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[Six-cylinder]

What am I looking at?

It is from a recent OCADO advert and it appears to be real and floats from a comment on FB by somebody who spotted it.

The real question I am asking is it some sort of amphibious car or was it a boat faked up to look like it may have wheels by the production company who made the Ad?

[High Jetter]

It's a Dutton Surf, real amphibian car.

[Sham]

Beat me to it - 4wd SURF (timdutton.com)

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

It's a Dutton Surf, real amphibian car.

That one passed me by, I don't remember even reading about it let alone seeing one!

[JJ0063]

Completely in a state of being over tired and not being able to sleep at 1am I decided randomly to have a go at a mock motorcycle theory test without ever having done any revision and managed 49/50.

I then proceeded to book my theory for 13th November.

Ive never ridden a motorcycle since having a moped at 16 and don’t know anything about bikes. 
 

You only live once! I’m going to do my direct access in the spring, might then replace the Discovery with a bike to see what the fuss is about.

[High Jetter]

I vaguely knew someone who worked at Dutton years ago, when I worked in Longlife Accessories in branches in Sussex and Hampshire - Dutton were/are based in Littlehampton.

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Completely in a state of being over tired and not being able to sleep at 1am I decided randomly to have a go at a mock motorcycle theory test without ever having done any revision and managed 49/50.

I then proceeded to book my theory for 13th November.

Ive never ridden a motorcycle since having a moped at 16 and don’t know anything about bikes. 
 

You only live once! I’m going to do my direct access in the spring, might then replace the Discovery with a bike to see what the fuss is about.

I need to do this, I have grandfathered rights on a 50cc, but have this Aprilia scooter sitting in the garage for the last 4 years waiting for me to get my licence.

I think I will do my theory, cbt and take to the road and see if I like it before doing my test. I had a 50cc Honda on the road 7 years ago and the traffic passing me was unpleasant, so I bought the 125cc. And yes partly bought it because I liked the look of it even if it is only a plastic fantastic.

[Bren]

I bought a can of spray for the vectra's headlights - they look more like a dockers teeth and are a fetching shade of yellow.

However as I masked them up I have decided that they are too far gone - most of it is on the inside.

[dozeydustman]

Just pulled into Sainsbury’s petrol station for the airline. Wife pointed out an “old brown car”. It was @Crackersin his P6

[D.E]

So it seems LHD CityRovers do (or did) exist after all! Every day's a school day eh... 

 

[Mally]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

That one passed me by, I don't remember even reading about it let alone seeing one!

Been building them for years. Had problems with the early ones, but seems he's got them sorted now.

Clever bloke Tim Dutton. Took the Ford motor company on about the the Sierra name, and didn't lose.

[barefoot]

As you may recall, I administer a small fleet of mini-buses. I got a phone call to let me know that the tail lift on one of them had failed leaving an old dear in a wheelchair stuck on board. I'm no mechanic, so I fired up an alternate bus with a working lift, thinking I'd be able to scoop her out of the back. I carefully mashed a flask of sweet, milky tea & two mugs and set off for what can best be described as 'a mercy dash'...

[Cookiesouwest]

Unhappy neighbour

[Zelandeth]

Excuse the shouting, but...

FINALLY!

That took several orders of magnitude longer than it really should have.

[andyberg]

The northern Bumflam is now a southerner 😁

[GrumpiusMaximus]

East Kent - Wolferton via Lechlade and Cheltenham yesterday.  Wolferton to East Kent via Cheltenham today.  Some of the nicest roads I've driven on in a long time but bugger me I'm tired.  How you professional drivers put in hundreds of miles a day, I'll never know.  Not like my car is particularly uncomfortable or anything, either.  I'm just a fat bastard.

[dean36014]

Driveway has a certain air of class about it now 😁

 

[Jamie]

My dad needs to be on As

 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

36 minutes ago, Jamie said:

My dad needs to be on As

 

 

I've spotted a few households in my area that ought to be, maybe we should have AS business cards to stick through letterboxes and hand out to friends and family. 

[Cord Fourteener]

I hate dodgy dpfs, it's making regret buying modern diesels.

I once used to justify my silly petrol purchases by saying diesels are just no good for short back-country journeys. 

I think i was right. 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just after renewing the VED for the CX for another year.....

[Crackers]

8 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Just pulled into Sainsbury’s petrol station for the airline. Wife pointed out an “old brown car”. It was @Crackersin his P6

The last you'll see of it for a while, I was filling the tank up to take it up to my parents' place, to get it out of my way for a few weeks while I arrange winter storage. It'll return in 2022!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, dean36014 said:

Driveway has a certain air of class about it now 😁

 

Finally succumbed? Or just moved it in from other storage?

[dean36014]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Finally succumbed? Or just moved it in from other storage?

Bought it a few weeks ago, gradually sorting out the mechanics, then start on the bodywork next year.

[richardmorris]

[clayts450]

My 814 miles last year in the Streetwise really took its toll. Note to self, stop reversing onto beds of nails

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Tasty 

[MarvinsMom]

On 10/9/2021 at 8:28 PM, MarvinsMom said:

Got all 4 cones changed on Cocopop, at last. George has had a mare of a job with it, as everything has been seized solid, and then the other week he had been in and out of the garage to deal with loonies running outta fuel.

the car is more like a monster truck instead of the low rider, that we were driving before hand.

car is booked in now for its MOT next week. the first time in more than 2 years

we have had the tracking done, now we have to run it for a bit, and then get the tracking done again when the suspension settles a bit.

 

Cocopop has achived an MOT pass, the first time it in 2 and 1/2 years that the car has been tested.

now to tax it, and use it, and hopfully enjoy it at least a bit before the bad weather starts and i've got to put it away. again.

[angle]

One to watch out for as I know a lot of people use Autoaid on here - the bank card I used to pay last year's membership expired, so I got a text saying my renewal hadn't gone through and asking me to phone up. Fine, except the guy said they now ask for the registration of cars in your household. I then got 'oh, the standard policy doesn't cover cars more than 15 years old, you need to take out an older car policy' (£74.99 rather than £59.99). Still cheaper than the AA or whatever and they were good the one time I needed to use them in the past, but not sure what would have happened if the renewal had gone through and then I'd broken down...

[Datsuncog]

Hmmm, don't remember them highlighting that on any of their T&Cs... I've been with Autoaid for over three years now, though never yet needed to call them out - and both our household cars are now in the '15yr old plus' bracket.

Will get on to them pronto and see what the score is - yep, the cover's still cheaper than AA/RAC so I don't particularly object to paying fifteen quid extra, but I'd be well hacked off if I was stranded and they turned me down because they never made me aware of this rather important fact... cheers for bringing this up!