What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

This is funny , an Italian police fiat Panda escorting a bus through Rome 

[clayts450]

You may remember I scrapped this ungrateful bastard last November

Anyway, the previous owner got in touch....to tell me he'd saved it from the bean tin machine - genuinely delighted for him.

The classified ad on eBay is total bollox of course.....estate clearance my arse, unless somehow the car was sold immediately to someone who then died.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-214SLi-16v-practical-classic-car-Long-mot-drive-away-cheap-runner-vgc-/203833567500?hash=item2f756d690c%3Ag%3AKwgAAOSw1bBiDBbh&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=3&campid=5338788797&customid=&toolid=10001&fbclid=IwAR3aMJWhZ2QuADhriaASL_j92wgdWixXZpd6ee4fRrDvVOSp-8XndtjATiY&nma=true&si=erOGpsH%2FQeGtSd76y8Wcs6qTTWA%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[somewhatfoolish]

No comment about the story, but this lion is simply fabulous; reminiscent of something from Weebl's Stuff.

Edited to fix broken link.

[mitsisigma01]

24 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

No comment about the story, but this lion is simply fabulous; reminiscent of something from Weebl's Stuff.

You're right about no comment on the story , page not found 🙄

[somewhatfoolish]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Yup.

I'm sure it was right as rain with a dab of T-Cut and a bit of air in the tyres.

 

I understand the original issue with this Interceptor that led to it getting into this state was that it was part of the first run of cars handbuilt by Vignale - so replacement panels would have needed to be individually crafted to fit.

Mebbes aye, mebbes naw; the Vignale ones were handbuilt, but in reality the in-house shells had as much variation, full of leadloading etc and replacing body panels was never like bolting wings on a Rover P6. The owner was just a fanny and let it rot.

[Crackers]

The new set of Rainsport 5s I got fitted the other week got their first proper wet-weather test over the last couple of days. Compared to the old tyres, it's like I've got a different car. 😁

Couldn't believe it, I've never had wet grip like it. I couldn't unstick them even with some spirited* driving in the hammering rain. Properly impressed! Massive change from the Hankooks that were on it before, which were confident in the dry but utterly lethal on anything resembling damp tarmac.  

A big thumbs up to Uniroyal from me, for the price. I'm not fussed if they wear heavily, I drive fairly quickly down a lot of twisty, greasy Sussex roads and grip levels hold a lot more value to me than lifespan. 

[mitsisigma01]

18 minutes ago, Crackers said:

I drive fairly quickly down a lot of twisty, greasy Sussex roads and grip levels hold a lot more value to me than lifespan

Whose lifespan ... 

[reb]

I was worried the Volvo was down on power, but a test of 55-85 in 5th showed it's still pulling as hard as ever.

That was an enjoyable 20 mile round trip for tobacco and red bull.

[reb]

21 minutes ago, Crackers said:

The new set of Rainsport 5s I got fitted the other week got their first proper wet-weather test over the last couple of days. Compared to the old tyres, it's like I've got a different car. 😁

 

A big thumbs up to Uniroyal from me, for the price. I'm not fussed if they wear heavily, I drive fairly quickly down a lot of twisty, greasy Sussex roads and grip levels hold a lot more value to me than lifespan. 

I always buy good tyres, especially for the 205, because I drive like a twat and tyres are cheaper than ending up paralysed. Probably about even with being dead mind you.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, reb said:

I always buy good tyres, especially for the 205, because I drive like a twat and tyres are cheaper than ending up paralysed. Probably about even with being dead mind you.

Actually I buy any old shite tyres ‘cos I’m a brilliant driver who can anticipate everything . Also the children round here are incredibly well behaved and never run into the road!

[dozeydustman]

Some poetry.

There was a young man from Chile
whose conduct was incredibly silly
he sat on the stairs
eating apples and pears
firing the pips out his willy

[garethj]

On 2/16/2022 at 9:38 PM, beko1987 said:

Ha yep, that's me! Filmed that in Nov 2020, I'd almost forgotten about it tbh! 4+ hours of filming for that little bit! (unless there's more) 

Got paid for the diesel though 👍

I watched it last night, where were you?  Full marks for not shoving the excitable cockney twat of a host into the plastic regrinding machine 😀

[beko1987]

15 minutes ago, garethj said:

I watched it last night, where were you?  Full marks for not shoving the excitable cockney twat of a host into the plastic regrinding machine 😀

Ha! I didn't meet Greg, was just me and Ruth and the production crew 😂 I'm the history with Ruth Goodman bit! 

[Wack]

9 hours ago, reb said:

I always buy good tyres, especially for the 205, because I drive like a twat and tyres are cheaper than ending up paralysed. Probably about even with being dead mind you.

I do the same and always change them well before the 1.6mm wear marker 

[richardmorris]

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Half of shandy, Rich? 😁😉

[inconsistant]

40 years old and passed with no advisories. Big Grin.

[Fumbler]

Yay we have electricity back again. The winds wouldn't back down until a few hours ago so it's pretty nice the issue was fixed so quickly. UK Power Networks were saying we'd be without power until midnight!

[808 Estate]

[Wack]

Imagine suffering delay after delay for delivery of your new car , Covid , chip shortage , parts shortage 

It's on its way 

Fuck me

 porche 😀 obviously written by a non driver

[Wack]

Stock check Monday morning = 0

Nah mate we ain't got none , check the trees near you 

 

[cobblers]

That's about 90000 times better for having the commentary! 😅

[myglaren]

[somewhatfoolish]

Needs to be an A12 or one of the others with 4 lenses for maximum authenticity. 🤣

[808 Estate]

[AnnoyingPentium]

[clayts450]

Michelin Cross Climates have turned me into a driving God. Went over the A623 this morning and it was snowing heavily but had been gritted. Cue a long queue of weekend bimblers doing 20mph. Clear sight lines, straight road way into the distance, fuck this, overtook about five or six in one go at about 40mph. Then another two. Then another one.  My best ever series of overtakes and not even at nun/children/fluffy kitten killing speed.

[Bitzer]

Stolen from Grauniad, from a finalist of a photo competition:

‘During the communist period in Romania, the Dacia 1300 was more or less the only car you could buy. My parents had several Dacias. With this series, I tried to revive the memories of a childhood utopian time, where the car didn’t matter – what mattered was where you drove it, which friends you visited. Twenty years after the fall of communism, this vehicle is still present on Romania’s roads. But it is no longer a sign of equality, but of inequality. It is the car of the poor. I wanted to show my respect and sympathy for these people’

The photo featured in Graun is also presented here:

https://www.modernism.ro/2013/04/24/dacia-si-soferul-horatiu-sava/

Note that it is from 2013, i. e. it is probable that most of the Dacias pictured are no more.

[twosmoke300]

Gone feckin big time haven’t I ? 😂

[Wack]

1 hour ago, clayts450 said:

Michelin Cross Climates have turned me into a driving God. Went over the A623 this morning and it was snowing heavily but had been gritted. Cue a long queue of weekend bimblers doing 20mph. Clear sight lines, straight road way into the distance, fuck this, overtook about five or six in one go at about 40mph. Then another two. Then another one.  My best ever series of overtakes and not even at nun/children/fluffy kitten killing speed.

Tap tap dashcam dashcam 

Did you see any of that 

I overtook some donk doing 45 in a 60 in the Yaris , if I'm overtaking it's not about watching the speed it's being on the wrong side of the road for as little as possible , he was flashing his lights and tapping near the mirror until I was well in front 

They should rename dashcam to twatweapon