richardmorris Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2hours 45 mins it took to do 100miles up the m20, 26 and 25 last night from the tunnel. Anyway, I have done my best with the European wine lake. Not a bad sized boot for a coupe (18 cases) and it doesn’t look too low either. You can feel the weight in the tail round roundabouts though. dome, paulplom, brownnova and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 on the way back the scenic way in France, I stopped at a British cemetery I’ve been passing for years but not visited before. Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt Beautifully kept, as they all are. But really, truly desperately sad. Especially as most of them were just “ a soldier of the Great War, known unto god”. 19, 20 years of age, some identified by regiment and rank only. It’s bringing tears now. From wiki Located in the cemetery is the Vis-en-Artois Memorial which lists the names of 9813 men (9806 British and 16 South African) who fell from 8 August 1918 to the Armistice and who have no known grave. The memorial has a screen walls in three parts on which is carved the names of the missing listed by regiment.[2]The memorial was designed by British sculptor Ernest Gillick. grizgut, egg, davehedgehog31 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 53 minutes ago, richardmorris said: That's you sorted until Guy Fawkes night, but then what are you going to do after that? richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: 2hours 45 mins it took to do 100miles up the m20, 26 and 25 last night from the tunnel. Anyway, I have done my best with the European wine lake. Not a bad sized boot for a coupe (18 cases) and it doesn’t look too low either. You can feel the weight in the tail round roundabouts though. No Mouton Rothschild? After all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 23 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: No Mouton Rothschild? After all that? Non. i was tempted with a nice chateau Neuf du pape, but a single case was going to cost more than the hotel bill! Witness, the serried ranks.... Shep Shepherd, RobT, Tadhg Tiogar and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 15 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Non. i was tempted with a nice chateau Neuf du pape, but a single case was going to cost more than the hotel bill! Witness, the serried ranks.... I'm very jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I'm very jealous. It’s my kind of stockpiling:-) edit, the grey thing in the background is the passenger carpet from the Mercedes. Drying out, because the car leaks like a sieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Supernaut said: That's you sorted until Guy Fawkes night, but then what are you going to do after that? In all fairness, two dozen are for my parents ( the greedy swines). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 And in car news. The Mercedes reached 123456miles last night. But I was too busy driving to photograph the moment. That’s 50,000miles I’ve done in 7.5 years. xtriple, jumpingjehovahs, BL Bloke and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I parked up at the Daddyhole carpark and I was next to a red 5 series BMW - 69 reg. It looked okay to be honest. Then I noticed that some twat had put Alfa Romeo centre caps on the wheels Then I noticed that it was an Alfa Romeo Guilia Voloce and it looked really nice - much nicer than it had 10 seconds before when it was a BMW! Seriously though, cars these days all look the bloody same and this from a man whose proudest boast was that I could tell any car, what spec it was and when it was made just from a glance. skattrd, Stevebrookman, richardmorris and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Despite an earlier warning a couple of week ago (by which it dumped fuel all over the place after I tried the petrol tap for the first time), and the odd bit of clutch slip, the Lambretta has been surprisingly un-Lambretta. Until Tuesday, that is, where it went a bit Lambretta-y by coughing and farting and only holding high revs. Luckily I was quite local and coaxed it home. Checked a couple of days later and the fuel's leaking again, this time without prompting from moving the petrol tap. Lobbed it into the van and dropped it off a scooter place that's opened fairly recently and left it with them. Had to prise myself away as they had a couple of really nice looking Vespa T5 square tails for sale. Anyhow, waiting for a quote for clutch plates, re-cable and a look at/strip down of the carb. Had already ordered and received a new air box rubber from eBay, hopefully that'll help it further. Prior to it coughing on Tuesday though it's been running great. This afternoon though, perhaps coming out in sympathy, my daughter's (modern) 500 threw a 'yellow or orange light that looks a bit like an engine' up and went it to limp mode on the A55. She got into a lay-by, the light went off after she re-started the car, so I went down and followed her home through town. Mrs CV says Miss CV now wants a new/er car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I have just been reading about the new Audi RS7 being a vastly improved car, 591 bhp with great grip and dynamics, but where do you use such a beast? I have been out today in the 190 bhp Alfa 156 and managed a very satisfying overtake of a car doing 45 mph in a 60 mph with plenty of shove and a great sound track, but not long and I was stuck behind the next one with solid oncoming traffic. Asimo, GrumpiusMaximus, egg and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Discharged from hospital at 1500. Signed off sick for two weeks from today. Fun times. I'm glad that I have The Volvo handy, as I have no real desire to operate a clutch pedal for at least a few days. Cavcraft, egg, richardmorris and 3 others 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Getting out of the Jimny and straight into a Hydropneumatic Citroen after a long drive is something else. The level of waaaaaft and velour is just right chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I bought a car off Gumtree today. This is a rare occurrence for me, as Gumtree sellers don't seem to average much higher in the IQ stakes than Gumtree buyers, but this advert was well worded and the replies I got to my messages were intelligible and written in full sentences. So I went round to have a look this evening. Seller turned out to be a nice, well-spoken (and, if I'm honest, not entirely unattractive) lass in her 20s. Her boyfriend was a bit of a lad but seemed decent enough. Most importantly the car was as described (far from perfect, but cheap for a car with 10 months' test). So I left a deposit, and I'm going back to pick it up tomorrow. Also, the Renault 6 now has a working heater. Skizzer, jumpingjehovahs, puddlethumper and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Was the deposit an Xbox360 2nite m9 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Believe it or not it was actual cold hard cash. That's how unusual this whole transaction is. GrumpiusMaximus and clayts450 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Some smutty-minded child will be along in a moment making an off-colour remark connecting ‘not unattractive’ with ‘left a deposit’. But not me. Oh no. clayts450, brownnova, Eddie Honda and 11 others 4 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 5:38 PM, Cavcraft said: ....my daughter's (modern) 500 threw a 'yellow or orange light that looks a bit like an engine' up and went it to limp mode on the A55. She got into a lay-by, the light went off after she re-started the car, so I went down and followed her home through town. Mrs CV says Miss CV now wants a new/er car. Might be one of the fuses. Similar thing happened to a friend who also runs a 500. Turned out to be fuse 37, which cost all of 20p to fix. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 5:40 PM, Six-cylinder said: I have just been reading about the new Audi RS7 being a vastly improved car, 591 bhp with great grip and dynamics, but where do you use such a beast? I have been out today in the 190 bhp Alfa 156 and managed a very satisfying overtake of a car doing 45 mph in a 60 mph with plenty of shove and a great sound track, but not long and I was stuck behind the next one with solid oncoming traffic. yeah you have form being a hooligan in that car chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Bought this ready for the winter period in the garage now that the nights draw in next weekend. 25 quid and packs a decent punch. Same thing in Machine Mart is 40 quid. egg, Skizzer and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 woman comes up to our little group who are talking ... her car on the way to the centre hit a pothole ..and loads of steam came out of the front of the car . so she continued driving and parked up down the lane ... it was a Suzuki jeep we went out and the coolant was gone ...and the engine block ... you could fry an egg on it , in fact you could smell the heat 10 meters away .. and the help full guy offered his help by pouring his watering can full of cold water into the filler , thats when the water hit the block and the steam shot out of a ruptured pipe .. I exited stage right and buggered off in my car in case the block had cracked ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Bugger clicks drive shaft on the shalaxy has got worse, so I've parked it up till I can order new shaft.. https://youtu.be/89_t1p_LdWs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 1 hour ago, hairnet said: yeah you have form being a hooligan in that car I don't think you have every been out in Black Beauty? Cavcraft, GrumpiusMaximus and DVee8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Gumtree purchase successfully retrieved. cort16, GrumpyCat, Skizzer and 25 others 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Enjoy the misery. I doubled back when walking the other day, just so I could give "the finger" to one that was parked up. RobT, Skizzer, BL Bloke and 10 others 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 It's grim today but wasn't actually raining so I thought I'd best fit the headlight I bought for the 405 six weeks ago. Hadn't even unwrapped it so was happy it was in one piece. Oh FFS, checked eBay and yes I'd ordered the wrong one. So put that away and ordered a driver's side one. Ah I remember a job that's too noisy for an evening. Impact driver, check. 17mm socket, check. Brew, check. Gearbox from 6 cylinders ATV check. And much noise later the CVT thingamybob is off. Which means I can take the cracked casting off. I've texted the blacksmith to see if I can leave the bearings in as I can't see myself getting them out in reusable condition. It's almost progress ? Lacquer Peel, BL Bloke, LightBulbFun and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I went to a car show this morning at Turweston airfield organised by the Silverstone Social group but it was rather wet, about 50 cars normally 300+. Oddest went to the Mazda 323! Favourite to the 405 Le Mans, yes 155 bhp and I did not remember it either. Cavcraft, BorniteIdentity, dome and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I dumped a fridge freezer gm, The Moog, richardmorris and 3 others 1 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 32 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said: It's grim today but wasn't actually raining so I thought I'd best fit the headlight I bought for the 405 six weeks ago. Hadn't even unwrapped it so was happy it was in one piece. Oh FFS, checked eBay and yes I'd ordered the wrong one. So put that away and ordered a driver's side one. Ah I remember a job that's too noisy for an evening. Impact driver, check. 17mm socket, check. Brew, check. Gearbox from 6 cylinders ATV check. And much noise later the CVT thingamybob is off. Which means I can take the cracked casting off. I've texted the blacksmith to see if I can leave the bearings in as I can't see myself getting them out in reusable condition. It's almost progress ? I now see what you are working on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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