What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

That brown turd of a 2cv was probably worth £2k before mr moron got his hands on it. Now it's worth nothing but parts. Discussed at length on the international2cvfriends.com site.

 

From the photos the chassis is on its way out (triangular panels are bending) which is why he's selling - oh and he's a !"£$%^&*()end. Reading that retro-rides bumpf, how did he intend to move the front axle forward? The guy's a moron.

[Stanky]

Schwalbe marathons with slime filled inner tubes- no punctures so far.

 

I had these on a BMX several years ago, they were great right up until a catastrophic failure of the rear tyre and inner tube one morning, I very suddenly went from cruising along to rattling on the rim to stopped, all in a giant green slime explosion. It must have looked pretty cool from behind me.

[Cavcraft]

Schwalbe marathons with slime filled inner tubes- no punctures so far.

 

Cheers, I think Halfords can fill my tubes with martian spunk for £5.99 per tyre or something, I should really invest in the tubes or the filling. Do you notice any difference to the ride with them? The road bike has Continental Gatorskins as they have that Kevlar (or whatever it is) lining, but you can't seem to get them for mountain bikes.

[Pillock]

I had that frog jizz in my tyres years ago, when I was at school so late 90s. Worked perfectly, I once replaced a tyre and found loads of little green hard blobs on the tube where I'd had thorns or summat, and never noticed.

 

I also tried solid tyres. Horrible. Harsh ride as you'd expect, but also a really odd profile - flat and wide - so if you lean around corners you go from two inches of contact width to a quarter of an inch. And fall off.

[spike60]

I had some solid tyres, the Green Tyre Co? if I remember right. Dreadful things, as said above but dragged like shit as well for good measure. Give me a puncture anytime!

[mat_the_cat]

I very suddenly went from cruising along to rattling on the rim to stopped, all in a giant green slime explosion. It must have looked pretty cool from behind me.

 

I had a similar experience once when my rim failed after being worn thin by braking. There I was, just riding along in a straight line when I just dabbed the brakes - next thing I knew the front tube had exploded, the cracked rim had been jammed against the brakes, locking them on and firing me straight over the handlebars. My mates who were following said it was absolutely hilarious, but I failed to see the funny side at the time.

[trigger]

I have had what is possibly the best day of my life with old cars today at the Goodwood Revival, I've still got another 2 more days to go as yet too! I've never taken so many photos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

Not a lot these days make me grin, though then Cheshire chod fest did.

 

Today, two little things made me grin.

 

1. Just by chance whilst getting ready to go out, I watched "Tele Savalas looks at Birmingham" on Sky Arts or summat.

 

2. Got a call off my elderly mate Hyden. I gave him a door handle for his Sterling but he wanted someone to fit it . He picked Summit Garage in Lower Gornal. As Hyden couldn't drive due to a recent operation and his wife was busy, he asked me to drive his car, it was great being behind the wheel of a 4-door Sterling which is identical to my N-reg 827 Sterling I have tucked away.

 

Summit Garage MG seemed fairly unhelpful complaining that the new door handle was "broken" at the back which is bollocks as all it needs is a couple of springs attached to the back. So we ended up booking his car at my mates garage who are always willing to have a go at things like this. If I'm not working mext week, we will be swapping cars for the day, I'll give it a good wash and hoover before it gets returned.

[Cavcraft]

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Look at the flaps on that, ATCNBE! 

[eddyramrod]

It's clear MrsR will never ride her bike again, so the other day I sold it via Facebook.  The girl who came for it paid up, in cash, no haggling.... but wait, even better: she works in Poundland and has promised to tip me off if they get any more partwork models!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Had a decent lunch?? See if you can keep it down after checking this out (saw it this morning in Whitley Bay)

 

[inconsistant]

LOOS... SOAF... GET HERE NAAAR!

[cort16]

youre right that x3 is horrible. bleurgh

[daveb47]

And you think that you have had a bad day......

 

[Cavcraft]

I was going to ride to Halfords for some monkey spunk inner tubes, but sacked it off and went off-roading instead. Anyone want to guess what happened?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

after getting the flick from the b and b in ypres last night

 

stole some wifi and booked a hotel f1 in roncq 20 mins away

 

did a sad (i was annoyed but.....)

 

for the price of the b and b - i got the f1 - a tank of petrol and

 

this

 

 

fuck you oude hautmarkt

 

and a beer and a pud thrown in

 

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Just found this in an Autotrader ad.

Seems to be half a Scotsman doing a Highland fling (jig?)whilst lying on a garage door in the back of a V70.

[Craig the Princess]

A collegue at work was telling me he saw a really nice R8 parked outside earlier, it took about 30 seconds for me to realise he meant an Audi not a Rover

 

[mouseflakes]

Are you sure it wasn't a Renault?

[Station]

I just stumbled across this 'old gold' thread on the blue forum, made me piss:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/34126/post-pictures-on-forum

 

 

Takes till page 3 or 4 to get going mind. Funny!

 

I think after five mins on the phone to him I'd be smashing the receiver over the edge of the desk!

[hairnet]

Just found this in an Autotrader ad.

Seems to be half a Scotsman doing a Highland fling (jig?)whilst lying on a garage door in the back of a V70.image.jpg

 

waye ahhmm cee ayyy no??

[catsinthewelder]

Bloody long day yesterday but pretty ace as it goes. Got up early and shot up to the local fabrication place for some steel which was technically shut but someone was there so he let me in. There wasn't any 4x2 thinwalled box and I didn't have any cash on me but he let me pick up some perfect patching material from behind the guillotine for free.

 

Dragged that home and chopped the rot out of the disco for four hours before work.

 

Work was the easily the best shift ever, the gaffer wanted a lift up to the dog's at Wolverhampton. He had offered me a ticket in as it wasn't worth driving back. It was a great night that saw me drop the last chap home at 4am. They've insisted on paying me right through from 5pm and I won some money at the track too. To top it off the last chap I dropped off has offered me some work vinyling up vans and whatnot.

 

Glad I agreed to that little job

[trigger]

Just spotted this in the Goodwood car park and it has Autoshite sticker, so which one of you lot owns it?

 

[eddyramrod]

^Only on AS would you take the trouble to pose by the Lada estate and ignore the gorgeous (1928 Lincoln?) Phaeton next to it!

[Cavcraft]

The long lost love child of Mike Reid and Terry Tibbs!

[cms206]

Been cleaning up the Sigmund Cox 740... looks okay. Particularly in the dark.

[The Moog]

Halfords in Burnley have got 3 clearance bins, including one full of connectors, switches and bulbs for 10p. Filled a basket with stuff

 

That plus 200l veg oil at 65p/l is much bargainous

[DS20]

Father_DS20 had a 740GLE just like that - reg. F968RLL, I think - same (cool) wheels anyway. After the second electric aerial / garage door-lintel interface, said aerial was replaced with a springy whip-aerial item. The temptation of listening to Radio 3 ALL THE WAY INTO THE GARAGE remained too great for Dad (switching the radio off would've saved the first two aerials. I loved that car; it was replaced (company car) by a 940GLE, H52GLY, that just wasn't quite as good (seats less comfortable, more interior trim fell off). [/ramble]

[Cavcraft]

I received some not as good as the previous time I used them service from an eBay seller. They offered a partial refund once I'd confirmed delivery, so I mailed them and they said they'd pay me back in full if I leave good feedback.

An honest, decent person would tell them to shove it and use the feedback system as it should be, i.e with a truthful and fair appraisal. But fuck it, 'G8 SRVIS THX WUD USE AGEN'

[xtriple]

Rossi winning at Misano today! That definitely made me grin, 35 and still rocking the MotoGP world. Bloody good race as well, at least the first part... until the new wunderkind fell off!

 

Note: I like Marquez as well, it was just great to see Rossi do it again after fifteen months without a win.