What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

Do you mean Beckenham, Mr Fowler? 

[richardmorris]

  On 31/10/2017 at 13:57, Heidel_Kakao said:

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Just got this in the post for £5.80 delivered Looks interesting but no estates in it sadly as it was printed in 1989 before they had introduced an estate.

I sold my copy a few years ago after realising I wouldn't be buying an xm. I think I broke even - amazing for an xm purchase!

[eddyramrod]

  On 31/10/2017 at 16:40, davidfowler2000 said:

JAKOB1, "I Am Rolling" by The Volvo Car Corporation. Because what else?

 

The SVM has it's own theme tune now?????

[bramz7]

Landed in Palermo today, we'd found tons of Euros this morning in a jar so decided to blow most of it on a taxi.

The taxi we got was a Dacia Solenza. With 453k on it. To be fair, the rear seats weren't bad. Clonking suspension aside it wasn't an utter wreck.

[Des]

  On 31/10/2017 at 12:36, purplebargeken said:

MG badge too big and wheels too smoll.

Car too big.

[clayts450]

It's a long way from a souped up 45, that's for sure.

 

I've read that MG Motors (the Chinese company who decided Longbridge weren't even capable of bolting together their Airfix MG3 models and shut the factory down) genuinely believe this will be the car that makes them some mega-moolah in Britland. Let's face it the MG3, 6 and GS haven't exactly set the world on fire.

 

Price wise they're competitive, give them that, and the early reviews I've read (the car launches tomorrow) do say they seem to be much better bolted together than the 3.

 

Sadly, the ZS (originally was to have been called the XS) looks identical to every other quasi-SUV on the road - a reverse Tardis - big on the outside, tight squeeze on the inside.

 

Old ZS - would. New ZS - not different enough, must try harder.

[fordperv]

Just scared my mates little girls dressed as a pirate when him and his mrs popped around with them trick or treating, their reactions were brilliant, I ran around from the back of the house while they were at the door

[eddyramrod]

For the second time in the space of a week, I've been out viewing and driving cars for magazine pages.  Ticked a lot of boxes on my bucket list!

[Cavcraft]

That MG looks ace, defo needs bigger wheels though.

[beko1987]

Putting pictures of clowns up on the telly randomly whilst Amy watches release the hounds...

 

She hates clowns, but so far thinks it's part of the show!

[robinmasters]

Spudgun off Bottom appears to have been a Talbot enthusiast.

 

[PhilA]

Random model car shelf at the store. The usual Corvettes and Mustangs, a Crown Vic taxi cab.. and hiding in amongst it, this.

 

 

Yup, an un-pineapple'd VW Santana.

 

Phil

[Roobarb]

Coming back on the plane Saturday from 'Amsterdam, I was peering over an Indian blokes shoulder who was sat down, while I was waiting for the plane karzi to become unoccupied. (To clarify, he wasn't sitting on the karzi).

 

He had a ton of MG presentations on his laptop that he was filing away in different locations. Lots of stuff that only someone in the company would care about.

 

The most amazing thing I saw, was a set of power points for a new range of vehicles using an old British motorbike company name (which is sadly evading my poor age stricken brain). Something like litchfield or... grrrrr!

 

If I hadn't seen this thread, I would have totally forgotten about it.

 

Edit: Royal Enfield!

I wonder if they are going to make a modern comeback!

[Ghosty]

Enfield are an Indian company.

 

https://royalenfield.com/uk/

[Guest Hooli]

Indeed, Royal Oilfield has never gone away & have some quite nice new models.

[Eddie Honda]

My mate was trying to tell me that his old Iphone 4S Wi-Fi was jiggered. He'd already tried the freezer trick and it would only work for a minute or two and not long enough for anything useful, tried everything, etc.

 

So a quick Google later and I say "you need the opposite of cold" and has he got a hairdryer handy? Next I'm heating the phone on the ceramic hob, but ducked down next to the cooker to avoid any exploding batteries. After five minutes of full-heat hairdryer action and it was working again... and still is. To be honest, I was only expecting it to half-work or work for a much shorter time.

[Guest Hooli]

Dry joint I bet & you've warmed it enough for the solder to reflow.

[Eddie Honda]

Yes, it seems common enough. I don't know why folk would freeze them (apart from being easier less dangerous).

 

I would have thought it a bit difficult to reflow properly when stuck inside a case, but I thought it was worth a shot than sit about moping around.

[Guest Hooli]

No idea why people would think freezing would help either.

[Guest Hooli]

Sadly, the inventor of the raffle draw has passed away. RIP Tom Bowler.

[Tickman]

Thanks to Bucketeer for these and Will for delivery.

They have been given a clean up and shall be put to use.

 

 

[nebuchenezer]

On the way to pick up a prescription today I saw this:

 

 

Which reminded of the time I spent navigating in this in the early '80's:

 

 

So the I spent some time digging up pics of my early cars:

 

 

Sitting here with a great big grin now                 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

What is/was that red thing?

[M'coli]

Clan Crusader - available fully built or as a kit with new Imp Sport engine, gearbox, and suspension assemblies straight from Rootes. Built in Co. Durham and designed by two ex-Lotus engineers.

 

I'm off for a bit of a lie down.

[Guest Hooli]

Thanks, I should have known one of them!

[oldcars]

  On 01/11/2017 at 15:19, Hooli said:

What is/was that red thing?

A Clan Crusader.

[nebuchenezer]

It is a Clan Crusader: Looks like it has been restored as I am fairly sure they have not been made for years. 

 

Fibreglass body filled with hilman imp bits that weighs around 600 kg with driver on board

 

The rally car was much modified and went like shit off a shovel - 100 mph at 10,000 rpm, 0-60 sub 5 seconds. I think that picture (note the white smoke) was taken just after Ian (the owner and driver) missed third under hard acceleration, hit 12,000 rpm and threw a piston and rod out of the block - it still ran to the end of the stage though......

[Guest Hooli]

Sounds like a lot of fun, I knew Imp bits were good if you could keep them inside the block.

[nebuchenezer]

It was a hoot to be in for sure. I always remember the rasp of the twin 40 dellortos sucking air approx 3 inch's behind my head.

 

Sadly after Ian spent a grand on getting the engine rebuilt for the next years season the RAC changed the regs regarding roll cages in rallying that were nigh on impossible to comply with so he sold it on.

 

I'm still looking for a pic of the vehicle I navigated my final road rally in - bright red TR7 with a tuned V8 and some ex Tony Pond Ascari racing wizardry on the fuel injection/exhaust side of things.....Fack me that was a quick car.

[panhard65]

Just booked tickets to see the Wildhearts on tour next month in Exeter. Haven't seen them live since the mid 90's. They used to be really loud, but as this tour is accoustic I expect it will be a much more refined performance. Well thats what I am telling my other half anyway! this is payback for her making me go to see bloody Robbie Williams earlier this year.

If anyone else is interested tour tickets available here https://www.omerch.eu/shop/thewildhearts/tickets