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[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Have this earworm... 😁😁😁

 

I prefer their other work:

 

[Slappy]

Oh Come on. You can't mention Divine Comedy and not include this...

As you were...

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Getting  a gift with a note attached (or vice versa)

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, Low Horatio gearbox said:

Getting  a gift with a note attached (or vice versa)

No, THIS Is a Dodge Charger! What a coincidence you have one today too!

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Mmmm purple!

 Dont.. I'm adulting  at a very high level and not buying one .. yet (or more correctly I'm buying a house and being sensible.. groans)

[puntopaul]

After buying a new handbrake light switch from the Fiat dealer, as the handbrake light stopped working. Found out despite initial inspection and appearances, the wire had actually broke away from the connector plug and just fell out 🤣 Great as getting the switch out would of been a pain, because you can't get to the screw without removing the handbrake as there's no room for a screwdriver. So a trip to Fiat, and £15 for nothing.. oooooohhhwww! Still if anyone needs a brand new handbrake light switch for a Mk1 Fiat Punto or Fiat Barchetta... message me 👍

[wuvvum]

7 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have just found out that all the tourists visiting the Isle of Sodor bringing their cars by Motorail have MK1 Escorts!

Thomas doesn't look too impressed.  "Bloody scene taxed shite."

[plasticvandan]

Weather permitting I will be working on my dad's new car tomorrow 2 owners,first worked at the factory and bought it direct

 

[Split_Pin]

Had my Covid jag today, the AstraZeneca one.

Felt OK during the day but now I feel achy, skin is super sensitive and I'm generally buckled.

Hope my weekend isn't scuppered as I really wanted to swap the wheels out on the Cavalier.

[Spurious]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Had my Covid jag today, the AstraZeneca one.

Felt OK during the day but now I feel achy, skin is super sensitive and I'm generally buckled.

Hope my weekend isn't scuppered as I really wanted to swap the wheels out on the Cavalier.

If it's any use to you I was buckled to after my first AZ microchip. Was fine after a sleep, next day I was just a bit achey but fine

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Had my Covid jag today, the AstraZeneca one.

Felt OK during the day but now I feel achy, skin is super sensitive and I'm generally buckled.

Hope my weekend isn't scuppered as I really wanted to swap the wheels out on the Cavalier.

I think you’ll be perfect again in 24hours. Same symptoms here but ok after apart from a continuing cough.

[vulgalour]

That Charger though, I need a sit down and I'm already sat down.

[stuboy]

21 hours ago, barefoot said:

Before all this COVID shenanigans kicked off I was looking for a small car. A teeny tiny engined car with a Bader box & A/C. There were a few about, they were all Japanese, all three pot & all either rotten at the back end of the sills or they'd had their sills patched up. Then lockdown occurred and the looking slowed and I thought that I'd really be much happier keeping the cheapest car I have ever owned. I've had this Scirocco for more than ten years, it's cost me just short of fuck all over that period, so I thought it was time to show it some love. The replacement £50 Weber was worn beyond redemption so I bought it a new one and then had a new cam/auxiliary belt and also the cam timing tweaked, the car tuned properly, the fuel lines renewed and the brakes rebuilt. Today I've changed something that's been pissing me off for a decade & something that folk can see.

Before

After

Now to have a word with those nice chaps down at PD Gough about a new tailpipe...

just the number plate?

[Low Horatio gearbox]

30 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

That Charger though, I need a sit down and I'm already sat down.

"68 Dodge charger R/T, 440 cubic inch engine,   three twin downdraft Holly Carburettors,  can go from zero to 100kmh in 6.3 seconds.... and I even like the colour"

[stuboy]

On 11/27/2020 at 6:48 AM, stuboy said:

the tacuma was taking away by 'RECLAMET' for princly sum of £200.. 

[Fumbler]

Saw my first HubNut sticker in the wild on the road today. I overtook a lightly modded red C15 van on the M25, then the C15 accelerated level with me and gave me a wave! I have found a lot of people grin when they see the BX.

[Cord Fourteener]

10 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have just found out that all the tourists visiting the Isle of Sodor bringing their cars by Motorail have MK1 Escorts!

Thomas doesn't like Mk1 escorts, Harry Potter never cared for Vectra estates much apparently. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

The Friday evening hack turns into a snack....

[Ghosty]

Just been to Kelso and back in eight hours with a mate to buy some slightly shit wheels off Marketplace, to replace some very shit wheels that are on my next purchase. 

Because why not. 

[Mrcento]

New car day for me!

Kollekshun happening in the afternoon.

[STUNO]

The New Zealand Dept. of Conservation (aka the saviors of the planet) have purchased an ev for use on Stewart Island. They have nowhere to charge it so use a diesel generator for the job.

Governments are the same everywhere !

[Merryck]

I took the Focus to a diesel specialist last week to get the rough idle and lack of power checked out. Got a call Thursday to say they couldn’t find the issue and that I could collect it yesterday.

Went down, paid my bill and waited for the chap to bring it out to me. Take a look round the corner after a few minutes and he’s in there trying to start it. It kept firing then dying.

Eventually he gets it running and it’s just kicking out endless smoke. I go over to see what’s going on and he explains “it’s been doing this” pointing to the dash all my warning lights are on.

Previously it was just running rough, it didn’t have any of these issues! I went back into the office to speak to them about it and they were adamant that it came in with those problems. Not sure how I would have driven it there. I left it with them for now. Either they’ll fix it and I won’t be paying the bill or they’ll decide it’s doublefucked anyway.

Thinking about it overnight, they charged me for checking out my injectors, they wouldn’t have done that if it had been presenting all these electrical problems, they’d have just called me to collect it. So either they charged me for something they knew I didn’t need, or these electrical issues started while they were working on it.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

The wife and I are going to visit some Bluebell Woods. Because Bluebells are fucking pretty! 🤩🤩🤩🌺🌺🌺😁😁😁

[Split_Pin]

That's the Cavalier on the Tigra wheels. They're a bit shit but it means someone is coming for the Speedlines tonight.

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

The wife and I are going to visit some Bluebell Woods. Because Bluebells are fucking pretty! 🤩🤩🤩🌺🌺🌺😁😁😁

Just make sure you only look at the English bluebells not the Johnny Foreigner Spanish ones.

[richardmorris]

36 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That's the Cavalier on the Tigra wheels. They're a bit shit but it means someone is coming for the Speedlines tonight.

They look a bit small - is that the diameter, or the tyre profile?

[dome]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

They look a bit small - is that the diameter, or the tyre profile?

Needs slammed m9

[richardmorris]

Lovely weather today.

[dome]

Found these under the carpet of the Manta while stripping it down. Guess Hans dropped his lunch money whilst putting the carpet in...

[Amishtat]

Nice twenty mile amble through the Nith valley this morning to go to the Post office, then home for a Sctsh lunch.