What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Just been to see my mate's C63AMG: it's fucking amazing and I haven't even heard it started yet.

[Ghosty]

Grit Xpctatyns.

 

What makes you grit? Antidote to the Icy Thread.

[tooSavvy]

Grittersburg [to my] Address [please]

 

 

 

TS

[Craig the Princess]

Finally managed get a picture of one of the fleet of Ely's finest taxis, I only usually see them when driving.

 

 

They have a fleet of at least 3 (this blue one, a red and a silver one). Thought sadly the firm have now got a Tours too, but hopefully there's still life in these yet.

[scruff]

Ha! I saw the blue one at the roundabout by Sutton a couple of weeks ago and cursed I didn't have a chance to get a picture.

[Cheggers]

Just been to see my mate's C63AMG: it's fucking amazing and I haven't even heard it started yet.

You feel it rather than hearing it...Awesome beast of a thing.

[M'coli]

Placeholder - look at the page number for a hint.

 

 

Edit:See below' Scary's post!

[scaryoldcortina]

You bought a chevette?

[seth]

Was chatting with a friend earlier who told me the following.  In the mid '80s when his dad came back to the UK after some years working in Saudi, he was after a new car. So they took a trip to the Motor Show where he was very impressed with the usefulness of the recently released Renault Espace which looked like nothing else on the planet.  But when enquiring with his local Renault dealership they continually mucked him around suggesting he could only have a test drive if he had already agreed to buy one.  Anyway, this went on for a while until he became annoyed enough with them to go and buy the other sensible family car he saw at the Motorshow, also a recently announced updated model.  A Cosworth BDR equipped Caterham.  Which he still owns.

[M'coli]

You bought a chevette?

Fuck no,  but you're not far off the mark!  I didn't buy one, but 1256cc is the cubic capacity of the Chevette, and being on page 1256 made me smile!  Here's a photo of one on my spotting thread.

 

[michael1703]

Gritfield thunderbolt

[kinkersaab]

That chevette wasnt in ilkley was it?

[Timewaster]

Finally managed get a picture of one of the fleet of Ely's finest taxis, I only usually see them when driving.

They have a fleet of at least 3 (this blue one, a red and a silver one). Thought sadly the firm have now got a Tours too, but hopefully there's still life in these yet.

I know Alan of old and he has always had shite taxis. He even runs some Merc MLs.

You should see his busses!

 

In the day he had Talbot Solaras in various shades of brown, he had a few Volvo V70s with LPG conversions which had been to the moon and back but one stands head and shoulders over the others.

 

I was once at a party when I was about 20. It was late Saturday night and a few of us wanted to move on to a club somewhere. A few phone calls and no taxis were available.

"No problem" I said "Stand aside! I know a man who can help!"

One call and our taxi was due in 20 minutes. I was a hero

 

Then it arrived. A metallic brown FSO Caro.

 

Hero status - dissolved.

[kinkersaab]

Fuck no,  but you're not far off the mark!  I didn't buy one, but 1256cc is the cubic capacity of the Chevette, and being on page 1256 made me smile!  Here's a photo of one on my spotting thread. 

Wow, how freaky is that? I have lived up here in aberdeenshire since 1983. My grandad lived in ilkley until he died in 1999 , on his steet as a child i remember a red chevette just like the one you pictured, it was always there when we visited right until grandad died, Judging by the aa badge bodged to the bumper, its the same one, spookier still, its still in the same spot on google

[cort1977]

My Dad had a chevette in that colour.   We once drove it to Spain which was bad enough but then he was delighted to find he could still receive the Archers on LW.

[xtriple]

Just got a part for the Bentley (switch - whoop!) and got a discount... down to a hundred quid delivered. It is second hand (of course) as new they are really rather a silly price (many hundreds). In reality, this shouldn't make me grin as a hundred quid for a stupid switch is taking the piss, but a discount is a discount!

[M'coli]

That chevette wasnt in ilkley was it?

Otley: http://autoshite.com/topic/1154-mcolis-micturition-commer-pb-august-16/?p=559913

[LC Torana]

Live and Let Grit

 

The Year of Gritting Dangerously

 

The Unbearable Lightness of Grit

 

Grit it Like Beckham

 

Everybody Wants to Rule the Grit

 

To Sir With Grit

 

Lipstick on your Gritter

 

Mares Eat Oats, and Does Eat Oats, but Little Lambs Eat Grit

 

Is this the Real Grit?  Or is This Just Fantasy?

 

I Don't Care What They Say, I Won't Stay in a World Without Grit

 

I'll do My Crying in the Grit (or: I'll Do My Gritting in the Rain)

 

These Boots are Made for Grittin'

 

Crunchy Granola Grit

 

A Gritter Shade of Pale

 

Bridge over Troubled Gritters / Grit Over Troubled Waters

 

Every Time You Walk in the Grit

 

Might as Well Face it, You're Addicted to Grit

[Asimo]

Autogrit - your grip is our concern

[oldcars]

Song to be played when gritting.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_H-LY4Jb2M

[tooSavvy]

True Grit..... * name on Gritter Lorry 'The Dook!'

 

TS

[Tickman]

Bright orange Dodge Viper and a new Mustang out and about today, Viper especially made me smile.

[EssDeeWon]

Sitting in stationary traffic today, to the right of me is a BP Fuel station, sitting in the exit is a silver aldi a4. The lights go green so I go but all of a sudden (and I have it on dashcam) this aldi just pulls right out across the front of me, I would loved to have kept going but because I like my car I hit the brakes.  aldi driver then turns and gives ME a mouthful of expletives before driving off !?!? 

[Mr A Lawrence]

Typical Audi driver.

 

Another

Useless

Dick

Inside.

[AMC Rebel]

Actually this should be in the grumpy thread as I thought the suggestions from the AS massive were far superior, but all to no avail, sadly 

 

 

 

[beko1987]

Got a nice discussion about veg oil going on a moan about the local fuel stations on a local selling site

 

Got a few questions asked, so I wrote a massive post about what will and won't run it, and the pitfalls etc

 

One bird pipes up "so I shouldn't run my xtrail on it then..." no love!

 

Hoping someone sees it who knows someone who has a supply etc, that would be nice! Seems easier to find weed around here than used filtered veg though

[DodgeRover]

^^^ it's not hard to filter, I just went round all the local builders cafés and dropped them a 20l drum for the waste oil in return for our continued consumption of there wares...

[richardmorris]

Just been to see my mate's C63AMG: it's fucking amazing and I haven't even heard it started yet.

[beko1987]

Found possibly the second best facebook group ever (after the hoover one I'm in)

 

The rules make me laugh as much as the stuff posted. If we have to have rules for the new people we should write them like this, with something like the bean slosh for redemption

 

 

 

[Richard]

NO FUCKING KIPPERS!