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[gm]

must be the night for AS good samaritan-ing. I was out getting dinner and happened across an elderly lady who had been dazzled by oncoming headlights and drove over the end of the parking bay down a three foot drop, her car was well and truly stuck at a worrying angle. I got her safely out of the car, made sure she was ok then rescued the two confused dogs from the rear footwell. It was good to see that a number of folk stopped to offer help, one thoroughly decent chap went and got her a cup of tea while I called the AA for help. The promised recovery truck was taking a long time to appear so the police were called, they arrived and got the lady home safely, the truck still awol. Big thanks to the girl from the local Costa coffee who had seen what was going on and brought out hot drinks, what a lovely thing to do.

 

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, gm said:

must be the night for AS good samaritan-ing. I was out getting dinner and happened across an elderly lady who had been dazzled by oncoming headlights and drove over the end of the parking bay down a three foot drop, her car was well and truly stuck at a worrying angle. I got her safely out of the car, made sure she was ok then rescued the two confused dogs from the rear footwell. It was good to see that a number of folk stopped to offer help, one thoroughly decent chap went and got her a cup of tea while I called the AA for help. The promised recovery truck was taking a long time to appear so the police were called, they arrived and got the lady home safely, the truck still awol. Big thanks to the girl from the local Costa coffee who had seen what was going on and brought out hot drinks, what a lovely thing to do.

 

I’m pleased that there are good Samaritans about still. 

[gm]

shame about the fanny in the transit who shouted "you can't park there missus" hope his next shite is a hedgehog

[horriblemercedes]

I had a funny conversation today. I took my dad to pick up his new car. A brand new Discovery 5. Left him alone for a few minutes to inspect it and I was having a chat with the saleswoman.

Her: What do you drive then?

Me: A BMW 3-Series

Her: They're nice cars. Have you ever considered a Jaguar?

Me: Actually my last car was a Jaguar. I really liked it.

Her: Oh really? Which one was it?

Me: S-Type

Her (eyes lit up): Oh really? Why did you get rid of it?

Me: It was really rusty.

Her: Oh, I see. I haven't heard of that with them. I'll have to look into it. I thought maybe you had kids and needed more seats.

Me (penny drops): No, no. An S-Type. Not an F-Type. Don't worry, I can't afford any of the cars in this showroom!

Her (looking disappointed): Oh, I see.

[wuvvum]

Randomly, after about 9 months, the driver's door window on the 75 has started working again.  Just in time for winter...

[horriblemercedes]

7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Randomly, after about 9 months, the driver's door window on the 75 has started working again.  Just in time for winter...

When you say working, it didn't go to the bottom and then stick there, right?

[wuvvum]

Nope, went up and down just fine.  The driver's door switch pack has been completely unresponsive (apart from the door mirror adjustment) for the past 9 months or so, despite my having replaced both the switch pack and the BCM.  I'd pretty much given up on it.

[horriblemercedes]

18 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Nope, went up and down just fine.  The driver's door switch pack has been completely unresponsive (apart from the door mirror adjustment) for the past 9 months or so, despite my having replaced both the switch pack and the BCM.  I'd pretty much given up on it.

I'm glad to hear it. I love 75s. I probably would've had a CDT Tourer if my 320d hadn't come up here (by Jamie) for a great price. A 320d wasn't on my radar but a 75 was what I really wanted. At least I've got the same engine, so that's kind of close

[SiC]

The restoration side of Charles Ware has apparently gone into administration. Parts section still going on as a separate concern. 

[artdjones]

1 minute ago, SiC said:

The restoration side of Charles Ware has apparently gone into administration. Parts section still going on as a separate concern. 

Minors are not as fashionable as they once were. 

[loserone]

Saville has a lot to answer for.

 

 

Too soon?

[Split_Pin]

Fucking hell  Mike 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[omegod]

For the first time in 25 yrs of fiddling with cars I have had some paintwork done, nasty rust blister on one door top  and one on a door bottom ,a new grille surround colour coding and some scratches buffed out , I was very nervous leaving my baby with a random paint man but fook me he's done a magnificent job, spectrometer used to match the paint and it's an invisible blend. Happy bunny  

[Fumbler]

Pick pick

No hole strictly speaking, but the outer sill has fizzled away.

 

[Lankytim]

Another 10 mile wonder around Stoke revealed some beautiful old crocks. 
 

The SD1 was a regular sight until a few years ago, glad to see it’s still around. 
 

I think we can all unite and agree that the best use of the Lincoln involves an oval and a steel post. 

[SiC]

Bini gone. It's so much of a nicer car than the Fabia. The Fabia makes you feel like a cheapskate or a peasant. Problem is, it does everything the Mini goes but costs less to do. Apart from driving quickly - the Fabia is very slow.


Extra £650 doesn't go a miss though. Even if I did loose like £400 on it. The £100 deposit pretty much disappeared filling the Boxster tank up at the weekend...

[Ghosty]

Really struggling to find a car for sale that I actually want to buy (!). Just looking for a winter shitter... 

[grogee]

9 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Really struggling to find a car for sale that I actually want to buy (!). Just looking for a winter shitter... 

I have the exact opposite problem. 

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Another 10 mile wonder around Stoke revealed some beautiful old crocks. 
 

The SD1 was a regular sight until a few years ago, glad to see it’s still around. 
 

I think we can all unite and agree that the best use of the Lincoln involves an oval and a steel post. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's a Northern Counties Palatine 2 bodied Volvo Olympian. It looks like it's from a First Group batch from 1997 or 1998. First haven't used step entrance buses for a long time and most go for scrap when they've come out of service. That's a excellent spot. 

There's one in preservation in Glasgow from a the local First company, they'd probably appreciate it for spares but it's got a look of 'not for sale' about it.

[auntiemaryscanary]

Sirion (bought on here) passed.

Great stuff but I was stunned at how clean the emissions are

 as it's burning around a litre of oil every 500 miles!! Still can't believe it really. I'd purposefully left the oil close to min - somehow it did the trick. 

To celebrate (Suzie the sexy Sirion - not really it's just a sodding car) it will be getting 2 new rear Goodyears to replace the cracking Joyroads. If it fails next year on emissions it will at least go to the scrappers classily shod.

[JJ0063]

Motorcycle theory tomorrow at 10am. Haven’t revised yet, oops.

[GMcD]

On 11/11/2021 at 11:28, TheOtherStu said:

Brand new job started this week, down south. Drove back last night, been there since Sunday.

The wife is particularly impressed that this afternoon, I'm driving to the NEC to disappear until Sunday night. If anyone is coming, if you come to the MR2DC stand, I'm the fella with the beard and the Blue Mk3 (with the brown engine). I've seen some of the snobbery around the NEC and my car is far from a) standard and b) a garage queen, so expect to see some criticism. The MR2DC got slagged off last time too, because it didn't contain mint, standard examples (which isn't what the DC is about).

I didn't spot this otherwise I'd have come round and said hello. Thanks for taking the time and effort to display your car. I much prefer seeing a loved example that is used regularly, rather than seeing rows upon rows of display models you could eat your dinner off. Much more my cuppa tea! 

[LightBulbFun]

6 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Really struggling to find a car for sale that I actually want to buy (!). Just looking for a winter shitter... 

https://autoshite.com/topic/47386-tx2-24-taxi-£500-charade-10-auto-£250-west-midlands-pics-added/

£500 London Taxi, its Automatic and has plenty of space for bikes and what have you  

[17-Coffees]

According to FB , it's been 4 years since myself, @Supernaut &  @rantingYoof have met for the NEC Classic motors show!

As proof, here me hitting 70mph** in (at the time, and the rest) on that Northern stretch of the M6  in  @Supernaut's Mondeo! 🤣

 

 

[Jamie]

Can't sleep  lied in bed eating rolos and watching some Scottish bloke tart up an old vectra B, living the dream. 

[JJ0063]

Theory test revision I did for 30 mins last night is working. 
 

 

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, Jamie said:

Can't sleep  lied in bed eating rolos and watching some Scottish bloke tart up an old vectra B, living the dream. 

Dougies channel is brilliant,  he's bought a £200 Astra MK3 saloon in the summer that he's doing up now too. Hopefully he will get round to his Cavalier too.

He used to be the editor of Total Vauxhall magazine, now he's with Truck and Driver. 

Proper Vauxhall anorak, knows every obscure trim level and special edition from the 80 and 90s.

[barefoot]

Susie is making some dreadful noises when I drive her around corners. My man with the spanners reckons it's the drive shafts, so she's booked in for Tuesday. Do they actually break or is it just the bendy bits at the ends which come undone? Anyone know if 1.8 Coraddo items will fit an '87 Susie?

And I've been meaning to say for a while that since switching to super unleaded, Barry covers noticably more miles to the galleon.

Naming cars is for utter twats.

[Jamie]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Dougies channel is brilliant,  he's bought a £200 Astra MK3 saloon in the summer that he's doing up now too. Hopefully he will get round to his Cavalier too.

He used to be the editor of Total Vauxhall magazine, now he's with Truck and Driver. 

Proper Vauxhall anorak, knows every obscure trim level and special edition from the 80 and 90s.

Yeah I love his stuff! It feels like your going back in time watching his vids. Shame that woman fucked him over with this one! 

[Split_Pin]

Aye his era of interest is exactly the same as mine although he says he's never had a Corsa B. That's good as I've seen enough of them!

That roaster of a woman might have done him over but he sure turned a negative into a positive with saving the car and getting a few thousand subs along the way!