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[High Jetter]

23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I remembered today that when we were driving  to Hexham last month I saw a Google Street View car at a roundabout somewhere quite near our destination.

I had a minute after work today and I found me:

Fame, at last! 😄

[crad]

7 hours ago, wesacosa said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63754724

looks like that's the end of my Hobby. Anyone want to buy an XM, Favorit, Panda or Westfield

 

68 percent of people polled againt it but nothing will stop Khan swelling his coffers 

when so many are against it i don't really get why he's going through with it. well, i get it but you know what I mean- he's just hurting his constituents.

[Schaefft]

11 hours ago, wesacosa said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63754724

looks like that's the end of my Hobby. Anyone want to buy an XM, Favorit, Panda or Westfield

 

68 percent of people polled againt it but nothing will stop Khan swelling his coffers 

They tried to enforce a ULEZ in Newcastle. There must have been enough opposition that it's now only limited to commercial vehicles. At the current pace I'll be long gone from where I'm living now before it would reach these parts of town fortunately.

Until then I guess there will only be more ulez refugees waiting to be saved from the crusher.

[Metal Guru]

The biggest joke about the ULEZ is that it includes Heathrow, the busiest airport in the world and RAF Northolt which  despite its name , deals with private jets most the time, but drive your 2005 Astra  there and it will cost you .

[brownnova]

20 hours ago, wesacosa said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63754724

looks like that's the end of my Hobby. Anyone want to buy an XM, Favorit, Panda or Westfield

 

68 percent of people polled againt it but nothing will stop Khan swelling his coffers 

It might signal the end of those particular cars, but grab some over 40 year old vehicles and stick two fingers to the ULEZ.

Its a truly ridiculous scheme. Glad to live in the sticks, but I do fear it’s only a matter of time before the whole country starts to go this way.

[wesacosa]

29 minutes ago, brownnova said:

It might signal the end of those particular cars, but grab some over 40 year old vehicles and stick two fingers to the ULEZ.

Its a truly ridiculous scheme. Glad to live in the sticks, but I do fear it’s only a matter of time before the whole country starts to go this way.

once other greedy councils see Khan has got away with it.  I don't have a huge problem with low emission zone in central London as I wouldn't drive any car there but the expansion to the M25 is somewhere between a money grabbing scheme or a vanity project for a terrible politician 

[sierraman]

They don’t care about someone with an old car or someone running an older car as it’s what they can afford. They won’t tell you this but really they’d wish the above people would fuck off as in their eyes they want the place full of electric cars and ‘successful’ people. 

[andyberg]

Starts in Bristol on Monday 😡

[wesacosa]

think I got to these just in time 😳

[Barry Cade]

Well, the Focus is gone. WBAC took it and gave me a reasonable deal.. 3 years trouble free but with a big service, a timing belt,wheel bearing and an ECU repair in the post I thought it was time to get out.. my DERV days are done.. wee Mii replaces it from today and I rather like it so far! 

Focus was a handsome bugger though, washed it before taking it in and had milliseconds of second thoughts. It really was fully loaded top spec... but I found after a few weeks I didn't really use any of it. Will miss heated seats though.. 😪

That's a Chrysler Crossfire behind it someone had brought in 😮

Oot...

 

 

[artdjones]

10 minutes ago, Barry Cade said:

It really was fully loaded top spec... but I found after a few weeks I didn't really use any of it.

That's what I find. Our new Mégane estate is top spec, whereas the old one was just an Expression+, which is low spec, but all the extras don't make any real difference to driving enjoyment. It is nice having climate because you just stick it on auto, the Aircon is always on, and therefore doesn't give much trouble with loss of gas. But all the other stuff doesn't really improve the car.

 

[stuboy]

Today we spent 3 hours at a motorhome place with FiL looking at very nice motors and hes signed up for this beast ( see pictures ), but he's realised it needs a c1 on licence and he's turned 70 and not renewed it, so looks like I'll be driving it home for him in a few weeks, so coming up for sale very soon will be his old caravan (pictures to be took)

[4wheeledstool]

Been offered this partially pogweaseled pile.

Not sure if I'm up for it, but it does sound pretty fine. 😃

[Dick Cheeseburger]

4 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Today we spent 3 hours at a motorhome place with FiL looking at very nice motors and hes signed up for this beast ( see pictures ), but he's realised it needs a c1 on licence and he's turned 70 and not renewed it, so looks like I'll be driving it home for him in a few weeks, so coming up for sale very soon will be his old caravan (pictures to be took)

60 thousand pounds...

[vulgalour]

The Lanchester now has a springy beeper instead of a rattly button.  A slightly cut down Land Rover horn push spring did the job.  Trying to get through a few jobs on the Lanchester to make it more like a car and less like an ornament.  I'm pretty close to having everything buttoned up and moving on to welding work, it's just been tough to find the time to do anything.

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

60 thousand pounds...

no....

 

 

£59,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cheaper...lol

[SiC]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Today we spent 3 hours at a motorhome place with FiL looking at very nice motors and hes signed up for this beast ( see pictures ), but he's realised it needs a c1 on licence and he's turned 70 and not renewed it, so looks like I'll be driving it home for him in a few weeks, so coming up for sale very soon will be his old caravan (pictures to be took)

That's quite an expensive mistake! 

[barefoot]

It is if he can't get C1 re-instated.

[BorniteIdentity]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

Today we spent 3 hours at a motorhome place with FiL looking at very nice motors and hes signed up for this beast ( see pictures ), but he's realised it needs a c1 on licence and he's turned 70 and not renewed it, so looks like I'll be driving it home for him in a few weeks, so coming up for sale very soon will be his old caravan (pictures to be took)

I try desperately not to Yuk at other people’s Yums, but I can’t help thinking about all of the hotel rooms I could enjoy with £60k - and they’d even wash the sheets afterwards.

That said, it’s a different freedom innit. Good luck to him. 

[MJK 24]

2 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Been offered this partially pogweaseled pile.

Not sure if I'm up for it, but it does sound pretty fine. 😃

S2?!

[4wheeledstool]

Just now, MJK 24 said:

S2?!

Indeed.

[MJK 24]

2 minutes ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Indeed.

Damn!!  Good luck!  An appreciating asset these days, surely?

No one would be keeping up with you 30 years ago in that machinery.

[stuboy]

50 minutes ago, barefoot said:

It is if he can't get C1 re-instated.

yeah i was thinking this, but he seems to think he can just get it reinstated

[JJ0063]

Amber went to one of these ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ fairs today at a village hall near the coast with a couple of friends from her work. There was a Medium there so she decided to have a reading - Ambers always struggled with the loss of her mum and believes in all that kind of stuff (I believe in the afterlife, not mediums or Gypsies reading tea leaves though) 

Anyway, unfortunately nothing from her mum but something weird happened.. she’s adamant my dad came through. The few points to note were:

Medium says she’s got a gentleman trying to make contact who passed within the past few years (Dad died July 19)

She said he’s a chap who before he lost his hair, would have had dark hair, he’s stood looking her way smoking. (Before dad reached 50 odd, he had a head of dark hair) was also a very heavy smoker. 

She said he’s glad you got the mortgage - unless the Medium reads Autoshite, we’ve not posted it anywhere or told anyone but family. 
 

Now Amber hadn’t pre booked for the woman to do any research on her, she didn’t know the woman and we live about 50 mins from there so it’s not as though she could indirectly know her either. If it weren’t for the mortgage thing I’d just say that to be honest most of us would know someone who’s died in the last few years, pretty good chance of someone having dark hair, and back in the day most people smoked.

I don’t really know what to think. My old man loved Amber though so if there’s any reality in any of this, he’s definitely the type who’d make an appearance!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

15 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Amber went to one of these ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ fairs today at a village hall near the coast with a couple of friends from her work today. There was a Medium there so she decided to have a reading - Ambers always struggled with the loss of her mum and believes in all that kind of stuff (I believe in the afterlife, not mediums or Gypsies reading tea leaves though) 

Anyway, unfortunately nothing from her mum but something weird happened.. she’s adamant my dad came through. The few points to note were:

Medium says she’s got a gentleman trying to make contact who passed within the past few years (Dad died July 19)

He’s a chap who before he lost his hair, would have had dark hair, he’s stood looking her way smoking. (Before dad reached 50 odd, he had a head of dark hair) was also a very heavy smoker. 

She said he’s glad you got the mortgage - unless the Medium reads Autoshite, we’ve not posted it anywhere or told anyone but family. 
 

Now Amber hadn’t pre booked for the woman to do any research on her, she didn’t know the woman and we live about 50 mins from there so it’s not as though she could indirectly know her either. If it weren’t for the mortgage thing I’d just say that to be honest most of us would know someone who’s died in the last few years, pretty good chance of someone having dark hair, and back in the day most people smoked.

I don’t really know what to think. My old man loved Amber though so if there’s any reality in any of this, he’s definitely the type who’d make an appearance!

It's interesting that the medium specifically wasn't able to help your other half (despite her being the one who wanted answers) yet was wanted to talk to her about your father instead. I'd take that as a little sign that you're doing things right fella. 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I try desperately not to Yuk at other people’s Yums, but I can’t help thinking about all of the hotel rooms I could enjoy with £60k - and they’d even wash the sheets afterwards.

That said, it’s a different freedom innit. Good luck to him. 

My thoughts too. Each to their own, however, and hopefully a residual value.

[Schaefft]

5 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Been offered this partially pogweaseled pile.

Not sure if I'm up for it, but it does sound pretty fine. 😃

Is it actually an S2?

[HillmanImp]

I did a collection yesterday. 

Got picked up by @Volksy and driven over to Stockport to pick up this from @DirtyDaily.

Its much nicer in the flesh than it looked in the photos in the advert. Its in really good condition for its miles as I was expecting it to have rusty wings like these often do but its in great condition. 

Drives really nice too. Loads of torque, which I enjoyed a few times on the way back. 

Very happy so far. 

As we left Tesco in Stockport, we saw this Porsche.

Nowt too special in that, but for the fact he must live near me in Bradford. We followed him all the way home. 

I genuinely think he was starting to get worried about these 2 old cars following him. When he eventually turned off about a mile away from my house, I could see him looking in his rear view mirror, probably looking to see if we were going to follow. 

There isn't much of anything down the road he went down either. I was wondering if he just went down there to drive in a circle to see if he needed to call the police.😂

We also saw this V7EC N YO! 

And this absolute winner wagon. 

What a fucking beast. 

Volksy and I then went to the pub and then spent the night playing GTA Vice City, hence the delayed update. 

All in all a most enjoyable day. 

[4wheeledstool]

9 hours ago, Schaefft said:

Is it actually an S2?

It is, if it wasn't red I'd have bought it already. 

[Schaefft]

Just now, 4wheeledstool said:

It is, if it wasn't red I'd have bought it already. 

How much then?😂