What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Mr A Lawrence]

I thought it was Australia .

[STUNO]

An outdoor bred sausage

 

 

 

[155V6]

Just watching Motorsport TV.After this years WRC Sweden,they're showing the same event from 1986   .I was expecting the RS200s & 6R4s,but just saw the Citroen BX Group B Car 

[andy18s]

Just watching Motorsport TV.After this years WRC Sweden,they're showing the same event from 1986 .I was expecting the RS200s & 6R4s,but just saw the Citroen BX Group B Car

For sure,you too can live the dream

[cms206]

Just watching Motorsport TV.After this years WRC Sweden,they're showing the same event from 1986 .I was expecting the RS200s & 6R4s,but just saw the Citroen BX Group B Car

1988 tonight, 1991 tomorrow... just watched '86, got the other two on to record.

 

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[beko1987]

Watching cars 2 with the boy (which is nowhere near as good as cars 1...) and I saw this!

 

[greengartside]

Because of my photographic memory it means I retain useless/useful information so I did a little grin to myself when I saw this Micra on the bay of E's earlier.

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-MICRA-1-0-PROFILE-1999-PAS-good-body-exc-inside-no-MOT-welding-exc-drive/222841695545?hash=item33e2666d39:g:TicAAOSwIDtahraL

 

Because of the 'ELK' plate and the fact it has the unusual front fogs I remembered that it was the very same Micra that I parked next to whilst visiting the Haynes Museum in 2014.

 

 

Madness.

[Eddie Honda]

Just watching Motorsport TV.

Retuned the generic satbox last week to find this had replaced the Bike channel.

 

[robinmasters]

Watching cars 2 with the boy (which is nowhere near as good as cars 1...) and I saw this!

 

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I identified the baddie fairly early on in the film from his inlet plenum.

 

[fordperv]

Mrs fps dad is a pain for not cleaning his car, today ive fitted some 10mm wheel spacers and a reverse camera to it for him, so twisted his arm to give it a 2 bucket right un and some polish while i was there so it looks good again, he is adamant that im trying to wear him out but is chuffed with the results

 

 

[hairnet]

Shoulda bought a brown one

[The Moog]

What sort of reverse camera did you fit?

[hairnet]

panda of much spinnage legal for another 12 months

 

edit and the old git be like i want to buy another bigger newer car id be all over an access dacia but she snob say dont like white

 

i say no youre 70 if they decide to not renew you or they call you in for eyesight etc

 

thatd be a waste - i wouldnt be using it if you stopped

 

plus the fact i didnt go anywhere long distance in it

 

cos of that its done less than 2k since last year

[fordperv]

What sort of reverse camera did you fit?

It was one that goes with the android double din headunit like this one not the same head unit but the camera is

Pretty much the same

 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-2-DIN-Head-Unit-Car-Stereo-Radio-MP5-Player-USB-TF-AUX-FM-Reversing-camera/372193717971?hash=item56a8796ed3:g:WJ4AAOSwdd9aWjeQ

 

If you look at the rear pic of the car, I fitted it on the duster trim which has the boot lock in, i mounted it on the flat of it underneath So bracket and wiring is as hidden as possible

[eddyramrod]

Watching cars 2 with the boy (which is nowhere near as good as cars 1...) and I saw this!

 

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Both those films are stuffed with clever little jokes like that, I love them!

[panhard65]

Sold the Monet Goyon today for 700 quid. What with flogging the mobylette for 225 I have nearly made enough to cover the costs of collecting the Hearse. Which is handy as it looks like I need a 300 quid servo for the bloody thing on top of the 300 quid for an exhaust that still hasn't been shipped.

[robinmasters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-43088735/how-to-bag-your-first-home-for-550

 

Dunno whether to pity him or envy him

Womble's thread didn't make me want to live in a LDV, but it did remind me how much I liked mimed, double-breasted suited, women in tight dresses with no bra, Yamaha DX7 eighties pop.

[STUNO]

Massive earthquake in Wales. You don't know what a proper one is there !

[fordperv]

Saw the south african import 3.0 v6 cortina that lives inside a car parts shop actually being driven, mrs fp was quick on the draw to snap a picture before it passed by

 

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I think i know why it was out and about, its for sale on eBay

 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-MARK-3-MK3-L-1973-3000-GT-V6-GENUINE-FORD-BUILT-SUPERB-CONDITION/122972881931?hash=item1ca1c1440b:g:FpkAAOSwfWpaiCiH

[155V6]

I think i know why it was out and about, its for sale on eBay

 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-MARK-3-MK3-L-1973-3000-GT-V6-GENUINE-FORD-BUILT-SUPERB-CONDITION/122972881931?hash=item1ca1c1440b:g:FpkAAOSwfWpaiCiH

That's gorgeous,but it would be perfect if it was a 2 door.

[hairnet]

Massive earthquake in Wales. You don't know what a proper one is there !

but it will have improved swansea (sorry skizzzer martin)

[PhilA]

Massive earthquake in Wales. You don't know what a proper one is there !

I emailed my parents, who live not far from Weston S Mare; just across the water and they say they didn't feel a thing.

[SiC]

We didn't even feel a thing in Bristol. I was out walking at the time too.

[twosmoke300]

You know it's good mtb ride when the bike comes back covered in pond weed !

[andy18s]

Massive earthquake in Wales. You don't know what a proper one is there !

[Dick Cheeseburger]

This blog made me smile. I assume the lad who wrote it is the same one who decided to break the car, as opposed to do more work on it...

 

http://www.britishmotorvehicles.com/blogs/how-not-to-buy-a-classic-car-part-2

[Skizzer]

but it will have improved swansea (sorry skizzzer martin)

Take more than that bud

 

I’m about 15 miles from the epicentre. It made the glass partition in our house rattle, but not as much as, say, Keith the spaniel jumping down off the sofa.

 

Even by BBC website standards it’s a complete non-story.

[fordperv]

Take more than that bud

 

I’m about 15 miles from the epicentre. It made the glass partition in our house rattle, but not as much as, say, Keith the spaniel jumping down off the sofa.

 

Even by BBC website standards it’s a complete non-story.

Was it the fat fighters aerobics class doing star jumps?

[Supernaut]

Planning out a route from Seaside, OR to Seattle, WA.

 

We'll go to Aberdeen, WA to see where Kurt Cobain grew up. Then while we're on the 101 we'll pass through Olympus. There's a street there called Sleater-Kinney road which inspired the name of the band Sleater-Kinney. Once we're in Seattle, we can go to the NOAA campus and visit A Soundgarden. You can guess which band was inspired by that one. I can pay my respects to Chris Cornell while there.

 

Looking forward to this holiday! Apparently OR and WA are full of epic amounts of chod, too. I'll try to keep my spotting thread updated.

 

 

Is it sad I've made a playlist on my phone of all my favourite bands from that area? Rabbit Junk, Ovter God, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Audioslave and Sleater-Kinney.

[vulgalour]

That blog is an eye opener really, especially considering how much was broken compared to when it left me. In happier Princess news, mine hasn't left the telltale spot of oil on the drive it always used to and, amazingly, it's got the requisite amount of oil still inside the engine.