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[Mally]

I may* be joining you in the Red Lion at some time in the future when things settle down.

Long while since I was in there.

[Squire_Dawson]

Nothing's really changed there in 40 years.

[SierraMikeHotel]

The Red Lion in Egham? Used to spend a lot of time there when I was a student. Great place.

[richardmorris]

They are like the eye of the storm - to all intents and purposes untouchable.Looks like this is the fella

That’s Howard yes. Very pleasant when I met him. But perhaps not totally realistic about the ongoing operation. I don’t know how my friend got involved - I suspect golf contacts, but he went in to assist with the website and advertising.

[richardmorris]

The Red Lion in Egham? Used to spend a lot of time there when I was a student. Great place.

Oddly enough, that cropped up in conversation today. Above mentioned Howard has a lockup ( makes him sound like arfur Dailey!) behind the pub stacked with parts.

[richardmorris]

That's ridiculous! It pains me to pay over £3 for a pint. Draught ale is £1.90 a pint in the Red Lion... I'm enjoying it as much as possible.

You’re not kidding. I couldn’t see anything I’d drink on tap ( John smiths smooth flow!! Stella and carlsberg, San Miguel, not even a Guinness or doom bar). Then saw some bottles behind the bar. 500ml, but still a bit of a Liberty.

[Mally]

Wrong one, ours is Littleborough, same people forever, don't sit in the wrong chair.

Last time I was in Hickory RIP was singing.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

That’s Howard yes. Very pleasant when I met him. But perhaps not totally realistic about the ongoing operation. I don’t know how my friend got involved - I suspect golf contacts, but he went in to assist with the website and advertising.

...and the rest, as they say, is hysterical.

[DodgeRover]

Cleaned and gapped plugs checked and cleaned dizzy cap, checked and set valve clearances and the van still won't idle below 1000rpm. Compression test tomorrow if it stops raining, I've got a feeling it will require another head gasket replacement

[clayts450]

Sniping tool lined up for a "4 seconds to go"  bid on something I really don't need and is partly broken. Cheap though...

 

Will be on the phone to me mum when auction ends, so the fear can come later.

 

 

Missed out quite spectacularly, thank goodness. Yes it was a Vauxhall Tigra B, 1.8 Sport, just because... Shoot me.

 

However, seems I had a narrow* (well £275 quid) escape as the seller was described thusly on eBay

 

 

Think this was a pikey. Tried to fob me off Buying car. Timewaster

[Arthur Foxhake]

Some pics.

Couldn't be arsed earlier as there is no heat coming from the air vents and I was cold. Needs investigation, a new heater matrix was supplied with the car so I'll chalk that up as the main suspect for now.

Paint needs attention, maybe cutting back will work as it seems a bit oxidised and wet/ scratching it with my fingernails takes the worst of it off.

Other things to list are sunroof is just wrong, driver's door latch is broken off, rev counter inop, as is fuel guage, headlining sagging (new one supplied) and it needs a clean.

Very pleased with it.

 

 

 

 

And home.

 

 

Drove down in the Cougar, haven't driven it for a while and it's definitely running rough, dropping a cylinder now and again, will have to look at it and see if it's worth bothering with or not. Been the best £100 car I've had so I will more than likely fix it.

[egg]

there's probably a thread for this, but I've been thinking about my 2019 shite plans, and they go something like this:

 

- Get the main jobs done on the Mondy Base - exhaust, rear bumper paint, thermostat change, and maybe a trip to Krown for a waxing - and make sure I get it to FOTU.

- Run the Mazda 323 until May at least and try and get it through another test. then see whether Mrs Egg is happy to continue with it, or if not get a newer auto and roffle the Mazda.

- Get a genuine* classic as my '3rd car' to have some fun with

- buy lots of Norev miniature shite.

- get to northern France for either a French car meet or a brocante

 

Umm, that looks expensive!

[Ghosty]

 

- buy lots of Norev miniature shite.

- get to northern France for either a French car meet or a brocante

 

 

 

See you in Caen, then

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Met up at lunchtime for a pint with an old friend and neighbour. £4.29 ! a bottle for wainwright which was the most drinkable of the offerings my next door beefeater offered.

 

Anyway, as he mentioned he’s selling his flat to buy a house with his girlfriend and I’m now thinking of buying it a little. He’s offered a decent discount on the current price, and it turns out the mortgage wouldn’t be totally unrealistic either.

 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66299590.html

 

Positives - 2bed flat with parking and 1 ( maybe two with a neighbourly arrangement) garages with power.

Negatives - no outdoor space at all, just communal shrubbery.

 

Cons - we could all be living in a post apocalyptic nuclear wasteland next year, in which case my armed security and steel gates could be useful where I am.

 

 

Management fees on the flat?

 

Honestly, it looks like a very decent buy...

[They_all_do_that_sir]

there's probably a thread for this, but I've been thinking about my 2019 shite plans, and they go something like this:

 

- Get the main jobs done on the Mondy Base - exhaust, rear bumper paint, thermostat change, and maybe a trip to Krown for a waxing - and make sure I get it to FOTU.

- Run the Mazda 323 until May at least and try and get it through another test. then see whether Mrs Egg is happy to continue with it, or if not get a newer auto and roffle the Mazda.

- Get a genuine* classic as my '3rd car' to have some fun with

- buy lots of Norev miniature shite.

- get to northern France for either a French car meet or a brocante

 

Umm, that looks expensive!

Would be a good thread to start!! I've lots of wishful thinking for 2019!

 

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[Lord Sterling]

See you in Caen, then

Hope not. That's where the French warehouse of my company is....

[egg]

Would be a good thread to start!! I've lots of wishful thinking for 2019!

 

Don't we have an ongoing thread of plans which people look back on each year? Or have I just imagined that?

[Ghosty]

Don't we have an ongoing thread of plans which people look back on each year? Or have I just imagined that?

 

I'm sure there is one, it just keeps getting buried due to the nature of, well, calendars.

[dozeydustman]

In dustmanland......

 

[Timewaster]

A bloke at work had one like that. He always carried a spare belt after a few had snapped.

 

I let him off such a stupid car though as he's got a Griffith 500 at home.

Glad he has heeded the age old advice.

 

A TVR is only acceptable transport if you own another car... That's not another TVR.

 

Could apply to a lot of our tat.

[Jim Bell]

Some pics.

Couldn't be arsed earlier as there is no heat coming from the air vents and I was cold. Needs investigation, a new heater matrix was supplied with the car so I'll chalk that up as the main suspect for now.

Paint needs attention, maybe cutting back will work as it seems a bit oxidised and wet/ scratching it with my fingernails takes the worst of it off.

Other things to list are sunroof is just wrong, driver's door latch is broken off, rev counter inop, as is fuel guage, headlining sagging (new one supplied) and it needs a clean.

Very pleased with it.

 

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And home.

 

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Drove down in the Cougar, haven't driven it for a while and it's definitely running rough, dropping a cylinder now and again, will have to look at it and see if it's worth bothering with or not. Been the best £100 car I've had so I will more than likely fix it.

That looks nice man. I've always wanted one of those but never had one. They're that rare now that I probably never will now. Hope it doesn't put up much of a fight when it comes to making improvements.

[NorthernMonkey]

In dustmanland......

 

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Who the fuck would throw away a perfectly good snake like that??

[Arthur Foxhake]

That looks nice man. I've always wanted one of those but never had one. They're that rare now that I probably never will now. Hope it doesn't put up much of a fight when it comes to making improvements.

I've had a few 205's and always wanted one of these, even when I had a 1.9 GTI.

It drives so well, tracks straight and true and gives me all of the good feels when I look at it.

I'm smitten.

[Guest Hooli]

Glad he has heeded the age old advice.

 

A TVR is only acceptable transport if you own another car... That's not another TVR.

 

Could apply to a lot of our tat.

 

He does IT support for GP surgeries, I can't see the TVR surviving long on some of the places he has to go too. Or getting covered cost wise by the mileage payments.

[Arthur Foxhake]

Who the fuck would throw away a perfectly good snake like that??

That made me do a ROFL.

[stuboy]

Bought this from tkmaxx as it was cheap and gadgety... probably crappy

[beko1987]

I've had a few 205's and always wanted one of these, even when I had a 1.9 GTI.

It drives so well, tracks straight and true and gives me all of the good feels when I look at it.

I'm smitten.

See, I do quite like 205's,and their sharp rise into worth some money land means I've probably missed the boat

 

Plus, the only experience of a 205 is wills, at shitefest 2015 on the hill run. I took it up there and will kept telling me to go faster when I thought I was taking the piss a bit..

So he drove me hack down! And fucking hell it was amazing/terrifying!

 

And any 205 I get into now just won't feel the same!

[Ghosty]

I just had a stupidly brilliant idea.

 

My mum has a ten year old Bini Cooper S. Depreciating obvs, but still worth a bit, and full of electrickery.

My mum is absolutely in love with my T5. 

Volvo 850 T5Rs are worth similar money to Cooper Ss, maybe slightly more. 

 

Do I try and convince her to get a T5R (would have to be auto), on the grounds they have the same performance, same fuel economy, and will increase in value rather than decrease?

[New POD]

I just had a stupidly brilliant idea.

 

My mum has a ten year old Bini Cooper S. Depreciating obvs, but still worth a bit, and full of electrickery.

My mum is absolutely in love with my T5.

Volvo 850 T5Rs are worth similar money to Cooper Ss, maybe slightly more.

 

Do I try and convince her to get a T5R (would have to be auto), on the grounds they have the same performance, same fuel economy, and will increase in value rather than decrease?

No.

Just no.

[Jim Bell]

I just had a stupidly brilliant idea.

 

My mum has a ten year old Bini Cooper S. Depreciating obvs, but still worth a bit, and full of electrickery.

My mum is absolutely in love with my T5.

Volvo 850 T5Rs are worth similar money to Cooper Ss, maybe slightly more.

 

Do I try and convince her to get a T5R (would have to be auto), on the grounds they have the same performance, same fuel economy, and will increase in value rather than decrease?

Never convince anyone in your family to do anything. Especially in relation to cars. When it goes wrong in 18 months you'll be the one to blame.