What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

I know this will make a load of you weridos grin...

 

[DeeJay]

I don't know what I'm looking at but you are right.

[Guest Hooli]

I don't know what the transporter is, but pretty sure that's a Trabant on the back.

[Datsuncog]

Barkas transporter... that's quite the Commie combo there.

[DeeJay]

Didn't think it would take long, cheers. 

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm sorry they make me put it in bottles

 

 

 

 

(I got some it's like weird thin mayonnaise)

[vulgalour]

That looks like it's trying to be gravy, as in biscuits and gravy. No, not Hobnobs and Bisto, it's more like... savoury scones and a seasoned white sauce.

[DodgeRover]

Accepted an offer on our house, had our offer accepted for our new place. Everything crossed it all goes smoothly!

[alf892]

Mrs Alf is away for the weekend. She looks after me really well and makes sure I eat healthily.

 

Just had sausage, egg and chips. Sausages fried.........and the eggs fried in the sausage fat.

 

Non nom.......

[richardmorris]

The reason I've moved into the countryside.

Good for the soul after a crap day at work.

I had to stop this morning and take a pic.

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That’s a lovely location.

[bramz7]

Only came across a Tipo in Harry Bucklands today. Took the grille, rear lights, weirdly pristine parcel shelf, rear wiper and speaker grilles for £20.

 

I love that place.

[Saabnut]

A dual grin today. Started off with the ebay buyer of my MR2 turning up at the agreed time,  paid up and took it away. Another parking space! Followed this up with a fresh MOT on the Saab 9-3 Sportwagen. Had this car in regular hack duties for 7 years now, a new record for me!

[eddyramrod]

Got back on good terms with my brother, we fell out some time ago over something really minor. Things over the past week made us think what a bloody silly thing it was to bust up. If I've learnt anything in the past week its that times too precious commodity.

I've spent the last 18 months rebuilding relations with my sister after 20 years of ignoring/avoiding each other.  We're all the blood-relations each other has left so we've managed to agree that life's too short.  We are having brother-sister "dates" in order to make some new, nice, memories.  I do often feel like I'm walking on eggs a bit (and I'm very good at trampling them) but it's worth the effort.

 

In other news, I was late finishing work today because I had to take a delivery to Bowness, and the A592 is closed so there's a diversion.  So why is this a Grin?  Because I went to work in the Cadillac this morning, a Grin in itself; but also, my van was in need of an Italian tune-up, as all it does is go 5 miles at a time, meaning it never really gets up to temp.  The diversion sent me all the way to Kendal and into Windermere which is beyond Bowness, and back the same way.  Quite a lot of that is dual carriageway and when traffic's light, these are gorgeous roads.  Not that I saw much of the scenery, as I was trying to see what speeds I could do in each gear.... within the law obviously officer!*  Let's just say, my Transit has well and truly had its lungs cleared.

Excellent "crusty camper" in Windermere too, no photo as I was driving.

[myglaren]

I'm sorry they make me put it in bottles

 

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(I got some it's like weird thin mayonnaise)

Weird coincidence that this was brought up on ARRSE today too

[AlabamaShrimp]

That looks like it's trying to be gravy, as in biscuits and gravy. No, not Hobnobs and Bisto, it's more like... savoury scones and a seasoned white sauce.

Could be but it's just a bit weird. Which is probably why so much was on the shelf really cheap.

[hairnet]

I'd hump that

 

Near Allentown Pennsylvania ( the one billy Joel sang about)

 

The truck

 

Can't remember the others

 

The black is oddly far from home and had done 29 k we do that in a year

 

Comfy but even at legal speed it's doing less than 35 mpg auto but mega sensitive kickdown

[clayts450]

Looking back at your car after parking up and muttering to self "I fucking love you, car"

 

 

How many modernz owners look back at their car ?

 

 

[DeeJay]

I look back, to check nothing is pissing out.

[wuvvum]

Comfy but even at legal speed it's doing less than 35 mpg auto but mega sensitive kickdown

Don't forget their gallons are smol though.

[Guest Hooli]

^^^ dat tru

 

46.67mpg when converted to proper UK gallons.

[captain_70s]

I look back, to check nothing is pissing out.

I look back to make sure it hasn't rolled away.

[burraston2006]

I have a magic car that repairs itself!

Had to go to a friends wedding all day yesterday. Took the Rangie P38. Parked up and left it all day. After dinner me and the current millstone went for an after dinner stroll. Thought we'd move the car nearer the venue. Central locking decided to take a holiday then put the key in and the magical warning "engine immobilised" appeared on the dash. Did the old 6 turns of the key left 7 right etc and fxxk all happened. As usual the venue was the the middle of nowhere. Called the men in orange and they sent some one out. I explained it's a Range Rover and is immobilised. They sent a small van. Fxxktards. Man said needs to be recovered. No shit Sherlock! Anyway it was cracking on to 11pm by now and it was colder than a polar bears arsehole so I said get us home and recover the car in the morning. The guy was really nice and it turns out he knew my family ( this means I can now hear all the family laughing at us) and he got us home. Car arrived 20 mins ago. Put the key in and the bxstard started first time!

Range Rover P38 repair themselves. Definitely would buy another!

[junkyarddog]

Sunny day,

Old car,

Quiet county roads

 

[dome]

At Race Retro at Stoneleigh.

 

Been for a passenger ride in an ex Carlos Sainz Focus WRC.

 

Ooft

[andy18s]

At Race Retro at Stoneleigh.

 

Been for a passenger ride in an ex Carlos Sainz Focus WRC.

 

Ooft

Was the RS1700T out today?

Watched the live BGM feed of it yesterday where they had turned the boost down to "only" 350 through the rear wheels.....

[eddyramrod]

Sunny day,

Old car,

Quiet county roads

 

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That could be a brochure pic!  Excellent!

[Des]

I look back to make sure it hasn't rolled away.

I've done likewise to find the rotten fucker rolling after me.

[dome]

Was the RS1700T out today?

Watched the live BGM feed of it yesterday where they had turned the boost down to "only" 350 through the rear wheels.....

No, never saw it out sadly.

 

If you're a fan of rally cars this is must. Still slightly on cloud 9.

[busmansholiday]

[purplebargeken]

Just faffed with blue Dolomite in a garage that is in a much better state of tidiness. Yay.