What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[andy18s]

Fancy a "quick" Probe?

[meggersdog]

Just MOT'd a policemans car. It ran out in November last year.

 

Why the grin ?

he works in traffic monitoring the anpr cameras

[fordperv]

Hahaha that's brilliant

[Guest Hooli]

Just MOT'd a policemans car. It ran out in November last year.

 

Why the grin ?

he works in traffic monitoring the anpr cameras

 

I bet it's purely a coincidence* he's not been flagged up for that.

[anonymous user]

I was thinking he's probably had an "Oh shit" moment when it popped up on the system

[scaryoldcortina]

Nah, I bet he only noticed last Thursday when he went to tax it. Police ANPR doesn't seem to bother with MoT status if the first week of the month rush of people whose test ran out ages ago is anything to go by.

[New POD]

Just MOT'd a policemans car. It ran out in November last year.

 

Why the grin ?

he works in traffic monitoring the anpr cameras

It passed I assume?

Or did it have 4 dodgy tyres and brake pads made of wood?

[Wack]

At least they acknowledge your house might burn down with a friendly card

[Aston Martin]

Not my best footage. But I can't be bothered to mute the audio.... So it's an iPhone job.

 

https://streamable.com/m280r

[Wack]

Not my best footage. But I can't be bothered to mute the audio.... So it's an iPhone job.

https://streamable.com/m280r

I did that in a 4.0 litre S Type once , I set the cruise to 30mph on a stretch in Warrington that's known to have the camera van on it , Sunday morning early, wet road , nothing about so I thought I'd have a go at the roundabout on cruise , going in was ok , coming out not so much , luckily nothing about for me to hit

[Aston Martin]

I did that in a 4.0 litre S Type once , I set the cruise to 30mph on a stretch in Warrington that's known to have the camera van on it , Sunday morning early, wet road , nothing about so I thought I'd have a go at the roundabout on cruise , going in was ok , coming out not so much , luckily nothing about for me to hit

The road was greasy tbf.

 

...

 

I've done it once on a wet roundabout. Luckily didn't hit anything.

[beko1987]

My first (and only) crash was this slide on a roundabout! Tbh looking back I only hit the barrier because I didn't notice the slide start, had a few moments since but driving fwd cars I've managed to drop a gear, power out then light a rolly...

 

I remember calling my stepdad (2am on a Sunday morning as you do when your just passed) and he came out to help me, drove round the roundabout himself probably twice as fast as I'd slid off at to get to me and commented 'ooh that's a bit greasy isn't it, now what the fuck have you done here? I've bought some cable ties...'

[Tamworthbay]

My first Capri, a nice metallic gold (deffo NOT brown) and the pentagon island in Derby, beat everyone away from the light on a damp morning, then three times around and ended up facing the wrong way and had all the ‘slow’ cars parting like the Red Sea to go past me. That car taught me a hell of a lot.

[captain_70s]

I did that in the Civic, no more than 10-15mph, the car just swapped ends. No idea if the road was greasy or something...

[jumpingjehovahs]

 

Almost brought my breakfast up this morning with excitement, when was the last time you saw either one of these on the road, let alone together!

 

 

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[fordperv]

Scammers really need to up their game, just got this through

 

 

The attempt is pitiful

[wuvvum]

Just had a random middle-aged woman in an Ignis compliment the Y10 in Tesco's car park.

[chodweaver]

^^^

Be careful what you wish for. They've already come on leaps and bounds from the Nigerian royalty scams of a decade ago. It won't be long before you REALLY won't be able to tell the difference between their emails and the genuine article. And emails are not terribly difficult to intercept, doctor and send on - all that needs changing in that attached PDF invoice is the sort code and the account number and someone has just paid the scamming b'stards instead of you or your supplier...

 

ETA not quick enough. I wuz referring to the dvla scam...

 

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[danthecapriman]

My first Capri, a nice metallic gold (deffo NOT brown) and the pentagon island in Derby, beat everyone away from the light on a damp morning, then three times around and ended up facing the wrong way and had all the ‘slow’ cars parting like the Red Sea to go past me. That car taught me a hell of a lot.

When I had the 2.8 Granada estate I thought I’d have a bit of fun on a wet roundabout near home, it was on a dual carriageway and was deserted, early morning.

I joined the roundabout at speed in lane 2, flicked the back end out a bit around the roundabout and exited slightly sideways across the two lanes.

Turns out it wasn’t quite as deserted as I’d thought. Bloody police car coming the other way!

Luckily it was ‘words of advice’ and no more! Actually spoke more about old cars with the nice police man than anything else. Only time I’ve ever been pulled over that.

[w00dy]

New battery time. The Volvo had a few issues with starting and then wouldn't hold a charge at all  and wasn't running well (some nice Merc techs had to give me a bump to get me home on Monday) so I spent over 20% of the cars cost on a new battery

 

 

Now it's back to its  tyre-shredding ways. Guess it's a keeper now, so I think more spending will be done.

[Guest Hooli]

My first Capri, a nice metallic gold (deffo NOT brown) and the pentagon island in Derby, beat everyone away from the light on a damp morning, then three times around and ended up facing the wrong way and had all the ‘slow’ cars parting like the Red Sea to go past me. That car taught me a hell of a lot.

 

I had a XR4i once. I was taking it to work for MOT welding one morning in the damp so it obviously got very sideways on every roundabout, shame I didn't notice the copper at the give way lines till I saw the flash of blue lights being me & out of the driver's window...

 

That was fun* as it wasn't insured, MOT'd or Taxed... Lucky I'd swapped it to my then gf's name so my DOC cover covered it & I was on the way to a garage (where I worked so it was* booked in for welding etc).

[robinmasters]

Granny double-team, in AS colours:

 

[PhilA]

When I had the 2.8 Granada estate I thought I’d have a bit of fun on a wet roundabout near home, it was on a dual carriageway and was deserted, early morning.

I joined the roundabout at speed in lane 2, flicked the back end out a bit around the roundabout and exited slightly sideways across the two lanes.

Turns out it wasn’t quite as deserted as I’d thought. Bloody police car coming the other way!

Luckily it was ‘words of advice’ and no more! Actually spoke more about old cars with the nice police man than anything else. Only time I’ve ever been pulled over that.

 

I was driving my Victor into town one wet afternoon- dual carriageway all the way in, dotted with roundabouts. One of the last roundabouts is a two-lane affair, with 2/3 of the road cambered in toward the centre of the roundabout and made from smooth new black asphalt, the outer 1/3 flat and made from tarmacadam with old worn-smooth hardcore in.

I was being followed by a riot van full of police for about 5 miles. The last roundabout was entered, I put my foot down just a shade too much about halfway round, one tyre span on the different asphalt, the back end let go and the car did a very rapid 270-degree spin leaving me past the exit, facing the wrong way round the roundabout.

I quickly gathered my wits, having thankfully not hit anything or anybody, exited the roundabout the way I had originally wanted to go. I drove a little ways down the road and then stopped to let the cops have a word with me. They didn't put lights on or nothing- no chance they didn't want to check things out though...

They were sitting in the van having a giggle, a couple got out, I got told that my reg had come back clean, everything was in order and to "drive more carefully, sir".

 

--Phil

[purplebargeken]

Fail! Having an 'explosive device' made of some entirely random wires, sticky tape and a mobile phone doesn't make you big or clever.

[Tamworthbay]

When I had the 2.8 Granada estate I thought I’d have a bit of fun on a wet roundabout near home, it was on a dual carriageway and was deserted, early morning.

I joined the roundabout at speed in lane 2, flicked the back end out a bit around the roundabout and exited slightly sideways across the two lanes.

Turns out it wasn’t quite as deserted as I’d thought. Bloody police car coming the other way!

Luckily it was ‘words of advice’ and no more! Actually spoke more about old cars with the nice police man than anything else. Only time I’ve ever been pulled over that.

Ah, the benefit of age, I used to slide the MGB GT I had as a daily, until about fours years ago, around one particular roundabout routinely in the winter until one day when plod was sat there as I exited it sideways. He followed me and 100yds later pulled me over. I was expecting the ‘conversation’ like when I was a teenager, but no, they were just checking I was ok after having ‘a moment’. The guy was very nice and was said how ‘ these old cars can catch you out can’t they, nothing you can do but you handled it very well, just take care as you must be a bit shaken’. To which I replied the obvious ‘no idea what happened occifer it just happened so fast, yes I am a bit shaken, thanks for you concern’ and then drove off pissing myself laughing.

[danthecapriman]

Ah, the benefit of age, I used to slide the MGB GT I had as a daily, until about fours years ago, around one particular roundabout routinely in the winter until one day when plod was sat there as I exited it sideways. He followed me and 100yds later pulled me over. I was expecting the ‘conversation’ like when I was a teenager, but no, they were just checking I was ok after having ‘a moment’. The guy was very nice and was said how ‘ these old cars can catch you out can’t they, nothing you can do but you handled it very well, just take care as you must be a bit shaken’. To which I replied the obvious ‘no idea what happened occifer it just happened so fast, yes I am a bit shaken, thanks for you concern’ and then drove off pissing myself laughing.

Funniest police moment I’ve ever had was just after doing the wedding for a work mate in my Yank. I dropped them off at their reception/party thing at Marwell zoo and on leaving decided to go the back way home instead of via the M27 etc.

They were all tiny country B roads so you can imagine how out of place the huge bright green Mercury must’ve looked! I went around a bend and with the car making that awesome tyre squealing sound like you used to hear on the old TV programs from the 70’s and bouncing around like old yanks do and just around the bend was a traffic police car in a lay-by, two coppers talking to some guy walking his dog.

All 3 of them stopped, and just watched the Mercury burble and bounce past! The looks on their faces was hilarious! It must’ve been the absolute last thing you’d ever have expected to see in that particular place.

[DVee8]

[Jazoli]

 

Looks about right to me.

[richardmorris]

New battery time. The Volvo had a few issues with starting and then wouldn't hold a charge at all  and wasn't running well (some nice Merc techs had to give me a bump to get me home on Monday) so I spent over 20% of the cars cost on a new battery

 

 

Now it's back to its  tyre-shredding ways. Guess it's a keeper now, so I think more spending will be done.

I recommend Tayna too.

[cobblers]

Yep, me too. Way cheaper than anywhere else and the battery came really well packed.