What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Albert Ross]

Cheers. I'm a thick cunt me. (Cue Terry Fuckwitt jokes) Dunno about the Champ, it came alone last night..............!!

 

Sorry. Yeah, looks like a Champ.

[ashmicro]

Darth Raider!!!

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... acter.html

[mnde]

This story made me LOL

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100723/tuk ... dbed5.html

 

Who thinks we should all liberate some chod off Ebay and go and fill all free parking spaces in this village and leave something choice with mismatched panels next to their sign

 

 

Mark

[Tayne]

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[Des]

And here's where to park all silver German cars.

[Tayne]

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[Cavcraft]

Not brilliant but you can always make your own...

 

http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/logo- ... 98e06.html

[chaseracer]

Not brilliant but you can always make your own...

 

http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/logo- ... 98e06.html

Kwalitee

[Spottedlaurel]

Yesterday.

 

Woke up too early, left home before 4.30am in the Camry heading for Malvern to pick up the big batch of nearly 600 magazines I won on eBay. Midlands holiday rush down to the SW and Wales appears to be starting, but not bad at 7am.

 

Get down there too early, so have a wander around a car boot sale and pick up a few cheapo diecasts. Meet friendly, helpful seller who lives in a nice place (though this seems to apply to much of Malvern) and we bundle and load up the magazines. They all fit in easily.

 

See a billion Triumphs of varying sorts, as it's their big do down at the Three Counties Showground. Drive back across country, seeing a fantasic old garage and getting photos of a few other good spots. Awful traffic heading SW on the A46, but I'm going the other way at 60-70

 

Get to Billing, sadly a rather small amount of Toyotas and one or two others but enjoy having a chat with people. Drive back on one of my favourite roads via Kimbolton to St Neots listening to jazz programmes on Radio 3, home by 6.15pm having driven some 360 miles in total. The Camry was fantastic, though admittedly a bit less sprightly with all the magazines on board.

 

I now have the fun of going through them all, should keep me amused for a while...

[seth]

Sounds like an excellent day SL.

 

seeing a fantasic old garage

The one in Upton upon Severn with the big old haulage trucks by any chance?

[Spottedlaurel]

It was a truly great day.

 

That's the place. It vaguely rang a bell when I saw it, found a few photos taken by the HGV enthusiasts on Flickr. Had to take a shot or two of my own of course...

[Guest]

Weezer.

[RedSparrow]

I am in Prague at the moment on work - but I have to go home tomorrow.

 

Earlier in the city centre I saw someone fall off one of those Segway things

Clearly a ponce for using one and therefore I didn't feel so bad about laughing!

[Guest]

Weezer.

 

Also, Interstella 5555. It's the anime film that was produced off the back of Daft Punk's Discovery. Each track on the album corresponds to an event in the plot. So it's more or less an hour long music video, and it's WELL GOOD. According to the French, all our talented musicians are aliens in disguise reconfigured in humanoid form by an evil overlord who got his inspiration from a meteor that crashed on earth in the 1500s and killed his family. Or something.

 

 

I like the anime, me. I have lots of Mizayaki and quite a few fansubbed series (inevitably this includes Initial D - I have the Extra Stages and everything).

[barrett]

Sitting in Dutch_Grrl's garden yesterday evening sipping a coffee, a Spitfire did a VERY low flyover almost dircetly above me.... sounded absolutely wonderful! I'm not a 'plane enthusiast my any stretch but there is something very stirring about a 70 year old piece of engineering like that still ticking over perfectly... and they really are fabulous looking things.

 

On my way home this afternoon, I saw a mint bright orange MK1 Escort Mexico (or lookylikey). Not quite as impressive, but still nice to see one actually being driven and not parked up in a heated garage somewhere.

[brammy777]

Went to Newbury classic car show today, not a big event but the selection was brilliant, seven Allegros were present! And I got in for free as the people usually at the gate werent there....

And on the subject of planes, I saw a B52 overhead earlier. Im not actually sure if it was really one, but it had six engines so I presume it must be?

[peter9000uk]

No 1 son passing his driving test last Wed. Spent most of yesterday driving round looking at various immaculate (read shit) cars that he can get insured in. Got home for a much needed cuppa and phone rings, it is a trader mate of mine who says he's just taken a 1 family owned 1.4 Polo in with 65k on the clock. Whizz over to his garage, car is very tidy with just the odd mark here and there. 4 x new tyres, new exhaust and tax till next June! £700 later and son is off and mobile at last. Got fully comp insurance for £1167 as well.

 

Spent today giving it a service and fitting CD/Ipod unit and haven't seen him since!

[Cavcraft]

Nice one Peter, bet he's out driving round right now with a massive grin on his face!

[pogweasel]

Or upside-down in a ditch.

 

Oh no, that was just me...

[Guest]

Or upside-down in a ditch.

 

Oh no, that was just me...

Shhhhhhh!

[Cavcraft]

Neighbour and I arsed about with my Chinese scooter again today and got the bastard running properly.

Happy days, it even pulls over 30mph with my fat self on it.

 

Some Freecycle scored VW G*lf roofbars were offered up to the Passat and they fitted, so there's a few quid saved.

[Guest]

Neighbour and I arsed about with my Chinese scooter again today and got the bastard running properly.

Happy days, it even pulls over 30mph with my fat self on it.

 

Some Freecycle scored VW G*lf roofbars were offered up to the Passat and they fitted, so there's a few quid saved.

ANOTHER AUTOSHITE TOP TIP

 

Here's another: 'Pack' Ford Capri Mk2 bars fit on VW Polo Breadvans. Flapeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[dollywobbler]

The 2CV's running again after a change of ignition module thingy. Looks like the last one got proper hot due to a combination of the heat sink coming loose, driving through Geneva town centre in 32 degree heat and then climbing several mountains in similar conditions. The module thingy is a points-assisted set up built by a mate of mine so we had a pleasant afternoon's tinkering together. We also faffed about with my new CX so it now has a switch operated cooling fan, but it's now running pretty badly so we'll call that an even draw.

[scaryoldcortina]

I got "This is Spinal Tap" on DVD the other day, not seen it in ages so I watched it twice. Then I got the mandolin out and did this.

[AXrescuer]

My first drive in my Astra Mk3 since I fitted a leather interior into it. The heated front seat made my bad back feel most loved!

[seth]

Top Gear.

 

That was an awesome show that just finished.

[155V6]

Agreed

[Pillock]

Arrived at Santa Pod on Thursday, just after lunch. I've just got back. Awesome - massive variety of drag racing, plus great people and great weather. I've taken 400 photos!

[ashmicro]

Top Gear.

 

That was an awesome show that just finished.

 

+1

 

 

Scaryoldcortina=legend. That is all.

[CreepingJesus]

 

 

Scaryoldcortina=legend. That is all.

Agreed. I feel an Autoshite band coming on... The Austin Rovers perhaps? Or maybe Arthur's Nice Little Midnight Runners? I'll get me bass out...