What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DVee8]

Wife is allergic to dairy and wheat/gluten, she goes like the blueberry lass in Charlie and the Chocolate factory if has them so we have pancakes made from gram flour and water, surprisingly decent substitute once covered in gubbins

So is my wife,makes food shopping a long trip.If I go along.

[DVee8]

Ye Gods ! Look at the fucking state of that !

 

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Has Stuboy moved up Norf?

[JeeExEll]

Blyth asda this morning. Immaculate condition. Metro head lights. It looked jacked up. Was this the last year they were made? 1999.

 

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Revolution wheels on a Robin!

That looks ace, really suits it .

 

Has me thinking of maybe a 'production sporty GT spec' Robin as could have been made by Reliant.

In the style of the Mini 1275GT or (original) Mini Cooper S.

Avoiding tat like wheel spats and union jack roof, etc, obviously.

[andy18s]

I know I had ppi with direct line as I remember the guy on the phone scaring me into taking it. However even after a sar request RBS said they only keep records going back six years (conveniently for them) so no refund for me

 

Anyone got any idea if there’s anything else I can do? I went to the ombudsman but they just said if there’s no records there’s nothing they can do.

Let 1 of the claims companies loose on them

They will dig a fair bit harder for the info than the bank will,let you know if they find anything and then ask if you want to proceed

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Let 1 of the claims companies loose on them

They will dig a fair bit harder for the info than the bank will,let you know if they find anything and then ask if you want to proceed

Agreed. PPIReclaim.co.uk seems quite competent, and their fees modest compared to many others.

[barefoot]

These books made me chuckle, and some of the reviews made me chuckle more...

 

'I is for Intercooler, fair enough but the definition is all wrong, it cools the air after it leaves the turbo, not before.

I don't want my kids growing up so badly misinformed!'.

 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=t+is+for+turbo&i=stripbooks&crid=3F1TT5U8BYS3H&sprefix=t+is+for+turbo%2Caps%2C218&ref=nb_sb_ss_c_2_11

[aerodynamically_challenged]

[The Moog]

My garage clothes were honking a bit of petrol even after washing...

 

So gave them a wash in vingear... now they smell as sweetly as I can do!

 

Result

[JeeExEll]

These books made me chuckle, and some of the reviews made me chuckle more...

 

'I is for Intercooler, fair enough but the definition is all wrong, it cools the air after it leaves the turbo, not before.

I don't want my kids growing up so badly misinformed!'.

 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=t+is+for+turbo&i=stripbooks&crid=3F1TT5U8BYS3H&sprefix=t+is+for+turbo%2Caps%2C218&ref=nb_sb_ss_c_2_11

Written by Mike Myers too.

"Excellent".

[dollywobbler]

Organised a HubNut meeting. Amazing cars turned up!

 

Bonnet up!

 

350 miles in two days in the 2CV, which ran perfectly apart from refusing to start at a set of roadworks. I'd turned her off as it was a very long queue. Bit embarrassing. Wonder if she's fouling the plugs up again?

[LightBulbFun]

Organised a HubNut meeting. Amazing cars turned up!

 

Bonnet up!

 

350 miles in two days in the 2CV, which ran perfectly apart from refusing to start at a set of roadworks. I'd turned her off as it was a very long queue. Bit embarrassing. Wonder if she's fouling the plugs up again?

 

Looks like a great time

 

glad to hear from you on the forum still I was worried about things 

 

will there be video content on the meet up?

[barefoot]

Mmmmm, Trabbi looks...

[dollywobbler]

Looks like a great time

 

glad to hear from you on the forum still I was worried about things 

 

will there be video content on the meet up?

 

Just in a really busy phase of my life, so hard to keep up with everything at the moment. My love for the beige is still strong.

 

There will be a video. I need to get on and edit it.

[brownnova]

Organised a HubNut meeting. Amazing cars turned up!

 

Bonnet up!

 

350 miles in two days in the 2CV, which ran perfectly apart from refusing to start at a set of roadworks. I'd turned her off as it was a very long queue. Bit embarrassing. Wonder if she's fouling the plugs up again?

I’m so gutted I forgot about this! I’d signed up and everything. Was planning to bring the 2CV and then life took over and a busy week caused me to forget! Dammit!

 

Looks like a really good meet!

[brownnova]

In my own grin news...

 

Last week my gf and I got engaged. Did the whole romance bit etc... we joked that after such romance we should do some car jobs to balance it out.

 

As I was driving home from said romance my now fiancée in the car behind rings me to inform me that the exhaust on the car is dragging on the floor....

 

So our first act as an engaged couple was to pull the exhaust off a Peugeot!

 

We had a good laugh at that!!

[dollywobbler]

In my own grin news...

 

Last week my gf and I got engaged. Did the whole romance bit etc... we joked that after such romance we should do some car jobs to balance it out.

 

As I was driving home from said romance my now fiancée in the car behind rings me to inform me that the exhaust on the car is dragging on the floor....

 

So our first act as an engaged couple was to pull the exhaust off a Peugeot!

 

We had a good laugh at that!!

 

"It was love. There were sparks!"

[Fumbler]

[myglaren]

22 days early

[eddyramrod]

I'm in for three Roffles at the moment.  I still haven't got my licence back so I can't do collections; I've arranged to buy another car for daily use anyway (which I also can't collect yet); I have nowhere to put extra cars; and there's the slight issue of no income at the moment.  WTF am I doing?   Somebody stop me!

[jakebullet]

10 years of disco td5 ownership today. I got it cheap* as the clutch bearing / dual mass flywheel screams. 10 years later it still screams for the first half mile and then goes quiet. Think that's a win.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

As long as it doesn’t do what my Golf’s DMF did recently and shats itself at a set of temporary lights during a named storm after being stuck in traffic for an hour after dark, you’re all good!

[Supernaut]

Just watched an absolutely brilliant episode of the Grand Tour. An hour and 20 minutes of the three of them pissing about in RVs. They really are back on form, I was laughing like a drain.

[Cavcraft]

A number of things have made me happy today, not the least of which was a 'phone call from a proper mate out of the blue (you know who you are and it's much appreciated) and also a very tidy eBay win (not shite related) just now.

[SiC]

Just watched an absolutely brilliant episode of the Grand Tour. An hour and 20 minutes of the three of them pissing about in RVs. They really are back on form, I was laughing like a drain.

+1. I watched that the other week. Throughly enjoyable.

[wuvvum]

Went into Norwich earlier, and the Buick found an even shonkier friend.

[wuvvum]

Organised a HubNut meeting. Amazing cars turned up!

 

Bonnet up!

 

350 miles in two days in the 2CV, which ran perfectly apart from refusing to start at a set of roadworks. I'd turned her off as it was a very long queue. Bit embarrassing. Wonder if she's fouling the plugs up again?

 

That Lancia is lovely.  I papped its big brother at Kings Lynn a few months back.

 

[dozeydustman]

We have life!

 

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Been for a drive this evening and the top end rattle has calmed down a bit as oil circulated about again. Feels perkier as well, which is nice.

 

Rooting around in the car's history the last time I noticed a timing belt being changed was 2003 when my in-laws bought it second hand. Wife's owned since around 2011. It may have been changed between now and then, if not it's managed to do over 100k since the last documented change.

 

It's such an easy little car to work on as well. I'm hoping to get it well into 200k before it dies. It's on 176k at the moment.

[Jazoli]

I'm in for three Roffles at the moment.  I still haven't got my licence back so I can't do collections; I've arranged to buy another car for daily use anyway (which I also can't collect yet); I have nowhere to put extra cars; and there's the slight issue of no income at the moment.  WTF am I doing?   Somebody stop me!

 

I have a space in Bowness that you could store one at Eddy, its off the road so no legal issues

[Jmac]

Well , the Corolla failed the mot sat , noisy r/h front wheel bearing.....damm ! .when she got home I jacked it up and turned the wheel , it made a terrible noise and stiff to turn screech and grind feel to it ,damm damm damm . I removed the wheel and brake pads . Still the same wheel is going to fall off noise . Then I saw what was causing it !the rubber doughnut on the drive shaft had moved down the drive shaft and when jacked up it trapped itself on the A arm pivot , the noise was the rust and dirt as it tuned on the shaft .easy fix just pushed it back up the driveshaft . Back for a free retest next week .i was more worried about the emissions test but passed that easy ! . I am grinning.

[sierraman]

Reading about the prototype that was made of the Reliant Rebel with a Ford 1600E engine fitted. Given the Rebel weighed absolutely fuck all it had something like 204bhp per tonne. I bet that thing fucking flew.