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[tom13]

I dislike football but as the euros are starting today. 

'It's coming home!!! '

Thanks to Ceri for collecting it for me and making it trouble free. What a chap! 

[cort16]

17 hours ago, cort16 said:

I was posting the keys of my BMW through the garage letter box last night as I'm trying to get the aircon on my BMW fixed and noticed an Allegro inside the garage.

I decided to go down to check on my BMW/sniff out this allegro at lunch time it was an absolutely mint burgundy  20,000 miles series one deluxe that was in for some work.

I sold my old Allegro to the guy who owned the garage so between the two of us there was a lot of Vic Reeves style Allegro trouser rubbing. So much infact I forgot to take a picture of it.

It also turn out the AC condenser on the BMW is goosed.

I got a picture. Look at the size of it next to a 3 door Fiesta.

[dozeydustman]

I'm going to be away for a week or so from tomorrow morning, with limited to zero internet access.

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

I'm going to be away for a week or so from tomorrow morning, with limited to zero internet access.

Going Cold Turkey eh!

[dozeydustman]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Going Cold Turkey eh!

Well, where I'm going claims to have Wi-Fi but probably connected to a 300 Baud modem on a C64.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Alison has taken me to a rather lovely location... 

[Fumbler]

The BX found a friend in the forecourt. Very enthusiastic and appreciative owner!

[Split_Pin]

All the Scotrail trains in Scotland are apparently on strike on Sunday yet no mention of this on their App. At least not where the user can clearly see it. Thanks Scotrail. Thotrail. 

Anyway it now means that the first leg of my collection will be by SERVICE BUS which will take almost as long as the next leg which will be about 3 times the mileage by cross border LNER train.

Hopefully the bus will have enough Covid capacity to allow me on.

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, cort16 said:

I got a picture. Look at the size of it next to a 3 door Fiesta.

Ooh a series 1 with the teeth! Nice. 

 

[Ghosty]

23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Thanks Scotrail. Thotrail. 

Very specific, but well executed. 🤣

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

I'm going to be away for a week or so from tomorrow morning, with limited to zero internet access.

Sounds like a holiday!

[wuvvum]

55 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

The BX found a friend in the forecourt. Very enthusiastic and appreciative owner!

A few days ago I was at Tesco putting diesel in the 75, and a facelift 75 tourer in doom blue pulled up to the pump behind me.  We exchanged appreciative nods and "Nice car"s.  His didn't have sat nav though so my willy was bigger on that particular occasion.

[HMC]

Regular use has been fun in the beetle. The electrics seem a bit flakey (the traction control light has just come on, for instance and goes off just as randomly) I take a chance with the rear screen popping out every time I drop the hood but for £verylittle it’s an agreeable companion.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

A work of gaffer tape art.

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

A work of gaffer tape art.

as is the sills..

[High Jetter]

..5 turtle doves... Oh shit, wrong season

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Six O-Ring fails later, I finally figured how to get the damn O-Ring to seat, stay in position and not get sliced when placing the ICV back into it's hole.

Car idles properly now for the first time in months.

Ah, we've all been there!  To say that learning how to assemble the brakes on the Invacar was an "iterative process" would be something of an understatement.  There are at least two retaining clips still hidden somewhere in my garage where the landed after pinging off my forehead.

Just make sure that you don't forget before you need to do it next time...Worth writing it down both for you and for other folks to refer to in the future.

[Cord Fourteener]

I crossed two borders in about two and a half hours with Wifey, 7 year old and 2 year old.

Picked Wifey up from Wrexham and set off up North to visit friends in Howwood near Paisley, by Clyde Muirshield.

I'm impressed the family didn't want to stop on the journey, I  certainly didn't. 

Travelling in the Party Bus aka PimpPassat, the journey was easy. There seems to be no limit to the amount of torque available in this car!

Anyway, the journey was done quickly and efficiently, I enjoyed the drive the whole way, took 3½ hours total which is pretty good.

And, icing on cake, there's a J reg Saab 900 on my friend's street.

[Cord Fourteener]

Friends car: 

He's 6.

[chaseracer]

Assimilate the younglings early in the Ways of Shite.

[wuvvum]

13 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

learning how to assemble the brakes on the Invacar was an "iterative process"

So by that logic, doing the brakes on this

would be an Invacartive process?

 

 

 

[rusty998]

Loaded up the wife's car with panels for a trip up to see @BeEP tomorrow afternoon, finally get the parts for my Allegro

[Cord Fourteener]

On a shite tour 😅

 

[junkyarddog]

Nice day for it

[chaseracer]

I stripped down a 2CV engine this afternoon, without too much in the way of supervision.

😎

[Cord Fourteener]

38 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

I stripped down a 2CV engine this afternoon, without too much in the way of supervision.

😎

Skilz, bro 😄

Seriously, I'm impressed, I'm useless!

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, chaseracer said:

I stripped down a 2CV engine this afternoon, without too much in the way of supervision.

😎

Yea, eezy. Can you put it back together tho? (As Dad asked 10yo me with bits of my alarm clock on the table?)

[chaseracer]

Yes.  Can't guarantee it would work too well, though.

You probably said something similar to FATHA_HJ...

😉

[dozeydustman]

On 11/06/2021 at 16:24, dozeydustman said:

Well, where I'm going claims to have Wi-Fi but probably connected to a 300 Baud modem on a C64.

I was correct. My phone goes onto the lock screen before pages on here load up.

Mobile internet is poor as well.

[Split_Pin]

Collection day.