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On 22/06/2025 at 15:17, Stinkwheel said:

Today I bought a Daewoo & visited an ornate Italian village

 

 

 

or did I?
 

 

 

You want to see the final of Interior Design masters with Alan Carr on BbC iplayer.  They are refurbishing 2 holiday cottages at Portmerion. 

[Stinkwheel]

4 hours ago, New POD said:

You want to see the final of Interior Design masters with Alan Carr on BbC iplayer.  They are refurbishing 2 holiday cottages at Portmerion. 

Sounds great apart from the Alan Carr bit. I can possibly ignore him enough to watch it though.

[New POD]

8 hours ago, Stinkwheel said:

Sounds great apart from the Alan Carr bit. I can possibly ignore him enough to watch it though.

He's quite lighthearted in an obviously stereotypical way.  I bet he's a misery in real life, be arsed he's clearly trying to hard to be a cross between Timmy Mallet and the only gay in the village. 

I watched the whole series, because the amateur creativity was infectious. 

[richardmorris]

From FB celebrity cars page. How cool is this?

Sugar Ray Robinson, Harlem, 1950.

[lesapandre]

Severe Eurostar problems (again) including sad track-side fatalities (in France).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gedxe7wnro

[lesapandre]

Today's fleamarket find. Very nicely modelled little toy.

[lesapandre]

And an unopened can of Isopon - always handy 😂

"what can be more permanent than that?" 😂

Love?

[junkyarddog]

Just spotted this beauty.

97 Astra saloon.😁

[Pat Earrings]

The GTi has departed. Got to be the shortest time I have ever owned a car.

A friend of a friend took a liking to it and needed an auto after his previous car was written off. It’s in good hands

[barefoot]

I've been watching the professionals whilst eating my  dinner. I started looking at all the manky cars in the background, but then I realised there's not a single attractive woman in it that wears a bra. Highlight this week was a girl in a white t shirt murdered in the shower. It's brilliant. 

[richardmorris]

How can anyone sell it, every single car must be well documented.

 

[lesapandre]

How did they get it away - it's a big old thing?

[Alusilber]

Coming home from work today (dual carriageway crawling towards a roundabout), there was a Tesla Y minicab in front of me. It did a little swerve towards the central reservation, which I thought was a bit odd, then a few seconds later it accelerated and did a massive swerve to the left, swiping a car in the left-hand lane, then slamming into a lamppost 😲. I'm guessing the driver must have dropped his vape or something...

[Bren]

I have put the SD1 back together and I will attempt to get it started tomorrow.

Getting it going after pulling the dizzy is a PITA. Lots of cranking wet plugs and popping sounds.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

I've been watching the professionals whilst eating my  dinner. I started looking at all the manky cars in the background, but then I realised there's not a single attractive woman in it that wears a bra. Highlight this week was a girl in a white t shirt murdered in the shower. It's brilliant. 

There were some not wearing bras? What's the problem? 😄

[artdjones]

14 hours ago, richardmorris said:

How can anyone sell it, every single car must be well documented.

 

One of my customers (totally legitimately) sold a pre WW1 tourer out to Dubai, where it was going to be walled up inside a rich man's house. So they are wanted by people who are totally outside the mainstream of the car world and can just disappear from the outside world. It's probably worth a ton as parts as well. Lots of people in the vintage world aren't very scrupulous. The Bugatti world is full of individuals who build several complete cars, each with a few genuine parts taken from a derelict car with the rest new.Then they concoct a provenance for them. I don't know if a Ghost is worth the money to make that worthwhile.

12 hours ago, Alusilber said:

Coming home from work today (dual carriageway crawling towards a roundabout), there was a Tesla Y minicab in front of me. It did a little swerve towards the central reservation, which I thought was a bit odd, then a few seconds later it accelerated and did a massive swerve to the left, swiping a car in the left-hand lane, then slamming into a lamppost 😲. I'm guessing the driver must have dropped his vape or something...

The self drive misfunctioned.

[barefoot]

We're doing Glastonbury at home.

Although I've put the cat litter box outside every day this week and only brought it in overnight, I haven't emptied or changed it. Now I've brought it back inside the house and put in a sunny corner of the drawing room. By the time we bob in tonight to watch a load of shit on the telly, it should be quite realistic.

Oh, and I saw a Bolero March when I was in Aldi this morning. A first for me.

[Morris 63]

Way too new for this site obviously, but if you're going to have a camper....

M6 Toll services at lunchtime today.

[andy18s]

I'd rather the daily driver it's towing ..

[tooSavvy]

Anyone frequenting Whitley Bay front, by the Brier Dene/Carwash...... 😮

..... After long enough for grass to grow THROUGH & rust stains to reach the tarmac >> GONNED 😶‍🌫️

Someone die...... 🤔

🚙💨

[Schaefft]

32 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

Anyone frequenting Whitley Bay front, by the Brier Dene/Carwash...... 😮

..... After long enough for grass to grow THROUGH & rust stains to reach the tarmac >> GONNED 😶‍🌫️

Someone die...... 🤔

🚙💨

There was a post last week or the week before in one of the appropriate FB groups about these cars getting collected. Definitely a Whitley Bay landmark less now.

[tooSavvy]

1 minute ago, Schaefft said:

There was a post last week or the week before in one of the appropriate FB groups about these cars getting collected. Definitely a Whitley Bay landmark less now.

So....... Reasons 👀 ?

🚙💨

[Schaefft]

17 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

So....... Reasons 👀 ?

🚙💨

Nobody knows! Just a guy walking past who saw it is assume.

[wuvvum]

Car insurance sorted for the next year.  I now have two policies, an expensive one for the Leaf (I didn't go with the cheapest option for once, I wanted windscreen cover and cover to drive other vehicles - plus the very cheapest policy wanted me to install a black box in the car like a bloody 17-year-old, stuff that for a lark) and another one covering the five "oldies" (Rover, Toyota, Innocenti, R6, Volvo), also fully comp and agreed value but 2/3 the price of the policy for the Leaf alone, although it doesn't cover commuting.

When the Merc turns 20 in the autumn, and if I still have it (which I may well do as I've had bugger all interest in it), I can add it on to the classic policy for what will presumably be a relatively small additional premium.

I'm paying about the same in total as I did last year, although I paid for the classic policy in full up front so my monthly outgoings will be lower - I have less flexibility but a better level of cover so swings and roundabouts really.

[HillmanImp]

Driveway cleared. 

Estate cars parked on the road. 

That can only mean one thing....well it could mean a few things but in this particular case it means DELIVERY DAY! 

[richardmorris]

Spotted whilst walking this morning .

[HillmanImp]

5 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Driveway cleared. 

Estate cars parked on the road. 

That can only mean one thing....well it could mean a few things but in this particular case it means DELIVERY DAY! 

Delivery achieved. 

Many thanks to @NorthernMonkey for looking after it 'for a few months' three and a half years ago and for bringing it back.

Doesn't look too bad. The rusty bits haven't got any better but they're not terrible. 

It looks fucking smart doesn't it. These really are looking better with age IMO. 

ImpJr well chuffed to see it again and that he still fits in the back.

[auntiemaryscanary]

As I was taking a photo of this in Morrisons car park...

...the owner appeared. I asked where it was registered and as soon he started speaking he didn't really need to confirm "France".

Monsieur Mercedes-Benz said he was in the process of registering it here but it had failed it's MoT - due to the headlight beam pointing to the continental side of the road. For ease, and to complete UK registration, he's getting those little headlight stickers.

Mr M-B said he likes it as it's all mechanical. It's 1986 and he's owned it 26 years. It's his year round daily driver. I delicately pointed out we use a lot of salt over here in winter so maybe something to consider.

He's fully aware it will be tax and MoT exempt shortly but for his own re-assurance he will continue to have it tested.

I was conscious he was with a young person (dtr?) and I'd taken up enough of his time so let him carry on loading his shopping and said goodbye.

An absolutely gorgeous, immaculate car.

[Brigsy]

In Turkey and lots of old shite still floating about. 40degrees and they are still going.

[wesacosa]

Some pictures from Supertouring power 3 at Brands today..Not quite as many cars or drivers as last year sadly but still a great selection and plenty to see