What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/204604/morris-ital-van

 

It's just amazing.  Such delights as mystery plastic bag arch liners.

 

Unique paint.

 

Invisible* floor repairs.

 

Archeology.

 

More rust than a purple ADO16

 

Excellent quotes.

"honstly, it looks like they used a bonfire to underseal it"

[PhilA]

After this morning's computers/electronics rant where everything that could go wrong went wrong, I now have a working PC again (12h later), am printing off the user manual for my logic analyzer (dated 1985) and had a minor epiphany.

 

Flung the board I'm working on into the freezer for five minutes.

 

Thar be brain waves.

 

It's alive! A screen full of crap, but I'll buy that for "alive".

 

Moral of this? If your shite don't wanna start in the hot weather because the ECU* is getting dementia, stick your ECU in the freezer for ten minutes then try start it up. Instant win.

 

--Phil

 

 

 

*NB this junk predates Herr JM's 1987 cut off date by a decade...

[dave21478]

Fitted a new dash cam to Mrs_Pillock's car. Got a dual one, Aukey DR02D which has decent reviews.

 

Now I'm no stranger to plugging things in so it seemed a doddle - as well as running the power MiniUSB lead there's a weird 10-pin looks-like-MiniUSB plug too for the rear camera. Tuck cables under trim and sorted.

 

Plugged them both in, went to position the camera on the screen (with the cables in to make sure there's enough clearance) and the rear camera lead just fell out. Take the camera back down and the connector has just torn off the board and fallen inside. WANK.

 

Grin?

 

Swerved Amazon's returns policy and went to the Aukey website. Fill out a form that includes the Amazon order number. Emailed back an hour later asking for a photo of the fault. Sent photo. Emailed back and said they'll send a new one out.

 

That's pretty good customer service. I'm damn sure there was a fault, but equally that issue could have been down to me ragging the connectors around like a neanderthal so it was nice they took my side.

 

I would guess it was faulty before you started  - I have the same camera in the pickup and am pretty pleased with it. I did a lot of fannying with mine, getting the positions right so was tugging the cables about a lot and had no issues at all. I bought it on the recommendation of Techmoan on the youtubes. So far its proven to be much more reliable than the G1Wc it replaced. The only gripe is its boot-up time is pretty long and as the pickup is old-skool diesel it needs glowplugs every start, so it powers up with the ignition and when I start the truck it cuts out then has to power up again. Sometimes it doesnt like this and although switched on, isnt recording.

[gm]

I'm idly browsing gummers for a new driveway ornament and came across this mr2 for sale - of the five photos on the advert, look at the state of these

 

 

 

 

saving the best 'til last

 

 

there is one normal photo, the car is pretty cheap and local, I may go for a look

 

 

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/toyota-mr2-1.8-roadster-quick-sale-no-swap-px-offers-cheap-sport-fast-bargain/1304360844

[Kiltox]

Weapons grade stroker I reckon

[dozeydustman]

Forgot to post this yesterday. Drove out of the depot and stuck at some roadworks behind this little gem.

 

 

(sorry for sideways because using Apple technology*)

 

I also noticed while in Midhurst the fire station there is still either a Dennis RS/SS series or Shelvoke & Drewry SPV fire appliance. Had the front of the cab facing away from me but the cabs were virtually indistinguishable from the side.

[meggersdog]

I was sat in a field, at the side of my car, in south Lincolnshire on Sunday.There were many more people, cars and bikes in this field as it was a nice day. Yes I was at Baston car and bike show. Had a lot of nice comments about the old Mercedes and the fact it gets used every week,which was nice.Got chatting to the guy behind me.He has a Toyota Celica gt4 with a massive boot spoiler. Only does about 100 miles a year and had just recommissioned it for the show.He's just spent more on four new brake calipers than I spent on my entire car.

[Pillock]

I would guess it was faulty before you started - I have the same camera in the pickup and am pretty pleased with it. I did a lot of fannying with mine, getting the positions right so was tugging the cables about a lot and had no issues at all. I bought it on the recommendation of Techmoan on the youtubes. So far its proven to be much more reliable than the G1Wc it replaced. The only gripe is its boot-up time is pretty long and as the pickup is old-skool diesel it needs glowplugs every start, so it powers up with the ignition and when I start the truck it cuts out then has to power up again. Sometimes it doesnt like this and although switched on, isnt recording.

Also bought it from a Techmoan video and yeah, decades of fixing electronics I thought I knew the shear force of a USB plug. It is quite a thick cable on that rear camera though as it does two way data and power.

 

Hoping they send a whole new boxed one as I'll have a go at repairing it, failing that use it as a front only camera as it's slightly better quality than my Transcend.

[dave21478]

And I thought my day was ratshit until I saw this lunatic at the side of the road beating the speed camera with his jack handle.

 

Cant really see it in the video, but he was really swinging at it.

 

[Guest Hooli]

Haha took until I remembered your scameras are just plan grey boxes for that to make sense.

[wuvvum]

On the way home from work today I passed a proper tidy looking dark blue Ital van.  A reg, on a Norwich plate.  Unfortunately didn't have my camera out at the time and traffic precluded a hurried U-turn to chase after it.

[320touring]

Just moved this from the hall into the front room.

 

We like spiders in this house ( the burd calls them Steven) but I reckon this was a Stephen, based on size.

 

 

And no, I ain't afflicted with Trump/Beadle hauns

[vulgalour]

That's a healthy house spider.

 

Puffer fish reminds me of a grin I forgot to post.  I got a multi-adaptor thingy recently on a bit of a whim and it looks just like a (somewhat frowny) little puffer fish with its big power socket eyes and tiny USB mouth.

 

[Bucketeer]

^^^^ Put that on top of a coat stand and you have your own 'Johnny 5 is alive'.

[320touring]

Red sauce? Waste of a good roll;)

[pompei]

Black pudding? Marvellous!

[kinkersaab]

That could only be bettered with the addition of  a runny fried egg. Red sauce must be Heinz.

[OwdChina]

I'm in Market Drayton at the moment and in the last couple of days in town I've seen:

 

Wolseley 1500. In light green........immaculate

Marina coupe TC....yellow.........VGC

Mini Cooper......Red........immaculate

Ford cortina mk3.......metallic light green .....L reg.......VGC

 

Do all shiters live in Market Drayton. ?

[dozeydustman]

That's a healthy house spider.

 

Puffer fish reminds me of a grin I forgot to post.  I got a multi-adaptor thingy recently on a bit of a whim and it looks just like a (somewhat frowny) little puffer fish with its big power socket eyes and tiny USB mouth.

 

 

 

FTFY

[Pillock]

Aukey have sent a fully boxed new dashcam less than 48 hours after reporting fault, arrived this morning in an Amazon box through Royal Mail, weirdly.

 

I'll get my soldering iron out and try and fix the other one

[meshking]

Went out to a restaurant last night with work colleagues after taking part in the corporate challenge in Battersea Park. Grin was the waitress had a massive tattoo on her back of a car and a girl. We asked as we were leabimgy what car it was. An Opel Agila. She had another 12 hours to go to get it completed.

 

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[andy18s]

Wonder uf she asked for an Omega and they miss-heard her.......

[Amishtat]

Not a great picture but the best I could get. Somebody got caught..

[Doctormop]

 

 

 

My early birthday presents arrived today

Tonight I’ll be mostly climbing out of my car through the front window and ensuring that Boss Hogg doesn’t forclose on the family farm.

[Tamworthbay]

The cost of a poncy twat in a yellow shirt? Millions, The refs response to Neymar diving, priceless.

 

I have always loved watching Brazil but want them to go due to this cheating git, looking likely too.

[myglaren]

A workmate told me about this today, it's in Consett, County Durham.

 

[myglaren]

[Pillock]

Aukey have sent a fully boxed new dashcam less than 48 hours after reporting fault, arrived this morning in an Amazon box through Royal Mail, weirdly.

 

I'll get my soldering iron out and try and fix the other one

Hmmmm, old one is proper fubar. Torn all the tracks off the board. I might get my magnifying glass out and see if I can make head or tail of it.

[beko1987]

I presume there's a football on? The kebab van is dead! Ace

[320touring]

As seen in the news 24 thread, the Oxford is covering for the 172..

 

I posted up as such on the Clio Facebook group, and got a helluva surprise!