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[HMC]

Utter shit heap of a Mercedes Vito popular with hmc_jrs. As they are bilingual they know only too well the meaning of ROST

[Alex66]

32 minutes ago, cort16 said:

This chair for sale on Facebook makes my head hurt

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1878124205627031/

I want it.

[Broadsword]

To those who watched Flipping Bangers yesterday. Did anyone take note of the miracle paint they used on that Suzuki? I can't believe they just slapped a coat of the stuff on with rollers and by the time it was dry, it looked fine. Amazing!

[lesapandre]

MG have refitted their showroom on Piccadilly in London. Its a great location to drive business and burnish their brand - opposite Fortnum and Mason and The Ritz - a few doors down from the Royal Academy. So lots of potential customers for a niche brand - something a bit special. The Mini showroom is round the corner and was busy when I went past today for example. 

So what have they done - mmmmm....fitted their showroom out as a coffee bar leaving their cars - whatever they are called they look like everything else these days - at the back. They have left the last sports car they made in the window even though they don't sell them any more. Strange people. 

Coffee bar is called the roadster - no irony intended I suppose. You can only neglect a brand so long before it's dead. Maybe this all means something in Jina. Pity.

[lesapandre]

Meanwhile...to counteract the glumness a Citroen SM drove down Piccadilly looking absolutely fantastic. Only got to snap it a distance alas. Amazing what you see about occasionally. 

[lanciamatt]

Thema cleaned for a local car show tomorrow, not entering just going with gf and daughter. 

[hairnet]

wheres the fap like icon :D

 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

9 hours ago, BoggyMires said:

NEWS JUST IN... Discovery FTP in the middle of nowhere! Leaving work now (108 miles away!) to go and find out what... wotch this space M8! Sounds like something has thrown the belt, engine still runs.... it's a thinker, probably an idler pully... report later...

Welp... 

It's a no-go. Idler pulley chucked it's toys out and had a meltdown... Literally!

 

 

I couldn't drive it back. Belt does everything including the water pump. Steering was like wrestling with the Hulk, it was awful enough turning the car around let alone attempting a twenty mile drive home! All new pulleys, belt and tensioner on their way.

 

 

[busmansholiday]

So I've spent most of today at hospitals. 

Started with Montagu walk in injured at Mexie. Whilst in the pub last night my eye started hurting. This am it wasn't better. Found out Specsavers do an eye clinic but tomorrow was first available time. Drove across the border to them. There's no A&E just walking wounded. Looked in eye (less than 30 mins from registering) with big magnifying glass and light. Needle scraped one bit off but not second bit of material.

Ended up at A &E at Barnsley. So doc gets me in front of a proper eye machine

 What you been doing?, that looks like a piece of metal.

Grinding the stuck brake adjuster off my car yesterday.

Yep a piece has gone in your eye.

I was wearing glasses and such, I used to work in H&S I replied.

I'm not going to preach to you, I ended up in here in front of a colleague as I'm restoring an early series 3 V8 Landie and did the same.

 

Rest of time, whilst he tried needless to remove the last bit passed quickly as we discussed crap cars.

[The Moog]

Ouch ..

I have started wearing face shield after another Shiter had bits picked out of his eyeballs

[Broadsword]

That is quite a frightening story. I’m off to buy a full face shield.

[NorthernMonkey]

It only took two visits to the hospital to pick out all the bits of the 1mm slitting disc from my eyeball that shattered and peppered my face last month.

Got some safety glasses now.

[Saabnut]

59 minutes ago, BoggyMires said:

Welp... 

It's a no-go. Idler pulley chucked it's toys out and had a meltdown... Literally!

 

 

I couldn't drive it back. Belt does everything including the water pump. Steering was like wrestling with the Hulk, it was awful enough turning the car around let alone attempting a twenty mile drive home! All new pulleys, belt and tensioner on their way.

 

 

That first image is a familiar one being a fellow Discovery of Doom owner!

To be fair, mine has been behaving itself the last few days having covered 250+ miles without an FTP (much to the relief of the AA)

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, lanciamatt said:

Thema cleaned for a local car show tomorrow, not entering just going with gf and daughter. 

Do you get a durable shine from Fosters?

[paulplom]

9 hours ago, snagglepuss said:

Ouch ..

I have started wearing face shield after another Shiter had bits picked out of his eyeballs

It was me. They clamped my head in a vice and picked out the bits of trampoline with syringe needle. It was actually worse than it sounds. I where those full eye goggle things now.

[brownnova]

I’m far too gung ho when it comes to stuff like that. I must invest in proper eye protection too.. Hope you’re alright now

[lanciamatt]

10 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Do you get a durable shine from Fosters?

Got keep hydrated while working away 

[Mally]

4 hours ago, paulplom said:

It was me. They clamped my head in a vice and picked out the bits of trampoline with syringe needle. It was actually worse than it sounds. I where those full eye goggle things now.

The guy who did my eye couldn't get one bit out, so he got a dremel and a dentists grinding ball and ground a piece off the white of my eye.

Obviously the gear was a bit more technical, but that's how he described it to me.

He said it would take a week to settle down, it took 3 weeks!

[New POD]

Just having breakfast. 

Have to eat outside as I've sprayed the house with chemicals to kill fleas. 

I think the lawn can wait a week.

[New POD]

55 minutes ago, lanciamatt said:

Got keep hydrated while working away 

My wife says that as a child they werent allowed to play in the sun, until they'd had a glass of cider, so they didn't get thirsty.

It was the early 70s and she'd be about 7 or 8. 

 

[crapcarcollector]

Thema cleaned for a local car show tomorrow, not entering just going with gf and daughter. 

That’s a lovely Thema. You have good taste!

[MikeR]

F in birds screaming there tits off in the trees and dumping all over the cars ...

got a recording of a hawk on youtube and played it back via my BT speaker in the garden  ......    

its amazing how many birds can suddenly be some where else ......

[beko1987]

"Good Afternoon, Beko1987 Autosparks, how may I help you?" 

"Broken door loom you say? *checks stock of butt crimps and electrical tape* Yes of course madam, bring it right round. Is it a car renowned for spontaneously setting itself on fire?" 

"Lovely" 

 

[andy18s]

50 minutes ago, MikeR said:

F in birds screaming there tits off in the trees and dumping all over the cars ...

got a recording of a hawk on youtube and played it back via my BT speaker in the garden  ......    

its amazing how many birds can suddenly be some where else 

We have a Sparrowhawk or similar who has decided our garden is part of his patch....all goes quiet every hour or so when he comes over.

At night numerous owls can be heard over the constant frog chorus (no,not the McCartney shit)....

In other news,summer is on the way

[brownnova]

Loads of important jobs to do... 

 

So I washed the 2CV

Important jobs can wait.  

[richardmorris]

I saw a big crash on the eastbound m4 near j12 this morning as I was heading in the other direction. Sadly a burgundy wobbly shaped megan convertible has driven it’s last journey. Quite heavily imbedded in the central reservation. All lanes closed.

[dozeydustman]

No news on the Saab re: MoT. I took it to the garage on Friday and they said they'd do it over the weekend. Hasn't gone for a test by the looks of things online, and I could do with it on Monday.

[busmansholiday]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

I’m far too gung ho when it comes to stuff like that. I must invest in proper eye protection too.. Hope you’re alright now

Back in the hospital eye clinic Tuesday. Hopefully the paste I'm putting in my eye every 6 hours will loosen the last bits and they'll be able to scrape it out. 

Fortunately it's my bad eye that has dry amd (age-related macular degeneration ) in it.

[richardmorris]

Someone, I assume is the gamekeeper, has just started firing a double barrelled shotgun  about 100m away from where I am sitting. Nearly spilled my drink! Damned loud and smells strongly of something- is cordite still a thing?

8 shots so far- of course it could be the start of the revolution, or even Prince Phillip having a go at Megan’s relatives.

 

six more shots in quick succession. Just said hello to the neighbour, who says it’s supposed to be bad form to shoot on a Sunday- must give the animals a sporting day off what, what!

[richardmorris]

Mystery solved. James, viscount Severn, has just driven past in a green defender with the gamekeeper. Must have been giving the 12year old shooting lessons.