What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Kiltox]

  On 09/07/2016 at 20:24, fred said:

I took my Nieces KA fro MOT today, fearing much welding bush replacement and such like horrible things

 

Bloody thing only passed , I almost fainted . I paid my monies and made good my exit before he changed his mind.

 

Still in shock now ! One very happy Niece , and a shell shocked Uncle ,

Exactly how I felt last weekend with my Scenic!!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

  On 09/07/2016 at 13:45, BavarianRetro said:

Audi are doing "we'll pay the advance rental" offers on lease and PCP just now. Selling well as a result I understand.

Just been on the website and some good deals, but still need £6k upfront . Although an A7 for £450 per month is appealing for work. The 6p per mile excess over 20,000 miles could be a worry as I did 98,000 last year.

I'll have to have a word with George , my local mileage corrector*......

[Kiltox]

98,000 a year??!!

 

Fuck!!

[Timewaster]

98k a year is 268 miles every day and 8 hours a day at a 30mph average.

 

Really?

[fred]

Thats some epic mileage

[bub2006]

I managed 9200 miles since April in the xantia and that's when I was out of work

[garbaldy]

When we where yutes four of us crammed in a mini tried to do 1000 miles in a day.

 

It took us around 28 hours so we failed.

[Skizzer]

  On 09/07/2016 at 21:12, Timewaster said:

98k a year is 268 miles every day and 8 hours a day at a 30mph average.

Really?

Driving people up and down the country is indeed what our Mr Weigh does for a living, as I recall, which would explain it.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

My mileage might seem a lot to anyone not in the private hire business, but it doesn't take many trips to the airport to rattle them up. If I don't do an average of 3 jobs a day , I'm not making a living.

I work 7 days a week for probably 48 weeks a year , most days are about 4-500 miles- at an average of a little more than 30 for most of them. This morning I left for Gatwick at 04.00 and was back in bed by 07.00 - 210 miles.

The figure of 98,000 is my actual mileage for the last financial year. The most I've ever done was almost 3,000 a week in 2005 when I had a contract taking employees on 6 trips a day from Milton Keynes to Birmingham, although I did split this between a Volvo S80 and a Galaxy.

[Kiltox]

Fair play!

[taxi paul]

I think thats how ssangyong tried to woo the private hire drivers with there 5 year 250,000 mile warranty on the rodius. Don't think it worked. Most warranties go a bit daft when you say its for private hire. Or they used to. Come to think at yhe time the rodius may have been unlimited mileage for private hire.

[Kiltox]

Isn't Merc still unlimited miles for private hire? Firm that my work uses to take us to the airport runs E class diesels to 3 years / 300k

[Pillock]

I seem to remember NnW more than once suggesting that a 30mph average speed is a little on the low side for him

 

I'll happily do 300 miles a day for work, but I'm not doing it every day so I'm only knocking up 30k a year, some days I sit at home and the car doesn't move. Another day I might drive to Glasgow. It's nice when it's nice, but Friday evening coming back from Gatwick I would have killed for a desk job.

[AMC Rebel]

Series 1 of Roadkill just turned up ( or I just noticed) on Netflix. Now binge watching them.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

  On 09/07/2016 at 22:16, taxi paul said:

I think thats how ssangyong tried to woo the private hire drivers with there 5 year 250,000 mile warranty on the rodius. Don't think it worked. Most warranties go a bit daft when you say its for private hire. Or they used to. Come to think at yhe time the rodius may have been unlimited mileage for private hire.

That would explain how they managed to sell any of the things,

A mate had a Hyundai Trajet that he bought new , he clocked it every 6 months and had it serviced at the main dealer. In 4 years it had 3 gearboxes and an engine . Apparently Hyundai kept telling him it was the worse they'd ever seen and couldn't work out why it was so bad when it had only done about 100,000 miles .

[AMC Rebel]

  On 09/07/2016 at 20:24, fred said:

I took my Nieces KA fro MOT today, fearing much welding bush replacement and such like horrible things

 

Bloody thing only passed , I almost fainted . I paid my monies and made good my exit before he changed his mind.

 

Still in shock now ! One very happy Niece , and a shell shocked Uncle ,

This gives me a lot of hope for my Puma

[NorfolkNWeigh]

  On 09/07/2016 at 22:20, Kiltox said:

Isn't Merc still unlimited miles for private hire? Firm that my work uses to take us to the airport runs E class diesels to 3 years / 300k

Yes I think you're right, just one of the reasons almost every cab in the world has a 3 pointed star on the front.

Here's mine

[Brodders]

  On 09/07/2016 at 22:42, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Yes I think you're right, just one of the reasons almost every cab in the world has a 3 pointed star on the front.

Here's mine

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Nice. Bonus points for it being a German saloon in a shade that isn't monochromatic.

[forddeliveryboy]

[M'coli]

Anyone else feel that they've suddenly come home...?  .info FTW...

[AMC Rebel]

Saw an LDV with an MGF on the back last night - then noticed he was a-framing another one behind.

[Station]

There's nothing better than going to bed on a Friday night and waking up on Saturday morning knowing you haven't got work in the morning.

[Ghosty]

As I left the house yesterday morning, I heard a rumbling sound.

 

Someone was driving a massive black lift kitted, off road tyred, imported Ford F-Series up the road at a reasonable turn of speed.

 

POWERSTROOOOOKE

[Lord Sterling]

The next 8 days of not working, chasing bloody cars and driving them all over the bloody country. In fact, I doubt I'll be driving at all.

 

Also, I found a genuine BMW first aid kit which mine didn't have. That, genuine floor mats, complete book pack, dealer sticker and unused spare keys are all little touches I like that make me happier. Just need dealer plates now to top it off.

 

Also, the Isle of Wight may well be a more frequent destination for me due to a new job for Ma_Sterling.

[Mr A Lawrence]

this....

[Station]

  On 29/07/2016 at 23:40, Station said:

There's nothing better than going to bed on a Friday night and waking up on Saturday morning knowing you haven't got work in the morning.

Just to confirm, this morning was ace, woke up to alarm at 6.05am and drifted in and out while listening to nature watch and river watch on Radio Merseyside.

[Pete-M]

 

I don't think it was a lie

[Pete-M]

[daveb47]

A spitfire & a tornado.

Duxford on friday

 

[DVee8]

Before the great Autoshite re-re-reinvention of2016. I mentioned we had been in a 8 year old E class taxi with 976ish k km. The electric window buttons were rubbed white with use. It still pulled along at what felt a fare lick.