What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

3 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Brilliant, can you share the link direct, too good not to share!

There you go 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMF1avTsH/

[wuvvum]

Just went to Tesco in the Rover 75.  Pulled into the car park and there was another chap with a 75 estate (in gold) loading up his shopping.  He didn't turn round when I pulled up and I didn't want to wander over and start talking to him in case the 75 was just "an car" to him, but as I was about to go into the shop he came over and said "another Rover owner I see".  We then had a good old natter about 75s for about five minutes.  You wouldn't get that with any other modern* that I can think of...

[High Jetter]

No-one's spoken to me yet. Maybe it's the AS Dealer sticker?

[wuvvum]

Or maybe it's because you've got the yobbo MG version.  We Rover owners are a more refined bunch.

[warch]

9 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Just went to Tesco in the Rover 75.  Pulled into the car park and there was another chap with a 75 estate (in gold) loading up his shopping.  He didn't turn round when I pulled up and I didn't want to wander over and start talking to him in case the 75 was just "an car" to him, but as I was about to go into the shop he came over and said "another Rover owner I see".  We then had a good old natter about 75s for about five minutes.  You wouldn't get that with any other modern* that I can think of...

Did either of you start inadvertently wollarding at any stage in the conversation? Or use the term ‘It’s the British Mercedes’?

[neil1971]

Dickhead spaces his registration plate incorrectly then moans when it's misread and he gets a parking ticket.

"A FURIOUS driver has been slapped with three wrongful parking fines in a month after council officers misread his customised numberplate.

Shaun Maxwell, of Beresford Road, Southend, has been hit with three fines since the council switched from physical resident parking permits to online permits.

The 59-year-old, who has had the same car and licence plate for 11 years, was hit with two fines in August after council officers misread the “O” on his numberplate for a zero."

Maybe just have your plate correct and then there will be no need to be furious.

[High Jetter]

What's the penalty for an incorrectly-spaced reg plate now?

[Rust Collector]

By context I'd read that as a zero because it follows a three... Is this plate meant to be K3 OSM? It's a bit pathetic trying to make your plate read something by misspacing it and then moaning that people can't read it when displayed incorrectly.

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, Rust Collector said:

By context I'd read that as a zero because it follows a three... Is this plate meant to be K3 OSM? It's a bit pathetic trying to make your plate read something by misspacing it and then moaning that people can't read it when displayed incorrectly.

It must be K3 OSM to be a correct format, and pathetic sums him up nicely!

[paulplom]

16 hours ago, High Jetter said:

What's the penalty for an incorrectly-spaced reg plate now?

Illegal, missing or incorrect number plate is £100 according to police camera action or whatever is on channel 5 atm.

[paulplom]

Road trip today. 4hrs 3mins and 235 miles each way. Taking fil's S80 and swapping it plus cash for a pug 107 from @tom13

He gave me a grand for expenses and got rather aggressive when I refused. I wouldn't care but the ovlov has half a tank of disesal in it.

 Ho hum.

 

[brownnova]

On a Friday mornings I always pop to Costa for a coffee as a happy Friday treat. There’s two oldish fellas who always sit outside, they love the random collection of cars I arrive in “You love your old cars you don’t you!” But bar the 2CV the car they’ve loved the most was when I turned up in the 9000 for the first time yesterday. One was telling me of how he had one As a company car back in the day. Always good to chat about the cars… 

[Timewaster]

19 hours ago, High Jetter said:

What's the penalty for an incorrectly-spaced reg plate now?

Multiple parking fines and derision on the internet it would appear. 🙂

[hairnet]

11 hours ago, brownnova said:

On a Friday mornings I always pop to Costa 

hipster teacher fecker

 

[captain_70s]

From a for sale advert on Facebook Marketplace.

[Dyslexic Viking]

How much are they asking for this beauty?

[captain_70s]

16 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

How much are they asking for this beauty?

£700 I think?

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

[MikeR]

spraying Elbow grease cleaner into a pot noodle cup ......

[mitsisigma01]

4 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

Self mix snakebite 

[Stanky]

I took the Daihatsu out for a run on the M27 earlier to see if swapping wheels front > rear had helped with the steering wheel wobble (It hadn't) and someone in a mildly barried Mk3 Mondeo with a personalised plate & front fog lights on tried to push me along when I was doing 75mph. I left at the next junction for Fareham central and they pulled up at the red lights and were revving the car up and looking over at me.

So when the lights changed I treated them to some humble pie and a couple of 7000rpm upshifts. They were well and truly owned by a 'shit granny car' and I laughed like a drain.

 

[Metal Guru]

15 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Sounds like a cock and ball story to me!

[RoverFolkUs]

On 9/18/2022 at 9:03 PM, Stanky said:

I took the Daihatsu out for a run on the M27 earlier to see if swapping wheels front > rear had helped with the steering wheel wobble (It hadn't) and someone in a mildly barried Mk3 Mondeo with a personalised plate & front fog lights on tried to push me along when I was doing 75mph. I left at the next junction for Fareham central and they pulled up at the red lights and were revving the car up and looking over at me.

So when the lights changed I treated them to some humble pie and a couple of 7000rpm upshifts. They were well and truly owned by a 'shit granny car' and I laughed like a drain.

 

[@stuboy sweats profusely..]

 

[RoverFolkUs]

On 9/17/2022 at 10:01 PM, captain_70s said:

From a for sale advert on Facebook Marketplace.

That answers the thread in the ask a shiter section ... 

[Joey spud]

Place your bets on how long my broken vice will last before it fails and hurts me.

 

[myglaren]

 

[808 Estate]

May not make you grin.

 

[hairnet]

so signed off till 31st last month

they pulled me in 23rd to speak to me and i said will you be extending it

they did - not for a week as i was expecting but 4!!!

which ran out today but still have a week of treatment left

i asked for a week so it would cover that

they gave me two!!!!!!!!111oin11!!!!!!

'recovery' they said

 

[MikeR]

Sorted , a call in the garage ,they had some pre loved caliper pins ,and a couple hours later the sticky caliper was fixed .... Thor's hammer was not required ..