What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

You can report someone for attempting to trade outside eBay.

 

I want to see these £40 spanners.

 

Great! I'm off to report every 'breaking for parts' auction for a wheelnut I can find.

[beko1987]

The gas bloke and his apprentice came round earlier to do the gas safety on the boiler. All good, off he goes. 20 mins later when the heating kicks on the boiler flashes up f1. Amy phones the lettings agent, I turn it off and on, and google it (ignition fault)

 

Just had a knock on the door, "knobhead here didnt turn the gas back on!". He checks the connections and voila, fixed. The young lad was very apologetic, I said not to worry, at least you left it safe with no gas!

[beko1987]

The gas bloke and his apprentice came round earlier to do the gas safety on the boiler. All good, off he goes. 20 mins later when the heating kicks on the boiler flashes up f1. Amy phones the lettings agent, I turn it off and on, and google it (ignition fault)

 

Just had a knock on the door, "knobhead here didnt turn the gas back on!". He checks the connections and voila, fixed. The young lad was very apologetic, I said not to worry, at least you left it safe with no gas!

[bub2006]

Just had a phonecall from a friend. Daz,I may have got you a car. Queue much hilarity when the daft bugger has seen a Honda logo on Gumtree with a months test. He offered 80 quid. I await the outcome of this. Don't hold much hope but can't blame him for trying. Like he said though scrap is on the floors 80 quid in pocket better than not selling and weighing it in

[twosmoke300]

Logos are great little cars - very rare and underrated . The auto is a cvt and suffers with start clutch judder .

[strangeangel]

[twosmoke300]

No , that's a panda with a frock on not a logo

[Mr_Bo11ox]

i like those honda logos

[strangeangel]

No , that's a panda with a frock on not a logo

 

I know what it is. That's my current answer to the question asked in the thread title.

[Cheggers]

I know what it is. That's my current answer to the question asked in the thread title.

A Werthers Original??

[MarvinsMom]

I know what it is. That's my current answer to the question asked in the thread title.

cake?

 

doesn't matter what sort of cake, but its cake, right?

[dave21478]

A couple I know run an association for rescuing abandoned, abused and unwanted horses. Their hearts are in the right place, but their methods leave me rather confused sometimes and they live in abject poverty as a result.

Anyway, their wheels of choice in this venture so far has been the unusual combination of a mkV Escort and a "System Porsche" era Seat Ibiza.

The Ibiza died recently so they made the sensible choice for its replacement given their occupations, of leasing a brand new Clio!

They use it like a farmer uses an old Defender, plowing through fields, up and down lanes and round farm yards - they have fitted huge knobbly remoulds to the front and removed the back seats to make room for hay bales.

 

I would love to be a fly on the wall the day they return it at the end of the lease - I dont think its going to work out quite how they expect.

[spike60]

Good God, they'll be stopping making 8 track tapes next!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34776424

[MarvinsMom]

whats that? 

 

ah the demise of betamax?

 

we had one of those, again when i was little......

[155V6]

A couple I know run an association for rescuing abandoned, abused and unwanted horses. Their hearts are in the right place, but their methods leave me rather confused sometimes and they live in abject poverty as a result.

Anyway, their wheels of choice in this venture so far has been the unusual combination of a mkV Escort and a "System Porsche" era Seat Ibiza.

The Ibiza died recently so they made the sensible choice for its replacement given their occupations, of leasing a brand new Clio!

They use it like a farmer uses an old Defender, plowing through fields, up and down lanes and round farm yards - they have fitted huge knobbly remoulds to the front and removed the back seats to make room for hay bales.

 

I would love to be a fly on the wall the day they return it at the end of the lease - I dont think its going to work out quite how they expect.

A couple like that come into where I work(we sell animal feeds & supplies).At first they had an old Defender pickup with a a hardtop.Then there was an Astra van,that's now disappeared,to be replaced by a MK4 Fiesta,& a V6 Freelander 

[andy18s]

A couple I know run an association for rescuing abandoned, abused and unwanted horses. Their hearts are in the right place, but their methods leave me rather confused sometimes and they live in abject poverty as a result.

Anyway, their wheels of choice in this venture so far has been the unusual combination of a mkV Escort and a "System Porsche" era Seat Ibiza.

The Ibiza died recently so they made the sensible choice for its replacement given their occupations, of leasing a brand new Clio!

They use it like a farmer uses an old Defender, plowing through fields, up and down lanes and round farm yards - they have fitted huge knobbly remoulds to the front and removed the back seats to make room for hay bales.

 

I would love to be a fly on the wall the day they return it at the end of the lease - I dont think its going to work out quite how they expect.

There's a girl on 1 of the Landrover sites who had someone run into her Defender

Went off for repair,insurance company sent out a Corsa as a courtesy car

She had refused it twice,asking for a like for like and explained that it Will be worked on her farm

The pics of it hauling hay,saddles and other dressage kit have been something to behold

And it does seem able to get to the most unlikely places as well...

[D Spares & Tyres]

Just had a phonecall from a friend. Daz,I may have got you a car. Queue much hilarity when the daft bugger has seen a Honda logo on Gumtree with a months test. He offered 80 quid. I await the outcome of this. Don't hold much hope but can't blame him for trying. Like he said though scrap is on the floors 80 quid in pocket better than not selling and weighing it in

I really hope its a Honda 'logo' on a moped.....

[Negative Creep]

Bored at work so were playing the "what was number one the day your were born" game. This was mine. Shit yeah.

 

[vulgalour]

Complaints about the site have reminded me of the brilliance that the past year or two has been.  I mean, truly, epically brilliant stuff.

 

Shiter builds house in boat

Shiter buys Datsun in France and brings it home, practically restores it in a week.

Shiter buys XM for £nearlyfree and doesn't end up having to sell internal organs to keep it going

Shiter finds VDP covered in green, turns out to be not too appalling (ATCNBE)

Roffles.  So many roffles.

Shiter builds Proton pick-up

Another shiter agrees to take on said Proton, but only after he's used the tow vehicle to go drag racing in a storm on a cliff in Scotland first

Maseratis happen

Bentleys and Rolls Royces happen

Shiter in tiny house in Scotland is bullied by Triumphs

Southern Shiter acquires rare Triumph and produces excellent paint with minimal expense

Free pies

Vauxhall attempts dry stone walling

Elderly Austin used as nature intended

Barbara Cartland dog

 

So the list grows.  There's loads I can't bring to mind right now this minute but I've been thrilled at all the stuff that's been happening, the vast majority of it on tiny budgets involving far too many miles and the types of vehicles no sane person would ever bother with.

 

EDITED TO ADD

Terrible Talbots brought back from beyond the brink

FSOs likewise

Beetles

A-framing

Petrol station shots

Ineptitude, children helping*, skinned knuckles and wrong parts, usually all in the same post.

[LC Torana]

I'm still a newbie, but the absolute highlight for me would have to be the epic welding thread by that bloke with the Lada up in the Dales somewhere.

Car seemed to be worth less than the welding wire and scrap tin he was using, but the workmanship was awesome.

 

Oh, and your Princess thread, of course.

[The Moog]

Try explaining an AS roffle to someone not on here.

 

The look on their face when you explain you don't even really want the car but are compelled to buy a ticket is priceless.Also the fact that pretty much every person winning a roffle has followed through no matter what. And there is a member on a small island (and france) who buys tickets, who is disappointed they they dont win.

 

Roffles are the single greatest invention to happen to cars since the Horsey Horseless. Long may the scrap price be low. That is why this place is ace and sums up everything that AS is* 

 

* other amazing reasons exist including Babs Cartlands continued presence 

[fordperv]

When the mrs was buying a lucky dip, i told her she would have more chance of winning a car in a roffle on here and could have an adventure picking it up if she did win, she told me we've got enough shit cars, she will never be a winner with that attitude

[hairnet]

started a new job monday

 

due to lancashire.......hour and half overtime in already

[bub2006]

This place makes me grin overall. Two very kind souls from Birmingham and cannock drove to me,took me to the back of beyond where we met another local shiters. With his jack and Watchful young eyes the kind folk swapped wheels over and towed my car home and left me with transport that even though I can't make use of the thought was there. Fast forward to today. Akin chap from Bewdley has sold me a car amd another very kind chap has drove it to me. No questions, no quibbles just straight up helpful folk. A couple of folk here has very kindly lent me some money which has bought a radiator pack for the stricken barge outside. I hope I can in someway or another help out in return in future. You guys and gals here brighten my spirits with the banter and jokes. Thank you all for being truly outstanding people.

[Pillock]

There's a girl on 1 of the Landrover sites who had someone run into her Defender

Went off for repair,insurance company sent out a Corsa as a courtesy car

She had refused it twice,asking for a like for like and explained that it Will be worked on her farm

The pics of it hauling hay,saddles and other dressage kit have been something to behold

And it does seem able to get to the most unlikely places as well...

Even better, Vauxhall picked it up and ran with the free publicity....

[Lacquer Peel]

Even better, Vauxhall picked it up and ran with the free publicity....

 

[quicksilver]

Maybe Vauxhalls are not so shit after all. In other news, it's a simple thing but with all this hysteria and outrage on social media about Muslims being 'offended' by Remembrance Day, it pleased me greatly to see several of our Muslim students observing the two minute silence this morning.

[gm]

[gm] I'm such a smart arse and I fixed my heater blower for only 99p, aren't I a clever dick ? [\gm]

 

Arsebiscuits ! My super duper mega fix lasted half way to the shops before there was a faint whiff of smoke and the heater stopped running ! Cruel fate, why do you mock me ?

 

A trip to the scrappies tomorrow then

[purplebargeken]

This place makes me grin overall. Two very kind souls from Birmingham and cannock drove to me,took me to the back of beyond where we met another local shiters. With his jack and Watchful young eyes the kind folk swapped wheels over and towed my car home and left me with transport that even though I can't make use of the thought was there. Fast forward to today. Akin chap from Bewdley has sold me a car amd another very kind chap has drove it to me. No questions, no quibbles just straight up helpful folk. A couple of folk here has very kindly lent me some money which has bought a radiator pack for the stricken barge outside. I hope I can in someway or another help out in return in future. You guys and gals here brighten my spirits with the banter and jokes. Thank you all for being truly outstanding people.

 

This place is the Absolute Bollocks and long may it continue, shonky threads or no shonky threads

[gm]

that may have been posted earlier in the wrong section - time for a beer