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[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Conrad D. Conelrad said:

Why, what's wrong with it?

The badges and a couple of other bits might still be salvageable...

[holbeck]

 

Mrs h's Dacia had its first service today.  12 year old beige Modus was a surprise courtesy car.

[Tickman]

1 hour ago, 17-Coffees said:

Been trying to thin down the amount of cars I have, the Golf and Astra are definitely going. The Abarth has been a 'will I-Wont I' affair still, I hardly use it at what it's best at (B-Road blasts, etc) and the fuel economy is rather bad for commuting on the A90/AWPR  to the point where the LS400 would be just as economic! 

So I decided to try WBAC for a valuation, and being honest about its condition, and they are offering me much more than I paid to buy it outright! I'm tempted to try and see what other places would give (Arnold clark, etc) and take it from there. ?

Is the Minor safe from the cull?

[lanciamatt]

Good bye lancia. 

[lanciamatt]

[loserone]

21 minutes ago, lanciamatt said:

Good bye lancia. 

Did someone say August 2021?

[17-Coffees]

52 minutes ago, Tickman said:

Is the Minor safe from the cull?

For the time being, definitely! It's safe in the garage and takes up little space. The Golf and Astra are the main ones I'm wanting rid of as the Abarth fills the role of being an car. 

I do really need to start playing with the Minor again though, 5 months of no work is giving me less and less motivation sadly.

 

[Tickman]

Glad it is safe at least for now.

If it is ever getting culled let me know please.

[richardmorris]

Hot here in Surrey, climate app for my bicycle gps said 34 when I rode home at 4pm. One of the empty places next door is to let, and someone has just been over to look. Youngish couple, but must be loaded, it’s £2300 a month!

won’t you be my neighbor?

http://www.windsorgreatpark.co.uk/en/live-and-work/property/residential-lettings/3-home-farm-bagshot-park

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Session with the audiologist this morning to remove blockage in my left ear.

The last time anyone had a go at my ears was over 20 years ago and the job fell to my GP armed with a very big syringe and a kidney-shaped bowl.

Things have changed. Now they use a compressor pump and a narrow-body pipe set to "suck". And suck it does. Marvellous. I've never been so relaxed.

As for the material removed, I didn't think it was possible to have that much trapped in my head. Not quite enough there to make candles for a Papal funeral, but still a lot.

[chadders]

37 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Hot here in Surrey, climate app for my bicycle gps said 34 when I rode home at 4pm. One of the empty places next door is to let, and someone has just been over to look. Youngish couple, but must be loaded, it’s £2300 a month!

won’t you be my neighbor?

http://www.windsorgreatpark.co.uk/en/live-and-work/property/residential-lettings/3-home-farm-bagshot-park

It could be a corporate let, it's far cheaper than putting an expensive consultant up in a hotel and his other half can then spend their allowances in Harrods. We used to do that all the time when we brought specialists over from the States for a particular project.

The royal connection will also impress them, ours did when my US boss learnt about it.

[brownnova]

Annual holiday trip to a tyre centre completed... a quick trip to kwik-fit Cirencester... 

Air-con regas has made me a very popular husband/dad.

Also means the 9000 is now in pole position for all family days out! 

[Volksy]

Visiting Mother Volksy today, she had found some letters I'd sent her from back when I lived in NZ. 

In amongst them was a photo of the old CF I had out there. 

It was a 1969 locally built (CKD), 

It's pretty much eddyramrods ideal spec.. 

Holden 3.3 straight six, with auto transmission. 

Bought to look more local than getting a rental, it gave pretty good service for the year we were there. This was 23 years ago, so can't see it having survived! 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Annual holiday trip to a tyre centre completed... a quick trip to kwik-fit Cirencester... 

Air-con regas has made me a very popular husband/dad.

Also means the 9000 is now in pole position for all family days out! 

Has it all leaked out yet? 

Mine needs doing, I've told myself that once everything else is done, I'll do it. Even if that's at Christmas, I'll get mine done! Was not nice today, there's alot of glass in the estate and the car doesn't lend to having both front windows down. Zx was OK, it would slice on through. Xsara was made blobbier and blows my face off and the car sideways! (at 75)

[mitsisigma01]

3 hours ago, lanciamatt said:

Good bye lancia. 

I was hoping you were gonna drive it over the bridge or at least tow rope, true shite ending?

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, holbeck said:

Mrs h's Dacia had its first service today.  12 year old beige Modus was a surprise courtesy car.

Working Modus always a surprise. Sorry about the dead Dedra.

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, Volksy said:

Visiting Mother Volksy today, she had found some letters I'd sent her from back when I lived in NZ. 

This was 23 years ago, so can't see it having survived! 

I'd be surprised if it survived long after that engine fire tbh. 

[davehedgehog31]

Two new headlamps fitted....

Job jobbed.

[Burnside]

Sold some of my leftover Cavalier spares today, to the lucky owner of this beauty. Who currently own's four MK3 Cavaliers ! 

Was nice to know that my previous spares hoarding, is helping out other's. Trouble is, it left me thinking I want another one myself.  ?

[BL Bloke]

I thought one of the street lights had gone on the blink but when I looked outside to see what was flickering it was lightning.

DSCF1576 by timothy jones, on Flickr

 

 

[Split_Pin]

I'm in Central Scotland and through the night we had one of the worst thunderstorms I've ever seen.

I stayed up to 1am to film a nearby storm travelling north over Fife which is about about 30 miles north east of us .

This is a still from quarter to 1 in the morning.

I then went to bed and was awoken by constant lightning and thunder right overhead at around 2am. I've never seen that type of storm before, only on You Tube.

I love thunderstorms but even this was a little unnerving and my wife was petrified. My son wasn't too bothered.

More are forecast for today apparently, it's still really humid and the storms haven't cleared the air at all.

[Soundwave]

Since we're posting storm pics, here's what the night sky over costa del Nuneaton looked like last night...

[Supernaut]

It's been absolutely apocalyptic in Aberdeen since about quarter to 7. I mean, more so than it is normally here.

Sheets of rain and more thunder and lightning than I've ever seen.

[beko1987]

I've had nothong yet. About 7 miles away last night all hell broke loose apparently, I even made a coffee to be outside when it rolled over, nothing. 

Apparently we're due it later but it's said that for the last few days. Blazing hot here, I've just given the sunflowers 4l each

[Spurious]

We'd a decent dose of rain and thunder last night. Woke up at 7, went down to the kitchen for a drink to spot the gobshite of a neighbor had left the roof down on his Megane cabrio. Whooops. I admire his confidence in early 2000s French electrics. 

[mitsisigma01]

 Not a fkin drop of rain in Sussex, 30° at 8 o'clock last night, 25° at midnight, it was supposed to be the peak of a meteor storm last night, even that didn't happen. 

Back up to 28°, no car work gonna get done today ?

[wuvvum]

No thunder here yet.  It's just very warm and rather muggy.

I was woken up at some ungodly hour this morning though by military jets overhead - either on some kind of training mission or dogfighting with some Russkis or something.  The racket was unbelievable - the glass in my bedroom window was buzzing.  At one point they were so close I could hear the whine of the engines spooling up over the general earth-shattering roar of the exhausts.

[Fumbler]

Our turn down in Sussex will be tonight and tomorrow, the weekend and probably next week @mitsisigma01. I'm currently sweating myself dry during a 6-hour online job interview, Really, really happy that it wasn't happening yesterday!

[mitsisigma01]

Let's hope so. 

I have a household aircon type unit in the storage /garage area.... 6 hours so far and I still can't get it out ??? tooo fkin hot to get to it..... Must have a clear out when it cools down... Found loads of tools that I thought I had lost??

[paulplom]

It was a bit misty here early doors but it's burnt off now. Very, very humid though.

Looking over the next two weeks we must miss the storms.