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[stuboy]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Spotted a broken down car earlier. 

Except it was fresh from Copart with trade plates in the windows, writing on the windscreen etc 

Obvious accident damage to the OSF. The wheel had a bit of camber.

Think they had tried driving it and released "oh shit, it's not driving straight, the bottom arm must be bent.." 

When will people learn to just recover cars from Copart 🤣

hope its not rob and chris from salvage rebuilds... lol

[RoverFolkUs]

Just now, stuboy said:

hope its not rob and chris from salvage rebuilds... lol

🤣 It was just off the m25 so yep their neck of the woods, white C-Max new shape so keep an eye out!

[stuboy]

7 hours ago, stendec said:

The extent of my news (an exciting life)…

 

The joys of being over 50 as I saw it described on another forum: waking each morning wondering what new part of your body will ache!

ive been doing that since age 39... im 47

[vulgalour]

Recently discovered this little Youtube channel, there's some rather good content.

https://www.youtube.com/c/MovingOurWorld

 

What's extra weird is that I only recently learned about the Humber 10 and couldn't find much about them and then up popped this video on the home page so now I know more about them.  And so do you if you've watched the video.  There's some really obscure things on the channel too, like this DKW F1 which is another car I knew nothing about.

 

[Ghosty]

Back home, neighbourhood domination is now in full effect. 

124's flippin class and hasn't missed a beat. Everything works. 

Oh yeah, it was £2k. 

[vulgalour]

The Youtube channel above introduced me to another new (to me) thing, the Lightburn Zeta.  I was going to stick it in the 'cars you just found existed' thread, or whatever it's called, and I can't find it so it's here instead.

It's definitely a thing.  Amazingly they sold more than one.  People paid money to own one.  Obviously I want one too because look at it.  It'd be the perfect companion to a Shamrock for when you want something a little more compact for buzzing around town.

[wuvvum]

I'm sure I saw a Zeta in one of those World's Shittest Cars features a few years back.

[richardmorris]

[Bren]

At Barton aerodrome for my flying lesson. 

[Hertz]

11 hours ago, vulgalour said:

The Youtube channel above introduced me to another new (to me) thing, the Lightburn Zeta.  I was going to stick it in the 'cars you just found existed' thread, or whatever it's called, and I can't find it so it's here instead.

It's definitely a thing.  Amazingly they sold more than one.  People paid money to own one.  Obviously I want one too because look at it.  It'd be the perfect companion to a Shamrock for when you want something a little more compact for buzzing around town.

A love child of a MK1 Ford Transit and a Subaru Impreza.

[Bren]

4 hours ago, Bren said:

At Barton aerodrome for my flying lesson. 

Immensely enjoyable.

I can confirm that sadly Bolton Wigan and Southport look no better from 2500 feet.

[sierraman]

20 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Spotted a broken down car earlier. 

Except it was fresh from Copart with trade plates in the windows, writing on the windscreen etc 

Obvious accident damage to the OSF. The wheel had a bit of camber.

Think they had tried driving it and released "oh shit, it's not driving straight, the bottom arm must be bent.." 

When will people learn to just recover cars from Copart 🤣

When will people realise Copart is a fucking scrapyard. The cars there are all bollocksed, that’s why they are there! It’s not a place to get bargain. If you can’t afford a 3 year old Audi, stay at home, don’t invest your money into one that’s had a bang and sat in a puddle for six months thinking you can put it back on the road.

[Coprolalia]

On 11/8/2022 at 3:35 PM, Ghosty said:

Rotor arm and dizzy cap needed a clean. It runs perfectly. 

No petrol station shot as it had a full tank. 

 

 

Beautiful.

My dad (a builder) had one as a second car when I was young that he bought from a rich client who wanted rid.

It was the 3l 24v in limousine extended wheelbase spec. 

It was sadly often broken due to electronic ignition issues, drank fuel like a battleship and handled like it too. We went on a driving tour holiday once that included some laps of Brands Hatch. The waft was immense.

[stuboy]

Crap dab with my kenwood stereo so have bought this gizmo in the hope it works..

[Ged]

Think it might be time to fit the replacement beam

[richardmorris]

8 hours ago, Bren said:

At Barton aerodrome for my flying lesson. 

Up, down, flying around?

[Bren]

41 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Up, down, flying around?

Looping the loop and defying the ground.

[stuboy]

48 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Up, down, flying around?

 

7 minutes ago, Bren said:

Looping the loop and defying the ground.

 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, stuboy said:

 

 

Which one is Bren?

[brownnova]

My little one loves watching come outside… I love watching it because every time Aunty Mabel goes on a jolly there is some fantastic street furniture… in the episode about buses there’s a white Citroen XM which made me whoop out loud! I used vehicle smart on the buses in that episode and one of them is on SORN… it may survive! 

[Bren]

28 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Which one is Bren?

Not Lynda Baron.

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Bren said:

Not Lynda Baron.

Woof!

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Bren said:

Immensely enjoyable.

I can confirm that sadly Bolton Wigan and Southport look no better from 2500 feet.

Seriously tho, would you go again?

[Bren]

6 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Seriously tho, would you go again?

Would love to get my licence. 

The instructor pointed out to me that I had done my first hour. I had control for a time and executed a right turn over the coast at Southport to take us back to Manchester.

It is expensive though.

[stendec]

Well they say the cost hasn't changed over the years, it still takes all the money you've got.  

[High Jetter]

55 minutes ago, Bren said:

Would love to get my licence. 

The instructor pointed out to me that I had done my first hour. I had control for a time and executed a right turn over the coast at Southport to take us back to Manchester.

It is expensive though.

Yea, a cost vs benefit decision?

[High Jetter]

49 minutes ago, stendec said:

Well they say the cost hasn't changed over the years, it still takes all the money you haven't got.  

EFA, according to a friend.

[chadders]

11 hours ago, Bren said:

Would love to get my licence. 

The instructor pointed out to me that I had done my first hour. I had control for a time and executed a right turn over the coast at Southport to take us back to Manchester.

It is expensive though.

And very, very addictive.

[Bren]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Yea, a cost vs benefit decision?

Cost is considerable. Benefit is purely for me - I will never have the money to own an aircraft.

[MrGTI6]

Failed the Mod 1 section of my motorbike test this morning. 

The bits I was most concerned about (U-turn and slalom/figure-of-8) couldn't have gone better.

I let myself down on the emergency stop exercise which requires you to accelerate to 50kph in a fairly short distance before carrying out the emergency stop. No issues with the emergency stop itself, but I was only going 44kph through the speed trap. You get another go if you don't reach 50kph on the first try.

Nerves took over and I made a right mess of the second attempt. I accelerated as normal but closed the throttle too early again. I then panicked I wasn't going quick enough and re-opened the throttle very late. Whilst I did manage to reach the target speed, I also managed to clip one of the cones by the speed trap. 

Really pissed off with myself, especially considering how well I felt things were going up until that point.