What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[HillmanImp]

Just seen this on Reddit.

 

[oldcars]

Mower racing looks class, plenty side ways action.

[hairnet]

so they dont put bikes on the heysham ferry to belfast anymore

 

and couldt book liverpool dub overnight for bank holiday - would only let me book daytime

 

could go via holyhead but i need to start what im doing in ballymena and its 100 miles away and a stop in holyhead or dublin overnight and ££ cos of bank holiday

 

wales was 65 quid and dublin cheapest travelodge was 153 euros

 

tried stena to belfast but all cabins full

 

it was 95 euro one way

 

logged in as a member

 

that cant be right can it??

 

so i can stena plus and buy a sleeping bag and its still cheaper than the normal fare of 95 (the cabin woulda cost 50 quid upwards if thered been one)

 

mental

[HillmanImp]

The Jag has passed its MOT at the first attempt. A few advisories but nothing that can't be sorted.

 

 

The front sensor thing was from when Volksy and I wrestled them out with anger and a chisel. The testers spent an age fucking around with the front wheels and suspension which worried me but it turns out they were just trying to ensure the sensors were unable to work their way out without the bolts which had snapped.

 

It was a lovely day so on the way home, with my fresh MOT i put on my aviator shades wound down the window and pumped up the volume on my King Tubby CD and wafted off down the road.

 

All was going well, until I got to some traffic lights and there was a full on pensioner rastadude sat at the side of the road with his rastabike and I realised how ridiculous I must have looked to him as a middle aged man in a suit, wearing Tom Cruise sunglasses, driving a big Jag and listening to dub reggae, so I gradually reduced the volume on the stereo consciously avoiding eye contact with him until the lights changed and i glided off and was able to the volume back up resuming my dickhead pose.

 

Life is good.

[castros_bro]

+1

 

Slid on my Kyalami  shades, wound       Why'd She Have To Go (And Let Me Down)?      Moreland & Arbuckle   (having no money I helped Crowd Sponsor them)  up to  11  and sat in  the Guildford  traffic jam in my Ford Mustang ****** bloody spell check***** that's a bent Ford Focus but the sun was shining.

[Pillock]

Seems Ford are supplying some new Focuses and Mondeos with poundland-spec giffer wheeltrims as standard. They look flaming worse than the Rover "we're going bust so we just popped out to Halfords for these" jobs, if they intended it as a reason to pay £750 more for the next model up in the range it would work on me. Look!

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Whilst pressing on* today along a road I know very well, I came up behind a Laguna 2 . It was at the end of a long straight and I was going much too fast, I couldn't pass straightaway and the Laguna pilote obviously took the Mike Hawthorn approach, ie; " That bloody Hun motor will not pass" ( we all know how that panned out for him)

Anyway he increased the pace, and I was bloody amazed how composed it looked on dodgy cambered bends, poor surfaces and sharp crests and dips, don't know what engine it was, I'm thinking 2.0 pez, as it didn't blow up or puff black smoke and was a bit breathless on a hill so probably not V6.

I was impressed.

[Coprolalia]

Mower racing yesterday was flipping ace, the weather wasn't though. Arrived at the track mid morning with a couple of hours spare to finish the mower off and practice.

 

Once we had deployed some borrowed cable ties to hold the battery down this passed scrutineering.

 

IMG_20160501_123925942.jpg

 

The rust isn't a ratlook thing, we only found the bonnet donor on Friday and didn't have time to paint it.

 

The racing was made up of 36 heats of 4-6 mowers racing for 5 laps with each mower racing about 12 times, we were sharing the mower so did 6 each.

 

I was utterly hopeless at the start and we really struggled with the mud as the back of the chassis kept dragging along the ground the gaffer was doing better with one 1st place. I got better as we went on but only scored a couple of second places after other folks crashed.

 

Here is one very muddy round.

https://youtu.be/53fT52ljmvc

Yo cats, where were you racing?

My bro was shakedown testing his new group 4 at capel if you were at that event?

He was new, so in an orange tabard. I'm planning on racing with him for the 12 hour this year, so may see you there.

[purplebargeken]

Watching Dead Pool. It is fucking funny as fuck. My kind of humour to a tee.

[catsinthewelder]

We were racing at The Dog in the first round of the West Midlands Lawn Mower Racing Associations calendar. We're racing at Tenbury Wells at the end of this month.

 

I don't think we'll do the 12 hours this year but we might come to watch.

[oldcars]

Shuma dropped off at the bodyshop. I told my pal it was bad, he got the official hammer out and said, that's not bad, no where near x type levels of rot  Will be fixed next week then off for mot.

[dome]

Just had the garage across from work at the door an hour ago.

 

“Your car got aircon? We’ve got a new machine and need a car to test it on?â€

 

I now have ice cold air con. For free. I may have to buy them some donuts...

[fotorabia]

I have now got approx. 3300 car photographs in my digital archive..NZ-AUSSIE-Scotland...

[Rovorsche]

Today I was clearing out my daughters Ignis, its going away to be pulled to bits, the buyer wants the hubs apparently, I wish him luck.

 

I digress, in the glove box was a sheaf of old MOT's and it failed last time on "High level brake light inoperative" which seemed odd its such a poverty spec car it doesn't have one or so I thought.

When I opened the boot to see if there were any things worth keeping in with the spare wheel well I noticed a dangling wire where there would be a high level brake light.

I stuck a meter on it out of curiosity and it worked, well it would have if all the bits were there.

 

The last owners were so bloody tight they threw away the entire brake light fitment, rather than change a bulb.

[beko1987]

Mum found my old Norwich and Peterborough savings book. I wonder how my £1.02 is doing, last activity printed is Jan 2001.

 

I phoned them up and the chap cut me short and said he couldn't help me, as it pre-dates phone banking, so no security has been set. I've posted it off to their head office to see if I'm a millionaire or not. Not bloody driving all the way to peterborough to find out!

[LabRat]

The sun is out, George has decided to cure himself of the Basset Dickheaditis he's been having and I've just found out that the forester's sunroof is working. (opening AND closing, it's a miracle Jim!)

 

Life is going my way for once.

 

 

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[320touring]

The good folks of Pistonheads and Retro Rides are lapping up Vectra SRi posts..

 

 

One car to unite them all;)

 

seriously thou, its nice to experience some rational chitchat, anecdotes and advice on said forums - very little fire/brimstone in evidence for once.

 

Still here about every 20mins for my fill of high class old choddery though-even starting to develop some weird 605 feelings..but reminding myself of the CX is helping me control them

[cort16]

remember

 

[nacho man]

Phone call from one of our drillers, think the wheel bearing has gone on the rig.

 

He sent me this pic.

 

 

Lol ha ha ha someone's in for a bollocking

 

 

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[Bobthebeard]

Just renewed the insurance policy on the Prelude. It has been off the road for a while as not used and up for sale....

Last premium was £140. Compare the meerkat gave a premium of £69 with the same company. Needless to say I took it!

[bub2006]

Lovely drive up to glossop yesterday

[vulgalour]

The Renault, it LIGHTS UP!

[Timewaster]

Seems Ford are supplying some new Focuses and Mondeos with poundland-spec giffer wheeltrims as standard. They look flaming worse than the Rover "we're going bust so we just popped out to Halfords for these" jobs, if they intended it as a reason to pay £750 more for the next model up in the range it would work on me. Look!

 

Oi. Bloody cheek. That's my company car spec.

They have been fitting them since 2013 but hardly anyone bought them.

 

(Yes, they do look crap).

[dean36014]

Was just looking through facebook and someone posted this image of the Dave sexton, the Coventry city manager after he departed his job, a tagora no less. mind you Coventry were sponsored by Talbot in those days.

[andrew e]

Knackered GPO Maxxus with Chinese Lexus light (plural) made me grin - I guess it's a SAIC part.

 

[cort16]

I replaced all the hoses, clips, stat and the radiator cap on the Rover and by jove I think the overheating issue may be fixed.

I took it out for a good blast tonight no weird clunking, gurgling or steam shooting out from under the bonnet. I'll need to take it for a decent spin.

red hot hose pictures on the internet.

 

 

Probably need to do something about this. I replaced the gasket on the autobox, which was defo leaking but I was in a hurry and I think I over tightened it and squished the rubber gasket.

 

 

I was all set for selling it  but it's got a years MOT now somehow, is free to tax and insured for another couple of months so I might as well hold onto it for a bit and see if I can get a bit of use out of it.

[320touring]

first dibs when it comes up please cort16:)

[xtriple]

Since I changed the plugs and air filters on the dollop, the fuel consumption has improved from 10mpg to 14! Bloody good improvement I reckon!

[wuvvum]

Aye, if I could get the Saab to go from 50 to 70 mpg just by changing the air filter, I'd be well impressed!

[Richard]

There is a heavy metal concept album about Fife. Why wasn't I told?

 

 

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/gloryhammer/talesfromthekingdomoffife.html

 

 

Far to the east, where the land meets the sea
there lies a majestic town
crail is it's name, shrouded in fame
jewel in Fife's noble crown
here, every day, the warriors train
in the art of epic fights
riding on eagles, questing so true
a legion of powerful knights

Emblazoned 'cross the sky
here the kingdom cry

HAIL! TO CRAIL!
mightiest warriors in the land
HAIL! TO CRAIL!
ready to fight with a sword in hand
fighting battles every day
this is why we say
HAIL! TO CRAIL!

In the battle of Cowdenbeath
their steel did win the day
knights of Crail with banners high
riding hard into the fray
once, in the siege of far-off Dunkeld
defeat of the town was nigh
but then came the knights, the warriors of Crail
and all of their foes did die

They've never lost a fight
so we proclaim tonight

 

I've got to say I've never really seen that side of Crail.