What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[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...

[DeeJay]

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

 

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You are a rustler AICMFP 

[myglaren]

First decent trip on the new Sailun tyres yesterday.

Just been driven around here since they were fitted so hard to say if they are OK - seem to stick well enough and the ride did seem better but probably wishful thinking.

>500 miles and mixed weather/mixed road types and they appear to be as good as anything else the car has worn and better than some.

The fitter couldn't balance them and I haven't had them balanced yet but yesterday showed they don't need it - no vibration at around 70mph which has always plagued this car to the extent that the steering column 'chatters' - all gone now and smooth as silk.

[Pillock]

Sorry I missed your star turn on TV Beko, I was too busy at the Drive-In Movies.

 

Nope, I haven't travelled back in time to the 1950s* - they took over a park and ride carpark in the evening and we sat and watched a movie. Very cool experience. Actually better than the normal cinema

• You have control over the volume, so no crazy loud bits because the director is willy-waving about his special effects.
• The only people you can hear talking and rustling sweet wrappers are in your own car, so you're a bit happier to tell them to STFU
• It was free, not £thousands like actual cinema (it was a promotional event yeah, but the cost of putting it on were covered by 10 minutes of adverts that you could turn the radio off for)
• Because it was at the park and ride, it was actually cheaper to park up, catch the tram into the city centre and buy a bag full of sweets and drinks from Tesco Spress than it would be to buy sweets at the cinema. For the non drivers, could also sit and get merry whilst watching.

 

* Ironically, they were showing Back to the Future

[anonymous user]

Cavcraft's descriptions of motoring artwork, I can't help reading them with Brian Sewell's voice in my head. I feel that Cavcraft should become an art critic.

[Timewaster]

Cavcraft's descriptions of motoring artwork, I can't help reading them with Brian Sewell's voice in my head. I feel that Cavcraft should become an art critic.

I always thought it was more Bob Hoskins.

 

Also, despite knowing who he is in real life, Bornidentity IS Tony Mason in my head.

[cort16]

Am heading up today, looking forward to it!

 

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

It'll probably be snowing

[Paul232]

I finally had to bite the bullet and resort to putting the old daily hack on gumtree. After reading on here about the numties on there, the first message is.lol. Wide u swopz for a radio control plane and a saw of some sort. If they had offered a pineapple I might have considered it.lol. Good old bumtree.

[320touring]

Have a Xantia Activa ootside a well suave Japanese Patisserie in that there Paris.

 

Scran was superb, and Xantia looked work worn-nice contrast