What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[FakeConcern]

I just found this pic of the V70 T5, we parked in front of an Airstream caravan!

[tinribs]

Watching Legend of Barney Thomson and it appears he drives a Nissan Sunny/Pulsar saloon.

 

[Aston Martin]

I saw someone else living the dream today, northbound M1. Citroen C8 towing a Fiat Ulysseseseses.

[jakebullet]

Have I moved into the twilight zone?

 

Disco passed MOT yesterday. Then today got insurance renewal:

Your new total price £334.89
(Last year's total price £365.54)

 

In 25 years of driving I've never seen a lower renewal price.

[richardthestag]

Stag passed Mot today, no visories

 

chuffed

[Supernaut]

  On 23/05/2017 at 16:06, NorfolkNWeigh said:

The e34 may have to step in as daily wheels for MrsN , depending if I sort CLK Cab issues before her Gaylander sells, but your interest duly noted.image.jpeg

Have a picture, that I just took after driving back from MOT, a very flattering picture, because you can't see the dull bonnet .

That's HAWT.

 

Would go nicely alongside the E36 316i...

 

Semi-serious-but-not-really-but-maybe interest from me. Unless it's an auto.

[robinmasters]

AXA insurance-you can do a change of vehicle online. Admin fee: £0

 

Obviously that's exactly what they should charge, as I've done the data entry myself and saved them answering the phone, but still a nice surprise.

 

Also, additional premium for the change of vehicle? -£0.09

[Supernaut]

  On 24/05/2017 at 15:46, robinmasters said:

Also, additional premium for the change of vehicle? -£0.09

Enough to treat* yourself with a fine* motor car from Cavcraft's or theshadow's stock!

[beko1987]

Gtech (the cordless carpet sweeper people) don't like me...

 

http://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php?topic=3068.msg25791;topicseen#msg25791

[cobblers]

I'm no vacuum expert but I've ended up with a few of these Gtech jobbies on the bench as favour jobs for customers, I presumed they were £39 JML giffer "motorised sweeper" fodder til I tried to search online for new batteries and found they were touted as a an actual proper vacuum cleaner.

 

Anyway I spent like £200 on a Dyson V8 and it's not much better so who's the idiot?

[STUNO]

New Burger King opened a while ago. It (probably) fully complies with all the USA health and safety regulations with regard to signage etc. But why all in Spanish ? Nobody in this country speaks and reads that language.

An American owned supermarket chain looking to take over retailing in NZ opened here, they had a huge display of baseball gear and most of the grocery stock was US brands never seen here before. I'm sure somebody plays Baseball but I have never seen it. I took the local MP to the opening ceremony and picked her up after. She said all the right things to the assembled few, but her laughter and comments about the store were unprintable. It didn't last long!

[alf892]

Mrs Alf and I are off to the Ironbridge 1940s weekend tomorrow in this..........

 

 

We go to quite a few of these but we've never done a weekend away in the Rover.............I'm too late to display but not bothered as the idea is just a fun trip and we will be dressed to suit the car. Its just under 100 miles so a fair run in an old motor. Hoping to find a nice pub for lunch and just make our way there on non motorway roads.

 

So last night I thought I'd better give it a check over and fix a rainwater leak. This involved a major faff with trim and time began to run away with me.

 

While I was waiting for some sealer to go off I set about checking other bits............multitasking like.

 

Then I couldn't find the torch I had 2 mins ago. Always ratchets my temper up does this.

 

Spend ages finding torch................then can't fugging remember why I wanted it!

[Guest Hooli]

that is a beautiful car

[alf892]

It is a flattering photo.........in real life it is nice but lots of little dinks and scratches. I view this as good as if it every got nicked I would be able to id it....

[alcyonecorporation]

Forum seems to have turned a corner.

 

We shall see, eh?

[trigger]

Give it time, we've already had one person banned because of the Manchester thread, i can see more rattles being thrown before that ones put to bed.

[chaseracer]

Just back from taking the Dyane for a spin.  With the roof off.

 

 

[andy18s]

  On 25/05/2017 at 13:35, chaseracer said:

Just back from taking the Dyane for a spin. With the roof off.

 

Intentionally?

[rainagain]

  On 24/05/2017 at 21:11, beko1987 said:

Gtech (the cordless carpet sweeper people) don't like me...

 

http://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php?topic=3068.msg25791;topicseen#msg25791

We have the mk1 floor sweeper type. It was doing quite well until the power button stopped working. I took the top off and found the power switch activated one of those super cheap tiny switches like you find in old mice. I've been too busy to swap it out. Seems a silly place to cut corners.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yesterday about 2pm, I was proceeding anti-clockwise on the M25 at the usual 85/90 in the Audi lane, when everyone starts braking. Amazingly without the overhead liars signs telling us to.

Everything stopped about 10 cars in front of me, then soon restarted. I couldn't work out why ,until I looked over to the other side and everything was stopped there too.

A duck followed by 4 ducklings was waddling across! The little fucker had survived 8 lanes of solid high speed traffic.

After all the upsetting shit on the radio, this little bit of goodness would have made a less powerfully built company director type cry like a girl- not me obvs. Grrrrrrrr.

[richardmorris]

Sitting outside this damsel fly? Just landed on my leg.

[cobblers]

  On 25/05/2017 at 17:35, NorfolkNWeigh said:

overhead liars

 

In my 14 year driving "career" I have only once seen one of those matrix displays showing anything that wasn't complete bollocks.

 

It said "FOG". I was lucky to spot it, because the fog was so thick that the motorway had stopped completely due to a crash.

[Hendry]

Without going into loads of detail on a public forum, had a call from my lawyer to say my final court case has been dropped tomorrow due to "insufficient evidence" so has been thrown out, no case to answer!  As a result I am mega relaxed tonight. 

[FakeConcern]

Following RichardMorris's wildlife grin, here's mine;

 

 

[richardmorris]

A slow worm?

[chaseracer]

^ Hard to tell.  It's a still photo.

 

#eyethangyoo

 

 

[richardmorris]

Ka boom tish!

[FakeConcern]

Why do my photos come out 90 degrees out on this forum?

[Guest Hooli]

You're twisted?

[eddyramrod]

I thought that was a requirement to be on this forum!