What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[ruffgeezer]

2 and half months on from the incident that finished the Volvo, I finally have a claim reference number.

 

Even if I do get a pay out, I have no idea what I will do out of the other side.

[Spottedlaurel]

In some respects this wasn't a grin as I'd rather it hadn't happened at all, but I've just been called by an old lady to say thank you for helping her and the husband out after the clutch on their P-reg Fiesta had gone pop. Initially I didn't have much choice as they were stuck in the middle of the road up to the village, so Mrs SL and I had to push them into a side road.

 

I had to lend them my phone to call for recovery as they'd left theirs at home, but beyond that there wasn't much I could do. Felt bad when I got home in the warm and put the kettle on, so made a flask of tea and took it back to them, then waited until the recovery truck turned up. That was fairly shite-worthy as well, a 52-reg Renault with 371k on the clock.

[hairnet]

Driving down the M66 earlier I passed an old boy in a flat cap and flip down sunglasses driving a RENAULT 18 TURBO!!!!!

hes must live prestwich bury area seen him on the motorway 3 times since oct

 

saw old biffer driving a maestro on thursday also

[Captain Furious]

I was wikipedia-ing something about one of the yank tanks in the eBay thread, up came this engine power output comparison chart

 

Magnificent

 

[John F]

LOL!

 

Should that column really be headed "power"?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

[cms206]

This wasn't the grin though. This was....

 

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WP Lewis & Son in Pembrokeshire. All of these cars adorned the showroom whilst the modern stuff was outside.

 

Somw of these cars (like the Astra and Corsa were locally sold vehicles that were looked after by the garage and bought back when the owners part exchanged them for a newer vehicle. The Opel Rekord estate was apparently a Surrey-registered vehicle owned by a company in London, the car later ended up in Malvern and to a scrapyard when it was saved by the scrapyard owner who knew the garage owner and sold and displayed here. I have pictures of the stories but the pictures end up sideways and it's a right PITA to get them to display properly.

 

I told the lads there of the North London Derek J Ketteringham dealership that had a similar set up but the older vehicles inside the showroom were not on display, they had been for sale for years and ended up staying there until recently when the dealership was sold off to some van dealer.

That is mental - WDE 308T passed me last week! Owned by a local bus driver along with an orange coupe (MKB 936R IIRC) which he uses daily!

 

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[cms206]

Now as it's the grin thread, this weekend couldn't have gone better. She's perfect for me & is delusional enough to think the same about me.

 

How hard is it to move to Bute?

Have you ever heard the joke about Rothesay?

 

It's a Bute!

 

etc.

 

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[Stanky]

Birthday present from my brother and sister in law - an Autoglym Lifeshine kit in a posh bag and everything! I pride myself on being really difficult to buy for but they have absolutely nailed it this year

 

[The Moog]

Birthday present from my brother and sister in law - an Autoglym Lifeshine kit in a posh bag and everything! I pride myself on being really difficult to buy for but they have absolutely nailed it this year

 

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Not a master cylinder for your new project then... That would have nailed it

[Saabnut]

The only grin of the day for me (see grump thread for the rest of the day) came when I called in at a friends on the way home. Another friend was there who I had not seen in ages, who drives shite but cares nothing for them. He currently drives an 09 Kangoo van, which he got cheap because one side is well bent from a previous accident. He mentioned he had hit a deer last week (a common hazard up here, there are thousands of the damn things) and it had destroyed his front bumper. Rather than fit a replacement (I might hit another next week then it would be a waste of a good bumper) he decided to repair the old one.

 

By sewing it back together.

 

With wire!

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

^^

Not too deer, then.

[sierraman]

Does anyone else remember when people used to name drop that their car was injection? "Yes I've got an Orion. 1600 INJECTION with colour coded bumpers..."

[DodgeRover]

The only grin of the day for me (see grump thread for the rest of the day) came when I called in at a friends on the way home. Another friend was there who I had not seen in ages, who drives shite but cares nothing for them. He currently drives an 09 Kangoo van, which he got cheap because one side is well bent from a previous accident. He mentioned he had hit a deer last week (a common hazard up here, there are thousands of the damn things) and it had destroyed his front bumper. Rather than fit a replacement (I might hit another next week then it would be a waste of a good bumper) he decided to repair the old one.

 

By sewing it back together.

 

With wire!

Freezer full of venison vs replacement bumper

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Freezer full of venison vs replacement bumper

Probably collided with a muntjac. Get cooking

[Hendry]

Does anyone else remember when people used to name drop that their car was injection? "Yes I've got an Orion. 1600 INJECTION with colour coded bumpers..."

 

Not really, they had moved on to name dropping that their car was 16v when I was in my teens. 'Its a Corsa 1.2 SXi SIXTEEN VALVE with speedlines' 

 

Those days are gone now, with most young folk being financed upto their eyeballs on 1 series BMs, Audi A1s, Minis, Beetles, or things like Renault Capturs and Nissan Jukes. 

[Tayne]

Does anyone else remember when people used to name drop that their car was injection? "Yes I've got an Orion. 1600 INJECTION with colour coded bumpers..."

About 20 years ago I worked with a chap who had an Orion Ghia Injection.

He was convinced that it used more fuel “because it’s the injection”.

 

He’d never measured his economy and I reckon his belief came from “INJECTION” being marketed as a performance thing.

[Ghosty]

Probably collided with a muntjac. Get cooking

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[danthecapriman]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Do pardon my ignorance, but what does that mean when people post a load of 'h' like that?

 

I don't get it but I've seen a few people on here do it?

[Mr A Lawrence]

Two bucket wrong 'un.

 

[beko1987]

Gave the gooner a good vacuum earlier! It came up really well! No pics because I got too into it, and need to do it again but more thoroughly but the footwells no longer crunch with gravel!

 

Couldn't figure out how to tip the rear seat base up though, so don't know what treasures lurk beneath! Found 70p too wedged down the side of the drivers seat, judging by the corrosion they've been there a while! And a parking ticket from York in September 2017

[Guest Hooli]

I think on my goona it was just a case of hand down the seat & yank. I seem to recall the seat base deforms long before it moves.

[John F]

Do pardon my ignorance, but what does that mean when people post a load of 'h' like that?

 

I don't get it but I've seen a few people on here do it?

 

Jon (alcyonecorporation) and a couple of others are real fans* of this video about horses:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8LHYUhm2Q

[danthecapriman]

Jon (alcyonecorporation) and a couple of others are real fans* of this video about horses:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8LHYUhm2Q

I'm still no wiser!

Never mind.

[beko1987]

If I needed my car THAT clean, I would just drive the 40 miles or so and pay Beko to do it

That article misses out lots of what I would do as well. I didn't see:

 

Initial rinse (no point snowfoaming to have it sit on the outer crust)

Tightwork. Doorshuts, rubber trims, bonnet shut lines, grilles etc.spray bottle of G101 and a nice brush...

Under Arch rinse?

Tar remover?

Clay?

 

It didn't even say what type of wash it was! Maintenance wash with wax safe shampoo? Strip down wash? First ever proper wash?

 

Amateurs! I'm saving the gooner for when I can have a proper day of it, probably at my mums as she has an outside tap, I have to disconnect the washing machine to do it here, and the hose pops off with ensuing hilarity in the kitchen! Need a new pressure washer too although mine might have one more go in her...

[D Spares & Tyres]

As h is almost in the middle of the keyboard, I always assumed that the person typing had either passed out or headbutted their computer

[dollywobbler]

I thought it was a mild groaning. Like ugh, but with longer duration and even more despair.

[DeeJay]

Or sprung a leak.

[Mally]

 

 

By sewing it back together.

 

With wire!

 

That's nothing,. we sew tyres with cable ties

[Saabnut]

Well, yesterday was a major grump day, but today has been mostly grin (apart from the backs of my hands looking like they have been through the paper shredder!) Firstly after a week putting off fitting the replacement brake pipe to the Astro van, today was the day. As feared, it was a complete bastard, but eventually it was on and fluid tight. Both rear bleed nipples came undone (rather than shear which is the norm in my experience) and fluid flowed through. Tomorrow I need to fit the central flexi mounting bracket, then I can replace the wheels and start on the front calipers. Joy.

 

Buoyed by my success, I decided to investigate the bouncy rear end and wayward axle on the super-reliable* P38 before listing it on ebay for breaking. A quick look showed that BOTH rear shock absorbers have snapped off, but everything else looks fine. A cheap pair is less than 50 quid and according to the sage ones it is an easy job to replace them. Looks like it may be getting a reprieve and it may live to fight again. This is the 3rd time I have decided to scrap it, and the third time it has got another chance. It is leading a charmed life, or I am dafter than I thought.