What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Stanky]

My wife has just filled in the marriage allowance form as she earns less than the tax-free threshold and I earn more than it, allowing her to 'gift' £1100 of tax free allowance to me.

 

The result is a cheque for £212 coming our way from G Osborne esq to cover FY14/15 and ~£20 a month less tax for me this year, putting £220 a year into our disposable income - or half of a decent holiday!

 

if anyone else is interested, have a look at:

 

https://www.gov.uk/marriage-allowance

 

I'm given to understand its pretty easy as long as you have a few documents to hand - certainly took her no more than 20 minutes to complete with both of our P60s to hand.

 

[xtriple]

Specialist cars have that beautiful Brooklands 'R' for sale at £29500 (it is a stunner and makes me feel sick every time I see it!) it's an 'S' reg but the same year as mine. Next to it, also for sale is an 04 Continental GT (also very nice order) and it's only (sic) £29000.

 

That makes me grin, I admit I am perverse but the newer car being cheaper just 'tickles' me!

[fordperv]

Been out and about pissing about in my work van, saw this beauty for sale on a car sales

 

 

It was nice but not £9999 nice

[vulgalour]

I drove the Rover home for it is now fixed, garage 2 came good.  They did have to call someone else in to do the job as their kit isn't old enough to serve the Rover but I have learned it's the same system as fitted to very early Freelanders.  Final price was considerably more than I would have liked to pay and my very first experience of booking a car into a garage is not one I've particularly enjoyed.  I'm just glad to have it done and be able to drive it again, startlingly different thing to be piloting after being in the Corsa for the past few weeks.

[Tamworthbay]

Got a years insurance for £54

[anonymous user]

That wasn't a like for paying more than you would have liked, but a like for getting it going and not scrapping it

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Today, I've grinned at every News Bulletin on the Radio.

 

Every report about the Mars robot thing that Major Tim is driving* from space, refers to it as " the rover" of course I hear it as the Rover.

But then, when I was a kid I genuinely thought the Lunar Rover was made by BL.

[dave21478]

Today, I've grinned at every News Bulletin on the Radio.

 

Every report about the Mars robot thing that Major Tim is driving* from space, refers to it as " the rover" of course I hear it as the Rover.

But then, when I was a kid I genuinely thought the Lunar Rover was made by BL.

 

Metal wheels gets a "puncture" - Aye, that looks like BL build quality to me......

[mouseflakes]

Just heard Mike Brewer say this....

 

https://youtu.be/sD-KASrDGZQ?t=7m20s

 

He what? Nice use of 'mix and match' sayings there Mike. Made me chuckle.

[wuvvum]

I was listening to Classic FM on the wireless on the way into work this morning, when suddenly an advert came on promoting Shitefest!  Having almost swerved off the road in my hurry to turn the volume up, it then became apparent that they were actually advertising Tchaik-fest, a festival dedicated to Tchaikovsky.  Through the tinny speakers in the Transit it sounded exactly like "Shitefest".

[Tamworthbay]

Serviced a mates car today, I retuned every FM station to Raj FM and all the AM ones to random French station. Hope he likes Bangra.........Childish but funny.

[Richard]

I was listening to Classic FM on the wireless on the way into work this morning, when suddenly an advert came on promoting Shitefest!  Having almost swerved off the road in my hurry to turn the volume up, it then became apparent that they were actually advertising Tchaik-fest, a festival dedicated to Tchaikovsky.  Through the tinny speakers in the Transit it sounded exactly like "Shitefest".

 

You are a character in a Viz strip AICMFP. Bah, it was that kind of Tchaik-fest.

[xtriple]

Just changed a load of relays in the dollop. It won't make a blind bit of difference but they look pretty Also, just fitted me 'new' (secondhand at £110!) aerial. Obviously since the car was designed in the 70s and finished in 98 there was the odd change and revision. I love the way that all these changes and revisions are held on with aluminium sheet cut and bent to make brackets and then copious use of plywood everywhere. All genuine stuff, part numbers and everything!

[DeeJay]

Metal wheels gets a "puncture" - Aye, that looks like BL build quality to me......

 

 

That's alright, it's done 75 million miles.

[chaseracer]

I love the way that all these changes and revisions are held on with aluminium sheet cut and bent to make brackets and then copious use of plywood everywhere.

 

Never forget that the shell was nailed together at Cowley... 

[Captain Furious]

I have been after a pair of downpipes for weeks now, the original downpipes have 'pre-cats' in them and are long obsolete, so some enterprising previous owner has cut them open, hollowed them out and welded them back up - great, solves the blocked cat issue, except it makes it sound like a bag of SHIT

 

Couldn't find anywhere that listed after market replacements, no part numbers, nothing on eBay, tried owners clubs, breakers, FB pages etc etc. Then I stumbled upon a website that listed the main cats with a "for illustration purposes" picture that *sort of* implied they included front pipes. They were way to cheap to include the downpipes as well but he who doth not ask doth not get

 

So I emailed and almost immediately they came back and said yes they are included and they are available for dispatch TODAY! So, still somewhat sceptical because A) they were too cheap and it sounded like they were just telling me what I wanted to hear, I ordered them

 

Today, arrives this

 

 

Honestly, I pity owners of normal cars, because none of them have ever been this excited about a crummy standard exhaust before.

[richardthestag]

So if a VW adorned with tat has been pineappled

 

What is it when a Bini looks like this?

 

 

 

Seriously like what the actual fuck

[Tamworthbay]

So if a VW adorned with tat has been pineappled

 

What is it when a Bini looks like this?

 

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20160423_144331.jpg

 

Seriously like what the actual fuck

spend a stupid amount of money on a car that is enormous outside and tiny inside and then find you can't fit jack shit in it.

[fordperv]

Just been making mrs fp a drink when I heard her very loudly say "no fucking way" came into the lounge and she had this paused

 

 

What a woman

[cort1977]

What a great bird!

[fordperv]

The penguin or mrs fp?

[Pillock]

Hahahaha I clocked the same half second of Sierra action.

 

Plus if I was trying to come up with the stupidest, most Alan Partidge idea for a TV show, I'd still struggle to think up Penguin A&E with Lorraine Kelly.

 

Anyway, my grin for the day is I got to drive a golden, floaty slug.

[Inspector Morose]

And I got a free laptop! Fair exchange. Ubuntu loaded, RAM upgraded and all is now alright in my world. (Hunting for my next tech fix....)

 

EYETHANGU Monsignor Pillock.

[andrew e]

A continental HGV destroyed this for me in 2008 on the M25 when it was a whisker past its first MOT.

 

 

The out of the blue it turns up in 2016 with new chod loving owner!

 

 

Made my day!

[320touring]

Happytimez as Sporty-shite turned up on time, collected Alfa and was last seen heading towards McDonalds..

 

top shiterest- Cheers Chris!

[vulgalour]

@richardthestag:  That looks like it might be one of those wheelchair-on-the-roof automated box things which could go some way toward explaining the rest.

[xtriple]

Never forget that the shell was nailed together at Cowley... 

Yea Gods! Thanks mate, you have ruined the car for me forever! No wonder I am fighting rust in the rear wheel arch (now despatched via angle grinder/welder).... I knew it was made by pressed steel but didn't realise that was at Cowley. I've got to take the door apart soon, I'll probably find a copy of the Red Star, a few half smoked Woodbines a dessicated mouse and a load of scrawled words that roughly translate as 'Capitalist bastard!' and a picture of some blokes cock....

[Eddie Honda]

A continental HGV destroyed this for me in 2008 on the M25 when it was a whisker past its first MOT.

Did you ever get any money out of the bollocks?

[cort16]

I was googling Alfas as you do at 6.30 am on a Saturday and came across this!

 

 

 

 

it's essentially a 164 bodied F1 car

 

http://www.automobiliac.com/automobiliac/2011/4/20/alfa-164-procar-wildest-sedan-in-history.html

[M'coli]

The V10 procar, I believe - shame it never took off.