking lamentable, that's what it is. Trump is grade A Psychopath. I hope he does come to Scotland for golf, he'll get his heid in his hauns tae play wi'.

[Cord Fourteener]

3 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

It's a shit riot, they've not turned over any cars and nothing is on fire. They're just milling around like freshly castrated cattle.

If they were Berliners... Fuck me every VAG shite would be on its roof...

Anyway. Ahem. What Politics? It's Wednesday, Europe is a continent. America is also a continent, or two depending on how you see it.

Questions? I thought not.

[somewhatfoolish]

36 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

If they were Berliners... Fuck me every VAG shite would be on its roof...

Anyway. Ahem. What Politics? It's Wednesday, Europe is a continent. America is also a continent, or two depending on how you see it.

Questions? I thought not.

More of an incontinent at the moment.

[Floatylight]

3 hours ago, brownnova said:

My 9000 will be a couple of days getting it’s brake lines done...

Whilst I’m there he says “don’t fancy another do you mate as a spares car” and points towards what (in the dark) appears to be a reasonably straight looking black 9000... 

Apparently the oil pump has gone knackering the engine.

 So yeah, I’ve been offered another project car for £200... 🤔🤔🤔 tempting. 

FTFY

[brownnova]

I did wonder how hard fitting a working 2.3 turbo engine would be...