What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Aston Martin]

Not actually sure what car it is, but if it's got comfort window opening you press and hold the unlock key to have all the windows open.

Accord, it was next to a Domino's so maybe a delivery driver. They always drive battered shit.

[Lacquer Peel]

69, hell yeah.

[320touring]

69, hell yeah.

#pdftw

[fordperv]

Scorchio

 

I keep trying to get a picture of this when its driving out and about but never manage to so walked the dog by there earlier to some fields we never go, did see a wing stamped into the ground in the field as well which made me laugh

 

[DodgeRover]

The sun was out on Thursday, work went really well and I'm really happy with how the kitchen I've been doing has turned out. The clients are over the moon and have recommended me to their friends.

I felt like I got about 40 hours sleep in the 7 hours I slept last night.

Sun shone on me again today and I finished off a job for the company that's been causing problems for ages.

 

Followed a N plate Marina estate on my way home, sign written for a local cleaning company and complete with roof racks and towbar!

[richardmorris]

20180420-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr

 

I’m not sure, but it’s your car.

[The Moog]

B road blast at 9pm in little red roadster. Lovely old job

[D Spares & Tyres]

Sold an engine today and helped the chap load it into the boot of his car. He declined my offer of an old tyre to wedge it in with. I told him to take it steady as it was quite close to the rear window.

 

Twenty minutes later I get a phone call off him.

 

"Hi, I've broken the window, can I buy the tailgate too please"

[Datsuncog]

^^^ Link selling! Fantastic.

 

Seriously though, if that happened to me I'd have felt like such a div that I wouldn't dare go back to the seller.

[Cheggers]

Leaving the T2 car park at Heathrow late last night I was following a yellow Juke in the stop-start traffic up the ramp. I noticed straight away driving wasn't their forté as they stuttered and jerked their way along.

 

As we went to pull away again on a steeper part of the ramp they had 3 attempts to get going, rolling back ever closer to my front bumper each time. Eventually they got close enough that a little warning toot on the horn was in order.

 

At this point the driver, a woman about my age (early 50's), got out and swapped places with the elderly gent in back seat.

 

While they were making their driver change the front seat passenger (a gammon-faced guy also about my age) got out and shouted obscenities at me for 30 seconds.

 

Eventually everyone was back in the car with driver #2 which hopped forward a couple of feet, stalled and rolled back surprisingly hard onto my front bumper.

 

Why is this a grin rather than a grump?

 

There was no damage to the Skoda, and the opportunity to make Mr Gammon squirm was just too great to resist.

 

Schadenfreude

 

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[Bucketeer]

The Princess is looking sweet Angyl.

On an unrelated note, I now have a craving for a big bag of rhubarb and custard spogs.

[purplebargeken]

I met Dave out of Chas & Dave the other day. He does sign writing and so on and has done work for my mate. Lovely chap, very down to earth, has tons of sardines in tomato sauce on the back seat of his car, his dog loves them.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I met Dave out of Chas & Dave the other day. He does sign writing and so on and has done work for my mate. Lovely chap, very down to earth, has tons of sardines in tomato sauce on the back seat of his car, his dog loves them.

Don't leave us hanging, what sort of car does he drive ? Full on celeb black Range Rover or 911?

Or something more Autoshite, maybe a skanky X300 Jag or Toyota Carina E estate, I bet Chas has got a Bentley and doesn't need to moonlight doing sign writing- had a better deal.

[Spottedlaurel]

Really enjoying driving the Sunny around since it's new MoT and brake/exhaust work last week. It's going better than ever and I've put a couple of hundred miles on it, trying to make up for last year's relatively low use.

 

 

Sadly the garage that sold it new appears to be closing down their original premises (although they still sell Subaru and Mitsubishi from a couple of other sites in the city). I wanted to get some shots of the car there before the (presumed) redevelopment occurs.

 

Started using the 1200 for work again - with just a 10-mile drive to the new office I'll use the old things in my fleet as much as possible. It's a bit rural where I'm now based, one of my neighbours seemed to approve.......

 

 

Funny thing is to get there I have to drive along a stretch of road that I used to commute along 22 years ago in my previous 1200 at exactly the same time (albeit in the opposite direction, due to intervening house/job changes). Although I know it's impossible on so many levels, I half expect to see me in my old car heading the other way.......

[andy18s]

WCPGW?

[MikeKnight]

Thought you'd all enjoy the trials and tribulations of Darren and his spirit level.

 

https://imgur.com/gallery/CD4mSMT

[sierraman]

Collection Fred of new chod arranged for next Saturday.

[Tayne]

WCPGW?

The iVeco will break down

[Pillock]

I need to refer to someone as "gammon faced" today. That's ace.

[hairnet]

booked a flight yesterday not realising id booked it friday back saturday

 

id had 3 on the go and got them mixed up

 

was shitting as it wasnt cheap - for some reason couldnt change on the website

 

rang them to change knowing at least the change fee if not the change in fare

 

the nice lady on the phone said the change fee was 100euro - website said 40

 

but because changing within 24 hours no change fee and there wasnt a price difference in the fare either

 

i owe them a crate of beer (and the friend who pointed out the mistake when i showed them the ticket)

 

swerved a bumming big time

[DodgeRover]

^^^ Link selling! Fantastic.

 

Seriously though, if that happened to me I'd have felt like such a div that I wouldn't dare go back to the seller.

I would have still felt an idiot but asked for a discount on the tailgate....£5 a time here to get rid of old tyres though so I can see why they didn't want it.

[Aston Martin]

Hmmmmmmm

[Timewaster]

Just spotted that my sarcastic comment on Car magazines Facebook page has been published in this month's mag.

 

I know Car is not very AS, but it related to and article on an obscure Iranian heap.

[Tayne]

Pecan Hunter?

[Timewaster]

Pecan Hunter?

Worse.

 

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/ikco/ikco-samand-2018-review/

[Tamworthbay]

Unfortunate colour for a zip, or does he really have a hot dog for penis?

[hairnet]

side panels for honda

 

uk 61 quid each

 

usa they were 41 usd and 43 usd (last years prices - i tried but couldnt get them in my bag and didnt wanna be humping them round nz) each now down to 37 and 39

 

the difference paid for the postage from georgia to pennsylvania while im there

 

including postage the two together 61 quid

 

screw you honda uk

[UmBongo]

https://www.facebook.com/onthetools/videos/2137624966523378/

 

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[beko1987]

My Google rewards thing today asked me about YouTube videos... 320touring came up... 5 stars!

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Last night's banger/stock car racing at Mildenhall was very entertaining.

 

 

Back-to-basics unlimited bangers bought out a varied selection, lots of BMWs which they rarely use in 'proper' bangers as well as some oddities like this pair. Minimal prep required, it's quite odd seeing them race with dashboards, stereos etc in place and running on the key. A Seat Alhambra won the first race of the night and this Beetle (with an experienced and rather capable driver, admittedly) got 2nd in the final then won the DD.

 

2-litre national bangers were very lively, mostly Mondeos in that class and it's amazing to see the punishment they take and still keep going. I think there may have been a bit of a physical disagreement between some drivers after one race, which the commentator was none-too-impressed with.

 

It's been a long while since I've seen the 2-litre saloon stock cars. They rarely visit Foxhall (where I usually go) and they were fantastic to watch racing on the shale at Mildenhall. Lots of incidents and stoppages, and they're so solid that we could feel it through the ground when they hit the wall. Again mostly Mondeos in that class (well, bits of a Mondeo bodyshell at least) with a few Sierras and Sapphires hanging on. There was one BMW 3-series being used, which won the final. When I used to see them in the 1980s/90s it was mostly Talbot Sunbeams, with Horry Barnes trundling round in a Datsun Z/ZX.

 

Luckily they don't appear to have a limit on what time they can finish. Racing started at 6pm and we got away about 11pm, with a lot of stoppages and lengthy clear-up sessions between races. Excellent fish and chips and curry sauce too.