What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[ProgRocker]

On TV - Sort of half watching 'Murder, She Wrote' on ITV3. This time, Jessica Fletcher is in Ireland (the accompanying actress is putting on an unconvincing Irish accent ). She has just been dropped off in a fairly basic series 1 Citroen CX. Seeing the Renault 21 hatchback and a 'behemoth' Merc S Class indicates that it was probably filmed in the early to mid 1990s.

 

I wonder if Angela Lansbury is a secret fan of Citroen CXs? Last week, she was in Hong Kong and there's a shot of a CX Pallas or Prestige pulling up outside some posh establishment.

[retrogeezer]

Trusty Mongdeo has just gone straight through another MOT.....just the thrill of forking out another £220 for the tax again next week.

[outlaw118]

Outraged from Tunbridge Wells having a go at me on the "Bargains" thread.

Laugh? I nearly shat.

[willswitchengage]

[ing]pic deleted by me as apparently facebook just gives you stupidly high resolutions - 2002 Clio van[/ing]

 

COURTESY CAR SHITE!

 

As the supplier forgot to send my local garage the bits for a timing belt change, I've been lent this. Low miles 220,000, actually feels surprisingly well screwed together with a pretty decent engine (1.5dci) and smooth gearbox. Couple of dashboard lights on but they never harmed anybody. Sorry to admit but I actually quite like it

[Louise2cv]

Finished browsing www.classicBMW.com? Try this:

 

http://gizmodo.com/5944472/the-most-ins ... -ever-seen

 

[Cavcraft]

Outraged from Tunbridge Wells having a go at me on the "Bargains" thread.

Laugh? I nearly shat.

 

I can see that daft twat turning into EPIC TROLL in record time. He's already donr that bit where he quotes everyonr then adds the sort of response you'd expect a slightly deranged 7 year old to make, and the usual flexing of the e-cock has been done

Let him twat on about trying to sell rattly old clunkers for five times their value, we can just sit back and laugh at him.

[dollywobbler]

Sunshine. New BX. Welsh roads. Welsh scenery. Sunshine. Sunroof! Welsh roads. Welsh scenery. Turbocharger. Welsh roads. Welsh scenery.

 

Yup. I'm liking today, and I'm REALLY liking the BX. I love the torque, though I'm still trying to find ways to combat the turbo lag. You have to anticipate the power, because it bloomin' shifts once the boost builds up.

[willswitchengage]

[pompei]

That Lego machine reminds me of the Better Mousetrap edition of Tom and Jerry. Or that Honda advert.

[Vin]

I've posted this site before on a shite thread here somewhere before...

 

But, the recent updates on this site are BLOWING MY MIND http://spannerdude.wordpress.com/

 

The metal bashing and fabrication skills of 'spannerdude' are SIMPLY STUNNING

[Cavcraft]

Driving 'enthusiastically' and getting to Lincoln in a smidge over 2 hours in the 306. Didn't get overtaken at all on most of the roads and only got slightly help up going over Woodhead.

[pompei]

The Thick Of It on later tonight

[Richard]

The Thick Of It on later tonight

 

They will have to go some to beat what's been happening in real life this week.

[Albert Ross]

Watching a goodly percentage of "The Ipcress file" earlier... and falling asleep on the sofa. Just woke up.

[autofive]

Watching a goodly percentage of "The Ipcress file" earlier... and falling asleep on the sofa. Just woke up.

shoot the traitor ross

[barrett]

As usual I got sucked i to The Ipcress File (just turned it on when I was having my lunch) so that was my whole afternoon well-used. The BBC really need to invest in a new print though, they're still showing the horrible worn-out copy that I first taped off the telly about 13 years ago and it's looking even rougher now. Actually, it took 10 years for me to buy a DVD copy and work out wtf this was lurking in the background during the car-park scene as it's just an indistinct blur in the Beeb's copy...

[dollywobbler]

I give up Barrett. I thought Lotus IX or Fairthorpe but Google does not concur.

[autofive]

sabre?

[HillmanImp]

Top work chaps for letting me know this was on. I am just putting it on catchup now.

[messerschmitt owner]

it is a Lotus!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

what lotus is it?

 

Could ti be one of these?

 

[autofive]

new shite TV starts this week

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue

[barrett]

It's a Lotus Eleven with a weird home-made hood! Imagine the sort of cocky young blade who was using that as a road car in 1965 London. Brill.

 

This is a Westfield but it's the only image I can easily find of the rear-end of one without a headrest, you get the general idea

 

I used to pause my video cassette and stare at that for aaaaaaages trying to work out what the heck it was (teenage years well spent). Thank dog for DVD technology, eh?

 

Talking of nice prints, I just saw Vertigo on the big screen for the first time and it looked and sounded LOVELY. Dunno if it'll be showing anywhere else in the country (at a 'Picturehouse' cinema) but it's worth catching if you can.

[Wilko220]

new shite TV starts this week

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue

 

It's a great idea for a programme - I just wish they would be a bit more imaginative when it comes to selecting the cars...

[Louise2cv]

Matt goes back to work on Wednesday so I was getting a bit worried about managing on my own with the two babies, but:

 

 

... we're good to go!

[willswitchengage]

Epic win! That picture in the background is messing wiv ma perspectives, too.

[dollywobbler]

Nice one Louise. Does that mean you're back to tinkering with the Astra now then?

[RedSparrow]

new shite TV starts this week

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue

 

It's a great idea for a programme - I just wish they would be a bit more imaginative when it comes to selecting the cars...

 

+1

I predict MGB, Morris Minor, Mini, Land Rover.

[wackywacerwill]

Awh, bless. I had to go back to work leaving the Mrs wheelchair bound with new born and young un to care for, a tricky time but all was fine in the end. I'm sure you'll be just fine too.

Just remembered the whole family riding 4 up through Greenwich park on the wheelchair

[M'coli]

That's an excellent photo, Louise.