What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Lord Sterling]

It seems like it was dreamed up to appeal to folk who care too much about what other people think of them, and are living out with their means

This is more true than you could ever know, many people do live beyond thier meams just to 'fit in' and create an appearance of success. A good proportion of new/nearly new car buyers care more about vanity and what other people think of them than anything else, but they'll never admit that, rather just justifying thier purchase down to "need something reliable" or something that does good mpg etc....

 

A lot of people too seem scared of taking thier cars to garages for repair, in fact some people will just take on a car on PCP just to avoid taking thier car for an MOT, plus in thier eyes, it makes them look more successful in thier (rather sad) lives if they get a new car every 3 years.

 

It seems to me that buying a car, simply because you like it has all but disappeared from the minds of many new car buyers today, its all about looks, perceived success, and the mindset that your new purchase will never need its bonnet open. If its a so-called "premium" brand then that's a bonus.

 

I buy cars on the basis that I like them, if I can afford to insure them, then that's a bonus for me. Yes, pretty much all the cars I've had have imploded thier own engines (twice, respectively) been crashed, or taken off the road due to lack of money, but I still plough on ahead buying the cars I love, plus, as they live out in the street (sadly) I'm not too worried about paintwork/panel damage. My car is big enough not to get bullied, its superbly comfortable, fast when it needs to be, but most of all it makes me smile and I am proud to own it. You cannot put a price on that.

[Lord Sterling]

just had a phone call from my mother.

 

"how do i save this webpage?" she says.........

 

she only wants to bookmark the page so she can revisit it without searching

This reminds me of Ma_Sterling. I get headaches just trying to set up the printer, all she seems to do these days is scan, print, e-mail, scan this, print that, e-mail the other etc.....

 

My PC is supremely old and decrepit, I have to bodge the printer on it by running cables here and there, and now even the printer refuses to work properly. It just bloody frustrates me.

 

This is a grin thread so I'll leave it there.

[cort16]

I think trying to sell the merits of buying cars on PCP on autoshite is a bit like trying to sell cow shit to a dairy farmer. It's just a different mentality. If people work hard and have the money to lease a new BMW or Mondeo or whatever and having a nice car makes them feel like they've achieved something from their soul crushing jobs then more power to them.

[Angrydicky]

Some nutter just accosted me as I returned from a trundle in the A35. He had a strange accent, a man bag, lots of multi-coloured clothing and was smoking a massive joint. He said he'd seen my car parked there the other day and wanted to feature it in a film he's making in Canterbury, called "The London Job" where Ray Winstone and a load of university students foil a plot to steal the crown jewels and hide them in Canterbury Cathedral or something! He wanted my car for a drive past because it was "cool" and he wanted to get close-up shots of the Flying A and Austin of England badges (erm!) He even gave me a leaflet which is about as convincing as Jordan's tits. "Black Sheep Films Canterbury and M.B Solomon Studios Hollywood". 

[autofive]

Some nutter just accosted me as I returned from a trundle in the A35. He had a strange accent, a man bag, lots of multi-coloured clothing and was smoking a massive joint. He said he'd seen my car parked there the other day and wanted to feature it in a film he's making in Canterbury, called "The London Job" where Ray Winstone and a load of university students foil a plot to steal the crown jewels and hide them in Canterbury Cathedral or something! He wanted my car for a drive past because it was "cool" and he wanted to get close-up shots of the Flying A and Austin of England badges (erm!) He even gave me a leaflet which is about as convincing as Jordan's tits. "Black Sheep Films Canterbury and M.B Solomon Studios Hollywood". 

 

ray winstone drinks in certain south london pubs and will agree to star in dreamers film productions for free drinks. It's like olly reed was still alive.

[STUNO]

ray winstone drinks in certain south london pubs and will agree to star in dreamers film productions for free drinks. It's like olly reed was still alive.

 

M B Solomon films...The London Job..utube trailer

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flkSGAsE_TY

[Bobthebeard]

Some nutter just accosted me as I returned from a trundle in the A35. He had a strange accent, a man bag, lots of multi-coloured clothing and was smoking a massive joint. He said he'd seen my car parked there the other day and wanted to feature it in a film he's making in Canterbury, called "The London Job" where Ray Winstone and a load of university students foil a plot to steal the crown jewels and hide them in Canterbury Cathedral or something! He wanted my car for a drive past because it was "cool" and he wanted to get close-up shots of the Flying A and Austin of England badges (erm!) He even gave me a leaflet which is about as convincing as Jordan's tits. "Black Sheep Films Canterbury and M.B Solomon Studios Hollywood".

 

Possibly just the modern version of "would you like to see a puppy" or "do you like sweeties"

Probably just wanted to shag / bum you.

[Station]

Jesus, that looks like it was filmed and edited by Autofive's mum!

[vulgalour]

It's like someone saw an idea in my head and made it happen.

 

I've just seen this video on Jay Leno's website for when "the chrome is wery wery pitted".

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1cTpSZ1l8

 

 

[Bobthebeard]

It's like someone saw an idea in my head and made it happen.

 

Indeed so... Looks pretty impressive.

Am just waiting for 'spray on hair' and 'spray on nice body*' to replace the age ravished current stuff!

 

* My body. My cars look reasonably good for their age. I however, do not.

[Angrydicky]

F*cking hell, that trailer is awful. Everyone involved with it is clearly deranged.

[dollywobbler]

That's quite bizzare and entirely rubbish.

[autofive]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111164170361#description

 

read the ad.and the comments

[autofive]

F*cking hell, that trailer is awful. Everyone involved with it is clearly deranged.

 

 

i left my comment on the utube page

[philibusmo]

I got back from a few days in Gdansk yesterday afternoon.

 

The main reason for my trip was to go to a wedding and it was superb. The actual wedding itself was a bit dull because it also included a mass which would be tiresome enough in English and my Polish is hardly top notch, but the reception was the best one I have ever been to.

 

No speeches, and nothing awkward, just a four course meal with plenty of free vodka to slosh down your neck every time someone toasts something which happens roughly every 10 minutes. After the fourth course everyone goes for a dance and as everyone has had a fair bit of vodka this is all jolly good fun, especially as I have never seen such a high concentration of utterly gorgeous girls.

 

Outside of the wedding the food was cheap, the beer was cheaper and there was plenty of chod spotting to be done with Fiat 126s FSO Polonezs, Ladas, Skodas and Wartburgs all in evidence.

 

Finally on the way back, I stopped off in Kent to pick up the Lancia Y10 parts that Vantman had picked up and was keeping hold of for me. He is a top bloke and another resounding endorsement for Autoshiteists. I can only apologise as I doubt we were much good an conversation by that point as we had just driven back from Gdansk for 22 solid hours.

[Lord Sterling]

Not entirely a grin but a little more hope. Been out of work for 2 days and now have got myself a job tomorrow, starting tomorrow, I should be earning more money than ever before, at the very least bringing home how much RobT wants for his Vitesse.

 

Other grins, buying up the DVDs I've wanted, full series of Lovejoy, couple of series of May to December, now I'm aiming for Birds of a Feather, Brittas Empire etc.......

 

Yeah yeah, I know it sounds like soppy trop to you lot but I like watching these, it reminds me of time when I was happier, besides, it'll give me something to watch when I move abroad.

[Hendry]

This is more true than you could ever know, many people do live beyond thier meams just to 'fit in' and create an appearance of success. A good proportion of new/nearly new car buyers care more about vanity and what other people think of them than anything else, but they'll never admit that, rather just justifying thier purchase down to "need something reliable" or something that does good mpg etc....

A lot of people too seem scared of taking thier cars to garages for repair, in fact some people will just take on a car on PCP just to avoid taking thier car for an MOT, plus in thier eyes, it makes them look more successful in thier (rather sad) lives if they get a new car every 3 years.

It seems to me that buying a car, simply because you like it has all but disappeared from the minds of many new car buyers today, its all about looks, perceived success, and the mindset that your new purchase will never need its bonnet open. If its a so-called "premium" brand then that's a bonus.

I buy cars on the basis that I like them, if I can afford to insure them, then that's a bonus for me. Yes, pretty much all the cars I've had have imploded thier own engines (twice, respectively) been crashed, or taken off the road due to lack of money, but I still plough on ahead buying the cars I love, plus, as they live out in the street (sadly) I'm not too worried about paintwork/panel damage. My car is big enough not to get bullied, its superbly comfortable, fast when it needs to be, but most of all it makes me smile and I am proud to own it. You cannot put a price on that.

Totally agree with that, and maybe I'm weird but I like getting my car fixed, keeping it in good order and getting rid of annoying faults, also like keeping my car pristine, maybe its because I appreciate it knowing I d worked hard all week to pay for it, but the amount of 10/11 plate cars I see that are minging inside and out, a lot if them usually with dents, scuffs and missing trim, kerbed wheels etc as if the owner doesn't car enough to get it fixed like they think their 3 year old car is an old old car and that its a heap of junk.

 

You have also just described my father in law, he epitomises the drive a car but never look under the bonnet mentality.

 

He had a brand new MG ZS in 2005, in 2005 at 3 years old said he was getting rid because it was fucked, I truth it needed a new clutch (him and his mates had been giving the car a thrashing day in day out after driving buses all day) and a new battery, according to him it was a nice car but too much hassle it was falling apart and those 2 faults would be just the first in a long line, so he traded it in for a brand new 08 plate Corsa and when it turned 3 I had to arrange the MOT, book it in and take it to get tested as he had no idea what to do, the heater motor also failed just prior to this, he drove about with a window open in minus temperatures as it was too much hassle to take it to get fixed, he also knew nothing about the 3 year warranty on the car, and now he's got a 2011 Meriva. He was going on holiday in it recently and I had to check the levels for him as he had no idea what to do, he said he'd checked the tyre pressures at the petrol station, I checked again and noticed the NSR tyre had the inside sidewall on the outside which he'd completely missed, and now he says he's getting rid before March 14 cos its going to need an MOT then. This is the same guy who had a rattlecan orange mk2 Polo he bought for £95 years ago, an 11 year old H reg Passat GT and a Cortina Crusader yet now won't own a car past 3 yrs old and has forgotten basic maintenance, I'd imagine most folk are the same, I blame car manufacturers for making cars more reliable, in the 80s and early 90s even brand new cars could be as much of completely unreliable heaps of rust bucket junk as 15year old ones. I know they still can be but not to as much of an extent, and clearly people have become too accustomed to hardly having to bother that they've got lazy and refuse to do it now.

[Lord Sterling]

Agreed, but I don't necessarily think cars these days are more reliable, I think they are as reliable as they always have been, they are much better screwed together and better rust protected. I just think that people are sold the idea that cars these days are more reliable. Some manufacturers like BMW and VW have longed marketed thier cars as being, over engineered, reliable as well as stylish has propelled them into the 'premuim brands' category.

 

Another thing that made me grin today - Seeing an UTTERLY rusty White F-reg Cavalier saloon, most of the arches and sills had paint peeling off and rust coming through. I think I saw this very car some months ago and took a couple of pics.

[Cavcraft]

Dead right, Mo, it's clever advertising at it's best.

[cort16]

Best of both worlds*

 

[vulgalour]

That breaks my head because actually, it's not as appalling as it should be.

[Cavcraft]

It's more appalling than it should be. Whoever bastardised that poor classic, world reknowned car should be beaten to death with alloy wheels. It doesn't matter about the Beetle, they're shit anyway

 

Here's how it looked before it was squashed:

 

[dollywobbler]

I've tentatively put the Golf on the market today, because there are a few GS/GSAs floating around that I'd like to ruin myself financially/mentally by purchasing. Because of that, I feel no pressure to sell the Golf, which makes a change! Either it sells and I ruin myself, or it doesn't and I stay sane.

 

Grin is because of that and the fact I've just had a quick hoon in it. It may be dull, but it is still a pleasure to drive, especially with the sliding sunroof wide open on an autumn evening. Maybe I should just keep it.

[Cavcraft]

In  an effort to 'out-fickle' you, DW, the taxi has just gone to a new home.

[hairnet]

*chant* GS GS GS GS GS*

[vulgalour]

A Chinese watch with a BL logo being sold on eBay with a bad digital image.  I win something for finding this, right?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Leyland-Logo-Watch-with-FREE-Worldwide-Delivery-/171066766286?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CommercialVehicleParts_SM&hash=item27d45fb3ce

 

[Cavcraft]

Dear Lord, that is comically bad. We really should buy one of those and have a competition of sorts on here with that as a prize.

[vulgalour]

I wonder if it would arrive in time for Shitefest...

[cort16]

My Sd1 finally has an mot. 700 miles in 18 months.

[Station]

i left my comment on the utube page

 

The camera work is the worst - why does it keep panning about and filming pointless things?