What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Borsuq]

Woke up in a good mood. Gave my gran a lift to the woods so she can pick mushrooms. It's one of her favourite things to do.

Tall suspension came in handy.

[beko1987]

Stood having a smoke and a chaps just got into his car

Where it died almost instantly twice as he started it on the 3rd time he revved it up and it kept running, sounding like a fucked bag of spanners! Makes my hdi sound like a sewing machine... Nice* puff of shite out the exhaust too... 

[twosmoke300]

Timing chain gone a bit “ dentist “ ?

[MikeR]

jeeeezzz , these things are fast .... !!

 

[Crackers]

26 minutes ago, MikeR said:

jeeeezzz , these things are fast .... !!

 

They really put some faith in that bit of string to not snap and send a subsonic missile spearing directly into their bollocks, don't they?

[Snake Charmer]

3 minutes ago, Crackers said:

They really put some faith in that bit of string to not snap and send a subsonic missile spearing directly into their bollocks, don't they?

My brother used fly combat wings and other stuff as a kid 60's to mid 70's. He was doing a display at the school Fete and I ran and crawled out to him, I was probably 4 or 5 at the time and he went mad when I reached him as I ruined his routine! 🙈

[Wack]

This is giving me stress 😃

hi

[Fumbler]

15 minutes ago, Wack said:

This is giving me stress 😃

hi

Jings, I seriously need some *stress* ballis after reading that!

[808 Estate]

[Wack]

1 hour ago, Fumbler said:

Jings, I seriously need some *stress* ballis after reading that!

Saw it at a boot sale this morning 

[Austat]

 

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, MikeR said:

jeeeezzz , these things are fast .... !!

 

The Doppler effect on that second one is hilarious.

[MikeR]

Built a new bird house with my son . 

[richardmorris]

[Rod/b]

I’ve been in the UK for two months and then had to quarantine back here in UAE for a week. I had to go for a PCR this morning so went down to the basement with my boost pack expecting the truck to be dead as a doornail (the heat kills all batteries if they’re not used regularly, and they don’t last more than a couple of years generally speaking)

Started on the button, no boost required! Result.

[Grumblespeed]

GCSE results for the young ' un today. Decent spread of grades and a place on the motor mechanics course at the local college. Sure I can find something to practice on. Here's hoping they do welding.

[808 Estate]

[Floatylight]

Never knew Ford made a Boggo MK5 Escrot 4x4! 

 

[phil_lihp]

I like his stuff, he seems to have an inexhaustible supply of field finds to revive.  I didn't even know they made a 4x4 Escort in any spec, does seem odd - although given the state of it and the noises it was making, it might need a bit of work before it sees the road again.

[MikeR]

a bit more on those fast cars ... the push start and warm up ...

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/watching-this-tether-car-hit-205mph-will-blow-your-mind/

[warch]

19 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Never knew Ford made a Boggo MK5 Escrot 4x4! 

 

I knew there was an RS2000 4x4 variant, not sure what the drive train was from though, doubt it was from the Cossie which obviously had a Sierra floorpan. Forgotten how smooth and refined those old engines sounded!

[richardmorris]

Have just made £2.50 back on car VED. Had a 157.50 refund from the merc and the tax on the new fiat is £155.

[beko1987]

Having breakfast at an airfield! It's very nice 

[S2000]

25 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Having breakfast at an airfield! It's very nice 

Wycombe or Waltham??

[beko1987]

5 minutes ago, S2000 said:

Wycombe or Waltham??

Fenland! (dad scooped me up as soon as I arrived and said we had a job to do... Turns out said job was to eat a full English and watch planes buzz about! 

[Andyrew]

 

 

@wuvvum think you should have bought it the other week!

[hairnet]

Hamfistery ftmfw

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, Andyrew said:

 

 

@wuvvum think you should have bought it the other week!

C-arse-tomer clearly a would-be thief!

[Crackers]

Just had a visit from my grandparents who I've not seen since 2019 owing to distance and the plague. Grandad will be 89 this year so his memory's starting to get a bit shaky. I took him out in the P6 and he absolutely loved it - said it made his day. In his own words - "tremendous" - I wish I could have taken a picture of the grin on his face, it was a really special moment.

That's why I love this car. It puts smiles on faces. It's made someone's day - and in return, that's made mine.  

[Fumbler]

Nice!