What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

31 minutes ago, reb said:

BASE

 Heated rear window? Flash git.

[reb]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

 Heated rear window? Flash git.

No heated seats though! Even my basey base base 850 with the same drivetrain had those! There's not even switch blanks for them!

[gm]

driving down to canterbury yesterday, we stopped for a coffee break and heard something interesting about to come round the corner 

i grabbed the camera to capture the majestic arrival of a Dutton Surf !

the guy pulled up for fuel so i nipped over for a closer look 

it’s currently his daily driver ! 

costs a fortune to run as needs road insurance and mot plus boat insurance and safety tests 

but he loves it and says it’s the most fun car he’s ever owned  

 

[cort1977]

Fantastic things.

Saw one on the M6 a while ago with livery for a hotel in Scotland. Never managed to track down what hotel it was but in my head it's on an island and guests are collected from the station in the mighty Dutton.

[reb]

Checking out the auction listing of the v70 last year

But what's this...

Rear facing child seats!! Bonus!

Utterly useless as a childless bloke in his 20s, but when I was small dad had a Renault Savannah estate with third row seats and I used to love sitting in them for some reason. 

Once I've taken the wheels out of the boot I'll unfold the seats and see if my lanky arse will fit in them.

[Supernaut]

50 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

Fantastic things.

Saw one on the M6 a while ago with livery for a hotel in Scotland. Never managed to track down what hotel it was but in my head it's on an island and guests are collected from the station in the mighty Dutton.

I went to Mull last month and saw this parked outside the Western Isles Hotel in Tobermoray.

[myglaren]

My daughter and I were fitting some plastic boards into the rear of her company XC90 last weekend, needed to slide coffins in for transportation, and corpses from hospitals and other funeral directors.

In the process she discovered a third row of seats that nobody knew were there.

[myglaren]

The Dutton amphibian.  Only seen one, I think it was a Dutton.  Cruising around Whitby harbour.  My dad, worked at the shipyard there, was having to do something with it and was quite impressed.

Would have been early sixties.

[reb]

2 minutes ago, myglaren said:

My daughter and I were fitting some plastic boards into the rear of her company XC90 last weekend, needed to slide coffins in for transportation, and corpses from hospitals and other funeral directors.

In the process she discovered a third row of seats that nobody knew were there.

Your story is better than mine, mine is "looking at pictures of my own car online" yours is "outfitting a corpsemobile"

[cort1977]

58 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

I went to Mull last month and saw this parked outside the Western Isles Hotel in Tobermoray.

That's the one! Excellent.

I saw it near Carlisle so he had a way to go.

[reb]

It is 2010 again, apparently. 

[MikeR]

At a triffid shop up north ...

[egg]

accidental Brent-ism's

[angle]

Based on my previous Laguna experience I am pretty confident in saying:

'your sunroof drains are blocked m8'

[reb]

9 hours ago, reb said:

Checking out the auction listing of the v70 last year

But what's this...

Rear facing child seats!! Bonus!

Utterly useless as a childless bloke in his 20s, but when I was small dad had a Renault Savannah estate with third row seats and I used to love sitting in them for some reason. 

Once I've taken the wheels out of the boot I'll unfold the seats and see if my lanky arse will fit in them.

Sure enough, there they are!

Do I fit in them?

Not in the slightest.

[iainrcz]

Just sat down and ate lunch.

Very fancy.

[Snake Charmer]

Bank of England drops the base rate 0.25% just as we get the mortgage down to £760. 🤣

[horriblemercedes]

Bought car late on Monday afternoon and did online keeper change. V5 arrived in the post this morning (Thursday). 

 

Fair play to the DVLA, that's good service 

[reb]

3 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

Bought car late on Monday afternoon and did online keeper change. V5 arrived in the post this morning (Thursday). 

 

Fair play to the DVLA, that's good service 

I did one on Tuesday afternoon, so simple arithmetic says mine should arrive tomorrow!

[richardmorris]

[reb]

It is my v70s 26th birthday today, how exciting! I should have got it a card. Instead I have interrogated the manual pouch to try and figure out the original dealer. Seems to have been Evans Halshaw, then sold by Fords of Winsford for £10k in 2001 to a lady called Allison, who's address I now have because somehow the warranty slip is still with the car 8 keepers later.

[Rightnider]

On 31/07/2024 at 19:19, egg said:

 

accidental Brent-ism's

 

That’s absurdly similar!

[hairnet]

Lol at the nutters at gate 49

Final call for belfast please go to gate 150

Lmao

My flight has been arriving somwhwere between 49 and 56 so should be reet

[hairnet]

Lol at the nutters at gate 49

Final call for belfast please go to gate 150

Lmao

My flight has been arriving somwhwere between 49 and 56 so should be reet

[gm]

a Citroen Mehari ! 

 

[IronStar]

2 minutes ago, gm said:

a Citroen Mehari ! 

 

3/3 cars in that photo have somehow managed to park outside white lines. Amazing! 😄

[reb]

14 hours ago, reb said:

I did one on Tuesday afternoon, so simple arithmetic says mine should arrive tomorrow!

Sure enough, here it is!

It even has the right reg on it!

[Remspoor]

4 hours ago, IronStar said:

3/3 cars in that photo have somehow managed to park outside white lines. Amazing! 😄

French rules of the road. White lines are only a suggestion.

[Remspoor]

17 hours ago, richardmorris said:

You are brave posting something in Dutch here. Not many of us have an understanding of it. More do of French naturally. As they say Boeuf a la mode

[reb]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

You are brave posting something in Dutch here. Not many of us have an understanding of it. More do of French naturally. As they say Boeuf a la mode

Dutch is just english with more vowels though