What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Des]

If you cut out that image and carefully PVA the edges together you'll have a nice model of a Sierra that's been tagged up by someone called Dent.

[beko1987]

It looks a bit renault to me?

 

 

 

 

I am not a professional model maker obv, that doesn't help

[Stanky]

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Just claim its true to life, and you painstakingly recreated the damage and panel gaps on the actual car.

 

It looks a bit 'Hyundai Pony' to me.

[John F]

Mr A Lawrence, on 13 Mar 2018 - 12:12 AM, said:

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Made me grin anyway.

 

(stealth cunt noted)

[Guest Hooli]

And a Mk1 Sierra!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....Their roads look to be in better condition than ours if nothing else.

 

I think potholing will become a growth outdoor sport here.

[nacho man]

On a random day at work I ended up driving this beaut that had no drivers seat so I sat on a old barbers chair. Only round the lads yard mind.

 

 

I also came home to a very nice cheque from the government for overpaid taxes. Boom shackalack!!!

 

 

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[Ghosty]

Old Man gave me a good laugh earlier. I'd told him to tell me if he saw any cars for sale and what sort of thing I'm looking at...

Emailed me a link earlier to a £900 mk6 Escort estate.

Uh... nah, you're alright.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

[Wack]

I was talking to my sister about Ken dodd and we got talking about celebrities we'd met

 

She said her and my brother in law were in London when he saw lemmy from Motorhead walking towards them

 

He stopped him and asked for an autograph

 

Sure have you got a pen

 

No

 

Well numbnuts I can't sign anything then can I , do you think I carry pictures and pens

 

He then flicked his finger on my brother in laws forehead and walked off

 

That's way better than an autograph on a bit of paper

 

Reminded me of a trip to Florida years ago

 

We were in universal studios , the grinch show was on , we saw him walking towards up heading for the show,it wasn't jim carrey obviously but looked just like him , film quality costume

 

Mrs wack got all excited because she loves the movie , stopped him and said can we have a picture

 

Instantly he said no lady but you can have This, did a massive burp and walked off.

 

She had a look of horror on her face , did you see what he did , I was doubled up laughing , what did you expect, he's the grinch, it was fantastic

[5speedracer]

Top Gear last night. Massive car auction in Japan, loads of sporty Japanese stuff, K cars and for some reason a Renault 4!

 

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[SierraMikeHotel]

I was in a rush so didn't get a photo, but I did smile.

 

Sticker on the back of a Toyota Aygo:

 

"My other car is a horse.  And it's still quicker than this!"

 

Also didn't get a photo because I was test-driving a ruined Saab.

 

We used a petrol station to turn around in when we headed back to the dealership.  Had to squeeze past a Tesla that was sitting at the pump.  Didn't realise until we were level with it, and I don't think the dealer really understood why I'd found it funny.

[omegod]

Sat next to to a lorry earlier at the lights, tyre was made by " Double Happiness" which to me sounded like something you could get in a Thai massage parlour if you'd been paid for some overtime that week 

[FakeConcern]

Gareth at work has a pool car for the day to go for a meeting, we went outside to fill the form in, after being told it was mint condition, they've never had one back like it (was a company car before the person left)...

 

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The dent in the passenger door is particularly fun, been opened into a wall, dented it on the crease line, and left the brick marks in there... Oops

 

Uncomfortable as fuck though, I sat in it for a laugh

 

 

If you cut out that image and carefully PVA the edges together you'll have a nice model of a Sierra that's been tagged up by someone called Dent.

 

 

It looks a bit renault to me?

 

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I am not a professional model maker obv, that doesn't help

You should check out my thread if you like paper car models!

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/20735-doesnt-fit-anywhere-else-shite-thread/page-3

 

[gm]

I was out for a run earlier on, look at this winning line up I stumbled upon

 

[wuvvum]

Noice!  Been a while since I saw a wedge TVR on the road.  I did see a slightly newer Griffith embedded in the barrier on the A11 on Sunday - looked like the driver had run out of talent exiting a damp roundabout.

[wuvvum]

My grin of the day: parking up behind this beauty in Norwich this morning.

 

[Ghosty]

I was out for a run earlier on, look at this winning line up I stumbled upon

 

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400 looks like a GTi too. 130bhp Honda twink

[eddyramrod]

Just been reading the KKK thread.  Both parties have said things like "lovely chap, a joy to meet you" etc.  How often do we see that here?  All the time, I reckon.  Shiters flog each other unwanted old cars with known faults, and everyone's happy.  Show me another forum on which this could happen!

[Timewaster]

On the way to work this morning I saw a 2018 Nissan EV.

 

I wondered to myself how he would explain if he lost it on a bend and rolled it.

 

 

Boss, I've turned over a new leaf!

[wuvvum]

Badum tish.

[xtriple]

Just been reading the KKK thread.  Both parties have said things like "lovely chap, a joy to meet you" etc.  How often do we see that here?  All the time, I reckon.  Shiters flog each other unwanted old cars with known faults, and everyone's happy.  Show me another forum on which this could happen!

I think this forum is wonderful and so are the people on it. No pissing about, I know I can be a twat at times (wow, news!)) but I genuinely respect and admre most people on here, you know if someone says the cars a good un, then it is, if they say the cambelt is on its last legs and the brakes are dodgy that is all you have to worry about. Everywhere else everyon would try to have your pants down and not let on about faults and hope you miss them.

 

It is a most refreshing place/attitude and long may it continue.

[DodgeRover]

Survey being done on our house tomorrow, agents said it should take less than 45 minutes so I'm guessing it's just a mortgage valuation one. Have gone through the structural survey we had done when we bought and apart from the ground level being a bit high but still 1 brick below damp course everything has been sorted, including the rusty header tank I spent half a day cutting out with an angle grinder. Fingers crossed.

Full survey being carried out on the place we are buying today, hopefully it's not turned up any problems.

[Coprolalia]

Survey being done on our house tomorrow, agents said it should take less than 45 minutes so I'm guessing it's just a mortgage valuation one. Have gone through the structural survey we had done when we bought and apart from the ground level being a bit high but still 1 brick below damp course everything has been sorted, including the rusty header tank I spent half a day cutting out with an angle grinder. Fingers crossed.

Full survey being carried out on the place we are buying today, hopefully it's not turned up any problems.

 

Currently in a similar position, going through our third attempt at a sale (first two bastards fell through).

 

Fingers crossed for you!

[DodgeRover]

Currently in a similar position, going through our third attempt at a sale (first two bastards fell through).

 

Fingers crossed for you!

Do people normally do a structural survey after the mortgage one?

[DodgeRover]

Currently in a similar position, going through our third attempt at a sale (first two bastards fell through).

 

Fingers crossed for you!

Do people normally do a structural survey after the mortgage one?

[anonymous user]

Do people normally do a structural survey after the mortgage one?

Only if they have lots of money and are trying to knock the price down, might just have been with me though

[Datsuncog]

Do people normally do a structural survey after the mortgage one?

Depends: we had the mortgage survey done - which was mandatory, and seemed chiefly to establish that there was indeed a house at the given address that the bank could seize if I failed to stump up the payments - but chose not to bother with a buyer's survey as the house was relatively new and unmodified and in a geologically boring area, plus the survey excluded so much and had so many caveats that it didn't feel worth the asking price. We had a good look over everything ourselves, and nearly eight years on nothing's gone wrong with the place that we didn't anticipate and budget for.

 

But my brother's currently buying a flat in London that's been converted from a Victorian terrace with an extension, and I'm advising him to get it properly looked over structurally, as there's a lot of scope for bodging and woe there.

[chodweaver]

I've coughed the extra for structural surveys in the past, expecting to get a better insight into the state of the place from someone qualified and experienced.

 

You guessed it. Both times, it didn't bring any more information to light than what I'd found while getting cobwebs on my head and dirt under my fingernails. It had the same caveats as an MOT on a rotter with a massive bodykit and a fresh coat of underseal. 'It was not possible to assess the conditions of the roof timbers due to limited access to the loftspace etc. etc.'. Good job I'd got up there with a torch and some gloves and had a good old poke about...

 

Complete waste of money if you're looking at an unmodified, unextended house built with traditional methods.

 

I would echo the comment above about it being worthwhile on a place that might have been bodged at a structural level or suffering subsidence, though. 

[myglaren]

Depends: we had the mortgage survey done - which was mandatory, and seemed chiefly to establish that there was indeed a house at the given address that the bank could seize if I failed to stump up the payments - but chose not to bother with a buyer's survey as the house was relatively new and unmodified and in a geologically boring area, plus the survey excluded so much and had so many caveats that it didn't feel worth the asking price. We had a good look over everything ourselves, and nearly eight years on nothing's gone wrong with the place that we didn't anticipate and budget for.

 

But my brother's currently buying a flat in London that's been converted from a Victorian terrace with an extension, and I'm advising him to get it properly looked over structurally, as there's a lot of scope for bodging and woe there.

My son fell foul of that in his house in London - someone had bodged the drainage inasmuch as there were no underground drains, the downcomers just soaked into the ground and the water has excavated huge cavities that are having to be filled with concrete and proper drainage installed.

Brilliant when he is trying to sell the house.