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[dollywobbler]

16 hours ago, barefoot said:

Me too. It's a cheap car over there, fun mayhap, but by the time it's back here, it'll be an expensive car, and it'll still have no headlining.

I'll have you know it has a headlining now! It isn't very good, but it does have one. I've been steadily improving this car during my travels, because IDIOT.

[dollywobbler]

4 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

This one's for @dollywobbler - not even lorries are exempt from the triangle of doom!

Dennis Eagle you have failed.

 

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That's needlessly terrible.

[dollywobbler]

14 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Could you road trip it back? Bar the bits of sea you have to do... Would cost fucking mega loads in fuel though

I had toyed with that, even if I shipped it somewhere, left it there for a while and then continued the roadtrip. Lots of admin, bribe-potential and hassle though, and the way the world is going, many of the countries would be best avoided!

[Liggle]

Nice rust proofing 

[xtriple]

There's been an absolute shitbox Japanese 4x4 people carrier thing around here for ages, huge wheels, cut away arches, winch on the front, several big bits smashed and taped up with gaffa tape, mud, shit and general crap. It got abandoned outside the house opposite a couple of months ago, not normally a worry as it would move every couple of weeks. But not this time, just been parked there ever since.

Today it has a DVLA  'Untaxed' sticker and a wheel clamp on it.

I'm not normally a great one to smile at someone elses misery but this twat has been abandoning it anywhere he likes including all four wheels on the pavement right on the corner of the road and then leaving it there for weeks for at least a year. I hope it gets fragged!

[MikeR]

dont forget the M6 is shut up by Lancaster this weekend ...

it has come as a shock to some people !!

[xtriple]

Seeing as I have been a good boy since New Year, serviced the car, cleaned it etc, I thought it about time I de-clagged the interior. Hoover was dug out from the cesspit and off I went, rejoicing. Hoovering away I noticed it is a tad damp here and there which as the windscreen occassionally mists up, not totally unexpected but I thought having taken all the damp towels out of the boot, it should have been okay.

Mould behind the seat!   Nowhere wet, but damp in places especially the bloody boot. Oh sod, I quoth, or words to that effect.

A little later I realised why it's damp inside and in the boot: sheer naked stupidity/operator error. Whenever the sun shines, some elderly stereotypes like to put the roof down. The roof that is still WET! Yes I put the wet roof down and it spills a load into the car and the rest just stays in the boot, on the roof and then flows into the carpet when you go round corners.

Why am I such a fucking idiot?

[MikeR]

https://gobnewsonline.com/2020/01/10/briton-returning-from-new-zealand-drives-his-beloved-toyota-land-cruiser-all-the-way-back/

 

wow !!!

[Cavcraft]

After weeks and weeks of arsing about waiting for the log book for the Vespa, I got it last night. Had already insured it, so taxed it and couldn't wait to get out for a blast. It ran out of juice, so I lobbed some in from a can, then went to the petrol station. Bit of a bastard to start again, so twiddled with the fuel tap and off it went. Mile and a half up the road, giving it some beans and it conked to a stop. Steadfastly refused to start, went to open the tool box door to see if there was any spares in there (,i.e plug and spanner), forgot it was a different lock and promptly broke the only ignition key in the tool box door lock!

Luckily it wasn't far from home and another scooter rider with a van kindly offered me a lift, but I pushed it anyhow

 

 

A bit earlier on I collected this, a quite horrible ET2 that doesn't run and is Cat N, but it was stupidly cheap (in relative terms) so can't complain

 

 

On the way back from buying that, popped into a motorbike accessory place to get a new helmet and this was in the car park. A thing of absolute beauty and still probably top of my dream bike list

 

 

[egg]

Head's up to Kent (and other south-east) shiters about this year's Faversham Festival of Transport...

Vintage buses and commercials on the Sat, classics on the Sun.

https://www.favershamfestivaloftransport.org/

[wuvvum]

That Kettle is lovely.  Although most modern 125s have wider tyres and bigger brakes...

[Jamie]

Just in manchester on the piss anyone know what they're filming  

[Amishtat]

Registered 30 years ago today so gave the tank a quick wash. Does anybody here remember the supplying dealer? 

[egg]

My Mazda came from Tamplins....

[BorniteIdentity]

5 hours ago, jamiechod said:

Just in manchester on the piss anyone know what they're filming  

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/theres-filming-northern-quarter-today-17543962.amp

[High Jetter]

No mention there of his Dr Who creds, am I missing something?

[Vince70]

My E36  went through the mot today and scraped through the emissions after an Italian tuneup by the mechanic.

The cheap catalytic converter that I fitted a couple of years back is about as useless as a chocolate teapot apparently and I’m basically running a decat as it has nothing inside it.

Also the cheap exhaust is pretty crap quality so before the next mot I’ve got to find a decent cat and stainless steel exhaust on the cheap but have a year to find one scouring Facebook marketplace and eBay now.

I can’t wait till the 1st February to tax it now.

 

[dollywobbler]

I have sold the Fairmont, provisionally. I will miss it, but it joins a VERY long list of cars that have served me well and then been got rid of. Situation normal really.

[dozeydustman]

This is why council tax is expensive

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

This is why council tax is expensive

Well if they let you drive the Mayoral Limousine I'm not surprised 

[dollywobbler]

I'm already wondering what to buy when I come back to the UK. A Vauxhall Frontera currently seems a good idea. Maybe I caught too much sun today...

[brownnova]

Nah it’s not a Frontera you want it’s an Isuzu VehiCross... But that’ll be harder to find and much more expensive... 

[andy18s]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

Nah it’s not a Frontera you want it’s an Isuzu VehiCross... But that’ll be harder to find and much more expensive... 

I'd love a VehiCross....but,yeah.lol

[Parky]

Mini now has a new headlight - should have been easy but as per usual one captive nut decided to spin so after trying several conventional approaches I tried an unconventional one called “Hammer”.  That worked.  About to find if three bolts hold it in as well as four bolts but I have a replacement mounting bit on the way so can get all four bolts in later this week

Light is in and roughly aligned by eye but will have to have another go when it’s darker.  Just having tea before changing the pollen filter, let’s see if I have to use “Hammer” again or whether “Super unleaded and matches” might be the better approach for this...

[N19]

Just seen this at Tescos in B'wood... 

[dozeydustman]

4 hours ago, anonymous user said:

Well if they let you drive the Mayoral Limousine I'm not surprised 

Mayoral limo here is an S-class which is probably thirstier.

To be fair when cruising it to the transfer station and back I got well into double figures, about 16mpg, which ain’t bad of 26 tonnes and an old-school Allison slushbox

[High Jetter]

40 minutes ago, N19 said:

Just seen this at Tescos in B'wood... 

Were the keys in it?

[richardmorris]

Spotted in today’s Daily Torygraph......

[richardmorris]

Edit, they won’t get those dents out of the bonnet!

[Eyersey1234]

Just completed my last day of local bus work, bit strange leaving the depot for the last time.