What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Thought I'd fire up Tinder as I'm in Kent. It's a bit different to Wales! I've swiped right on a Nova, a Ka, a Mercedes and a Savanna(h) so far. These ladies all seem rather glossy though.

[dollywobbler]

And now a Binky! Is she packing something surprising up front?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Having fun with my Dad at his birthday meal.

[jumpingjehovahs]

Popped into Costco for fuel and stumbled across this impromptu meet - although none of the drivers were to be seen. Having the roof down, I got a good waft of that old Ford smell which was a real nostalgia hit.

Pictures taken with my car and my brothers modern Ford both looking absolutely outrageous in comparison. These really were beautiful.











This really made my day!


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[NorfolkNWeigh]

Parked next to a 2009 Audi A6 estate at the airport earlier, it was a taxi from Suffolk and I noticed the front end was quite stone chipped . 

So much for Audi paint quality ,I thought. Then I looked up the mileage- MOT'd last week at 347,000 miles, no advises !

[Spottedlaurel]

9 hours ago, jumpingjehovahs said:

Popped into Costco for fuel and stumbled across this impromptu meet - although none of the drivers were to be seen. Having the roof down, I got a good waft of that old Ford smell which was a real nostalgia hit.

Pictures taken with my car and my brothers modern Ford both looking absolutely outrageous in comparison. These really were beautiful.

I got confused/worried when I saw what you'd written but only the first photo, as I couldn't see the RX! You can achieve the same effect but in reverse if you park the RX next to a current Discovery, as I noticed last week.....

Good to see those Fords all looking so standard.

[twosmoke300]

Old ford smell ? Damp and welding ?

[SiC]

Old ford smell - the smell of Fear Of Repeated Despair? 

[DeeJay]

The smell of an appreciating asset.

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, DeeJay said:

The smell of overhyped scene tax

EFA

[chaseracer]

From our cousins on the Malaise Motors FB page...

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[Tamworthbay]

I was heading home when I spotted a car I didn’t recognise in front, it was about 100yds away at first. From the look of it, it looked like a five year old with no eyes on a rollercoaster had attempted to copy the back end to a Rover 75. It was truly hideous and looked sooooo cheap. I assumed it was some Chinese monstrosity I had missed. Nope, as I got closer I noticed the unmistakable RR badge in the back. And to add to the ‘quality’ look the number plate was wonky. I was chuckling to myself all the way home. It’s the small things in life........

[brownnova]

Had a lovely moment on the M5 last night where a young man in a rather new Golf R seriously underestimated the acceleration skills of a 22 year old 190,000 mile Saab Turbo...  

[hairnet]

Got mooged

[hairnet]

Then this happened

Thanks to will @snagglepuss

@Conan it wont fit  so you can have it

 

[The Moog]

Then this happened
Thanks to will [mention=3994]snagglepuss[/mention]
[mention=27681]Conan[/mention] it wont fit  so you can have it
 

Glad you didn't have a strange steering wheel accident on the way back!

[Fumbler]

Looked at Micra's front crossmember this morning. Minor surface rust and that is it! It's been refurbished before and was done properly it seems!

[hairnet]

10 minutes ago, snagglepuss said:

 

its prolly gone quicker than mx5 ever went or conan will

*hides

[anonymous user]

Currently half watching a gardening programme on TV, it has Miranda Hart and her mother (who is a garden fanatic) the grin is that her mother drives a rather nice Arrow series Singer Gazelle Estate

[Wack]

[Fumbler]

 

[Aston Martin]

Best Popmaster ever.

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

Best Popmaster ever.

Wasn't it! I've never heard of a game ending like that.

[jakebullet]

A man smoking a pipe discussing the merits* of a poo brown maestro.

[Noel Tidybeard]

said maestro looks to be a plah so merits indeed

[DVee8]

Got a new trainee at work this morning,now this isn't the grin as we often have a high turn  over of starters.

The grin is that when talking to him I asked what he did for his last job... He worked for Euro Car Parts,as a picker,so send me any complaints you may have and i'll get a written apology for you.

[Datsuncog]

^^^ Just gimme a minute...

[Andyrew]

[clayts450]

Just been for a good old hoon in the 214, well as best as I can manage with a fully laden boot containing 4 alloys, various bits of old manifold and exhaust, and a blowing flexi. Urban, country lanes, A-roads, and Jct 27->26 on the M1. Didn't miss a beat all the way round. 

It's like a slightly watered down version of the 420 power-wise, but just as much fun handling-wise - can really throw it into the corners. Had a little mini race with a Ford Puma (we were two abreast on a 50mph dual carriageway). Gave it the beans and left the Puma for dust*. At 51 mph.

Most fun I've had actually driving the 214 in my 8 months of ownership.

[Zelandeth]

On 6/23/2019 at 12:05 PM, brownnova said:

Had a lovely moment on the M5 last night where a young man in a rather new Golf R seriously underestimated the acceleration skills of a 22 year old 190,000 mile Saab Turbo...  

It's fun isn't it.  I quite frequently cause people to have that same moment of confusion, albeit with a 26 year old Citroen with rampant clearcoat peel...