What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[mitsisigma01]

17 hours ago, jamescarruthers said:

Saw a LHD lowered, freshly painted, yellow lighted Mk. 1 Renault Trafic in Cambridge. Couldn’t work out if it was visiting from France or not as it has weird plates: I wouldn’t normally be interested in such things but it was so bloody cool looking! Then I saw it again later in my village when we went for a walk— got to tell them it was a cool van. 
 

I think I want as early Trafic now

Wot no pictures, didn't happen then 🤨

[wuvvum]

Sitting in traffic on the A14 and @BorniteIdentity has just gone hooning past in the opposite direction in the Sierra bASe. 

[jamescarruthers]

5 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Wot no pictures, didn't happen then 🤨

I know, I know; terribly remiss of me!

[twosmoke300]

On 8/19/2022 at 10:24 AM, Floatylight said:

Laserjet 4 still giving good service, best built printers of Eva!!

Not sure what the 4 is but I was given a HP 1300 laser printer about 5 years ago . It was used every day in a busy office before I got it and it’s all yellow now but it’s unkillable . 

[vulgalour]

Unobtanium acquired!  These are the best condition rear drum backing plates I've ever seen for a Princess.  Most of the factory paint is still there and what rust is present is just surface stuff.  Once the new brake shoe retaining pins arrive (the ones in the Jensen Healey kit are too short) I can finally rebuild my rear drums.  I'll be cleaning these backing plates off and repainting them to make sure they last as long as possible and I'll have a go at repairing the ones on the car so I've got back ups.  I got very lucky that these were on eBay just when I needed them and were a mere £30 posted for the pair.  They even have better fixing bolts than what's on mine, so that's a little bonus.

[hairnet]

On 8/19/2022 at 10:42 AM, Lacquer Peel said:

You are being obtuse. 

solitary a month..................

[SH1TE]

Rolling on mud and snow studded tyres that didn't look like they had made the journey 

[BorniteIdentity]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Sitting in traffic on the A14 and @BorniteIdentity has just gone hooning past in the opposite direction in the Sierra bASe. 

Eyeball Eyeball! 

Felixstowe bound. I reckon I nailed a 28mpg round trip which - at £8.98 a gallon - stung a trifle.

[808 Estate]

[hairnet]

@Lacquer Peel - sit infront of netflix for a month

 

[808 Estate]

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rg01oqPYb11r0uzl6.mp4

[rainagain]

On 8/20/2022 at 7:26 PM, 808 Estate said:

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rg01oqPYb11r0uzl6.mp4

That accurately describes all the non driving female members of my OH’s family. Who all use the excuse of “I haven’t got a car so I’m not used to it”, as they either slam the door off its hinges or leave it on the first latch. It’s a fucking door, just close it like every other door. 

[artdjones]

On 8/13/2022 at 6:31 AM, Spottedlaurel said:

I stopped at a used car place in Caussade yesterday as they had a tidy older Mercedes S-Class lined-up with the modern bilge (and a Hyundai Sonata!).

My eye was caught by a 2003 406, apparently a 1.7 petrol Comfort Pack with just under 100k kms on the clock. Admittedly quite tidy-looking, it was up for 4,490 Euros.

Cars are too cheap in UK. Meaning loads of cars get scrapped with ten years of life left in them because the clutch goes or they need 4 tyres and new shocks. The French way is far less wasteful.

[myglaren]

Had a walk round past daughter's house.  She isn't well and took her daughter to Oxford uni last Saturday, drove there and back in the day, 12 hours driving.

Then went for her yesterday, another twelve hours driving.  The car was making gurgling noises and needs topping up with coolant periodically.  I feared the worst but she was adamant that she would go, probably so her ex-husband didn't.

Was very pleased to see the car outside.  Just had a text and all went well.  Didn't expect her to be up but she has an appointment at 10:30.

[hairnet]

keep looking at ferry prices (need to keep checking as itll be short notice booking - see if theyre full or not)

when you look at it and then just close the page it saves the previous

but this time i picked bike as normal

shit meself when price came up at 300 quid one way

the drop down menu had picked small coach (scroll down without uncolouring the box it picks the next thing or worse )

ffs

 

[somewhatfoolish]

It's(hopefully) for launching only, allows the tow vehicle to stay dry while the boat floats off.

Also this; I just can't even.

 

[chaseracer]

[motorpunk]

Local seems to be using this quite a bit 😎

[richardmorris]

On a cycle ride out yesterday on the Cheshire plain, I spotted a meshersmit ( other spellings are available) heading, presumably,  to the Cheshire cars and coffee at Cheshire lakes in dodleston  which we’d just passed. I was in front and waved and he did wave back. Saw a Citroen traction this morning too, a5 westbound near Shrewsbury.

[Rust Collector]

My parents have done the unthinkable and told me that it’s finally time to clear out all the old shit I left in their basement.

I only went and found these in the first box I looked in:

I thought I’d lost those years ago when I moved out of my unit, I’ve been chewing my way through rubber hoses ever since as I’m too tight to spend £5 for another set.

Also in the box is a bonus broken Xbox, swap for your car M9

[Metal Guru]

Just watched Kes on Talking Pictures . Looks pretty dated now but I never fail to laugh at the PE lesson football match with Brian Glover brilliant as the mental PE teacher.

[High Jetter]

[Metal Guru]

23 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

TBF you don’t need to look far to find an Irish bar. I travelled in Europe a lot through work in the 90s and reckoned I could  find an Irish bar, McDonalds and C&A  in any city centre within half an hour.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

TBF you don’t need to look far to find an Irish bar. I travelled in Europe a lot through work in the 90s and reckoned I could  find an Irish bar, McDonalds and C&A  in any city centre within half an hour.

It did make me smile when, on holiday in Eire, my wife's friend suggested we might find an Irish bar in the town!

[Sheefag]

[Spurious]

3 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

TBF you don’t need to look far to find an Irish bar. I travelled in Europe a lot through work in the 90s and reckoned I could  find an Irish bar, McDonalds and C&A  in any city centre within half an hour.

Irish people get everywhere. Even in unlikely places you'll find us, we're a nation where so much of our story is emigration, me included. 

Strolling round Helsinki, Ice Hockey central, we find a GAA Club. Brilliant. 

Though I think a lot of Irish bars aren't really Irish, chancing their arm a little bit. 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Spurious said:

Irish people get everywhere. Even in unlikely places you'll find us, we're a nation where so much of our story is emigration, me included. 

Strolling round Helsinki, Ice Hockey central, we find a GAA Club. Brilliant. 

Though I think a lot of Irish bars aren't really Irish, chancing their arm a little bit. 

I know what you mean. I found a bar in a small town in Italy proudly proclaiming “The Highlander Irish Bar”, complete with a picture of someone obviously Scottish in full highland dress. I suppose there’s a blurred line between Scots and Irish in Glasgow so you can hardly blame Italians mixing them up.

[Wack]

The clarkson approach to a problem,  MORE POWER 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNWWGQhY/

[SH1TE]

Pulled into services at Gordano,  there was this horrific large 1970-early 80's french registered Mercedes powered motor home like breaking bad. 

A very bohemian french coupe and several children 6-12 got out.  

My oppo says dryly- that will be an "adventure" and I hope they have breakdown cover👍

Brave pill and an adventure,  breaking down part of it. 

[warch]

People say that crossovers are crap off road. Well that’s bollocks. 
 

Mines been stuffed up a steep wet unsurfaced Welsh hillside for two weeks now. I was using my Landrover but that seems a bit superfluous all things considered.