hairnet Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 41 minutes ago, wuvvum said: I'm off to Somerset in the morning to visit my parents. Haven't seen them since Christmas, and apart from a brief foray over the border to Bury St Eds to pick up a pushbike I haven't been out of Norfolk for over three months. I'm properly looking forward to it. no getting wazzered on scrumpy boi :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I enjoy SiC's musings on his MGB, and the most recent video was good- everyone loves a good cold start video. So, I felt compelled to do my own, a tribute to an MGB cold start. *grin* --Phil Garythesnail, LightBulbFun, wuvvum and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 bangers and cash on yesterday - now moskvitch and a ponton mercedes ooft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Conversation with the boss at work. 'My new driving lights for the Pug came last night, they're yellow'. 'Get some yellow headlights while you're at it'. 'Way ahead of you'. I wouldn't swap where I work for much at all right now. The Moog, LightBulbFun, Coprolalia and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobarb Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 This made me smile a few weeks ago. Or at least it did for the first few hundred miles. Then the straight started to wear a little. I’m working in a new place next week. The drive is 1000 miles (well just under) and 13hrs of actual driving each way!!! The Moog, paulplom, dome and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Roobarb said: I’m working in a new place next week. The drive is 1000 miles (well just under) and 13hrs of actual driving each way! If you’re planning on commuting daily, I’ve got some bad news. SteersWithThrottle, BeEP, myglaren and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 7:46 PM, camryv6 said: I was going to ask if you would deliver ? 4,429 mi Distance from Louisiana to United Kingdom If @PhilA finds something old with a V8 to share the container for around £4k I'll half in on the shipping costs? camryv6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Freight not cheaper than that at the moment? Should be with the oil price where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Have you asked @worldofceri? He's reliable and delivered my mazda cheaply enough. camryv6, Tadhg Tiogar, PhilA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobarb Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 For RORO you are looking at $840 for a small car at the moment. Shipping out of the UK is $150 for destination charge and then tax upon landing. I can’t imagine it would be much more going back the other way (US to UK). Don’t ask me how I know as the wife will kill me Skizzer, dome, The Moog and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 What the actual fuck , is that a £25 bottle of iron brew then S2000, twosmoke300, privatewire and 3 others 1 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Let's say, for arguments sake, you drive your scabby Transit into the back of a new A3 in front of a queue of people waiting to get in a shop. Let's say you drive through a red light on the wrong side of the road to get away. Please remember to check your wing mirrors for police riot vans immediately behind you first, otherwise you might find things get quite shouty quite quickly. Stevebrookman, privatewire, Roobarb and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Roobarb said: For RORO you are looking at $840 for a small car at the moment. Shipping out of the UK is $150 for destination charge and then tax upon landing. I can’t imagine it would be much more going back the other way (US to UK). Don’t ask me how I know as the wife will kill me That's not bad. I need to ship a car at some point. It's small (Healey Sprite) but isn't roadworthy but does run and stop and steer. I presume non-runners get charged a pain-in-the-ass fee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I saw this yesterday at Speke. Apparently it's a BAC mono. The guy had the helmet on and trade plates on it. Looked and sounded ace at only 30mph in traffic on a dual carriageway. If you fancy one prices start at £165k. gm, warch and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, Agila said: I saw this yesterday at Speke. Apparently it's a BAC mono. The guy had the helmet on and trade plates on it. Looked and sounded ace at only 30mph in traffic on a dual carriageway. If you fancy one prices start at £165k. BAC have permission to use a runway at Speke airport for testing these, very high quality product Agila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Just had a 110 mile B road blast in the mx5 this afternoon around Northumberland. Blaydon, Prudhoe, Corbridge, Hexham, Chollerford, Rothbury and even Newbiggin. I might have hit 100 at one point which would equate to 5250 on the rev counter if I did. Over 20°c everywhere. One of my favourite drives ever.Here it is waiting for ice cream in Rothbury. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk richardmorris, privatewire, rainagain and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 9 hours ago, dome said: If @PhilA finds something old with a V8 to share the container for around £4k I'll half in on the shipping costs? I am going to end up with a fucking LHD Renault 9 if I am not careful, aren't I ? Skizzer, PhilA, dome and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, angle said: Let's say, for arguments sake, you drive your scabby Transit into the back of a new A3 in front of a queue of people waiting to get in a shop. Let's say you drive through a red light on the wrong side of the road to get away. Please remember to check your wing mirrors for police riot vans immediately behind you first, otherwise you might find things get quite shouty quite quickly. Is this a confession ? paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, paulplom said: Just had a 110 mile B road blast in the mx5 this afternoon around Northumberland. Blaydon, Prudhoe, Corbridge, Hexham, Chollerford, Rothbury and even Newbiggin. I might have hit 100 at one point which would equate to 5250 on the rev counter if I did. Over 20°c everywhere. One of my favourite drives ever. Here it is waiting for ice cream in Rothbury. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk I do miss my one, last I heard it was being discharged from Snagglepusses Hospice for sick and dying vehicles, hopefully still alive ??? paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Wack said: What the actual fuck , is that a £25 bottle of iron brew then Price of Freixenet has gone up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, camryv6 said: Is this a confession ? Afraid not, I was in the queue. Having said that, a few years back my dad took my brother's (Sorn, uninsured) car for a quick pre-MOT test run to the end of the road and back, and managed to u-turn at the roundabout in front of an unmarked traffic car, which was... expensive. Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Princess moved under its own power today for the first time in at least 6 months, so I'm happy. 320touring, Tickman, anonymous user and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Need to deliver a 6' x 2' green house and can't be arsed to dismantle it ? A bit of old decking,my best B+Q blue string and the trusty Toyota and it's job jobbed. paulplom and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Can't spell either.. Coprolalia, paulplom, Tadhg Tiogar and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Visited Morrisons, Elstree last night: paulplom, Ghosty and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 After three years of searching for a set of steels for the Capri at sensible money and not in Antarctica or Siberia, or when I am skint, and after moaning about the rain stopping play on the Capri this morning, I look on Gumtree to see a set 20 miles away for less than half what I have seen a set for in the last few months. 40 minutes later and they are safely in the back of the wife’s 500 (the v70 is SORN at mo). The last piece in the puzzle to get it back original. Vantman, Stevebrookman, paulplom and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 23 minutes ago, Alan_Green said: Visited Morrisons, Elstree last night: Elstree really has gone downhill. Or is this technically Boringwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 My wife's mate has has a transit camper for a couple of years, it's a bit of a lashup from old caravan parts she bought off some bloke. She asked if I could fit her a new leisure battery because the lights don't work inside anymore. Apparently they worked for about a week after she bought it and not at all since. Now I've seen some lashups in my time, but I reckon this is the worst in 20 years of wiring vehicles. The only fuse I can find is wired across the battery terminals, and is of course, blown. Luckily, all this lashup has no way to actually charge - there's no split charger or connection to the engine in any way, the only thing stopping it from being on fire is that the battery has been at 0V for the past few years. So yeah, my weekend is ripping all that lot out and sorting it. Andyrew, Tickman, stonedagain and 6 others 5 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, cobblers said: My wife's mate has has a transit camper for a couple of years, it's a bit of a lashup from old caravan parts she bought off some bloke. She asked if I could fit her a new leisure battery because the lights don't work inside anymore. Apparently they worked for about a week after she bought it and not at all since. Now I've seen some lashups in my time, but I reckon this is the worst in 20 years of wiring vehicles. The only fuse I can find is wired across the battery terminals, and is of course, blown. Luckily, all this lashup has no way to actually charge - there's no split charger or connection to the engine in any way, the only thing stopping it from being on fire is that the battery has been at 0V for the past few years. So how long did you spend sorting it out, or are you still doing it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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