What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[robinmasters]

I have never bought a car on whim. Every one I've ever bought has been a panic purchase because the last one's borked.

 

Until now.

[anonymous user]

I have never bought a car on whim. Every one I've ever bought has been a panic purchase because the last one's borked.

 

Until now.

Please tell us you have bought that D back Wraith from the tat thread

[HillmanImp]

I cycled to work today, second time in a week which is a victory as I haven't done that since last year (36 mile round trip). Now I've just had jersey royals, broccoli and proper butchers shop sausages for tea and next I'm going to bed. Flippin brilliant!

If you recorded the journey on runkeeper and took a photo of the food you should post it on Facebook. Its needs more of that sort of thing.

[strangeangel]

I have never bought a car on whim. Every one I've ever bought has been a panic purchase because the last one's borked.

 

Until now.

 

I never did this ever before I got here. Now I've done it twice.

[strangeangel]

I know some of you would put this in the 'grumpy' thread, but I've started looking upon the desperately unimaginative and retarded responses to my Gumtree ads as free entertainment...

 

[320touring]

Had great fun extolling the virtues of large engines in small bmws last night, my Brother and I took the e30 335i and e30 328i to scotoshite..

 

new venue was ace, and it seems all scotoshiters are closet 6cylinder fans:)

[oldcars]

Seached on ebay for autoshite instead of autosmart! New 3 series BM's came up. As the young folk would say LOL 

[strangeangel]

And now, via eBay, this clueless twat. He has 0 feedback, and his username suggests he's from Castleford**. There's a good 7 days left on this auction...

 

 

The ad clearly says they're off a Picasso, so 1. Stupid Question and 2. TXT SPK YO get him blocked. Undeterred our hero tries again:

 

 

And today I got this:

 

 

Obviously now I'm worried* that he might spontaneously combust if he can't buy them tomorrow for 40. If he comes back again while I'm at the Northern Powerhouse do I shall be sure to let you know  

 

 

 

**My apologies, dear reader, if you're from Cas and not married to a blood relative or a farm animal.

[Bren]

And now, via eBay, this clueless twat. He has 0 feedback, and his username suggests he's from Castleford**. There's a good 7 days left on this auction...

 

 

The ad clearly says they're off a Picasso, so 1. Stupid Question and 2. TXT SPK YO get him blocked. Undeterred our hero tries again:

 

 

And today I got this:

 

 

Obviously now I'm worried* that he might spontaneously combust if he can't buy them tomorrow for 40. If he comes back again while I'm at the Northern Powerhouse do I shall be sure to let you know  

 

 

Almost certainly from Cas Vegas. Or Ponte Carlo.

 

 

**My apologies, dear reader, if you're from Cas and not married to a blood relative or a farm animal.

[Bren]

Almost certainly from Cas Vegas. Or Ponte Carlo.

[Richard]

Had great fun extolling the virtues of large engines in small bmws last night, my Brother and I took the e30 335i and e30 328i to scotoshite..

 

new venue was ace, and it seems all scotoshiters are closet 6cylinder fans:)

 

Six is one too many.

[chaseracer]

There is a very large East Lancs-bodied Dennis Trident half-filling the bus stop over the road from Chaseracer Towers, and the Blingo has gone missing.

 

Yes folks, FPB7 has called!

 

[DVee8]

Off to the land of Volvo tomorrow.

 

Edinburgh airport,12.30 flight to Lanzarote. A week of sun.

[Cavcraft]

And now, via eBay, this clueless twat. He has 0 feedback, and his username suggests he's from Castleford**. There's a good 7 days left on this auction...

 

 

The ad clearly says they're off a Picasso, so 1. Stupid Question and 2. TXT SPK YO get him blocked. Undeterred our hero tries again:

 

 

And today I got this:

 

 

Obviously now I'm worried* that he might spontaneously combust if he can't buy them tomorrow for 40. If he comes back again while I'm at the Northern Powerhouse do I shall be sure to let you know  

 

 

 

**My apologies, dear reader, if you're from Cas and not married to a blood relative or a farm animal.

 

 

Social media is the best for that.

 

Something advertised for £200 gets some knobwarbler offering £120, which gets knocked back then someone else offers £100. because, like obviously, if you turn down £120 you're bound to take £100. 

 

 

I'm happy as holiday is forthcoming and I've yet again fallen out with some incredibly petty dickhead at work, who's now not talking to me!

[320touring]

Six is one too many.

Bring it along on Sun and we'll see;)

[Tickman]

Had great fun extolling the virtues of large engines in small bmws last night, my Brother and I took the e30 335i and e30 328i to scotoshite..

 

new venue was ace, and it seems all scotoshiters are closet 6cylinder fans:)

John's two door is lovely and sounds mental, however Neil's estate is just 'shabby' enough to be perfect as long as no rotor arms need looked at!

 

Photo required for the rotor arm bit!

 

Food was ace and the mini stocks entertainment would have been better with a bit more light.

[Dippy]

Bought an nos radiomobile radio and when it arrived it was still in all its 60s packaging with manual and warranty card.

Also the box was a full kit with speaker and all brackets to retrofit under dash and a genuine smiths aerial.

 

What a result

[privatewire]

Airbag warning light has been flashing a code and then staying on in the X type for the last few weeks. A bit of googling revealed that the code related to the passenger's side airbag and suggested checking the connections under the seat, so I did, made sure everything was good and tight, and it only bloody worked!

[Cavcraft]

The sun is out, the weekend is nearly here and I found my The Smiths CD this morning. Put it into the van CD player, cranked it up to the max and just as I started singing my heart out to 'Hand in Glove' the spanner light came back on on the dash.

As drives to work go it doesn't get much better.

[Jazoli]

Interestingly named guest arriving today

 

 

[ShiteRider]

Facebook oddly. Don't use it myself but a mate put the cortinas of slow sellage on 'unloved retro cars'.

Blue saloon sold pending collection, two different guys want the estate (one coming tonight, one tomorrow if the first guy knocks it).

All gone cheap, but worth it to avoid evilbay.

[dollywobbler]

Just had a Hercules fly over with a yellow. Tail. Wasn't there a discussion on here about it recently? Couldn't find it. It was almost as low as my window. Not quite enough with the camera!

[HillmanImp]

Just insured the MR2.

 

Cost a WHOPPING Â£55.

 

To be fair, I have added it onto a policy thats already running but even prorated over the year its only £66.

 

Result.

[Spottedlaurel]

Looking forward to getting home tonight and sorting the Lexus for trackday antics at Marham tomorrow, in the company of Wuvvum and Baz. Just had a couple of fresh part-worn tyres fitted to my 18's which I need to collect and put back on later, and the garage gave it a precautionary brake fluid change earlier in the week (feels much better as a result).

 

Lexus LS400 - 18" wheels vs. standard 16" by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

It's currently sitting on the driveway looking a bit OMGDRIFTNOTAE86 with odd wheels.

 

I was going to go back to the standard 16's, but it seems the local part-worn place I went to have loads of the 18's in exactly the size I want, so I might keep going with them until the country roads have rendered the wheels utterly useless. And it looks better on the 18's.....

[cort16]

One of the guys at work turned up in his new car today. A find a lot of new cars a bit samey but I'd happily sell all my old shite heaps and probably a kidney to get one of these. I'd go for a fastback though. 

 

[cort16]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it in the 2020 Olympics but using Peugeot 308's.

 

[320touring]

John's two door is lovely and sounds mental, however Neil's estate is just 'shabby' enough to be perfect as long as no rotor arms need looked at!

 

Photo required for the rotor arm bit!

 

Food was ace and the mini stocks entertainment would have been better with a bit more light.

Its not mine- my bro and I have 50/50 ownership:)

 

but aye, its snug enough in the bay..

[320touring]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it in the 2020 Olympics but using Peugeot 308's.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XMNeqmRvg

Filmed in Malham?

[Tickman]

Its not mine- my bro and I have 50/50 ownership:)

 

but aye, its snug enough in the bay..

So John owns a large share of BMW win then.

'Snug' is the understatement of the year though!

[fordperv]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it at shitefest but using Peugeot 308's.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XMNeqmRvg

Fixed that