What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

Look at all that lovely colour 

[hairnet]

2nd row out apart from the beetles please

[Wack]

If ever there was a 'fuck me how could you be so stupid'  video this is it 

Woman thinks her car has been keyed 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

Look at all that lovely colour 

No resale silver and barely any disposable appliance white; huzzah!

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

And weirdly one is a professional comedian, and it’s not de pfeffel.

[Crackers]

Absolutely wonderful to see so many classic and sports cars being used today in the south. The first warm, bright day we've had for a while so everyone's clearly gone out for a run in the cars. I had the roof down on the MX5 for the first time in a while which was very enjoyable as usual. 

Today's spots so far are as follows:

Citroen DS (nearly broke my neck) 

Frogeye Sprite

Aston DB9

The cleanest P38 Range Rover I've ever seen 🤯

Capri 2.8 Injection 

Rover P6 (oooh friend!) 

BMW M3 E92

Cayman GTS 

Modern Alpina BMW thing

E38 7 Series, V8 or V12

GR Yaris x2

And I'm sure there was something else which I now can't remember. That's a pretty healthy selection spotted over the course of 75-ish miles. 

[richardmorris]

Just now, Crackers said:

Absolutely wonderful to see so many classic and sports cars being used today in the south. The first warm, bright day we've had for a while so everyone's clearly gone out for a run in the cars. I had the roof down on the MX5 for the first time in a while which was very enjoyable as usual. 

Today's spots so far are as follows:

Citroen DS (nearly broke my neck) 

Frogeye Sprite

Aston DB9

The cleanest P38 Range Rover I've ever seen 🤯

Capri 2.8 Injection 

Rover P6 (oooh friend!) 

BMW M3 E92

Cayman GTS 

Modern Alpina BMW thing

And I'm sure there was something else which I now can't remember. That's a pretty healthy selection spotted over the course of 75-ish miles. 

Heavily salted roads here and -1 with ice this morning. Not used the 2cv yet this year!

[Dyslexic Viking]

9 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Absolutely wonderful to see so many classic and sports cars being used today in the south. The first warm, bright day we've had for a while so everyone's clearly gone out for a run in the cars. I had the roof down on the MX5 for the first time in a while which was very enjoyable as usual. 

Today's spots so far are as follows:

Citroen DS (nearly broke my neck) 

Frogeye Sprite

Aston DB9

The cleanest P38 Range Rover I've ever seen 🤯

Capri 2.8 Injection 

Rover P6 (oooh friend!) 

BMW M3 E92

Cayman GTS 

Modern Alpina BMW thing

And I'm sure there was something else which I now can't remember. That's a pretty healthy selection spotted over the course of 75-ish miles. 

It is still full winter and snow here.

[Crackers]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Heavily salted roads here and -1 with ice this morning. Not used the 2cv yet this year!

Really? I'm only down the road visiting the parents and the salt situation was nowhere near as heavy as on the coast. Especially by midday when most of it had been worn off by traffic. 

Definitely tempted me to get the P6 out and blast the cobwebs out. Washed the Mazda instead. 

[richardmorris]

36 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Really? I'm only down the road visiting the parents and the salt situation was nowhere near as heavy as on the coast. Especially by midday when most of it had been worn off by traffic. 

Definitely tempted me to get the P6 out and blast the cobwebs out. Washed the Mazda instead. 

Well I was in work for 6.30 am and the roads were white. Had to de ice the car too. More a grump I suppose!

[Sunny Jim]

Sanctions broaden against Russian wankers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[richardmorris]

Hmm. This wasn’t  going to be a quick car when the compressor kicked  in. ( that’s a RHD car, pre 1986 , and new owner is  in Hong Kong).

 

[spike60]

At the petrol station tonight spoke for a minute or two to an old guy with a purple 1970 RR Silver Shadow getting filled with LPG. 🙂

[richardmorris]

I briefly considered buying an lpg v6 xantia ( Roger Bradford’s ex cx centre car ) but there weren’t any filling stations near me at the time and they also weren’t / aren’t? Allowed in the channel tunnel.

[spike60]

3 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I briefly considered buying an lpg v6 xantia ( Roger Bradford’s ex cx centre car ) but there weren’t any filling stations near me at the time and they also weren’t / aren’t? Allowed in the channel tunnel.

Friend of mine has a 1960 Chevy pick up with a V8 Lexus engine running on gas and last time I saw him he said it was a struggle getting gas in Cleveland. Said this to RR man tonight and he said there was a lot of campervans use LPG now.  With a 52 year old Roller I doubt fuel costs are going to be the biggest worry one way and t'other!

[Aston Martin]

After seeing that garbage that Harry tested, I went to see what Overfinch were upto. 

 

😮😎

 

https://www.overfinchheritage.com/available-vehicles/range-rover-classic-field-edition/

 

£345k

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

Ahh ffs

[hairnet]

Knock off twixes nahhh I'm posh me like

Also roadtrip!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

[hairnet]

Jaysis @Faker

An advert for harp lager @junkyarddog

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

@They_all_do_that_sir

[Metal Guru]

On 25/02/2022 at 16:48, 155V6 said:

Van drivers think they'll be ok because they're high up.They don't realise that the air intake is often quite low though.

Ask me how I know 😁

I saw One guy in a pick up reverse through it when it was really high. No probs at all. Smart thinking.

[dome]

10 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

After seeing that garbage that Harry tested, I went to see what Overfinch were upto. 

 

😮😎

 

https://www.overfinchheritage.com/available-vehicles/range-rover-classic-field-edition/

 

£345k

 

 

 

 

I wasn't that impressed with the one he tested either-£170k and it rattled like an old bus and the transmission didn't seem right. Also the cruise didn't work. The ones I paid a grand for back in the day worked better!

I'll pass on the Overfinch too I think, how much?!?!!

[New POD]

11 hours ago, spike60 said:

Friend of mine has a 1960 Chevy pick up with a V8 Lexus engine running on gas and last time I saw him he said it was a struggle getting gas in Cleveland. Said this to RR man tonight and he said there was a lot of campervans use LPG now.  With a 52 year old Roller I doubt fuel costs are going to be the biggest worry one way and t'other!

There's a place near Costco Birmingham, so 1/2 mile from the M6. That half mile could take you 20 mins at the wrong time of day though. 

[Remspoor]

Erect  carrots too boot

[junkyarddog]

10 hours ago, hairnet said:

An advert for harp lager @junkyarddog

 

 

 

Umm,I'm unsure as to what you are referring there?

 

[spike60]

6 hours ago, New POD said:

There's a place near Costco Birmingham, so 1/2 mile from the M6. That half mile could take you 20 mins at the wrong time of day though. 

Birmingham a bit of a run from Redcar, Cleveland!

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Umm,I'm unsure as to what you are referring there?

 

Of course you are, it's Hairnet.

[Crackers]

On 26/02/2022 at 17:48, Crackers said:

Absolutely wonderful to see so many classic and sports cars being used today in the south.

I'm just adding to this thread again to say that I may have died and gone to heaven. 

I saw a Citroen SM in the wild today. 

That is all.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Remember this thing? I posted the image in another thread just now. Curiosity got the better of me as I wondered whether it was still logged as a car...

Turns out it's a Passat! 

 

It looks as like he's had to do an IVA since though. Good man for logging the make appropriately! DooVLA must have had a chuckle when registering it...