What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[ashmicro]

Verbose type FCR's are full of WIN!

 

Dealers hate it when you go to check out a car and produce the reader. Salesmen at big dealers tend to be mechanical/technical biffs, so when all the stuff comes up on the screen, you just nod sagely and mutter "MM, OK, that's fine" and "Oh dear, don't like the look of that" etc etc.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

 

 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... 277&ref=ts

 

Facebook in 'non bollocks' campaign shock!

[garycox]

I thought I'd have a photo of the back of that Carlton somewhere, but the only one I can find isn't as good as Barrett's

 

http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m363 ... o-0069.jpg

 

I see it quite a lot, it's ace! It's got beaded seat covers and everything!

 

I always imagined it'd be driven be some wrinkly old man, but it seems to be owned by a woman who's about 30ish...

[ashmicro]

Trigger's Opel won 3rd overall at The Norfolk show!

[wuvvum]

Nice one Trig! Was half thinking about going but I went last year and it was a bit lame so decided not to bother. Wish I had done now.

[eddyramrod]

 

WELL DONE TRIGGER!

[Cavcraft]

Nice one Trigger!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Robust effort there trigsbury, a life of cotton buds, covered trailers and other concours whatnot awaits!!!!

[Gompo]

It's one of my spots, lives in Brighton. You said Senator, and that's a Carlton, but gold early 80s big Vauxhalls on SERCKS must be in the single figures now..

Yeah I read your follow up post and thought 'oops', but then I still couldnt work out whether it was a Senator or Carlton (I'm guessing Carlton here, Senator for Opel).

 

Good to see it up here anyway.

 

..Cheers for additional pic too, Gary.

[barrett]

They were Rekords in Germany, the Opel Senator was the same as our Royale/Senator.

There is a rear view of that gold one in my spotted thread

[Angrydicky]

 

 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... 277&ref=ts

 

Facebook in 'non bollocks' campaign shock!

 

That's made my day

[Spottedlaurel]

I was there in person to see the trophy winner and his cracking little Opel in person, definitely a pleasing event! Great car, and it was really pleasing to see it get a bit of recognition.

[Minimad5]

Rebels new Headlights and Birthday present seats (Thanks "you know who" )

[trigger]

It was great to see a bit of AS gold win a prize wasn't it SL! I was only pipped to the goal by a Vandan Plas R and a 1920's Rolls Royce!

[michiel]

ShelleyConngrats Trigger! Can you nail the trophy to a board so you can take it to shows in the future?

[seth]

Trigger, I do hope you told everyone how you'd bought it as a complete wreck and had spent the last 10 years of your life (complete with 2 divroces) restoring it piece by piece to such supreme condition.

 

Well done!

[Spottedlaurel]

I did make the comment that they'd chosen it simply because it was one of the closest cars parked by the car show organiser's hut...

 

It truly is a cracking car, Trigger was very lucky to pick up such a gem.

 

 

It'll take me yonks to edit and upload my photos, I suspect Trigger will also have photographed most of the other shiteworthy cars of note - Y-reg Sierra, low-spec Escort Mk3, 32k K-reg Maxi, lovely Audi 100 Coupe etc. Not much French/Italian stuff though. My old brown Starlet was there, plus I bumped into the owner of the white R30 Skyline hatchback that's been for sale since 1875 - now thinking how I could fund the purchase of it...

[trigger]

Thanks Nigel I got 197 photos of the day!, I'll upload them in due course.

 

I was trying to get a photo of both cars together like you have but as you can see see i was midway of getting out of the car when the other chap who was into the Fiats came over for a chat so i couldn't get out to take one in time.

 

Instead have this dodgy photo Mrs Trigger took of me receiving my award from the tasty lady from Anglian Car Auctions, I like the way my wife's managed to cut of half the car.

 

 

[michiel]

At least she managed to include the MG Owners Club-style folding chair!

 

[Station]

In this current kack economic climate, I'm now trial running my newly modified CV, in which half of it is bollocks. I've never used a 'customised' CV before, and when I was talking about doing this with a mate.

I think the worst thing that could happen is them saying 'no'. I'm getting the 'Well, your work is perfect, you have a 100% attendance, you're committed to the job. Unfortunately, we don't see the relevant degree on your CV, which, even though would've been 12 years old now, and completely irrelevant to the position, we can't give you the job as it's 'required'.'

[michiel]

Brutus, a 46-litre car (or 47 but who cares) built by a German museum. Nuts!

 

Check out the flames in the film...

[Richard]

I wouldn't put any actual lies in the CV- most employers who insist on particular qualifications are box tickers, and as such they would be likely to check.

[seth]

Separated at Birth: Trigger and Pogweasel?

[warren t claim]

Brown cars making a comeback, albeit in metallic flavour. Seen several this week, all 60 plate.

[Cavcraft]

Separated at Birth: Trigger and Pogweasel?

[trigger]

Separated at Birth: Trigger and Pogweasel?

Cheeky git, I'm much better looking!, I mean look at the ladiez hoovering around me!

[Cavcraft]

Separated at Birth: Trigger and Pogweasel?

Cheeky git, I'm much better looking!, I mean look at the ladiez hoovering around me!

I get my missus doing that when I let her out of the kitchen.

[warren t claim]

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/ ... man_admits

 

This happens more often than you think. No way I'd report her though.

[mnde]

Normally, being held up in traffic on the A3 making me late for work would be cause for grumpiness, but not when I found out the cause:

 

An AA truck was blocking the inside lane close to my exit, shielding a minty pastel blue Triumph Toledo on an M plate that had broken down. A youngish chap was standing the other side of the barrier chatting with the AA man. I couldn't help grinning cos it was a lovely sight amongst the throngs of moderns, and hoped it wasn't anything too serious.

 

Mark.

[MrDuke]

Brown cars making a comeback, albeit in metallic flavour. Seen several this week, all 60 plate.

Also, I saw a Peugeot 800033 (or whatever they're up to) in an absolutely stunning shade of green a couple of days ago - it was a bit like stagnant pond water, after a cow had shat in it. Seriously, a director at 70's-era BL would've killed for that paint code.