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8,695 · July 22

10 minutes ago, Wibble said:

The box is a writing slope with stationery cabinet. Certainly some nice pieces there.

The damaged marble is a classic example of poor handling. When moving it, the marble should be slid forward so you can get your fingers under the front edge and lift it up, so it’s upright and then carried like that. This has clearly been lifted flat by someone at each end, so it’s broken through the middle. Always made sure any new guys working for me were taught this from the outset. Enjoy your break Dan!

Ps: the chest of drawers that the writing slope is on, looks like it’s had it’s feet cut off.

13,847 · July 22

mrs stuboy says i can have the honda back from tommorow, i asked is there a fuel left in it and will she be hoovering it out, yes there 1/4 a tank and whats its only been used for kids etc etc.... i gulped..

15,667 · July 22

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

The place is full of old stuff though.

This is that little box thing on top of that chest of drawer

That's nice, so is that box.

22,264 · July 22

That took a while. But it was worth it.

32,005 · July 22

Dats gon' be thirsty

July 22

Bought a new set of 18" Nankang Ar1 for the r26 tonight. Picked up in blue clio.

Put to one side in prep for when i finish off the current set at Anglesey this sat.

8,695 · July 22

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

That took a while. But it was worth it.

I know they get slated but I loved my Mk4 estate. I inherited it when I first started at TSG with 39000 miles in January 2002. I was quite happy, as I’d just given up a 6 month old Mondeo Mk3 Zetec, which I loved and it was a 1.9tdi with the “I” in red, so could have been 115 or 130 bhp, I don’t know but it felt fast as fuck but not quite big enough for the job. I remember driving back from Ireland in it, knowing my brand new 03 plate Avensis Estate was waiting for me at work after doing 54k business miles in the golf in my first year and taking it to 150k miles before it passing to the business owners son. Happy times.

62,898 · July 22

Another job done on the Renault 6 tonight before the light faded completely. I'd noticed at the weekend that the exhaust was blowing a bit - turned out to be the clamp that holds the down pipe to the manifold which was on the point of disintegrating and wasn't really holding things together very well anymore. It'd been on there since I replaced the exhaust about 15 years ago so it'd had a good run. So I fitted a new clamp - I even managed to find a tube of assembly paste which hadn't gone completely rock hard, which was a bonus.

Doing jobs like this to keep the car going though always makes me feel a bit like I'm fiddling while Rome burns.* The car needs so much work to bring it back to good condition, for years now I've just been basically patching it up to keep it usable, but at some point soon I'm going to have to make some major decisions about its future.

*Yes I know that's the wrong analogy, I can't think of the right one at the moment, it's late and I'm tired.

22,264 · July 23

8 hours ago, loserone said:

Dats gon' be thirsty

Yeah, I’ve had a few people assume it’s a diesel and a couple of ‘2.0 bad’ comments already.
but I don’t care, economy isn’t the point.

79k, 11 months test, very generous spec, full history. Bought it from some madman closet shiter that did things up for fun who also had an EF he was engine swapping 😀. He knew damn well he was losing money on it and absolutely didn’t care, he picked me up from the station in a really tidy Fabia diesel that he'd got for £300 as someone had mistakenly diagnosed that the oil and coolant were mixing.

He got it from BCA with a collapsed rear subframe, replaced it, all the springs, dampers and brakes and sent it for an MOT. For some reason he never registered it to himself so it was still marked as in trade (I got pulled for this as MID hadn’t updated, but nothing came of it).

as such I know some history- it’s a Manchester car, the first owner had it for 8 months (?), the second was from my town and had it for a year, then the third owner was someone with a very ‘old money’ name from Buxton who seems to have cared about it quite a bit and had it 20 years!

needs a clean (surprise) but it drives spot on - great cruiser.

9,754 · July 23

9 hours ago, loserone said:

Dats gon' be thirsty

Am I missing something? is it a 2.0 petrol 8v? Mine averaged 40mpg.

32,005 · July 23

Ah I assumed the same as the 8v GTi engine my brother had in his, he was getting 25 at best.

Also to be fair, I was getting 12 out of my RR the other week.

9,418 · July 23

1 minute ago, Jazoli said:

Am I missing something? is it a 2.0 petrol 8v? Mine averaged 40mpg.

Aye but that's not the fantsmagorical 'my diesel shitbox does 100mpg' allegedly obtained by the diesel drivers?
I had the 2.0pezz in a 04 bug and it gave 38 mpg overall (gearing was shite for the motorway - way too may revs at 70 mph)

9,754 · July 23

1 minute ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Aye but that's not the fantsmagorical 'my diesel shitbox does 100mpg' allegedly obtained by the diesel drivers?
I had the 2.0pezz in a 04 bug and it gave 38 mpg overall (gearing was shite for the motorway - way too may revs at 70 mph)

It’s funny as I thought my MK4 2.0 ‘gti’ was a brilliant motorway car, i think it was around 3k revs @70mph if my memory serves me right, and was willing to jump to 90mph really quickly, it wasn’t a ‘fast’ car by any means but that seemed to be its sweet spot.

9,418 · July 23

4 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

It’s funny as I thought my MK4 2.0 ‘gti’ was a brilliant motorway car, i think it was around 3k revs @70mph if my memory serves me right, and was willing to jump to 90mph really quickly, it wasn’t a ‘fast’ car by any means but that seemed to be its sweet spot.

I always felt that 5th wasn't a true 'overdrive' type of gear and the Beetle could have handled a sixth gear to give you 70mph for 2.5k revs - it wasn't straining at 2,500 rpm in any way at all. Nice enough engine though.

7,494 · July 23

Today I am working from offices in the old Vauxhall factory.

33,774 · July 23

4 minutes ago, angle said:

Today I am working from offices in the old Vauxhall factory.

Me in every meeting:

28,888 · July 23

I had a bloke show up here with an Irish accent offering cheap tools, of all things. There was something about a shipment to Oslo that got cancelled and he had been given permission by the boss to sell the tools at a discounted price.

Of course I wasn't interested.

So have I now encountered my first UK/Irish traveler that I've heard about here? I guess so.

32,005 · July 23

I am struggling to imagine Norwegian spoken with an Irish accent.

4,779 · July 23

28 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I had a bloke show up here with an Irish accent offering cheap tools, of all things. There was something about a shipment to Oslo that got cancelled and he had been given permission by the boss to sell the tools at a discounted price.

Of course I wasn't interested.

So have I now encountered my first UK/Irish traveler that I've heard about here? I guess so.

We get them round the industrial estates in Derby, always a story about over supplied tools to Rolls Royce, Toyota or Bombardier and the boss has told them to shift them on the cheap.

28,888 · July 23

16 minutes ago, loserone said:

I am struggling to imagine Norwegian spoken with an Irish accent.

Spoke only English with an Irish accent.

28,888 · July 23

45 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

We get them round the industrial estates in Derby, always a story about over supplied tools to Rolls Royce, Toyota or Bombardier and the boss has told them to shift them on the cheap.

Is it correct to suspect that the tool belongs to someone other than those selling it?

7,494 · July 23

2 hours ago, angle said:

Today I am working from offices in the old Vauxhall factory.

I got a rental Nissan to get here.

Time to go home. Shit, why won't it unlock? The key isn't doing anything!

Because I was standing next to a Peugeot, with the Qashqai merrily flashing it's hazards a couple of spaces down. All new cars look the same etc etc

20,337 · July 23

18 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Is it correct to suspect that the tool belongs to someone other than those selling it?

Ask for a VAT receipt and to check his ID matches the receipt AND ASK for 30 day payment terms and the ability to pay by bank transfer.

28,888 · July 23

2 minutes ago, New POD said:

Ask for a VAT receipt and to check his ID matches the receipt AND ASK for 30 day payment terms and the ability to pay by bank transfer.

It would have been interesting to see his reaction if had done that.

4,779 · July 23

41 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Is it correct to suspect that the tool belongs to someone other than those selling it?

Probably so. We seem to get two types round our way, one lot with second hand power tools, presumably stolen, the second lot seem to have new stuff, but from cheap brands like Silverline and Rolson, none of which is likely to be an over supply to multi-billion pound huge companies.

Years ago it always seemed to be paint and carpets that had been 'over supplied'. A good friend ended up with some 'lovely' British Rail carpet in his hallway 🤣.

3,631 · July 23

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

We get them round the industrial estates in Derby, always a story about over supplied tools to Rolls Royce, Toyota or Bombardier and the boss has told them to shift them on the cheap.

always got the "Carpet exhibition" or over stock watches when sat in the services

4,779 · July 23

8 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

always got the "Carpet exhibition" or over stock watches when sat in the services

Yea I've been offered a few TV's and watches recently at the services too.

Also there seems to be a lot of softly spoken Irish guys that are after a few quid towards a gallon of diesel, I did point out to one how unlucky he was as he'd asked me for the same a couple of weeks ago, once at Telford the other at Strensham. I've also been collared at Trowell, Watford Gap and Killington Lake recently, I must have a gullible face.

9,756 · July 23

35 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

Probably so. We seem to get two types round our way, one lot with second hand power tools, presumably stolen, the second lot seem to have new stuff, but from cheap brands like Silverline and Rolson, none of which is likely to be an over supply to multi-billion pound huge companies.

Years ago it always seemed to be paint and carpets that had been 'over supplied'. A good friend ended up with some 'lovely' British Rail carpet in his hallway 🤣.

We always get jumped on when parking at a city supermarket, usually a new Shtill chainsaw or a torch with a tazer built in...

A few Neh's whilst walking off usually does the trick .

9,418 · July 23

1 hour ago, angle said:

All new cars look the same etc etc

Aye, but what's that over there ..... ?

13,847 · July 23

Been out doing patient transportation today and saw this... a 4x4 kangoo?

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