What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[fordperv]

Mrs fordperv has just text me asking about porsches and whether one would go on the car rotisserie she has bought, she's pretty keen on an "old gold porsche" that's in a garden by her nans but she reckons it needs a weldathon, i bloody love this woman she's as batshit crazy as me

[Dippy]

Mrs fordperv has just text me asking about porsches and whether one would go on the car rotisserie she has bought, she's pretty keen on an "old gold porsche" that's in a garden by her nans but she reckons it needs a weldathon, i bloody love this woman she's as batshit crazy as me

That sounds like a proper woman with her own car rotisserie defi a keeper.

[richardmorris]

Wasn't there an add in private eye once along the lines of.....

 

Middle aged man seeks woman for fun weekends. Must like old cars and have garage and tools. Please send photo of tools.

[darkfour]

Gas is now under $2/gallon     

[michael1703]

Trike project

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/trike-project-/272050376972?hash=item3f5777510c:g:m4sAAOSw3ydVjTtP

 

Never seen the front of a car at the rear of one

[greengartside]

Went and got the Zetec-S washed at the weekend, £6 well spent with the Eastern European gang in the next town to mine.

 

 

Am currently amassing a load of cleaning products for her, and some Dinitrol for the underneath too. I really want to take it to some shows next year and show her off, and above all, meet some new people and cars!

 

After a little searching on the internets, I found the 'sister' car to mine.

 

 

I is happy.

[xtriple]

Having polished half of my roof, it made me grin to see the difference from one side to the other in the rain.

[cort16]

I've just done a christmas bing and ordered everything I need for Christmas presents I can't buy from idle from Amazon. Given they can make it out the warehouse in fife I'm sorted. Time to sit back and look smug (until it's the 24th and they've not turned up).

 

[mouseflakes]

I think long enough has passed now, but just in case...

 

***WARNING SPOILERS***

 

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, DON'T CLICK!

 

EDIT (by popular* demand): IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOST RECENT EPISODE OF 'DETECTORISTS' YET, DON'T CLICK!

 

[M'coli]

Seen what?

[320touring]

Seen what?

that

[fordperv]

I had a knock at the door earlier and there was a courier stood there with my free 32" LG TV that I was sure I wouldn't receive, that saved me a few quid as I was going to replace the TV in my bedroom

 

To top it all off I popped out and saw a mazda mx6, it was lovely I forgot what a handsome car these were

 

I hope my day hasn't climaxed

[cort16]

I was rummaging around on my works PC and stumbled across pictures of my old xr4i. I thought I'd lost all the pictures of it so it's good to see it again. Why the fuck did I ever sell this??

 

DSCN0840 by cort16, on Flickr

 

DSCN0844 by cort16, on Flickr

 

DSCN0846 by cort16, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN0845 by cort16, on Flickr

[MarvinsMom]

its even got a "cool" poop type number plates...

 

these are ace though, when young and (very) stupid i managed to spin one though 180 degrees, turning left from lobster road onto majuba road in town i thought that it would be a really great* idea to jamb it into 3rd and hoof it.

 

fortunately there wasn't anything coming the other way, just as well as the car wasn't mine, had no tax on it etc...

 

there were a couple of thick black lines on that road for ages afterwards.

 

stupid boy girl......

[cort16]

A-POO is a good plate. I got a set of pepper pots for it, gave the trim the back to black treatment and got new decals for it after this so it was driving and looking great. Just one of these things with cars you're always looking at the next one. I sold it and bought an e34 535i sport, which I really wanted but found a bit average. I think 

[cort16]

Top shite. Looks as though every panel was off a different car.

 

Ben

 

Do you think? It was actually incredibly straight and original. It hadn't had (and didn't need) any welding.

[fordperv]

A POO what a great number plate, i do like a nice 4i, it upsets me that a lot of these shells have had the rear split side windows cut out so people could make Cozzy replicas out of them

[Louise2cv]

New tumble dryer.

 

Naturally this is considered exciting now I'm a mother in my 30s.

 

The best bit though is that it was free!!!!

 

Our perfectly functioning but ever so slightly rusty old one was one of the models that was recalled last month for a fire risk. Initially they said an engineer would come and modify our machine but the next phone call was to arrange delivery of a new one!

[MarvinsMom]

now that is a result!

 

i thought that i had done well scoring the one i'm using, as it was free.

 

it is many years old, but if and when it dies i will need to buy its replacement, with cash/monies!!

[eddyramrod]

...And I was just about to post about the arrival this afternoon of my new telly and dryer, both of which I've had to pay for.  The telly is lovely, gorgeous picture in comparison to the old one.

[cort16]

I think that's pretty normal. 

[cort1977]

OO is an Essex registration isn't it?   used to see POO cars quite a lot as a child, nothing funnier to an 8 year old.

[cort16]

I did hear that the POO's had something to do with the press fleet but I can't see why you'd put the word poo onto your press fleet cars.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I had a knock at the door earlier and there was a courier stood there with my free 32" LG TV that I was sure I wouldn't receive, that saved me a few quid as I was going to replace the TV in my bedroom

 

To top it all off I popped out and saw a mazda mx6, it was lovely I forgot what a handsome car these were

 

I hope my day hasn't climaxed

i got my galaxy tab on monday- i only claimed the damned thing on sat/sun!!?!

[junkyarddog]

 used to see POO cars quite a lot as a child, nothing funnier to an 8 year old.

There are those quite a bit older that would still find that funny now

[fordperv]

BenHar I think what your picking up on mostly is the xr4i is missing it's grille seal, it looks like the top corner of drivers side of the grille was pushed up too far when it was screwed back on when it had been refitted causing the front to look twisted, if you look at the leading edge of the bonnet they line up with the edges of the wings fine, it does look as if the mushroom the bonnet sits on, on the drivers side could have done with a twist raising it a gnats cock to make it spot on, the rest looks as ford intended, don't let the shut line of the door at the cladding throw you it's a trick of the eye

[AlabamaShrimp]

There's sod all wrong with that XR apart from its been sorn for the last 7 years

[trigger]

^ Which site is that?

[Lacquer Peel]

Total Car Check.

[fordperv]

There's sod all wrong with that XR apart from its been sorn for the last 7 years Screenshot_2015-12-10-00-15-15.png

I agree it looks lovely

 

as long as it's being sorned means it's not bean tins