What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Joey spud]

Here's a six year old Iveco i attended the other morning.

 

 

 

The cab and luton gap looks a bit off.

 

 

 

 

 

Gotta laugh..

[Guest Hooli]

Good job the exhaust it holding it together.

[Ghosty]

There's a matt black Ibex in Holmfirth usually, not as well executed but properly reigstered.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Jesus, chassis broken clean through? WTF?

 

Were you called to have a look at that, or was that just an observation while you sorted out some other problem?

[DodgeRover]

Have they been using left over Navaro Chassis?

[Joey spud]

I rocked up in my orange vw t5 and the owner just laughed and said "what you going to do with that son".

These Iveco trucks are shite but never known one do this.

Bloke said it had been feeling a bit baggy for a while then went bang on a roundabout but managed another half a mile to complete its delivery before calling me out.

 

The call taker put the job thru the system so it came up on my screen as ''Engine''???.

Then helpfully put in the comments section "chassis broken / other"...

[Joey spud]

Here is another grin in the shape of a 12 plate Audi TT that would start for a few seconds then stall,also the fuel gauge wasn't reading and a single fault code was stored for something like lost fuel pump control command.

 

I had a dig around under the bonnet and then in the boot and found the car had a little furry lodger who had taken to using sound deadening material and rear seat cushion padding as nesting material and set up camp behind the boot mounted fuse board.

 

 

Unfortunately for the owner the critter had also decided to chew thru the fuel pump wiring...

 

 

A mate went to this Vauxhall owner who was complaining about a grinding noise when he braked.

 

When asked he said he heard a clonking noise first then the grinding started but he wanted to get home so carried on.

[somewhatfoolish]

I never really worked out what the point was of the Foers Ibex. Does anyone know? IIRC, they were sold new with just standard 90 running gear.

The advantages are better approach and departure angles and the option of an integrated winch system for YOLOLETS4X4!!!, epoxy coated galvanised steel body panels for long life and ease of repair, heating/ventilation system that works and doors that don't come with the ability to disintegrate within 5 years. There are other plus points but those are the highlights. It was also a good way of recycling your green oval product once it fell apart as usually the mechanical bits last far longer than the chassis/bulkhead/doors/floor/sills/etc.

[Wack]

I rocked up in my orange vw t5 and the owner just laughed and said "what you going to do with that son".

 

These Iveco trucks are shite but never known one do this.

 

 

 

 

I keep reading these Iveco trucks are shite

 

I bought a 57 plate 3.0D 35C15 new , ran it until 2013 putting over 300k on it , 5 days a week it pulled a 3.5T trailer fully loaded (7T train weight) approx 200 miles a day, usually empty coming back

 

In that 6 years and 300k it never left me stranded once, had regular servicing , 2 diffs and a clutch,I only changed the clutch because it started to judder

 

that's one driver who owned it and paid the bills when it went wrong, Steve my mechanic looks after one the same year, it's had 2 back axles and 2 clutches in the last 12 months, driven by 5 different drivers who couldn't give a fuck about it

 

 in my experience they're far from shit

 

Surprising someone snapped a chassis, it's a proper truck chassis not a box section like a transit

[beko1987]

In town with eva on her new scooter, we walk past the pub... "daddy can we have a lemonade?..."

 

2 pints down, she's not even 1/4 the way through her drink and we are now staying for lunch it seems...

[Guest Hooli]

Good parenting skills there!

[Guest Hooli]

Beko later on -

 

 

Ammmyz cannNn ewe pii pii

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pick up us?

 

i cannt drii dr drive, it's eVa's f fa fault....

[beko1987]

Aha, that's where I was smart... We walked! Eva seems to like football, need to stamp that shit out asap...

[wuvvum]

Beko later on -

 

 

Ammmyz cannNn ewe pii pii

pic

pick up us?

 

i cannt drii dr drive, it's eVa's f fa fault....

Beko is going to turn into TooSavvy ???

[hairnet]

A post card arrived this morning from youngest daughter, posted on a little Thai Island . Not that surprising that she's already home, what is surprising is that she's been home since June! Over 6 months to get here, that's brilliant that they even bothered.

had that sent a card to ireland before xmas got there thursday just gone

 

sent one at the same time to nz - got there yesterday

 

dafuq

[Guest Hooli]

Aha, that's where I was smart... We walked! Eva seems to like football, need to stamp that shit out asap...

 

Aye you need to sort that shit out, or disown her.

[beko1987]

Meh, if she still likes it when she's drinking age I could work it to my advantage!

 

Home now, sneaky 4 pints and some lunch... Time for a coffee before amy wakes up. Our alcoholic neighbors turned up too so we stayed for one more...

 

We'd bought lunch too, that is now dinner...

[Guest Hooli]

Worked out well then.

[Coprolalia]

I've found a very tucked away block of garages near where I'm planning on moving to. Temptation awaits once house sales happen.

[beko1987]

Dyson motor swapped and it's working again thanks to advice from our resident vacuum cleaner expert.

Fantastic! Filters too? I hope you told Mrs SpottelLaurel it cost what the motor you originally linked to did and kept the change?

[Vantman]

Scruffy Saab passed the MOT with no advisories again. I drove 7000 miles in it this year but it did suffer a head gasket failure earlier in the year but it still makes me smile when I drive it.  

[Noel Tidybeard]

Been given a heater vent phone mount thingy for Christmas and I'm absurdly pleased about it. Magnetic one too which is nice, just lob the mangetic panel in my phone case, and snap on/off. Great.

 

simple things....etc

[omegod]

3 grins:

 

Major yomp around Moelfamau today and I wasn't out of breath once, nice outcome from packing in the fags a year ago.

 

Petrol Seat Ateca averaged it's best yet at 62.9 MPG 

 

Dude who lives in Loggerheads still has at least one of his Renault 21 Turbo Quadra's, they've been a legendary shite spot for many years 

[Tamworthbay]

Shoot dead man? Was he dead already?

Nope, just f’ing useless BBC journalists who have no idea how to use English, did make me chuckle at first though.

[Negative Creep]

https://twitter.com/CPTaskforce/status/947060303287717888

[Zantimisfit]

Couldn't sleep last night. Got up at about 2:30 and came downstairs and put the telly on.

 

Do you know what was on?

 

Top Cat!

 

RESULT.

[warren t claim]

3 grins:

 

Major yomp around Moelfamau today and I wasn't out of breath once, nice outcome from packing in the fags a year ago.

 

Petrol Seat Ateca averaged it's best yet at 62.9 MPG 

 

Dude who lives in Loggerheads still has at least one of his Renault 21 Turbo Quadra's, they've been a legendary shite spot for many years 

The Loggerheads dude joined on here a few years ago.

[Cavcraft]

I’m on the Cavcraft work’s do and I’m absolutely wankered. Innit bro.

[eddyramrod]

I'm on the Ramrod New Year Do and already there's a headache building.

 

Fortunately I'm at home in my pyjamas and haven't been drinking so it won't interfere with the paracetomol.

[DeeJay]

I’m on the Cavcraft work’s do and I’m absolutely wankered. Innit bro.

Reserve a collection thread for 2 Rovers, a Ka and a moped frame tomorrow.