What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[danthecapriman]

Looks about right to me.

I was about to say the very same!

[SierraMikeHotel]

Granny double-team, in AS colours:

 

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A lot of modern cars, including mine, look better as an estate. A lot of older cars look better as a saloon (because the estate was a bit of an afterthought).

 

I'm going to vote for the Granny, and the Cortina of the same era, as being among the first mainstream cars where the estate version was a real looker.

 

For the record I love estate cars, ever since I accidentally bought a BX estate. They look terrible, because afterthought, but they work much better than the hatch as a usable vehicle.

 

Volvo is the exception of course. Volvo estates were always better than their saloons.

[Cavcraft]

Just been to see Brian Blessed at a local theatre. Had to leave early sadly so missed the last half hour, but what a great night. The bloke is a very entertaining lunatic.

[New POD]

Yeah. Fuck you twat..

[The Moog]

Just been to see Brian Blessed at a local theatre. Had to leave early sadly so missed the last half hour, but what a great night. The bloke is a very entertaining lunatic.

Saw him last year for my 40th. He is properly mad.

 

Not many left like him - proper liar as well with it, but still quite funny:-)

[STUNO]

My home for the last few days. Only a small job but successful and should make walking much nicer !!

 

 

I now have a tap at the bottom of my leg to pee out of, actually quite convenient. but not permanent.

 

 

[New POD]

Just been to see Brian Blessed at a local theatre. Had to leave early sadly so missed the last half hour, but what a great night. The bloke is a very entertaining lunatic.

You know your shit jokes? I don't get this one. Can someone explain the punch line?

[Wack]

Land Rover no longer producing the defender , somebody made a Suzuki version

 

https://mikeshouts.com/damd-suzuki-jimny-land-rover-defender-kit/

[JeeExEll]

My home for the last few days. Only a small job but successful and should make walking much nicer !!

 

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I now have a tap at the bottom of my leg to pee out of, actually quite convenient. but not permanent.

Get well soon Stuno.

Spot the unintentional 'Y THO' thread pic content.

Y THO? Wat's all this stuff for??

[John F]

You know your shit jokes? I don't get this one. Can someone explain the punch line?

 

I was thinking the same thing

[dozeydustman]

Offered a load of stuff on various giving away websites. One lady asked for 8 different things.

 

She came round with these for me.

 

 

I'll have to hide them from the mrs and madam because they'll be inhaled within seconds of being spotted.

[twosmoke300]

The crystal meth of choccies !

[mrbenn]

Solution? Get them eaten before they even know the chocs are on the premises!

[DeeJay]

My home for the last few days. Only a small job but successful and should make walking much nicer !!

 

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I now have a tap at the bottom of my leg to pee out of, actually quite convenient. but not permanent.

Penis extension?

[Lord Sterling]

You know the picture going round of the Megane convertible with a Merc grille grafted on?

I BLOODY SPOTTED IT, near my mates house in Cheetham Hill, the areshole of Manchester (don't worry he's moving soon).

 

 

Truly a sight to behold.

 

[STUNO]

Penis extension?

 

Not required.

 

 

 

But thanks for enquiring

[Mrcento]

Decided to fire off an email about an old garage unit to see if they'd be open to reducing rent in return for refurbing the interior....

 

I'm expecting a big fat no, because any unit you can get a car in = name your own price and add some zeros to the end, but it's been vacant a few months now and is as well used as an ex commercial garage can be, (so might be attractive to the owner that not only will the unit be in use and get rent, but will be well looked after and returned in a better condition than initially rented out as = more valuable in future for another tenant if the time comes) but hell....  The grin will be massive if i can pull it off!

[Kiltox]

As a “bastard landlord” id welcome the above tbh

[Mrcento]

As a “bastard landlord” id welcome the above tbh

 

Same, if the shoe was on the other foot and i had a unit to let out, i'd rather be getting less rent (but at least a guaranteed income from it every month), value being added to the property and it becoming more attractive long term than sit and hold out for the full whack for an unspecified amount of months, earning nothing at all in between times and still having a property at the end of that still worth the same (or less).

 

Even if they agree, i doubt they'll be willing to take much off so still might not be viable but still i reckon it's a fair proposal. The market here is one i can't get my head around, the culture seems to be whatever price it's up for is what you pay, not a penny less. If that means the property sits empty for 3-4 years, then empty it will sit without a single reduction in the advertised rent price in the hope some punter will be desperate and pay full whack eventually. There's genuinely north of 20 units up for rent right now local to me, some of them have been unoccupied since 2009! You'd think at some point the owners would hit the "something's better than nothing" stage, but nope.

[New POD]

Same, if the shoe was on the other foot and i had a unit to let out, i'd rather be getting less rent (but at least a guaranteed income from it every month), value being added to the property and it becoming more attractive long term than sit and hold out for the full whack for an unspecified amount of months, earning nothing at all in between times and still having a property at the end of that still worth the same (or less).

 

Even if they agree, i doubt they'll be willing to take much off so still might not be viable but still i reckon it's a fair proposal. The market here is one i can't get my head around, the culture seems to be whatever price it's up for is what you pay, not a penny less. If that means the property sits empty for 3-4 years, then empty it will sit without a single reduction in the advertised rent price in the hope some punter will be desperate and pay full whack eventually. There's genuinely north of 20 units up for rent right now local to me, some of them have been unoccupied since 2009! You'd think at some point the owners would hit the "something's better than nothing" stage, but nope.

In Merseyside I know of one large mafia like family who own lots of properties.

 

My understanding is that they'd rather keep rents high, and have a few empty, than allow one tenant to think they could be getting a better deal.

 

I'd quite like to see all rent agreements published by the land registry like sales.

[Tickman]

Decided to fire off an email about an old garage unit to see if they'd be open to reducing rent in return for refurbing the interior....

 

I'm expecting a big fat no, because any unit you can get a car in = name your own price and add some zeros to the end, but it's been vacant a few months now and is as well used as an ex commercial garage can be, (so might be attractive to the owner that not only will the unit be in use and get rent, but will be well looked after and returned in a better condition than initially rented out as = more valuable in future for another tenant if the time comes) but hell.... The grin will be massive if i can pull it off!

I looked for years for something to rent with no luck.

Ended up with the workshop in Forfar as it was very poorly advertised and a bit* of a shit hole.

[rainagain]

 

The market here is one i can't get my head around, the culture seems to be whatever price it's up for is what you pay, not a penny less. If that means the property sits empty for 3-4 years, then empty it will sit without a single reduction in the advertised rent price in the hope some punter will be desperate and pay full whack eventually. There's genuinely north of 20 units up for rent right now local to me, some of them have been unoccupied since 2009! You'd think at some point the owners would hit the "something's better than nothing" stage, but nope.

Same round my way, a family friend used to run a small engineering business which employed two people. His land lord decided to double the rent for his unit. He ended up having to fold his business as he couldn’t afford the increase.

 

The unit has been empty now for over two years, so that’s the land lord lost his income, two people lost their job and one person lost their business. Makes no sense to me.

[Mrcento]

I looked for years for something to rent with no luck.

Ended up with the workshop in Forfar as it was very poorly advertised and a bit* of a shit hole.

 

It's frustrating, been keeping an eye on out of town as well, i actually came relatively close to one in Blairgowrie about a year ago but a local car dealer apparently came in offering full rent + 20% for off site storage to make sure he got it, so that was that.

 

Same round my way, a family friend used to run a small engineering business which employed two people. His land lord decided to double the rent for his unit. He ended up having to fold his business as he couldn’t afford the increase.

 

The unit has been empty now for over two years, so that’s the land lord lost his income, two people lost their job and one person lost their business. Makes no sense to me.

 

It's madness. Landlords want maximum £ immediately and would seemingly rather sit getting nothing for years and wait in hope of someone paying it. Which, if they ever arrived, would never make up the difference to cover the lost earning of the thing sitting empty for years anyway.

 

Already had an email back wanting to talk figures and length of potential tenancy "to put to the owner", so not quite sure where to go from there... Tenancy length, 2 ways of looking at it, a longer one = stable income for landlord over x years, but if i'm getting it discounted, they might not want that if they feel they could get more for it in a year...which given my plans to refurb, i'd be at risk of.

 

Money wise... i have no idea, If the owner is only willing to take 5% off, i'd probably come across a bit of a belter if i offered 30% less., likewise if i offered more and he accepted, i'd feel stupid for not offering less, to be honest it's going to be more than i can really afford even with a massive discount, but, y'know, risk v reward... all about just reducing the risk of financial ruin as much as possible for as long as possible!

[loserone]

Why not suggest that the rent start very low and ramps up over a couple of years, so you're balancing the risk as you improve the place. Perhaps with a deposit so they know you're serious.

[busmansholiday]

No, I don't know what the CZ reg wagon driver was doing in a narrow lane, neither did the law that were parked the other side.

 

 

But,it, and local traffic weren't going anywhere fast.

[artdjones]

No, I don't know what the CZ reg wagon driver was doing in a narrow lane, neither did the law that were parked the other side.

 

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But,it, and local traffic weren't going anywhere fast.

Satnav strikes again!

[Frogchod]

Just insured the Buick, 75 euros

For reasons only known to insurance companies that's half the price of the 850cc Reliant for a 3800cc barge...

Now the fun* starts in getting onto French plates.

[fordperv]

The customer service i received from Ashley competition exhausts made me grin, I had an issue with the manifold i got for my saph, i sent them some pictures and rang to speak to them on Monday had a great chat, he knew the issue instantly and couldn't be more apologetic, they made a replacement manifold and I received it yesterday, they must've literally pushed it straight to the front of the queue

 

I fitted it earlier and am now a happy boy

[Tayne]

A friend who lives in the US told me their crash tests were significantly different to ours.

 

I had assumed that speeds would be slightly different, maybe some different gradation in the results, nothing major.

 

He assured me that they were very different.

 

 

He then sent me this photo to illustrate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wack]

No, I don't know what the CZ reg wagon driver was doing in a narrow lane, neither did the law that were parked the other side.

 

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But,it, and local traffic weren't going anywhere fast.

I saw one on a CZ plate on the smart motorway somewhere near the M54 exit Northbound , he was parked in one of the emergency refuge areas with all his cooking gear set up ready to go, looked like he was planning to be there a while