What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[I_am_Diesel]

As it's a nice afternoon I have just been out for a drive in the Golf. A yoof with his cap on backwards in a slammed Polo with wicked rimz  waved at me as if I was a kindred spirit, knob!. On the way home I was followed by a nice E reg Mk2 Scirocco., I gave him a wave and got an appreciative wave in return.

[Dippy]

Had a leak start in the boot of the 2300s I thought this is the end of a nice dry car but after investigating it was just coming through a loose trim clip so easily sorted.

[purplebargeken]

Whilst waiting in the pub carpark for the AX buyer to turn up, I was entertained by a chap in a light aircraft (single prop) doing aerobatics. He was rather good at loops. 

[Tamworthbay]

Took the dolomite out for the first time proper today. Lovely drive over to Lichfield to see cars in the park (bit crap but Sunday is better apparently)

[purplebargeken]

Can we have a piccie of said road legal Dolly then?

[DSdriver]

  On 02/07/2016 at 16:36, Dippy said:

Had a leak start in the boot of the 2300s I thought this is the end of a nice dry car but after investigating it was just coming through a loose trim clip so easily sorted.

Is that a Fiat? You could be my new hero.

[Tamworthbay]

  On 02/07/2016 at 17:25, purplebargeken said:

Can we have a piccie of said road legal Dolly then?

stupidly I took pics of other cars but not the dolly. Will get some up when I get a second.

[Dippy]

  On 02/07/2016 at 17:36, DSdriver said:

Is that a Fiat? You could be my new hero.

Sorry to disappoint its aVauxhall.

[fordperv]

  On 02/07/2016 at 11:41, cms206 said:

 

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Fitting some wheels to the aga would be more reliable than driving the goona

[AMC Rebel]

 

Black Grille Sierra in the Shaun The Sheep Movie

[Ghosty]

http://thebrexitplan.com/

[Bucketeer]

Knockhill is go.

[eddyramrod]

I didn't realise Knockhill was a suburb of Canberra.....

[vulgalour]

Four brand new shocks for £80, a pair of good used driveshafts for £0 and only a 20 mile round trip has seen me a happy Rover owner today.  I don't need the driveshafts, but they were my favourite price and good to have in stock just in case.

[Cavcraft]

I think this loon was half way round the Liverpool-Chester-Liverpool bike ride today.

 

[Kiltox]

  On 03/07/2016 at 01:07, Ghosty said:

http://thebrexitplan.com/

[DSdriver]

There was a big flock of pigeons hanging about outside the Kosovan car wash today. MrsDS reckoned they were loitering with intent.

[scaryoldcortina]

Had fun today. Two and a half hours in a focus then the same again driving our latest aquisition. Two seats, mid engine, 6 speeds and a turbo...

 

[Inspector Morose]

Looks Smart.

[Richard]

Smart?

[DSdriver]

  On 02/07/2016 at 19:42, Dippy said:

Sorry to disappoint its aVauxhall.

Hey I like those too- as a nineteen/twenty year old in the early seventies I had a Brabham Viva (HB) and I still rate the styling. I could never get my head around the fact that they did a 2.3 litre version of the Viva, over twice the capacity of my car. In my ignorance I thought it must be twice as powerful and twice as fast.

[trigger]

I was staying in a pub in Cheltenham the last few days and this morning during breakfast i saw this Japanese man come down for breakfast and ask the landlord if he could borrow the land phone, no problem he says, hands him the phone and walks off to the kitchen to make the breakfast.

 

Meanwhile i watch Mr Japanese man go up to the table beside us and ask the lads sat at it if they knew the international dialing code for Japan! He then spends the next 10 minutes sat on this phone speaking Japanese with the landlord oblivious still in the kitchen! Talking about getting value for money out of your room!

[holbeck]

  On 03/07/2016 at 21:24, trigger said:

I was staying in a pub in Cheltenham the last few days and this morning during breakfast i saw this Japanese man come down for breakfast and ask the landlord if he could borrow the land phone, no problem he says, hands him the phone and walks off to the kitchen to make the breakfast.

 

Meanwhile i watch Mr Japanese man go up to the table beside us and ask the lads sat at it if they knew the international dialing code for Japan! He then spends the next 10 minutes sat on this phone speaking Japanese with the landlord oblivious still in the kitchen! Talking about getting value for money out of your room!

 

Is this when you are supposed to adopt a public school accent and say "bad form old boy"?

[barefoot]

This place makes me grin.

 

I have always wanted a Jaguar XJ and now thanks to this place I have one.

It cost a very small amount of money, but without the folk and the philosophies on here, I would never have dared to buy such a potential liability.

But I have, because over the years of coming on here, my attitude towards cars & particularly car pricing has changed beyond all recognition.

 

In the words of Tiny Tim, 'Thank you one and all'.

[oldcars]

Did a classic run the Reliant yesterday. Got lost, 31 miles was easily 70   Wee Rialto was spot on.

[Spottedlaurel]

Good weather at last. So I decided to use the little 1200 for work.

 

Other than running a bit warmer than ideal (rectified by putting the heater on), it did the job very well and was a joy to drive on the rural B-roads.

 

Pondering whether to bring it to the FOTU do later this month – I’ll try and get a few miles on it over the next 2-3 weeks and see how it behaves.

[dave21478]

I think for the first time ever I am writing about car insurance in the grin thread.

 

Called up my insurers this morning about the Mazda, got straight through with no wait and only 220 euros for a year including breakdown cover. Granted its third party only, but thats all I ever want anyway.

[wuvvum]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36707266

[Sheefag]

Nigel Farage is taking over from him*

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/25095-chris-evans-quits-top-gear-nigel-farage-rumoured-to-replace-him/

[Landy Mann]

Picked up a cheapo lawn mower of ebay, it works perfectly and requires virtually no fettling.  

In other news the project deprive 25 is running well bar a puncture and thanks to not subjecting the 110 to MOT roulette is now my only form of transport, WCPGW?