What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[beko1987]

 

6 minutes, and they had a bloke sat in it that they took out on a board

[doobietoo]

Followed this back from Yeovil which was a grin on its own but to widen my grin still further I was totally unable to keep up with him in MrsDs Yaris To say he was hoofing it a bit is an understatement. ..edit. stupid phone CBA to turn it round...

[bramz7]

Car collection went fine. Some niggles including some weird non structural rust and a window parting from its runners, otherwise it really runs well.

The previous (and only) owner spent over £3000 on it in the past 3 and a bit years.

[fordperv]

Taste the rainbow

 

[loserone]

Car collection went fine. Some niggles including some weird non structural rust and a window parting from its runners, otherwise it really runs well.

The previous (and only) owner spent over £3000 on it in the past 3 and a bit years.

Currently camping and came here for the thread and collection pictures.

 

Since I know what it is, I'm disappointed!

[bramz7]

Ah but revealing it at a car show in just over a month is more fun....

[wuvvum]

It's been a really beautiful evening here so I've been roaring around in the MGF with the top down like a ponce.  There's something about driving with no roof at night which is really quite special I think, although maybe I'm just weird.

 

Also the DAF made the 130-mile drive to PBK towers this morning without missing a beat, sitting happily at 60 on the dual carriageway,  I drove pretty much non-stop apart from a piss stop near Thetford, and apart from a slightly numb right arse cheek and a mild ringing in my ears I got out of the car in north London as fresh as a daisy.  Also got to ogle Ken's DAF 77 Volvo 340 Variomatic, which is really rather lovely.

[Cavcraft]

 

 

Seemingly this got stopped by the rozzers who said...

 

'The bike was held on to the car by a ratchet strap only, with no secondary coupling device, meaning that if the straps had failed, the bike would have been insecure and could have caused a crash.
The bike also didn’t have the car registration attached, which should be on a vehicle being towed.
The officer also states that there was no way of preventing the bike dropping into gear and locking rear wheel, meaning the likelihood of the bike coming loose, again putting motorists at risk.'

[dean36014]

They seem a bit over zealous with that. A 3 tonne ratchet strap should be more than adequate to secure a 300kg bike. I'm assuming the car has a towbar mounted front wheel holder for the bike. And just whats this about locking the bike in neutral, never seen the AA etc lock a cars gearbox when using an A frame

[dollywobbler]

It's been a really beautiful evening here so I've been roaring around in the MGF with the top down like a ponce.  There's something about driving with no roof at night which is really quite special I think, although maybe I'm just weird.

 

No, it is a fun thing to do, especially in cities for some reason. Not done it for AGES.

[eddyramrod]

Agreed!  Done it myself, many times, and will do again should I have any more floppies.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

No, it is a fun thing to do, especially in cities for some reason. Not done it for AGES.

The bloke stopped in the middle of the road by Lords last night probably thought that too. Right up until all the steam started coming out of the back of his MGF.

It did look a proper shitter though , half Matt black and with odd wheels. Don't know why he couldn't have at least pushed it to the kerb.

[Cheggers]

This won't mean anything to anyone who isn't local, but Pie & Vinyl

 

I r hipster

 

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[Pillock]

 

 

I did think that some of the people there probably learnt quite a bit about road signs, speed limits etc. Particularly the woman who thought different lanes on motorways had different speed limits!

 

At which point the person leading the Awareness Course should be allowed to pull out a cattle prod and up the "education" a little.

[Cavcraft]

We're st a local fun dog show thing. Tried Dave Lee Cartland at Agility for the first time and he stopped for a whiazz on the second post of the slalom.

[Louise2cv]

Thanks to the wise men of Autoshite, I am officially in "The Good Books" of my pa.

 

He was battling with the tarnished chrome from his old +8 and lamenting the lack of progress with conventional polishes. (These lights have been in a damp shed for 20yrs and the car off the road since before I was born.).

 

I remembered something from here, and said try tin foil.

 

<finest*BlackCountry> Ay!? [Pause] Oooooo, Arr!</finest*BlackCountry>

 

Then, during his post-Sunday roast slumber, I have done all the bits of trim I could find in the garage.

 

Topdaughterpoints: MAX SCORE.

 

Thanks guys!

[FakeConcern]

My C4 VTSs recent MOT had an advisory for front tyres near limit. I thought "they haven't lasted long" and forgot about them. Just remembered and had a look, one is almost on 1.6mm and checked miles, 3000 since MOT. Also checked back through reciepts and they've done over 15000 miles. Michelin Pilot Sport 3 in 225/40/18 if anyone is interested. I paid £77 each in December 2015, I wonder what the new ones will cost?

The rears were replaced at the same time (ok a week earlier) and still have over 5mm on them.

[The Moog]

I want a bigger garden to have one of these.

 

https://youtu.be/vgmyaR9XnaY

[eddyramrod]

My C4 VTSs recent MOT had an advisory for front tyres near limit.

The rears were replaced at the same time (ok a week earlier) and still have over 5mm on them.

The joys* of letting the manufacturing cartel force FWD on us...... My work van did the same.

[andy18s]

Blimey,had to drag this thread up from page 2!!

Fecking cheer up yous guys!

[beko1987]

[Noel Tidybeard]

Followed this back from Yeovil which was a grin on its own but to widen my grin still further I was totally unable to keep up with him in MrsDs Yaris To say he was hoofing it a bit is an understatement. ..edit. stupid phone CBA to turn it round...

 

not surprised you couldn't keep up the doovla site reveals its a too leeta

[hairnet]

work make lol work make me go arrrrgh

 

they announced on thursday ish

 

oh we're having a hograost © bakerman on tuesday at 4.30........

 

true to form nice lady in a lwb t5 showed up at lunchtime and got cooking

 

2 barms of splintered pig at 4.45 and i now dont need any dinner

 

the other one is theyve organised a team building thing at a hotel in warrington - the office staff and workshop have been going on it and its been getting a meh and a few of them were rained off

 

my one is at the end of the month and is scheduled for 12.30 till 5 - theyre giving a lift out to it

 

i have to be back at the depot for 11.30

 

i leave said depot with a loaded van and could be anywhere from preston wigan rochdale or darkest salford (if i have the three salfords i had on yesterday together then on their own they take an hour )

 

i think im gonna be working all that day then

[clayts450]

As you may* recall I recently returned to motoring after a 17 year semi-retirement, so today had the pleasure of doing my first car wash in that length of time. Lavished some pure cleaning lurve on the Streetshite and thoroughly enjoyed it. Grey plastic bits don't clean up too well, looks like I need some special cleaner for that, but pleased to leave the car in a state where passers-by can do their hair in the gleaming reflection off the car.

 

More amusing were the reactions from my neighbours 

 

"ooh, I didn't know you could drive"

"we saw this car for the first time two weeks ago and thought some joyriders had nicked it and dumped it outside your house"

"why do you need a car ?"

"I like your car, mister"

"I'll give you a tenner to clean mine"

 

John, two doors down, though knew his stuff - "blimey a Streetwise, they didn't make many of those did they ? That's a cracking car, Clayts, look after it."

[hairnet]

wrc sardinia on channel 5 there was a break and they interviewed miki biasion

 

and showed integrale footage

 

better than the rest of the programme

[fred]

Sitting at the Scott Arms lights heading towards Walsall - A Rather loud sounding Aston Martin of ''New '' Variety pulled up next to me..

 

The Debbil over come me as I sat in my 500 quid Subaru Forester and revved and edged a tad forward

 

The owner of said Aston looked over ......And gave me a Roger Moore Raised eyebrow of ''Really?''

 

The lights changed - and .........After spinning around upside down in smoke and dust .........

 

He had gone

 

Caught up with him at the Bell inn junction

 

He opened the passenger side window ..... and said ''Sorry sir  ... I thought you had put triple turbo's or something in your car - I couldnt be shown up in front of the wife''

 

I laughed my head off ....  ''No sir just had a twat moment ''

 

''You have my respect my good man ''  And he ...again blew me upside down when the lights changed

 

But waving as he went ..... Made me smile

[beko1987]

Found 2 old photos earlier.

 

Dads old car, me washing it

 

 

And I think my grandparents car, with me crawling up the boot lid with grandad making sure* I don't fall

 

[UmBongo]

The staff in my local Halfords are totally sound.

[DodgeRover]

New commercials tyre place where the local part worn place was. Don't really do small stuff but sorted me out at a very reasonable price.

[Bobthebeard]

Yay!

Having bought the car unseen off eBay in March (WCPGW there then?) it has just been in for the first MOT of my ownership.