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[High Jetter]

9 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Just buy a peaked cap ,wear it at a jaunty angle and stand in the street holding your testicles .....🤔🤔😯

OK. I think you might be be on you're own there. Unless it's a music vid, obs,

[SRi05]

Half 6 on a bastard Saturday morning, the things we do for chod 

[GMcD]

Chodspeed sir! 

[Split_Pin]

Good luck man, I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares to your old one. Personally I think the driving experience on a petrol auto is the closest you'll get to a Lexus for the money, very quiet.

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, SRi05 said:

Half 6 on a bastard Saturday morning, the things we do for chod 

clinically insane

[dozeydustman]

It's coming to light that we're starting to struggle with the C2 as our only car. We don't need 2 cars but we need something a little more practical in which we can transport 4 adults if we stay as a 1-car household - now my sis-in-law is widowed and has had her license medically revoked, and FIL looking at giving up driving in the next year or so we're gonna need something a bit bigger. Got some time for the moment to look out but if something suitable is up for roffle I'll have a couple of tickets.

[SRi05]

I'm in a Saab 

[fatharris]

Doing much better with the COVID now.

MrsH, who caught it a couple of days ago, is still on the downhill slope with it, bless her.

Baby still not here, thankfully.

[Split_Pin]

46 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

I'm in a Saab 

I shake my fist at you, with your decadent upgraded head unit.

[SRi05]

30 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I shake my fist at you, with your decadent upgraded head unit.

Don't shake too hard, it has the aux connection but doesn't have the aux option on the system 😂 tech2 needed for me to enable it.

Anyway, it drives really really nice. Delighted with it. 256 miles to go. 

Pez shot 

[Split_Pin]

Nice, those look like aero wheels (I learn fast)

[Mally]

Mine looks similar to that.

I have the same tax disc holder.  Mine  holds the screen together.

[captain_70s]

Winter, less sparkly snow, more freezing fog.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

Winter, less sparkly snow, more freezing fog.

Another calendar entry there.

[SRi05]

FIN. 

Car munched the 300 miles home absolutely flawlessly. @Matts_Rusty_Bus11/10 top seller 

[Angrydicky]

This new workshop is brilliant. Gone are the days of welding upside down on driveways or patios.
Still getting organised but it’s an amazing working space.

Four post lift is planned in the new year.

 

[grogee]

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

Winter, less sparkly snow, more freezing fog.

I agree, great picture. 

I think an AS calendar is a great idea. @Talbot is there any way that producing say 100 calendars and selling at £10 a pop might finance the hosting costs for a while? 

Could do a vote to decide on calendar pics, best 12 get in. Then close voting in September and get the usual scumbags (online photo print places) to run 100 off. Sell between Sept-Dec then elope to Barbados put the money safe for next year. 

Probably got my figures wrong but you get the idea. Something nice* sells for profit but it goes back into the AS fold to ultimately ensure more crap cars have their lives prolonged. 

Ditto T shirts and car stickers. And mugs. 

[stuboy]

Been round to missus deceased uncles gaff found some interior seats

2 sets of corsairs seats?

And lada rear seats..

And lada riva wing new.

 

Any idea to value these?

[Jazoli]

Best to list them on ebay and let them find their own value I'd say, the pool of potential buyers will be tiny.

[Matts_Rusty_Bus]

FIN. 
Car munched the 300 miles home absolutely flawlessly. [mention=23542]Matts_Rusty_Bus[/mention]11/10 top seller 

Glad you had a good run, enjoy.



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[stuboy]

1 hour ago, Jazoli said:

Best to list them on ebay and let them find their own value I'd say, the pool of potential buyers will be tiny.

i did wonder this, ill suggest it  to ffil.

[Floatylight]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

I agree, great picture. 

I think an AS calendar is a great idea. @Talbot is there any way that producing say 100 calendars and selling at £10 a pop might finance the hosting costs for a while? 

Could do a vote to decide on calendar pics, best 12 get in. Then close voting in September and get the usual scumbags (online photo print places) to run 100 off. Sell between Sept-Dec then elope to Barbados put the money safe for next year. 

Probably got my figures wrong but you get the idea. Something nice* sells for profit but it goes back into the AS fold to ultimately ensure more crap cars have their lives prolonged. 

Ditto T shirts and car stickers. And mugs. 

Ahem -

@brownnova has sorted the AS calendar for the last few years..

 

[grogee]

That's great but how do I get a 2022 one @brownnova ?

[Fumbler]

2 minutes ago, grogee said:

That's great but how do I get a 2022 one @brownnova ?

We haven't voted on each months' pictures yet. It'll be soon though.

[grogee]

Just now, Fumbler said:

We haven't voted on each months' pictures yet. It'll be soon though.

Alright then. I'll definitely* buy one

*if I'm not already bankrupt from roffling

[schonker]

Angrydicky,are you still working in bury then?That place looks great

[brownnova]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

That's great but how do I get a 2022 one @brownnova ?

The AS calendar runs from February to the following January… because Autoshite… I did wonder about trying to bring it back into line… But not sure whether that’s what people would want? 

It’ll likely be done in the gap between Christmas and new year as anything later into January might be interrupted by a new arrival… (not of the vehicular kind).

Unless of course anyone else wants to do it? 

[High Jetter]

Doing it 'off year' is fine, as it takes time that is pressured in Nov/Dec. Hope you'll continue it, baby permitting.

[Spurious]

I awakened the Audi 100 from it's winter slumber this evening. It's been a bit of an unexpected retreat to the garage but the foul weather in November and the price of E5 had kept it put. But I decided it's time to stretch it's legs. 

It started, first flick of the key, I needn't have been worried, 8 weeks of being idle seemed to have done it zero harm.  

But it was the first time, I'd drove it for myself in a long time. Not to ferry furniture from Ikea, nor to whisk relatives from the Airport or move rubbish to the tip. But it's been a long time since I drove it for the sake of driving it. 

Whilst it's a car that will take "pushing on" somewhat and you'll get rewarded with 5 cylinders making their distinctive rythm, it's more at home just cruising. It's like a pair of comfy slippers, gently gathering pace with no fuss whilst your comforted by swathes of blue velour. 

I arrived home from work quite pleased with myself. 2022 will be my third year with it and unlike any other car I've ever had, I don't see a reason to sell it 

 

[Split_Pin]

75 back from the garage and driving well. Drive down to Dalkeith last night for a forest light show, a round trip of about 100 miles. The top mounts were making a bit of a noise earlier in the year but I ignored it and it went away. The lady at the garage said that their partial seizure may have caused the broken spring.

£200 all in, including the top mounts I supplied. Had the spring ripped through the tyre that would have been closer to £300 so I'm calling that a success.

There's some water ingress into into boot again, TADT though.