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[wuvvum]

The Lord Mayor of Oxford's car has always had the numberplate FC1 - again probably worth a fortune now but presumably been used since the dawn of time.  Was on a Princess stretch limo when I were a lad - now on a Nissan Leaf.  How the mighty* have fallen.

[Volksy]

The Mayor of Leeds had U1 for years. I believe it was recently sold, and is now on a 5 year old Volvo.

[Ohdearme]

1 hour ago, 320touring said:

Apparently it was the one and only built to that spec

I recall making a shit joke about why he needed 7 seven seats when he was the one and only.

He laughed it off but only because I helped his missus on to the right train, hence the offer of a lift.

[Tayne]

Provost of Perth has ES 1, currently on some sort of Ford Minibus,

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Tayne said:

Provost of Perth has ES 1, currently on some sort of Ford Minibus,

What a time to be alive.🤣

[Yoss]

Likewise, the mayor of Southampton always had TR1, TR being a  Southampton reg. When I were a lad it was always a Daimler DS420 but the last time I saw it which was still some years ago it was a Volvo 960. Just checked and it's now on a Tesla Model S, still black though to show it's mayoral status. Sign of the times I guess. 

[comfortablynumb]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywjjv4xz5o

Not sure how I feel about this.

100mph in a 60,  not ' deliberate ' because his mind was on his mum.

Now I'd be bothered about my mum too, but does that mean I can go from Norfolk to Hertfordshire at 100, because I'm not thinking about what speed I'm doing?

I would have thought if you didn't know how fast you were going, it's without due care?

 

[richardmorris]

On 05/09/2024 at 15:11, 320touring said:

Apparently it was the one and only built to that spec

 

[320touring]

10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 

Nope🤪

[HMC]

On 05/09/2024 at 16:00, Volksy said:

The Mayor of Leeds had U1 for years. I believe it was recently sold, and is now on a 5 year old Volvo.

IIRC the Bolton Mayoral equivalent used to have WH1 or 1WH. Back in the mid 90s it was on a stretched Granada. Probably converted up the road at coleman milne in westhoughton @sporty-shite

[barefoot]

This morning I read in the online version of the daily telegraph a rather scathing review of a new 7 seat, 3 ton electric Volvo and this evening it's vanished?

[sporty-shite]

56 minutes ago, HMC said:

IIRC the Bolton Mayoral equivalent used to have WH1 or 1WH. Back in the mid 90s it was on a stretched Granada. Probably converted up the road at coleman milne in westhoughton @sporty-shite

Yes, the Mayor of Bolton has WH1. It's now on a Lexus, although the stretches of the day were Coleman Milne cars. 

[Snake Charmer]

2 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywjjv4xz5o

Not sure how I feel about this.

100mph in a 60,  not ' deliberate ' because his mind was on his mum.

Now I'd be bothered about my mum too, but does that mean I can go from Norfolk to Hertfordshire at 100, because I'm not thinking about what speed I'm doing?

I would have thought if you didn't know how fast you were going, it's without due care?

 

"A defence barrister told Dungannon Magistrates' Court that 55-year-old Moron was going to collect his mother from the airport."

[MrBiscuits]

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

"A defence barrister told Dungannon Magistrates' Court that 55-year-old Moron was going to collect his mother from the airport."

Indeed. Anyone who can 'accidentally' be doing 100mph shouldn't be in charge of a motor vehicle. He knew exactly what he was doing.

[BorniteIdentity]

1 minute ago, MrBiscuits said:

Indeed. Anyone who can 'accidentally' be doing 100mph shouldn't be in charge of a motor vehicle. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Yes. Amateur top speed. I managed 125 mph in a MK1 Mondeo. He should be trying much much harder. 

[Joey spud]

I drove ninety miles to Buckingham earlier to collect my new daily.

It's only a 1.6 dtec but it gets down the road really well and showed 50 mpg on the ride home.

[richardmorris]

Local history page. 1950s?

 

[barefoot]

17 hours ago, barefoot said:

This morning I read in the online version of the daily telegraph a rather scathing review of a new 7 seat, 3 ton electric Volvo and this evening it's vanished?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/volvo/volvo-ex90-review/

Oh, and I went camping last week and scraped my bay on a motorhome.

Arse biscuits. 

[Metal Guru]

20 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywjjv4xz5o

Not sure how I feel about this.

100mph in a 60,  not ' deliberate ' because his mind was on his mum.

Now I'd be bothered about my mum too, but does that mean I can go from Norfolk to Hertfordshire at 100, because I'm not thinking about what speed I'm doing?

I would have thought if you didn't know how fast you were going, it's without due care?

 

I’m not sure what the article is saying. He got off lightly because of his excuse? £650 and 5 points doesn’t seem very lenient. 
Usual crap journalism. Sensational  headline, (though Moron doing 100 mph would have been better), followed by poorly  worded and/or researched article.

[artdjones]

No low rent rubbish for Cardiff back in the day. From 1963-2002 the Lord Mayor used KG1, a Rolls-Royce Phantom V. Unfortunately, it's been stuck under a car cover in the basement of County Hall ever since, only emerging for an annual MoT. 

KG1 was the first licence plate issued in Cardiff, in 1904.

[wuvvum]

Ampera passed the MOT today.  I'd picked up a decent Uniroyal Rainsport for £notmuch to replace the knackered Lassa tyre on the NSR and the garage fitted it for me and didn't charge, which was a bonus.  They did advise that the front subframe is getting rather scabby though, so I'm going to have to get under there and give it a wire brush and a coat of something - which isn't easy on the Ampera as it's rather low to the ground so there's no way it'll drive up onto the ramps and only one of my trolley jacks will fit under it, so I'm going to have to get inventive.  The rear brake I was worried about passed fine though.

[Stinkwheel]

Diesel maestro conked out on mrsstinkwheel 1500 yards up the road, met her in the 206 hdi, sent her off in that and managed to roll the dead maestro down back to the house (handily placed incline) 

dead lift pump (the cam driven one) luckily I had a new spare in stock (see keeping lots of parts does come in handy) 

once that was done I also unseized a track rod end that means I can do the tracking properly at some point and gave it an oil and filter change.  Hadn’t planned on doing any of that but heck, when the tools are out and you are working on the thing because it failed to proceed, why not. Now drinking cider and feeling smug 

random dining room window shot because I can 

[richardmorris]

Just had two helicopters fly overhead.  Not royal for once, and flight radar has them going from Chichester to elstree aerodrome. Nice way to pop back to town from Goodwood festival of speed!

[chadders]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Ampera passed the MOT today.  I'd picked up a decent Uniroyal Rainsport for £notmuch to replace the knackered Lassa tyre on the NSR and the garage fitted it for me and didn't charge, which was a bonus.  They did advise that the front subframe is getting rather scabby though, so I'm going to have to get under there and give it a wire brush and a coat of something - which isn't easy on the Ampera as it's rather low to the ground so there's no way it'll drive up onto the ramps and only one of my trolley jacks will fit under it, so I'm going to have to get inventive.  The rear brake I was worried about passed fine though.

Take a hint from LBFs thread and get some drunks to tip it on to its side?

Just get a few fly tipped mattresses down first.

[wuvvum]

It'd take a lot of drunks.  The Ampera weighs about 4x as much as an Inv*c*r.

[chadders]

9 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

It'd take a lot of drunks.  The Ampera weighs about 4x as much as an Inv*c*r.

Just park it on Prince of Wales Road.

[stuboy]

Today I got back under the galaxy to lubricate the turbo actuator rod... I'd been using wd40 and so this time used rp90 that's supposed be better and longer lasting..

 

I cobbled together a video.. please excuse the fat cripple heavy breathing..

 

[SiC]

Went to a shite car museum today. A very quaint place with a very rusty Stag outside and a Robin Reliant used as a parcel storage box. My wife pointed out that if I had a spare shed, it'd be basically the same for me. Even down to the exhibits being in a slightly rusty condition and a harvest gold MGB GT on display.

 

Pictures are in no particular order as it's just the order they happened to upload in.

[Stinkwheel]

14 minutes ago, SiC said:

Went to a shite car museum today. A very quaint place with a very rusty Stag outside and a Robin Reliant used as a parcel storage box. My wife pointed out that if I had a spare shed, it'd be basically the same for me. Even down to the exhibits being in a slightly rusty condition and a harvest gold MGB GT on display.

 

Pictures are in no particular order as it's just the order they happened to upload in.

I need to know where this is, I NEED to visit

[SiC]

1 minute ago, Stinkwheel said:

I need to know where this is, I NEED to visit

5th picture down is a massive hint 😉