rusty998 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 This is not my work but thought I'd share There was a young man from Kent, who's Virus sequence got bent, it made him no sicker but past on much quicker so faster and faster it went! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyk Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 my polo I bought back in may '18 for £100 broke down for the first time the other week then got worse, it was now a 3 cylinder that smoked like a 2smoke and done 35mph flat out. Scrapyard gave me £100.28 for it. I suppose 75000 miles and 23 years is a good innings for a VW *pic from when I magically made it look reasonable from a distance dome, tooSavvy, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Due to recent disposals, 2x MOT fails and two on SORN I currently don’t own anything bigger than a Fiat 500c. Bollocks. Not ideal when you need to collect a week’s worth of shopping for a family of 6 and an audio production desk as you’re going to be working at home until next year. Enter my neighbour stage left, chucking me the keys to this. His Chuckle Bus. These are brilliant aren’t they? Swallowed the whole load effortlessly 😏 I love how practical they are. Why doesn’t everyone own one? They make 100x more sense than any soft reader or MPV or whatever. Also makes a sound like a distressed cat when the turbo kicks in YO. They did them as 7 seater right? Hope so! artdjones, LightBulbFun, RayMK and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 With the 9000 at the garage for its MoT I had no choice* but to wield the 2CV for the early morning commute today! The 9k has scored a fail on brake pipes... not too bad that! *no choice other than the other fleet members I could have used. 2cvspecial, Cord Fourteener, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: Swallowed the whole load effortlessly 😏 wuvvum, stonedagain, Angrydicky and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 13 hours ago, Dannyk said: my polo I bought back in may '18 for £100 broke down for the first time the other week then got worse, it was now a 3 cylinder that smoked like a 2smoke and done 35mph flat out. Scrapyard gave me £100.28 for it. I suppose 75000 miles and 23 years is a good innings for a VW *pic from when I magically made it look reasonable from a distance That's decent motoring I think! You definitely got your money's worth, I'd say! Dannyk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionRabbit Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Stopped the car this morning to unlock the gate to the workshop carpark. Got out, started unlocking. Noticed car was rolling towards me, so hurriedly turned and pushed the wing to stop it. Stopped it. On my foot. Now pinned to the spot in the middle of nowhere, in the dark. Whimpered. Thought. Whimpered a bit more. Wrenched my foot out of my shoe. My foot hurts. One click is not enough handbrake. crad, HarmonicCheeseburger, dome and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: They did them as 7 seater right? Hope so! I don't know, but Fiat did a Doblo 7 seater. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Boring news. New Volvo 740 is parked up for a few days, went to get my winter tyres on the Mondeo so it can be the family workhorse as usual! N19 and crad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crad Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 its not much but I did my first piece of work on my own car- the herculean* task of the front wiper blades and a rear lightbulb. slightly broke the clip of the drivers wiper blade but i'm sure that will hold, it seems very tight (fnarr) anyway. BorniteIdentity, Cord Fourteener, Andyrew and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Getting a slot for Iceland or Asda is akin to winning the lottery. When did life get so shite? crad and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Grand Picasso back in for an MOT after over Christmas replacement of injector seals.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I've just learnt that Andromeda is going to collide with our milky way in 4 billion years time. In light of this, I've started to stockpile toilet roll. Jerzy Woking, Skizzer, somewhatfoolish and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 8 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: They did them as 7 seater right? Hope so! I don't think they did on those. I think you have to move up to the Expert Combi to get more than 5 seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said: I've just learnt that Andromeda is going to collide with our milky way in 4 billion years time. In light of this, I've started to stockpile toilet roll. Presumably no-one's told you what the Sun is planning to do 4 billion years on Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Create a front page belter to stir up public Kaos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Bren said: Getting a slot for Iceland or Asda is akin to winning the lottery. When did life get so shite? Surprised at that - Iceland near me (not the store I work in) is busy but has availability from Friday onwards. They do seem to have slightly reduced capacity this week though, not sure why I don’t think I would be able to get a Tesco/Asda slot mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 From where I am (Cambridgeshire) the supermarkets are playing it very, very well. My Mother and Father in Law (He is clinically vulnerable) can get Tesco and Iceland twice a week if they want it. Me (Young gay fresh and funky) can't - but can get Click and Collect slots at 50 pence or whatever. The 85 item limit is just about right and stops people getting silly (cuntish) about it all. No doubt there are people in the middle who are frightened and can't easily get deliveries, but in the main they're doing a good job of limiting slots (2 in advance) and prioritising the right people. It's a shame that people can't just be human about stuff, but I've given up being surprised about that now. If you don't expect, you're never disappointed. Tickman and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 MOT day tomorrow for the mercedes, last year it was £312 in total, will it be more or less this year do we think? What'll it be, Slobodan? dome, stonedagain, Split_Pin and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Floatylight said: Grand Picasso back in for an MOT after over Christmas replacement of injector seals.. Update- Its passed! 183k on a 1.6hdi, not bad going.. Tickman, Stanky, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said: From where I am (Cambridgeshire) the supermarkets are playing it very, very well. My Mother and Father in Law (He is clinically vulnerable) can get Tesco and Iceland twice a week if they want it. Me (Young gay fresh and funky) can't - but can get Click and Collect slots at 50 pence or whatever. The 85 item limit is just about right and stops people getting silly (cuntish) about it all. No doubt there are people in the middle who are frightened and can't easily get deliveries, but in the main they're doing a good job of limiting slots (2 in advance) and prioritising the right people. It's a shame that people can't just be human about stuff, but I've given up being surprised about that now. If you don't expect, you're never disappointed. Meanwhile I delivered to the same customer on both Saturday and Sunday last week. 🤦♂️ stonedagain and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 My 9000 will be a couple of days getting it’s brake lines done... Whilst I’m there he says “don’t fancy another do you mate as a spares car” and points towards what (in the dark) appears to be a reasonably straight looking black 9000... Apparently the oil pump has gone knackering the engine. So yeah, I’ve been offered a complete spares car for £200... 🤔🤔🤔 tempting. loserone, Craig the Princess, puddlethumper and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Kiltox said: Surprised at that - Iceland near me (not the store I work in) is busy but has availability from Friday onwards. They do seem to have slightly reduced capacity this week though, not sure why I don’t think I would be able to get a Tesco/Asda slot mind. We’ve just had a delivery from Asda and booked our next one...plenty of availability from Monday onwards. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, brownnova said: My 9000 will be a couple of days getting it’s breaker lines done... Whilst I’m there he says “don’t fancy another do you mate as a spares car” and points towards what (in the dark) appears to be a reasonably straight looking black 9000... Apparently the oil pump has gone knackering the engine. So yeah, I’ve been offered a complete spares car for £200... 🤔🤔🤔 tempting. It will pay for itself in no time flat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 hours ago, crad said: its not much but I did my first piece of work on my own car- the herculean* task of the front wiper blades and a rear lightbulb. slightly broke the clip of the drivers wiper blade but i'm sure that will hold, it seems very tight (fnarr) anyway. First step is the first step. Good work, I say! crad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tim_E said: It will pay for itself in no time flat... Yes it is quite tempting... Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crad Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, Tim_E said: First step is the first step. Good work, I say! aye, rome wasn't built in a day. MOT tommorow, not holding out much hope for the poor thing but it shall live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Fuck me, it's all kicking off in Muricuh! Cord Fourteener, BorniteIdentity, crad and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 What, wait... Lemme go get my maga hat!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 POLITICS? crad, egg, Timewaster and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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