What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Sloth in a bowl]

After a long and colourful succession of tatty Puntos and Rover 25s,

my gifferdom bordering next door neighbour has now outshited himself.

 

 

In fact, he upped the ante suchlike, that I now find myself in zugzwang.

 

Best use of Zugzwang ever 

[vulgalour]

Are we not all in zugzwang here, isn't that the point?

 

 

 

 

I may have had to Google what zugzwang is.

[Alfamale]

Apologies if this has been posted before but this has made tea come out of my nostrils.

 

 

[Tayne]

Are we not all in zugzwang here?

No, I'm in Aberdeen.

[Hertz]

Just made it down to Winchester ready for a car meet on Saturday at Goodwood. This is the longest trip I have done in the car (200 miles) since dragging it out of the garage I found it in after 6 years off the road. This made me grin, how small does the Alpine look next to the Focus 

 

[TimothyClaypole]

Are those Princess lights the same as these?

 

[vulgalour]

Princess lights have a squarer, shallower back plate, different retaining bezels and not so large a step in height between the lights.  So they're almost exactly the same apart from everything about them.

[Junkman]

No, I'm in Aberdeen.

 

I'm pretty sure there is an Ovlov estate for you out there somewhere.

[Junkman]

That is supremely awful, I think only a City Rover would out-shite it! Is he keeping the ladybird stickers?

 

You aren't suggesting that I buy a City Rover, are you?

[Noel Tidybeard]

After a long and colourful succession of tatty Puntos and Rover 25s,

my gifferdom bordering next door neighbour has now outshited himself.

 

 

Quick hide this pic before dollywobbles sees it

[trigger]

 

 

Just made it down to Winchester ready for a car meet on Saturday at Goodwood.

I don't think I've seen you post about that before? Got any more photos of it? I think they are great looking cars.

[dollywobbler]

ATOZMAZEBALLS.

[greengartside]

Slightly O/T but I managed to catch the only two remaing flying Lancaster bombers in service doing a flypast yesterday - right over where I work. Breathtaking.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28890025

[skattrd]

I must be behind the times MVS, I thought your A610 was a different colour.

[Noel Tidybeard]

ATOZMAZEBALLS.

damn too late

[vulgalour]

The look of bemusement/horror when a co-worker discovered the Lotus alloys I've brought to the unit are going on the Princess.  He really doesn't get it at all.

[wuvvum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4H4V3bdYbQ

 

That's a bit more like it...

[Bobthebeard]

Saw a BMW today with the registration D12 JAG .......

[jonathan_dyane]

Fuckin 'ell Wuv, that thing flies!

[beko1987]

Followed a y reg first generation Prius earlier. Was being driven like a dick sadly but looks shite tastic! Bet their holding their value a bit still though.

[bub2006]

What is that rover? Guessing diesel due to low redline. Never knew a derv rover could shift like that

[wuvvum]

It's a 220 SDi that's been mildly played with (decat pipe, EGR valve blanked off, K&N cone filter and a Roverron VP37 tuning box).  It's only running about 130bhp at the moment, but it has a metric fuckload of torque, which in a fairly light car means it goes pretty well. 

[cms206]

Holy mother of fuck Wuvz that thing goes like the hammers of buggery!

[trigger]

The Rover of doom is back with vengeance!

[bub2006]

Is that the engine that had either 85 or 105 if i recall as standard depending if had inter cooler it not? Pulled like fuck though. My vectra goes well but don't seem that quick to 90

[Skizzer]

I've been in it, a couple of years ago, and it goes like effing stink.  Brilliant sleeper.  

 

Does it still have that fetching blue body/silver bonnet combo?

[HH-R]

Those L-Series' were GR8.

[dollywobbler]

Holy mother of fuck Wuvz that thing goes like the hammers of buggery!

 

Hard to think of a better way of summing it up, so CMS has saved me the bother of trying.

[wuvvum]

Is that the engine that had either 85 or 105 if i recall as standard depending if had inter cooler it not? Pulled like fuck though. My vectra goes well but don't seem that quick to 90

Yep.  Mine's intercooled so had 105 (or 103, depending who you believe) as standard.  The tuning box has much more of an effect than a 20% power increase would lead you to expect though - it makes the car far more responsive than an old turbo diesel has any right to be, just touch the accelerator and it's away.

[wuvvum]

Does it still have that fetching blue body/silver bonnet combo?

 

It certainly does.  I actually picked up a couple of rattle cans of the correct shade of blue from Poundland when they were doing car paint earlier in the year, but I've decided I like it better as it is.