What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Saabnut]

Sitting having my second brew of the daym a strange noise occurred over the radio which was on in the background. Turned the radio off and all quiet. After a minute or so, it came again. Seemed to be from the area of the woodburner Aaah, I thought, something thinking of building in my chimney. Went outside, nothing near the chimney. Back inside, more noise. Oh. There appears to be a bird inside my stove! Opened all windows and doors before opening the stove. A very dusty starling flew out and passed all the open windows etc and into my bedroom!  Managed to open the window and off it flew, shedding dust on its way.

A lucky bird, I have been away from home for nearly 10 weeks and the house was empty, had it got in just after I left......

[LightBulbFun]

this amused me!  "who needs 6 allegros" Oh if only they knew of this place LOL

https://www.facebook.com/groups/carsyoudontseeanymore/permalink/2795162280805319/

[Wack]

5 hours ago, paulplom said:

I'm working for Dr. Jazz in North Shields today. At least with being a doctor he'll be able to give himself something for the pain when this shits itself.

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They suffer badly with rotting front subframes , it's a fortune to fix 

[Tamworthbay]

My brother had a Maserati from new in the states. It was a nice enough drive I suppose (felt more the GT than sports car for sure though) but it had sooooooo many problems. In the 15 or so months he kept it, the dealer had it more time than he did. Often for exactly the same fault over and over. He now drives a Toyota Prius - proof if ever it was needed of a man destroyed.............

[paulplom]

He told me that was the last model with the ferrari engine. Apparently ferrari stopped them because maserati were selling more than they were. They have merc engines now.
He also told me his son has a mk1 mx5.

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[camryv6]

12 hours ago, brownnova said:

Looks as if Jacob Rees Mogg broke down on the way to parliament this morning... 

New screensaver, thank you

[dozeydustman]

[gm]

Anything worth watching on the telly tonight ? 
 

the modern day equivalent of channel 4s “red triangle” films ? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

7 hours ago, Wack said:

12 hours ago, paulplom said:

I'm working for Dr. Jazz in North Shields today. At least with being a doctor he'll be able to give himself something for the pain when this shits itself.
 

They suffer badly with rotting front subframes , it's a fortune to fix 

I don't suppose negotiating getting stuck in floods helps much either...

[Wack]

Oops 

[clayts450]

Neighbours up the road - always have 80s/90s Fords near their home, never actually stopped to have a  natter with them. Then a 414 turned up. Then COVID happened. Anyway, we live five minutes away from each other, and we finally connected today....on Facebook. Lovely to see their first thought on selling was to find out whether I wanted it !

Price is a bit salty, but it is a lovely motor - better condition than the 420 if truth be told

[PhilA]

I think my back just popped back into place.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

9 hours ago, Wack said:

Oops 

That particular incident was many years ago. That stretch of the A41 used to be notorious for flash floods. In the photos, the Quattroporte driver had completely misread the car's inability to cope with anything more than a puddle. Anyhow, in he went, only for the car to fail in the deepest part. It was also discovered that the complex gearbox wouldn't shift back into neutral, so the car was now immobilised and couldn't be pushed out of the way. Eventually a transporter had to be backed in to lift it out.

Great advert for Maserati.

[Wack]

The air intake is really low down , probably hydrolocked it 

[myglaren]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

The air intake is really low down , probably hydrolocked it 

Big repair bill.

[clayts450]

11 hours ago, clayts450 said:

Neighbours up the road - always have 80s/90s Fords near their home, never actually stopped to have a  natter with them. Then a 414 turned up. Then COVID happened. Anyway, we live five minutes away from each other, and we finally connected today....on Facebook. Lovely to see their first thought on selling was to find out whether I wanted it !

Price is a bit salty, but it is a lovely motor - better condition than the 420 if truth be told

Postscript to this :

 

I need to get her and her old man on here methinks...

[Andyrew]

I've fixed an MGB bonnet and will be repairing a cracked and slightly holey exhaust system on a nice beemer with an oil change aswell in exchange for the Dyanes bodyshell to get a fresh coat of juane mimosa , After the new panels and are welded in and I've sealed and gravitexed the underside that is. 

Whilst I can paint okay , i dont have a gun  or any spraying consumables etc etc and also I won't have half the workshop covered I yellow dust. 

Happy with that. 

[Retr0naut]

[Floatylight]

Postscript to this :

 
I need to get her and her old man on here methinks...

Also find out if cheap storage is available!!

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[clayts450]

That's a good point. Could do with saving some cash and abandoning the garage

[PhilA]

Just went to town, had my eyeballs examined thoroughly and apparently the one that was shot at with frickin' lasers back at the beginning of the year had healed well.

 

Do not like the press-against-eyeball prrssure measuring device though.

6 hours later and the Hollywood All-Night Party dilations are starting to go away. Wearing sunglasses at night is remarkably strange.

 

Phil

[castros_bro]

4 hours ago, PhilA said:

Just went to town, had my eyeballs examined thoroughly and apparently the one that was shot at with frickin' lasers back at the beginning of the year had healed well.

 

Do not like the press-against-eyeball prrssure measuring device though.

6 hours later and the Hollywood All-Night Party dilations are starting to go away. Wearing sunglasses at night is remarkably strange.

 

Phil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ3zZ-aWi6U

[Mally]

Hotel in Benidorm I booked for New Year is closed, only opening 2 out of 7 because Corona, may change, may not.  Don't like the 2 hotels that are open.

That's a grump, But have booked a back up, can cancel FOC, up to 2 days before, costs £500 less.

Have to buy a few meals, but not 500 quids worth. Bound to have somewhere to stay now if the plane's flying

 

[cobblers]

More incredibly technical questions from the Talbot Express Facebook Group:

 

 

[loserone]

Are the 105 responses people's own answers to the question?

[cobblers]

I honestly daren't even look.

[PhilA]

Scabby paint in a retro color - check

Structural rust - check

Bodged wiring - check

Bearings made from tin foil - check

Total outlay less than a new one - check

 

Yup. It's a fan of Autoshite.

Phil

[Zelandeth]

 

4 hours ago, cobblers said:

More incredibly technical questions from the Talbot Express Facebook Group:

 

 

Ah...the nonsense you poor sods have to put up with...

That was on a slight uphill gradient (you ain't getting to see the one from about a minute earlier).  I haven't quite figured out how she does the whole "Juggernaut mode" thing on the motorway either...she's far happier at 70+ than 50-60...which with 78bhp doesn't really make sense!

 

The actual thing I loaded this thread up though was for this...The bonnet closure mechanism from the XJ-S.  A thing of beauty and a joy forever...You don't slam or push the bonnet down...You just lay it down on the catch then you push the release handle back into the parked position and it pulls the bonnet right down into the latched position.

 

It's a really simple thing, but very satisfying and the novelty very much hasn't worn off yet.

It's the little things like that which despite all its faults that keep the car feeling very special.

[dome]

8 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

 

Ah...the nonsense you poor sods have to put up with...

That was on a slight uphill gradient (you ain't getting to see the one from about a minute earlier).  I haven't quite figured out how she does the whole "Juggernaut mode" thing on the motorway either...she's far happier at 70+ than 50-60...which with 78bhp doesn't really make sense!

 

The actual thing I loaded this thread up though was for this...The bonnet closure mechanism from the XJ-S.  A thing of beauty and a joy forever...You don't slam or push the bonnet down...You just lay it down on the catch then you push the release handle back into the parked position and it pulls the bonnet right down into the latched position.

 

It's a really simple thing, but very satisfying and the novelty very much hasn't worn off yet.

It's the little things like that which despite all its faults that keep the car feeling very special.

Liked for the bonnet and the old Merc

With the old Mercs, if it's an NA diesel i remember my w124 300d was happier at higher revs than modern diesels would rev to.