Six-cylinder Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnK said: Supposed to be going to MITCAR in Coventry on Sunday, but @richbraith's Tipo isn't going to be ready. Anybody got anything Italian we can borrow for the trip? Unfortunately I don't think our other option will successfully get us through the gate 3 Alfas and they are all broken or you would be welcome to borrow one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 16 hours ago, xtriple said: Last night I bought a 'private plate' from the DVLA. It is for my son (it's his birthday soon) and is his initials and I thought, quite good (Y10 KLT)..... A plate that sounds like that awful "healthy bacteria" ( but is actually just liquidised sugar) drink Yakult. So you won't be needing that Puch, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: A plate that sounds like that awful "healthy bacteria" ( but is actually just liquidised sugar) drink Yakult. So you won't be needing that Puch, then? Not needing, no. But if it's cheap(ish) I'd still quite like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Bugatti something or other on middle eastern (could be Dubai or Kuwait I can't read it) plates. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Bugatti something or other on middle eastern (could be Dubai or Kuwait I can't read it) plates. That looks like a big mouth eating the back end of a car. Fucking hideous, you can't buy taste. SierraMikeHotel, richardmorris and Christine 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 minute ago, davehedgehog31 said: That looks like a big mouth eating the back end of a car. Fucking hideous, you can't buy taste. Sounds good though - like thunder. https://www.hrowen.co.uk/bugatti/chiron/ £2.5 million apparently. davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Shiny new discs and pads.Now those rusty calipers look really shit. davehedgehog31, The Moog, egg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 BBC news. 'Man fined after driving a car with another car on it's roof'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-49508070/man-fined-after-driving-car-with-a-car-on-its-roof-in-aberystwyth Check out the short vid. What's the problem, looks fine to me. Tadhg Tiogar, JohnK, stonedagain and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Stop everything, kids... https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/news/news/rust-could-be-a-new-source-of-renewable-energy-scientists-say-4528?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily Newsletter Looks like my last Cortina could have been a perpetual motion machine, with a little bit of tinkering. That's science, that is. DeeJay and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: 'Man fined after driving a car with another car on it's roof'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-49508070/man-fined-after-driving-car-with-a-car-on-its-roof-in-aberystwyth Check out the short vid. After my Shitefest 2016 success with A-Framing my Cortina with a Lada Samara, I feel the bar has been set to a new height looking at this article. I need to have a plan for Shitefest 2020.... JeeExEll, stonedagain, busmansholiday and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Mazda back home, no chance to inspect it - but new rad/coolant, oil and filter and apparently the PAS leak dealt* with. I'll update the thread in the morning, but sounds good. BorniteIdentity and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: Sounds good though - like thunder. https://www.hrowen.co.uk/bugatti/chiron/ £2.5 million apparently. A mere bagatelle to a young Gulf Arab. No doubt it's been brought here for "The Season", i.e. driving in a cavalier manner around Kensington & Chelsea to the delight* of local residents and the local Council...... I remember one year that a Lamborghini (think it was either red or orange) was seized, either by the Met, or by RBK&C, for some offence. It was never reclaimed, and was auctioned off. The owner merely went and ordered a replacement.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said: That looks like a big mouth eating the back end of a car. Fucking hideous, you can't buy taste. Bugatti Pacman? anonymous user, Datsuncog, Skizzer and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 47 minutes ago, Christine said: Bugatti Pacman? Just after this, I was a little busy so no pic, , but did see a silver birch ( what else!) Aston Martin db5, RHD with GB badge but on Swedish? ( S on the plate anyway) number plates. Now that’s what a two million pound car should look like. Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Today’s chariot to Devon to pick up a sofa. Hire fleet poverty spec but is well put together. Steering incredibly light, underpowered because it’s poverty spec but actually pretty decent otherwise. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Due to life changes that are happening on their own, and others i'd like to happen i'm going to be selling all my chod. 1982 cortina 1.6gl 2000 mk3 reliant robin 1993 mk2 reliant robin Mk1 golf gti campaign breaker (cat B so will have to chop up A transit van full of parts, mainly cortina but other stuff as well. I'm not having a crisis or anything, just a realisation. Since I got the dog,any free time I have I spend with her, which I enjoy more than fucking about with old shit. I'll put ads up in the for sale section, if anyone wants to share it with people who my be interested pm for a number/email. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Stevebrookman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 38 minutes ago, ShiteRider said: ....... Since I got the dog,any free time I have I spend with her, which I enjoy more than fucking about with old shit.... Hang on, so you're getting rid of shit to spend more time with something that can produce shit? Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I was browsing Saab 900 convertibles for sale when I saw this... Which looks lovely, and may seem unremarkable at first until you look at one of my 9000s number plates... Now need to resist some serious temptation! RobT, mk2_craig, Split_Pin and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 A number of weeks ago, @chatsharris, @richbraith and I were having a group chat on Facebook which determined that Chats would be in our neck of the woods at the end of August for his mates stag do. After much arm twisting* we convinced Chats to come up a day early...i would put him up at mine and Rich would leave the beloved Mrs B for a night to drink beer and also stay over. So tonight, there are 3 shiters in my house and how nice to socialise away from cars etc and also minimal car talk (aside from us all nearly buying a Fiat Punto - see My earlier post, unfortunately the rear outer sill came away in my hand!). A thoroughly great night and testament to this forum that great friendships can result and common interests outside of our car hobby can be found. The 4th chap is a mate of mine and Rich'S.... A mechanic who owns a garage called Retro Performance. I think that summarises why we all got on. egg, Six-cylinder, mk2_craig and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Spent the day meeting Autoshiters yesterday, which allowed this epic scene to occur. I borrowed Six Cylinder's BMW for a spot of wafty indulgence, and visited Mr Schwifty for hot Peugeot action. The Mk5 Escort was just the icing on the cake, and makes me realise how long it has been since I even saw one! What a bloody lovely day. Now back in Wales, still with the BMW, which I like for many reasons, but dislike for the uncomfortable seats and tired wiper blades. May treat it to a new set. Datsuncog, egg, Skizzer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 11 hours ago, ShiteRider said: If I had any spare cash I'd be buying your Cortina today, right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I was browsing Saab 900 convertibles for sale when I saw this... Which looks lovely, and may seem unremarkable at first until you look at one of my 9000s number plates... Now need to resist some serious temptation! Do it! That would be so cool to reunite them..Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Broadsword, clayts450, MorrisItalSLX and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I like the white plastic pig, can't afford it (I don't suppose?) but if I could/can, then will/woud Proper 'what a wanker!' moment today: was getting grumpy 'cos the air con still doesn't work properly, lots of fan action but the wind blown through the vents is no colder than ambient. Then read the effin' handbook and it was a lightbulb moment, a switch was in the wrong place! Press switch and ice cold air is blasting all over me. But I LIKE little red lights! paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 13 hours ago, brownnova said: I was browsing Saab 900 convertibles for sale when I saw this... Which looks lovely, and may seem unremarkable at first until you look at one of my 9000s number plates... Now need to resist some serious temptation! I suspect you have already mentally spent the money.... Which is cheaper and quicker, putting the 9000CS back on the road? Or buying the convertible to park next to the CS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I suspect you have already mentally spent the money.... Which is cheaper and quicker, putting the 9000CS back on the road? Or buying the convertible to park next to the CS? The 9000 CS is very much on the road... as my wife and I work at the same place we could park next to each other,l. Probably cheaper than two personalised plates. BL Bloke, BorniteIdentity, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Roffle Safrane wipers fixed!** ready for handover to@catsinthewelder at Chumley on Sunday..Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Broadsword, Heidel_Kakao, Split_Pin and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Well that's handy that he'll have a driver to take the car he bought back to his house isn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 That is handy, as showers are predicted for Sunday. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Matching SAAB plates..... I did a 'is it taxed/MOT' on a dozen plates either side of my Carina. Interesting reading ... All razor blades & an eclectic array of last MOT mileages [a Corolla made over 200k ] Not likely to find my marrer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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