What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[anonymous user]

Getting excited for a new toy.

 

Off to pick up my Wbod tomorrow lunchtime, probably won't do a collection thread as it's only just over an hour away and a mate is giving me a lift. Things I am expecting from this motor are...

 

Terrible mpg

Rubbish at going round corners

allegedly they explode at the slightest whiff of a collision

 

wcpgw?

I predict a Chrysler Voyager, you are Tony and Cherie Blair and you claim my five pounds

[anonymous user]

Guess what I'm up to...

 

I dread to think, as you appear to have taken off all your clothes and chucked them on the floordrobe

[barmatt]

 

 

Grand Cherokee?

Been there, done that and would probably do again some time.

 

Leyland Olympian.

That would be the Wbod weiner for ever.

 

I predict a Chrysler Voyager, you are Tony and Cherie Blair and you claim my five pounds

I have toyed with the idea of the V6 engined voyager just for omgcomfyvan, but I'm scared because of all the horror stories I've heard of them.

 

 

So this years Wbod is....

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A 1997 Ford Exploder* 4l v6, low miles, loads of history and cheap enough that I won't mind chucking loads of firewood in the back of it.

 

[michael1703]

My next door neighbour makes me grin. A lovely Polish lady who just takes care of everything when we are away. We are away a lot. She puts the bins out, takes delivery of my many parcels and is an all round good egg. She is also ever so slightly attractive but I won't dwell on that due to being happily married. Just a nice person in a world where nice people are thin on the ground.

 

Bluddy polish wimmin,coming over ere, being attractive... grrr

[Tamworthbay]

My brothers house has been completely trashed by the big windy thing upsetting that strange place 'over there' at the moment. So why the grin? He was away from home for a month and probably wouldn't still be here if he wasn't. Houses are easier to fix than people.

[Asimo]

Guess what I'm up to...

 

 

Do you feel like we do?

A ferrofluid change on that tweeter?

[DeeJay]

 

Seeing how you've stripped off I hope that's not your todger in the photo.

[Ghosty]

I am clothed, and that's a finger.

 

For all those wondering I'm making a talkbox.

 

NOT PETER FRAMPTON ZAPP ETC

[Craig the Princess]

The white Rover 414 did this

 

[Tamworthbay]

The white Rover 414 did this

It started!

[Craig the Princess]

It started!

Always a bonus

[scaryoldcortina]

Has Geoff found a new home then ????? I was getting worried that I might have to buy him back for a while there.

Yes, new home. Can I ask why it's called Geoff?

[PhilA]

Replaced the drop links on the truck today with only 2 15mm spanners and the jack to raise things up a bit for clearance.

 

No more clunk rattle squeak going over bumps.

 

Been ignoring it for too long, body simple job, only took fifteen minutes for both sides.

 

Proves that modern rubber is shit though, it's only done 55,000 miles

 

Phil

[Tamworthbay]

Post 56474

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/22252-the-grumpy-old-manpedant-post-feel-free-to-add/page-1883

[panhard65]

Yes, new home. Can I ask why it's called Geoff?

When I got my first hearse I took it to Le Mans with a large group of blokes and one of them named it Geoff after Geoff Hurst. It seems that a lot of people call them Hurst's. I have no idea why but the name stuck so when I bought this one he had to be Geoff as well. I am sure you will be calling him plenty of other names if your going to do a full resto job on him.

[Cavcraft]

Danny McCaskills latest video. The boy is a legend on a bike.

 

https://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/stories/1331821751376/danny-macaskill-wee-day-out

That's class, made my day watching that. It must be ace to have that much skill, every ride would be an adventure.

[M'coli]

http://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/motors/2016/1006/822008-on-the-road-to-love-in-a/

[Negative Creep]

Going through my grandparent's loft again, found a box of what seem to be random theatre programmes and tourist info about Dorset from the 1970s. But the real gems were hidden at the bottom

 

 

 

 

[quicksilver]

Couple of small grins. One of my grandparents' neighbours has a Toyota Aygo (that's not a grin, its only redeeming feature is that it's a nice coppery colour) and we parked next to it the other day. There on the steering wheel was an old-school giffer security device, a Stoplock no less! It's been years since I last saw one of those and it looked rather incongruous on such a modern car. I can't imagine it does much good either but it amused me to see it.

 

Grin #2 occurred on Facebook. One of its 'suggested stories you may like' was an advert for Steel Seal. I haven't even been looking at K-series Rovers!

[beko1987]

Just driven to Watford to pick up a rare hoover and the car didn't break! Watford traffic can get to fuck though, sod that again!

[Kiltox]

Halfords just gave me a trade card without looking at any of the supporting documentation they ask for to prove I'm in the trade

[dome]

That's class, made my day watching that. It must be ace to have that much skill, every ride would be an adventure.

 

The behind the sceens stuff is worth a watch too.

 

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/danny-macaskills-wee-day-out-behind-the-scenes-2016.html

[Tamworthbay]

Did you know the little chevron next to the post number will give you a direct link to the post.http://autoshite.com/topic/22252-the-grumpy-old-manpedant-post-feel-free-to-add/page-1883?do=findComment&comment=1083389

Nope, every day is a school day as they say.

[richardmorris]

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

My dad found this buried in his loft. I thought this stuff was long gone!

 

 

So that's given me something to do tonight. 

 

 

Maybe I should have removed the batteries before leaving it alone for two decades. 

[alf892]

I borrowed Alf Wench's recently acquired diesel Maxi today.......and came home through the back roads.

 

Had a fuggin lovely time......haven't driven like such a mindless (but highly skilled obvs) yob for years

[mercrocker]

Had a med appointment today out of town hospital. 

 

Came off M3 in Morris, keeping in right hand lane of exit ramp cos right turn on roundabout over M-Way.   

 

Still doing 70 odd but not fast enough for Mr. Black BM 4x4 who gave me full Xenon and just carved up the inside and took the roundabout racing line to exit the same one I was going for.   Massive brake light display just as I caught him up. 

 

Turned out we headed for same hospital and from his superior lofty position he obviously eyeballed the last front-line parking position before the overflow carpark begins.

 

Try as he might, it wouldn't fit -  knobhead in the right-hand bay had left his own behemoth over the white line - and after having to restart the stupid eco engine twice he buggered off in high dudgeon leaving me to twirl the Morry deftly in.   I was on the second reception desk before he crashed through the main door with two briefcases and a red face.   Arse.    

[Stanky]

Not sure if it has been posted before, but dug this gem up on youtube, I believe this is an actual video of an SVM entrance exam

 

 

My brother found it yonks ago on Volvo300mania and I think its a blinder, especially with the soundtrack.

[320touring]

My dad found this buried in his loft. I thought this stuff was long gone!

 

mecc2.jpg

 

So that's given me something to do tonight.

 

mecc.jpg

 

Maybe I should have removed the batteries before leaving it alone for two decades.

bit late to start on the Tesla conversion for the Vanden Plank;)

[320touring]

Looking through a classic car auctions stocklisst..

 

i best get the Vectra Polished up..