Roobarb Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just seen this for sale. Who even realized they sold Rovers this late into the US! https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/d/sterling-825/6925140312.html Amishtat, MorrisItalSLX, Tenmil Socket and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 The fact this happened outweighs the actual sadness of the instance; today I went outside because I could hear a helicopter hovering- medivac machine slowly flying along, walked to the end of the drive and there's a procession of pretty much every ambulance, fire engine and police car in this end of the parish passing by on highway 1. Local paramedic lost his life in a house fire, funeral procession. Done right. I'm proud of the people round these parts sometimes. Phil Wack, Saabnut, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 At the airport waiting for a flight to Malta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Since SF19 my XM's throttle position sensor has made the throttle pedal feel like I'm pushing it into a bucket of gravel. I blagged a new* TPS from Poland, it arrived in the week when I had a quick look under the bonnet and decided it looked a shit job best saved for the weekend. TPS is easily accessible but I couldn't see where it plugged into. Turns out the plug lives under the LHM resevoir. Airbox out, LHM reservoir out and remove a couple of air ducts, two bolts and it's done in half an hour. Big Grin Glad that's done coz the aircon doesn't work in the Buick New* quality* Bosch TPS in place. The Moog, myglaren, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Inspired by my KV6 Sterling that he saw a couple of years ago, a mate has gone out and bought an M-reg Rover 620Si ! 50k miles and 2 owners from new, he just bought it for £650. He intends to use it as a weekend car. His everyday car is a Skoda Octavia. I've got some floor mats and a possibly a bookpack somewhere which I'll give to him when I pop to Birmingham again at some point. Edit* Looks like I don't actually have an owners manual for the 600, I do have a wallet for it though. Arse. Anyone got a bookpack they'd like to part with? Lacquer Peel, Supernaut, Brodders and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Just seen on pistonheads ( I know, but I can’t resist looking ). when one just has to have a period tow vehicle. NorfolkNWeigh, Lacquer Peel, dome and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Datsuncog, Tadhg Tiogar, Supernaut and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Loads of respect for the tow car but sadly no period trailer in that tow outfit. Years ago when I used to frequent Prescott hill climb you would still sometimes see some of the old boys in the VSCC turn up with a complete lash up of a trailer (usually with Land Rover wheels) behind a hefty tow car with a priceless vintage car on it, to thrash up the hill. Although they would be frowned on by those who drove theirs to the meet ( with wife following in grotty Morris Minor van containing wheels and tools). I always liked to see some of the specials, where the body had been thrown away, a couple of feet cut out of the chassis, until it was more or less riding an engine up the hill. No doubt some of these are now restored* to be something they never were in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garythesnail Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Mine is the green one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 doing a very long weekend the end of july that involves bike, car, possibly a train boat and now a plane madness The Moog and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Coming back from Gatwick this morning at at about 04.00, cruise set at 85 , as it's a Monday even the lorries weren't out yet. When I was passed by a 19 reg Audi A8 that must have been doing at least 150, it rocked my Merc in lane 1 as it went by in lane 4 . It was doing that bounce/wobble thing that usually precedes a big off, too. Although I saw no evidence of disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Can’t think of a car more designed for fucking the fuck off on a motorway not sure it’d be worth doing time over though Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: Coming back from Gatwick this morning at at about 04.00, cruise set at 85 , as it's a Monday even the lorries weren't out yet. When I was passed by a 19 reg Audi A8 that must have been doing at least 150, it rocked my Merc in lane 1 as it went by in lane 4 . It was doing that bounce/wobble thing that usually precedes a big off, too. Although I saw no evidence of disaster. Probably just bedding-in the engine before the first dealer service.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Have finally tracked down an offside bi-optic headlamp for the CX with very good reflectors. The asking price, though, is eye-watering compared to the shite ones I've picked up to date. Still, beggars can't be choosers so I'll have to fork out. Blowing exhaust joint next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Having recently discovered that MX-5 drivers wave to each other when passing, it now appears that it's also a thing with Rover 75 owners, as I got a wave earlier from a chap in a rather smart black facelift saloon. Also on the way in to work this morning I passed a youngish lad driving rather enthusiastically round the roundabout on the northern bypass. In a russet brown Triumph Toledo. Brodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Half grin, half bricking it. I'm getting on a train on the 21st, all the way down to Stoke on Trent. I'll be there for a week, then driving a van all the way back north again. Said van will also have a lot of PPE and other gear in it, related to installing and repairing fibre internet connections... It's a collection mission of sorts! Lacquer Peel and NorthernMonkey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 YEAH YOUR FUCKING CAMERA YOUVE NOT USED FOR TWO YEARS ISNT WORKING COS THE FUCKING BATTERY IS IN THE WRONG WAY ROUND WANKER myglaren, The Moog, Cavcraft and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 4 hours ago, wuvvum said: Having recently discovered that MX-5 drivers wave to each other when passing, it now appears that it's also a thing with Rover 75 owners, as I got a wave earlier from a chap in a rather smart black facelift saloon. Also on the way in to work this morning I passed a youngish lad driving rather enthusiastically round the roundabout on the northern bypass. In a russet brown Triumph Toledo. I would start a waving club for 305 vans but I've yet to see one, so that's a non starter. adw1977, The Moog and stonedagain 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Got fucked over by Scousers, spent an hour and a half on site, instead of 15 mins. As an apology... LightBulbFun and Wack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 A 2009 chaved up insignia. Blacked out windows, grill delete stupid fucking alloys, you know the type. Revving his engine at morrisons in Shields covering the car park in grey acrid smoke. He speeds away from the roundabout gets 100 yards and pulls over. His engine has begun to run away! Hahahaha. The kids and I run the full length of the car park to watch as he sits in the car on his phone. 5 mins later the engine comes to an abrupt halt. made my day. All Vauxhalls are shit..... myglaren, clayts450, Eddie Honda and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 13 hours ago, puddlethumper said: I would start a waving club for 305 vans but I've yet to see one, so that's a non starter. I gave someone in a 2.2 omega with no rear boot spoiler a wanker sign yesterday. I mean letting the side down. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Seems the giant ducks are back at Babbacombe model village Saabnut, DeeJay, rainagain and 8 others 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 My first paper in an academic journal is published today - I may have spent the morning telling Missus Snagglepuss that as I am now an eccentric academic I can do what I want, which has resulted in learning more scottish swearwords than I knew existed strangeangel, myglaren, privatewire and 6 others 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Shite behind shite Ghosty, loserone, The Moog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Alan Partridge mode: Idea for a television show. I don't watch Love Island obviously. But I would watch Slag House.... 30 slappers and 30 lads.... most acquired from a random jobcentre. (ASBO preferable) Set in a 3 bed council house. 95 quid Peugeot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Snazzoids jumpingjehovahs and davehedgehog31 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Just checked my emails. One of my "sign up for random shit" accounts had this beauty sat waiting for me. I dream of making love to you slowly like turtles… Regina <hhonors@availlo.com> Wed 10/07/2019 14:29 Greetings, my dear! I hope to find a great passion and I’m twenty three years old. Do you wish to know how many play things it's possible to put inside my bum? Perhaps you might want to help me in this? Get in touch with me faster, my body need to have a warm fingers! My pictures and personal contacts are in my personal profile! look here Nearly spat tea on my monitor. Jerzy Woking, stonedagain, Aston Martin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MondeoBlues Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Took the 309 out for a spin. So far it hasn't failed to put a smile on my face. I might give it a name. bramz7 and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 An engine with wheels. face and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Son, who was having so much shite in his first year as a teacher and resigned to finish at the end of term, has got on the PWC graduate scheme as an trainee auditor leading to become a chartered accountant and eventually managed to pass his NQT so if he ever wanted to do private tutoring, it would be easier. Just waiting on daughter's pre-reg exam results next week to find out if after 5 years of study, she's a fully qualified pharmacist or if she has to retake. The exam appears to be mental. They could be asked anything. Some of the answers? 2 out of 4 are right. But one of those is more right pass Mark is 90% I think. Coprolalia, strangeangel, brownnova and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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