What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[paulplom]

Carboot haul this morning.
Large toolbox £5.
Left and right hand calliper piston rewind tools £3 each.
New impact driver £3.

[louiepj]

Stolen off Reddit

[hairnet]

watching bangers and cash

83 xr2 in that nice blue been restored by owner

16100!!!!!!

res was 11k ?

[mitsisigma01]

4 hours ago, Joey spud said:

I recently found this remarkable piece of engineering in the wheelie bin area of a Fast fit in Fareham.

Because it's on casters it's perfect for carting scrap tools from my van to the shed as demonstrated by Sally 'B' and Boggy the Dog.

Better class of shite in Fareham, my home town ??

[hairnet]

16 hours ago, PhilA said:

Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ

I just scrolled through the saved "performance data" on the Challenger. It has a recorded high speed of 162mph.

I asked the wife and she said no, that wasn't her. Not this week anyway

[paulplom]

One careful lady owner..

[somewhatfoolish]

On 7/18/2020 at 3:10 PM, Stanky said:

I got my delayed birthday gift today

An Alpaca walking experience! It was mega, my one was really affectionate to me but really snooty with my wife, we took them for a long walk, probably a couple of miles bu the side of the river Dever, then came back and fed them. They a funny creatures but very happy being walked on a harness. People in the Andes must think we're mental though, it'd be the equivalent of them paying money to walk a cow round a field for a bit.

He was called Leyton.

10/10 would go again.

El llama es una quadrupadore!

[camryv6]

16 hours ago, PhilA said:

Thankfully, yes. I just hadn't cleared anything.

"Never raced or rallied", haha

 

Edit: Went find the video- that's on this side of Houston, Beaumont. We've got friends out that way, it's not unusual to see a few cars doing 100+ on a daily basis.

Similar car to mine- that was a Hellcat (6.2 liter supercharged to 707hp), mine is only* 485hp. It'll still get a move on though, in fact people seem to prefer the N/A versions because they're less hassle to maintain. You just drive them every day like any other car.

 

Phil

What at a 162 mph !! ?

[PhilA]

3 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

What at a 162 mph !! ?

[camryv6]

16 minutes ago, PhilA said:

I meant 

 

23 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

You just drive them every day like any other car.

I must admit it looks like it will do 162 mph

[camryv6]

How have you managed to resist not putting 01 on the doors ?

[PhilA]

Let's see

Driving a car with Deep South rebel livery through a city with these stats:

Black or African American: 59.74% White: 33.99% Asian: 2.90%

Yeah, that's a really great idea...

Phil

[Joey spud]

4 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Better class of shite in Fareham, my home town ??

Lidl Fareham.

It keeps all the Riff Raff out of Waitrose.

[Joey spud]

[Speedy]

On 7/17/2020 at 11:47 PM, myglaren said:

 

This takes the award for the most gobsmacking thing I've seen in a long time. Couldn't believe how big some of them were, as someone who knows absolutely nothing about fishing..!

[Speedy]

3 hours ago, PhilA said:

Good lord that looks tasty...

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, Joey spud said:

Lidl Fareham.

It keeps all the Riff Raff out of Waitrose.

Have you just corrected that ??? you went right posh and dropped the e, 

How the posh gits talk Far Ham

[Tadhg Tiogar]

37 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

There's an apostrophe missing. 

[Mrs6C]

3 hours ago, PhilA said:

Let's see

Driving a car with Deep South rebel livery through a city with these stats:

Black or African American: 59.74% White: 33.99% Asian: 2.90%

Yeah, that's a really great idea...

Phil

That is a sensible conclusion.

Also suggest you avoid driving through cities in the deep South that are full of zombies...

Oh, go on then...

 

[Remspoor]

12 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

El llama es una quadrupadore!

https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama

[cort1977]

13 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

There's an apostrophe missing. 

Indeed.  It's 'For Fuck's Sake' - the sake belongs to Fuck.

Glad that's settled.

(It's not easy being a grammar pedant)

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, cort1977 said:

Indeed.  It's 'For Fuck's Sake' - the sake belongs to Fuck.

Glad that's settled.

(It's not easy being a grammar pedant)

It could also be fucks' if it was of several fucks not just the one; although, I think it would then be more correct to be for fucks' sakes, as their would probably be more than one sake, belonging to different fucks.

[wuvvum]

18 hours ago, PhilA said:

Looks nice.  Could you not remove the front number plate plinth though (assuming you're in a state which doesn't require front plates)?  It'd improve the looks and increase the top speed to, ooh, 164 at least.

[PhilA]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Looks nice.  Could you not remove the front number plate plinth though (assuming you're in a state which doesn't require front plates)?  It'd improve the looks and increase the top speed to, ooh, 164 at least.

I could but it would leave 2 holes in the bumper and the plinth has likely made a big dent in the paint around it's edge. So, we don't need the front plate here, it's a Texas car where they do need them.

 

Phil

 

 

Edit: 

Better? The holes aren't level and there are 3 of them because whoever put that on ignored the two dimples in the plastic that show you where to screw and instead went at it like a humping dog.

I will either paint the screws orange or find some smaller  plugs to go in.

[vulgalour]

I now have 1 (one) operational vehicle.

[MarvinsMom]

yesterday i made a "deal" with Kerry, i will paint their shed, if she fixes the blown tail lamp on the Rover 75.

that ight has been out for sometime, cos, well  it's just a tail lamp, not an indicator or brake lamp, and the car is an estate, and the Rover design for the back lamps on the 75 estate is shit.

not shite, just plain shit.

2 screws in flimsy bracket things, that always break and 2 stupid ball things in plastic cups, that too always break.

i have got the better deal,i think. 

only kerry starts the Rover, goes round the back of the car and gave the  lamp cluster a sharp rap with her knuckle, Fonzie style and the lamp now works.....

and it took me a good couple of hours to paint that shed.

that will teach me........

[mitsisigma01]

Should of tried the shiters way, give it a whack, worked on my Peugeot and Mazda for the headlights at mot time ??

[iainrcz]

New member on the GT86 forum. Should they buy a Scirocco or a GT86.

Yes, because you compare a rear wheel drive, bespoke coupe with a Golf in a fancy frock.

Apparently they've looked at tuning prices and it's expensive to make an 86 fast.

 

I've kept my opinions to myself.

I'm guessing if they want a VW they won't like the interior of the 86, which has about as many modern accoutrements as a 17th century prison cell.

[vulgalour]

20 hours ago, vulgalour said:

I now have 1 (one) operational vehicle.

I now have 2 (two) operational vehicles.

[Jerzy Woking]

BT wanted £262 disconnection fee because I am ending my contract early. They have this bizarre (and no doubt financially lucrative) practice of issuing a new contract if you change anything in your package. Even if the change has no effect on the monthly fee.

I wrote a polite email to their complaints department, and just had a call from a woman, who I must say had the most delightful.Irish accent, telling me they have waived the disconnection fee.