What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[fordperv]

I was sat in the pub earlier and spotted this on the TV, what an unfortunate shirt placement

 

[andy18s]

There's a Yesteryear rally on in Malpas,near Chumley this weekend

Loads of stuff like this making its way there....

[Tamworthbay]

I was in Amsterdam and saw something French and very sexy.

 

 

 

then I saw something Italian and very sexy.

 

 

 

For somewhere in which I would not wish to drive, it is a city of chod.

it's a great place to drive, at least now they have CLEARLY marked the tram lanes. When I lived over there in the 90s I managed to drive up one the wrong way only to be met by a bemused tram driver with full compliment of passengers. I gently bounced up the kerb and onto the pavement to the great amusement of passers by.

[Asimo]

Is it for sale by any chance?

 

Might be worth trying to make a deal. This project is up for €16,000.

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1001218268.htm?ca=13_s

 

Ones that work 2 or 3 times as much.

[Spottedlaurel]

A cross between a Chevy Blazer and a Camero.

And something similar at 1:24 scale:

 

 

Which I had as a youngster.

[OwdChina]

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Nice..........I want it..........................................................

[twosmoke300]

I wonder if the fact that that Capri exists and the fact that the islands are mot exempt are linked ?

[Tetleysmooth]

Friday night and I'd just got back from my second delivery. I was literally driving up the approach road to the distribution centre where I work.

 

The phone goes off - text message. Pulled over to the side of the road.

Mrs Tet. I thought uh-oh, what's happened. Opened the message. It said 'Yay, we're going to Lanzarote'.

She booked a week for us in October. Puerto Del Carmen. Been there a few times now.

Something to grin about.

[oldcars]

A smiley Transit camper has just gone past with so much wob on the rear arches. It looks like it has been applied by a 2 year old that's just eaten 2 packets of skittles.

[retrogeezer]

Rainforest Green....rare launch year colour 

^^^Matra Djet:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matra_Djet

 

Bollocks:  beaten to it!  Take this!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Earlier today something happened that made me smile and realise that normal people work on a different level to us.

Pulled into a supermarket space next to a black e61 5 series estate, identical to my 530d, which I owned from October 2014 until August 2015.

I remarked to my wife and daughter that it was identical to our old one- even having the same alloys.

 

'No it's not ' replies wife ' That's an estate' . ' And ours was blue' chimed in 22 year old offspring.

 

They had both completely forgotten that we ever owned a black 530 estate, only remembering a grey e39 525d saloon that went in 2012. My daughter was convinced that I'd traded the Chrysler 300 for the E Class, completely missing a year , even though she went to France twice in it and was with me the night the camchain broke on the M1.

Bet she remembers what shoes she owned then though!

[cros]

I put new Toyo tyres on my MGB in 2008 and 27000 miles ago. Though they have lots of tread left grip in the wet is now very poor. Barums are the cheapest acceptable replacements, £50 each fitted locally and £40 inc. carriage from Gigatyres. I stuck 4 of them in my shopping basket only to find they'd mysteriously gone up to 43 quid so l left the site. Next day they were £29 (!) so I bought quickly.

When they arrived I put 2 on the front and 110 grams of magic balancing powder inside each tyre and all is very well.

I've been a bit lax with oil changes since the car got LPG but then I inherited 2 half used cans of fully synthetic 5 30, so in it went despite not being thought of as appropriate for a primitive B series. Oil pressure is the same hot (60) and 200 miles later most of it remains inside the engine.

Mini just happened to be parked next to my space- looks nice except that rust is breaking out under its lovely paint job.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Just came out of a shop to see a giffer parking an immaculate mk1 Zafira. He was wearing leather driving gloves. This made me smile (and start searching eBay for my own pair)

 

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[beko1987]

I'm on itv within the next 45 minutes! Not been on yet

[andy18s]

X factor?

[beko1987]

No, go for it!

[MarvinsMom]

not, You Bet!....???

 

now you will all be able to work out how old i really am.....

[Sheefag]

Crimewatch?

[DVee8]

ahhhh Sam.

 

Good try,all sound the same to me too.

[Tamworthbay]

Is it you in the digger?

[beko1987]

No, the hoovers!

[beko1987]

We should have tried the digger challenge with Chriss digger at sf though

[Richard]

Bugger, just caught the guy with the digger.

[beko1987]

I was the one before

[Tamworthbay]

No, the hoovers!

I was joking but missed you as only turned over when I read your post. Do you manage it?

[RoadworkUK]

Do you know why McVities local delivery van was painted brown? It was their Digestive Transit.

 

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[fordperv]

I put a set of yokohama ae01 on the saph yesterday they were my second choice as the uniroyals I had ordered were non existent, ive only done 30 miles I'm well chuffed with them, they grip well and seem quieter than the falkens that they replaced, gave it a wash earlier while it was drizzling but when I went to tesco the sun was out so have a picture

 

[Supernaut]

I spent the afternoon at Knockhill watching 1990s super touring cars go round the track.

 

There were other classes too, including some weird unlimited class which had a Ginetta G60, two WRC-spec Escort Cossies, and an Ultima GTR all going round wheel-to-wheel, with a WTCC-spec current-gen Civic Type R joining in, amongst other things!

[fordperv]

this glorious view greeted me when I got to work this morning

 

[dome]

I spent the afternoon at Knockhill watching 1990s super touring cars go round the track.

 

There were other classes too, including some weird unlimited class which had a Ginetta G60, two WRC-spec Escort Cossies, and an Ultima GTR all going round wheel-to-wheel, with a WTCC-spec current-gen Civic Type R joining in, amongst other things!

Am heading up today, looking forward to it!

 

The unique* Knockhill climate will hopefully shift the hangover too...