Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 1 hour ago, myglaren said: Christmas present I read through that in one of those cut-price remainder bookshops the other day. Looks like a rehash of Crap Cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I read through that in one of those cut-price remainder bookshops the other day. Looks like a rehash of Crap Cars. Who'da thunk it ? Giles Chapman re-hashing some lame captions on photographs we've all seen a million times before ( mostly in his books for the last 20 years) then getting gullible relatives to buy for car loving Dads, Grandads, brothers, uncles etc, at Christmas. And of course we're all too polite to say anything , or are just glad to get anything car related, that he'll get away with it for the next 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisWilliams Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: Who'da thunk it ? Giles Chapman re-hashing some lame captions on photographs we've all seen a million times before ( mostly in his books for the last 20 years) then getting gullible relatives to buy for car loving Dads, Grandads, brothers, uncles etc, at Christmas. And of course we're all too polite to say anything , or are just glad to get anything car related, that he'll get away with it for the next 20 years. Peter Kay got away with that with his dvds for years. The same show as last year's, but in a different theatre, released a month before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Just seen a DietCoke ad on tv and it looks like they’ve got a dating profile from someone on here. Is that @eddyramrod catsinthewelder, jumpingjehovahs, paulplom and 10 others 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 i dunno whats better, actually enjoying watching Paddington 2 on the telly, or the look of utter disdain from Kerry after she asked "what engine is that?" and i replied that "60163... oh that's Tornado" eddyramrod, LightBulbFun, chaseracer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I just heard of a car company that has recently set up a plant in China to make one specific model. All the cars have certain tolerences by design but apparently some have been 'pushed' a bit... to the extent that certain parts (namely headlights) from a UK built car will not fit the exact same car being built by the same company in a new factory in that there China. HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I'm watching Skyfall on +1, and the motorbike chase across the rooftops reminded me (yet again) of my 1986 Bond Moment. I set off to a "do" in my tux, driving my Fiat 500 (JTD 241F) and broke a driveshaft. Conveniently, just up the road from my sister's flat! So I strolled down and borrowed... her Honda moped! Riding up to one of the top hotels in Southport in full rig, on a lovely summer evening, on a moped... it was a joy to walk into the room with helmet and gauntlets under my arm! OK, so I wasn't chasing anyone, but you know.... it just felt right. Roobarb, somewhatfoolish, chaseracer and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 25 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: I'm watching Skyfall on +1, and the motorbike chase across the rooftops reminded me (yet again) of my 1986 Bond Moment. I set off to a "do" in my tux, driving my Fiat 500 (JTD 241F) and broke a driveshaft. Conveniently, just up the road from my sister's flat! So I strolled down and borrowed... her Honda moped! Riding up to one of the top hotels in Southport in full rig, on a lovely summer evening, on a moped... it was a joy to walk into the room with helmet and gauntlets under my arm! OK, so I wasn't chasing anyone, but you know.... it just felt right. Is there a video , that sounds great eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 My littlun recorded a little 'news bulletin' on his Vtech watch, while trying to get to sleep on Xmas eve number 2 (He has Christmas day at his mum's, comes over to mine on boxing day and has a second Christmas on 27th) He's 7 by the way. paulplom and Roobarb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Had a few good festive gifts, nothing car related sadly. At least this will allow me to do a bit of rammel spotting on way home yesterday bargaibous! Freezer is well stocked now woth this and Xmas eve meat auction goodies. back to work now. Not a harumph as I know what I’m doing today can be done by 10:30.... Springer, paulplom, adw1977 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, dozeydustman said: Had a few good festive gifts, nothing car related sadly. At least this will allow me to do a bit of rammel spotting on way home yesterday bargaibous! Freezer is well stocked now woth this and Xmas eve meat auction goodies. back to work now. Not a harumph as I know what I’m doing today can be done by 10:30.... I could do with going to tesco later, might have a mooch about. Co-op had nothing yesterday, town was dead though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 It’s not too late to get yourself the ultimate accessory for your motor this Christmas. https://www.unclothez.com/products/keeping-up-appearances-richard-hyacinth-bucket-car-auto-sun-shade/ meggersdog, face, Craig the Princess and 14 others 7 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 There may be interesting times in years to come, the quantity of flying space junk is set to double https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50870117 To quote ESA " In general the amount of dedicated observation campaigns to study re-entry break-up events, be it via on-ground, on-orbit, or in-situ sensors, is surprisingly low given that on average an object with mass above one ton re-enters the Earth's atmosphere every two weeks. " There are a number of impact trackers out there but ths is the first I found with a maphttp://www.satview.org/spacejunk.php What I find strange is the biggest contributor to the increase is Space-X Starlink, their products are also beginning to clutter the predicted re-entry list on spacejunk. I dont understand their business model at all, putting things in orbit is expensive, are there really enough Mongolian Goatherders just waiting to sign up to Just Eat ? Or is this just another layer of mobile phone tracking on a global scale ? (Yes I have been catching up on The Grand Tour, and found it has improved with age) Anyway, keep an eye on the trackers, the impact point isnt an exact science and most break up about 70 Km above ground and have fuel reserves to force a safe re-entry into the sea or a place nobody gives a crap about but with commercial pressures leading to cost cutting you never know if that very bright star you can see will be coming very close, very soon. As its Christmas, Moonraker must be on somebodies TV today Q: "My God, what does Bond think he is doing???! " M: "I think he's attempting re-entry, sir " myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 It's that time of year again for the 620. Fuck me.... Martyn Lewis style keyboard bashing. Hmmm... Phone call to Tesco, 5 mins on the phone. Thank you please. myglaren, somewhatfoolish, Jerzy Woking and 10 others 11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Tesco Insurance are CUNTS! My Mother In Law stayed with them for Ten years, and was paying £650 for a 1.4 seat, the yearly increments were excessive but affordable to her. Switched to RAC for £280 including breakdown cover and hasnt looked back. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thing is, every year it's the same for the Streetwise and the 620 - Tesco always come in cheapest on the comparison sites (not the other fleet members, bizarrely), you ring them up, give them the quote number and they match without quibble. The lassie I spoke with today was genuinely gobsmacked at my 62% saving ! They just rely on people not taking a few minutes to hit Confused etc myglaren, Jerzy Woking and purplebargeken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 That was the final straw, I gave her the price from Confused.com and she called them back to challenge the renewal value, Tesco would only offer a £50 reduction as their best online price was for new customers only. Perhaps some layer of middle managers with agressive targets has been Re-deployed. I have even ignored their quotes on comparison sites, an additional £3.00 for anyone but Tesco seemed attractive to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IGBT-ARC-20-200Amp-Stick-Welder-DC-Inverter-MMA-Welding-Machine-Mask-Cable-Kits/401985213054?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D50d2152842864c8290c1e470fd6516f4%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D401985213054%26itm%3D401985213054%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ab06693e3-28b7-11ea-884e-74dbd1803f10|parentrq%3A47d2dd0e16f0aad70163b82dff9b4514|iid%3A1 200 amps. Ha ha ha haaaaa...... Might be complete dogshit but after doing some research and stuff, I've decided that it's so cheap I might just buy one of these death toasters, make it electrically safe and actually make good on my New Year resolutions! LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Was in TK Maxx buying some unfashionable and unflattering jeans and saw this BMW next to the tills. Well, its German so they're not miles away. Tadhg Tiogar and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Home from work at 2 today, so grabbed half an hour with a vacuum and gave the ZX a muck out! No pics because I was just very into it. Do need to carry on with the interior cleaning though... Feel a drill brush and a cheap drill is a good thing to buy next year. Did enquire about a new interior for it, and found one but the rear seats were different. Do the sliding rear bench seats bolt up as the fixed/folding rear seats do on mine? Was a well nice L reg brown cloth interior too, from a breaker up in Worcester if anyone wants details, he still has the car I think (it's white) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, jamiechod said: I mean it does look a bit gay times weekly cover pic... Looks like your about to order a coffee that'll take 23 minutes to make... DeeJay, myglaren, Jamie and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Coffee with a fish supper? Or is the hipster haunt du jour now chippies ironically converted into espresso bars? Jamie and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Ours has a nespresso type machine in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, jamiechod said: I mean it does look a bit gay times weekly cover pic... I thought you were posing for a photo in some public toilets for a minute there. Jamie, jumpingjehovahs, clayts450 and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 53 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Was in TK Maxx buying some unfashionable and unflattering jeans and saw this BMW next to the tills. Well, its German so they're not miles away. Did you buy it? I may be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said: Did you buy it? I may be interested. No, sorry. I can pop in tomorrow and see if its still there. Think it was only a fiver. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 54 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: I thought you were posing for a photo in some public toilets for a minute there. ??? It had the appeal of a public toilet to be fair 1 hour ago, beko1987 said: Looks like your about to order a coffee that'll take 23 minutes to make... Hahaha genuinely lolled! 1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said: Coffee with a fish supper? Or is the hipster haunt du jour now chippies ironically converted into espresso bars? Could be a gay bar with unconventional dining service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I got a spanking new company van a month or so back and for xmas i received a selection of ebay tin signs to decorate the workshop area with. Much more homely. Eddie Honda, Jerzy Woking, LightBulbFun and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobarb Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 for what it’s worth, I like it Arthur... um... Jamie! Sorry, couldn’t find a pic of his Jaaaag. davehedgehog31, dozeydustman, The Moog and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, Roobarb said: for what it’s worth, I like it Arthur... um... Jamie! Sorry, couldn’t find a pic of his Jaaaag. This is why I love AS ??? quality Roobarb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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