What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[saucedoctor]

My enormously fat neighbour is out using the worlds noisiest and least effective hedge clippers. The sweat is blinding him and he's cut fuck all. Truly, sound and fury signifying nothing.

 

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[simmo]

A friend asked if I wanted an 18K from new Polo for scrap money, so I say sure what's up with it ?  he says the clutch has grenaded and he was right.

 

 

 

[Pillock]

18,000 very very hard miles!

[Tayne]

Woman driver?

[simmo]

Classic nice little old lady called, Hilda rest of the car is pretty good though

[mat_the_cat]

I've now owned my BX for 10 years to the day, in which time I've covered 130,610 miles. So I thought I'd treat it to an oil and filter change (for the 26th time), new front brake pads (7th time) and cambelt (4th time). Not that I'm counting...

Although it appears to have taken up smoking!

 

[Tayne]

Buy this, paint "Roadkill" on the side.

 

 

 

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21899/lot/317/

[DSdriver]

Buy this, paint "Roadkill" on the side.

 

 

 

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21899/lot/317/

 

I rather like the look of lot 325

 

1967 OSI 20M TS COUPÉ

Coachwork by Carrozzeria Ghia

[fotorabia]

Russian Batmobile..

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=384_1397338101

[spike60]

Russian Batmobile..

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=384_1397338101

Looks to be a mid engined kinda drag car, they must do things differently there. Can imagine the plodski would be thrilled to see that on the public highway!

[dollywobbler]

Selling my mk1 BX estate was one of the best things I've ever done. Now, the car is doing things like this!

[twosmoke300]

Aren't single axle car transporter trailers illegal these days ?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Not for Citroens

[twosmoke300]

Ahh the well known double chevron clause. 😃

[dollywobbler]

Not for Citroens

 

So it would seem. That shabby 2CV I had last year was taken away on a single-axle trailer. Towed by a Fiat Panda!

[nigel bickle]

I've a single axle trailer- propping up the shed. Tow choice of the desperate, frankly -and my very last choice.

 

Are they illegal? I wasn't aware of that.

 

Anyone point me at the legislation, please?

[fordperv]

Finally got around to fitting my dealer plates to the saph today after giving it a wash and polish, I'm so glad to get rid of the manky New style plates that were on

[Noel Tidybeard]

Anyone else remembering these when they look at the pics of that Russki Hydrofoil or is it just me?

 

funny enuff its exactly what i thort

[hairnet]

the coolest sci fi vehicle?? apart from at ats?

[twosmoke300]

The single axle trailer thing is just something my dad has always told me. Might not even be true . Might be because of the axle weight limit

[MrDuke]

the coolest sci fi vehicle?? apart from at ats?

 

It would have some stiff competition, including the modified P6s from Gattaca, any of the Barris cars from UFO and M.I., and the APC from Aliens. Oh, and the motorbikes from Akira. Of course, if you class Mad Max as sci-fi, then everything else is basically screwed.

[beko1987]

Asked Amy to get me a shitty jigsaw whilst she was out today so I can crack on with racking out the shed. She kindly did.

 

Then got home and saw one on facebay for £8, and told me to get it

 

 

She said she would take the £14 argos one back in the week. Win!

[scruff]

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Something fun I spotted at the Resto show, in a Mini based motorhome which had partially collapsed.

 

IMG_0314 by cdconelrad, on Flickr

 

Don't know whether you can make it out in that photo, but it's transfers of all the road signs and their meanings in 3pt text on the dash. Useful only if you intent to revise while stationary, because you sure as hell couldn't refer to it while in motion.

[trigger]

It's not always the single axle trailers that's the problem.

 

 

Someone i know spotted this on Friday coming out of Ipswich on the A14, nearly a hour later it was spotted again on it's side along with the Land Rover in a hedge near Newmarket, along with the emergency services and a 4 mile tailback...

[panhard65]

It's not always the single axle trailers that's the problem.

 

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Someone i know spotted this on Friday coming out of Ipswich on the A14, nearly a hour later it was spotted again on it's side along with the Land Rover in a hedge near Newmarket, along with the emergency services and a 4 mile tailback...

I don't think the trailer is the problem more likely the short wheelbase landrover. The trailer looks half decent and should go a couple of ton. I wouldn't of wanted to drag it too fast but it needs a bigger tow car. The 90 just isn't good enough.

[trigger]

Especially if it has fat mud tyres fitted too, god knows what the bloke was thinking, that much have fish tailed all over the place.

[Tayne]

 

 

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nearly a hour later it was spotted again on it's side along with the Land Rover in a hedge near Newmarket, along with the emergency services and a 4 mile tailback...

 

 

Who ya gonna call?

 

 

Well, the police, the RAC and some bloke with a big, fuck-off crane!

[KruJoe]

To me, twin axle trailers like that seem ridiculously unstable. WTF is wrong with a wheel at each corner (front pair steering) and why are they now illegal?

[Tayne]

 The trailer looks half decent and should go a couple of ton. 

 

The base Caddy would have weighed about 2.5 tons, more with the hearse body.

 

I think that one's a '60.