What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

Ghosty

[AMC Rebel]

Re:Drviing practice

Was surprised by my mate (who is my age and came round driven by his 17 yr old daughter) and my Sis who is mother of my 17 yr old niece who took me out for a practice drive.  They (parents) had apparently both been telling them when to change gear etc etc.  Seems a bit daft to me -

1. Instructor will do that.

2. Except where done at obviously terrible point, it doesn't make a lot of difference (esp in cars they are driving) - and the point is to be getting experience not optimising use of the power band or maximising fuel economy

3. Everyone has a different idea anyway - and it depends on what you're doing - obv I hold onto gears much further through the rev range in the Puma if I am trying to make faster progress, but I don't do it all the time.

4. Instructor will tell them what to do to pass test.

 

I was really surprised by their parents.

[Noel Tidybeard]

whilst i was learning my dad cured me of hill start reticence thusly

 

 

 

DO IT IN 2ND!!!!!

 

allegro 1500 torque FTW

[purplebargeken]

I looked into the RED be a driving instructor thing a good few years ago. They had a computer glitch which meant that it spewed repeat letters to me on a daily basis. Not so bad eh? Sadly it was a couple of hundred letters each time lol. The postie was knackered.

[purplebargeken]

 

 

Would it be good idea to suck it out through dipstick tube?

 

Yes. Don't swallow though.

[nacho man]

On my way to this

 

 

So been texting our lass saying I have took the money from selling the Saab to buy something to drive back in.

 

Lolllolololtroltrolhaha

 

She has proper fell for it, don't you dare etc etc etc

 

 

 

 

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[Timewaster]

You will need the Saab money for a hot dog and a coke.

[plasticvandan]

My non instructor time consisted solely of driving my dads c15 van around a marina (boat,not morris) only on this forum would I have to clarify that!

Followed by 3 months of lessons in a mk2 CLIt diesel.This prepared me fully* for when I hit the road in a 1974 750cc Robin saloon.

[burraston2006]

My learning time started when I was about 12. Started on a small dumper and te20 Fergie tractor.As I got older I was 'allowed' on the bigger toys- diggers/hymacs/6tonne dumpers/trannie vans ( dad had a building company). We also had a field we could rip around in old scrappers. Prepared me nicely for my first lesson where the instructor said WTF and had to unlearn 6 years of bad habits!

[Richard]

Am I the only person in the world who's never seen Back to The Future?

 

No.

[mrbenn]

Four people wearing dark clothing while standing on a corner in the middle of a poorly lit road trying to stop a hedgehog being run over. Fair play, I'm all for looking out for animals, but that seemed like a Darwin Award in the making.

[dollywobbler]

My learning time began as a 15-year old on school work experience at Land Rover. Disco 200Tdi auto prototype off-road at Eastnor Castle. Immense. I think my classmates were pretty jealous, as they'd mostly been filing and photocopying. Apart from my mate who ended up on the Rangie P38 development team.

 

When I was 16, my dad let me drive the family Nova 1.2 Merit saloon around a car park. That was the first time I'd driven a car with a manual gearbox and I took straight to it. I had been studying drivers in some detail for some years though. I can also confirm that despite the large boot, a Nova 1.2 Merit four-door saloon still makes a crap choice for a family of six.

[cobblers]

Just been to look at this dream house. It was amazing - Immaculate inside, bathroom kitchen etc all new.  Even a bonus cellar for home brew activity.

Turns out the garden is split down the middle shared with next door, so there's only one workshop, not two. But the one had a two post lift and a log burner in it.

You could probably get three or four cars in there, with a separate massive area at the end for storage or an office or whatever.

The missus didn't like it though. 

I might just go on my own...

[AMC Rebel]

 two post lift and a log burner in it.

You could probably get three or four cars in there, with a separate massive area at the end for storage or an office or whatever..

That was all I saw - what was the rest again?

[meggersdog]

Top tip

 

when blagging your way into the East of England showground go to the exhibiters gate. Tell the security guy you're with so and so company but someone is coming to collect you as you've lost your wristband.When a vehicle shows up just walk in.........

[fordperv]

had a fantastic day at blackpool ford with mrs fp, she took her rough around the edges rs turbo along

 

 

lots of lovely motors there

[anonymous user]

I've been tidying up, including sorting out my drinks cupboard. This has involved finishing off random bottles, I apologise in advance for any posts I may make later when it all kicks in.

[Noel Tidybeard]

My non instructor time consisted solely of driving my dads c15 van around a marina (boat,not morris) only on this forum would I have to clarify that!

Followed by 3 months of lessons in a mk2 CLIt diesel.This prepared me fully* for when I hit the road in a 1974 750cc Robin Reliant saloon.

 

FIFY lol

[cobblers]

Just been to look at this dream house. It was amazing - Immaculate inside, bathroom kitchen etc all new.  Even a bonus cellar for home brew activity.

Turns out the garden is split down the middle shared with next door, so there's only one workshop, not two. But the one had a two post lift and a log burner in it.

You could probably get three or four cars in there, with a separate massive area at the end for storage or an office or whatever.

The missus didn't like it though. 

I might just go on my own...

Well, this afternoon that escalated quickly

Anyway, my mam says she'll lend us the dipper til I flog the van, and it looks as though I'll be living in her spare room for a bit.

[twosmoke300]

Just had an awesome days trail riding in the south hams bit of Devon . Big thanks to the Devon Trf who led 7 idiots from cornwall out on a 130 mile trip with some really tricky lanes .

I managed to get a proper wrap around from a bramble and my nose is fucked

[mrbenn]

Well, this afternoon that escalated quickly

Anyway, my mam says she'll lend us the dipper til I flog the van, and it looks as though I'll be living in her spare room for a bit.

 

Harsh

 

Good news on the house though?!

[andy18s]

Had the final inspection by our house buyer's mortgage company last Friday,which must have gone well as the buyer has announced she wants to be done and in by the end of the month.....This month....

[Tickman]

Had the final inspection by our house buyer's mortgage company last Friday,which must have gone well as the buyer has announced she wants to be done and in by the end of the month.....This month....

Excellent, only issue you may have is lazy lawyers. 

The lawyer I use managed to buy a house for someone in 10 days, he had to hassle the other party's lawyer every day to make it happen though!

[320touring]

Been aitting in work since 9am listening to Toots and the Maytals plus other assorted rocksteady numbers.

 

totally relaxed.good times!

[Supernaut]

Well, this afternoon that escalated quickly

Anyway, my mam says she'll lend us the dipper til I flog the van, and it looks as though I'll be living in her spare room for a bit.

 

Bloody hell!

 

However, you're living my dream. A house to yourself with a workshop for the cars.

[vulgalour]

Skip to about 8 minutes for an AMAZING machine that is amazing and does stuff.

 

 

Cold War Motors is a great channel/group anyway, you should check out their other stuff too.  I only found them through here when someone posted one of their videos and it's been excellent entertainment ever since.

[The Moog]

Just discovered there is such a thing as Explosive welding. Not sure it would work on a Xantias back arches mind 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5TR_Vssj0 

[Cavcraft]

Entered a competition at a local bike place, fastest time over one kilometer on a turbo trainer. Cracked it in 54 seconds and won a signed Team GB cycle shirt. Not bad for a fat 52 year old asthmatic! Three out of the five people who went immediately before me were lads probably about 19-22 and built like pencils.

 

[Mr Livered]

A friend of mine lives in buckfastleigh and on visiting her and going to the abbey I can't quite work out the link between drunk Scotsmen and Devon monks?

I live quite near Buckfastleigh, and I have never seen anyone actually drinking the stuff. Nor, thinking about it, have I ever seen any for sale except in the abbey, so if it's sold in off licences presumably it isn't very prominent. Apparently it's actually a really popular drink hundreds of miles away.

 

There seems to be a stash of Scotch whisky in every house round here though. I've never been to Scotland but I assume the Scots drink whisky as well as Buckfast tonic wine? It would be odd to discover that Scottish people never drink Laphroaig and Devonians never drink Buckfast

[forddeliveryboy]