What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Spottedlaurel]

That Prelude looks very nice. They're definitely a car on my list of things to own one day.

 

My grin is seeing a few older things out and about after a few days of drier, milder weather. Poor quality dashcam pic's (sorry, no beardcam for me):

 

1986 Talbot Samba Style (954cc) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

This was nipping around the West Norfolk countryside. Surely a known car?

 

1984/85 Ford Granada Mk2 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

It was on black plates and had chrome arches.

 

Unfortunately, because I'd got the card out of the camera and hadn't put it back I then missed getting a shot of an L-reg Volvo 145 when I was out on a short drive the next morning. But still good to see.

 

All of this inspired me to rouse the Laurel from its winter slumber. After a quick fluids check it started-up quite happily, I topped the tyres up then used it for dad's taxi duties last night. Turned out I was in good company, as there was a Fiat 500 (proper old one) in the car park. Turned out I knew the owner, who'd kindly donated a pile of Datsun/Nissan HBOLs to me last year. He's a bit of a small car enthusiast having just last year sold a Zundapp Janus restoration project and he'd bought the 500 fairly recently.

[HillmanImp]

Today one of my daughters sent me this message.image.jpeg

"Today's hire car is some sort of fake Evoque, it's shit!"

I've never been more proud, my job as a parent has been successful.

What is it?

[John F]

HillmanImp, on 24 Mar 2018 - 07:34 AM, said:

What is it?

 

"Shit."

[wuvvum]

MG innit?

[cort16]

It's pewgot I think. 3008

[Cavcraft]

Yeah, looks like one of those 5008 type things. Lad I know has one, keep expecting to see Brendan from Coach Trip driving it.

[wuvvum]

Could be.  They all look the same to me.

[DVee8]

it's a 3008 a lad over the road has one.His daughter works for Peugeot at Coventry .Gets them on a lease every 6 months.Last time i spoke to him about this he was paying £99 a month all in.

[UmBongo]

Will be a busy weekend in November. Heaven 17 - playing The Luxury Gap in full - on Friday and The Human League on Sunday.

 

Fucking yes!

[HillmanImp]

Could be.  They all look the same to me.

Racist.

[HillmanImp]

MG innit?

That's what I thought at first only because the wheels look too small for it but maybe that's the popular style now for these types of car.

[fraser.innes.3]

Will be a busy weekend in November. Heaven 17 - playing The Luxury Gap in full - on Friday and The Human League on Sunday.

 

Fucking yes!

Where? Heaven 17 was the first live band that I saw!

 

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[DVee8]

We are going to the land of volvo and square sausages for the Easter long weekend.

[hairnet]

watching home under the hammer - but its from 2010

 

old chapel in summercoates in derbys

 

in the car park theres a silver scirocco

 

not BF is it

[clayts450]

On my recommended vids on Youtube

 

 

 

[dome]

Currently in Canada for a friends wedding.

 

Arrived at the airport having booked a Jetta or equivalent hire car.

 

Decided to upgrade...

 

 

 

Dodge Charger. They didn't have a V8 one sadly so a 300 odd horsepower V6 will have to do.

 

Went full redneck

 

[John F]

On my recommended vids on Youtube

 

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(/stealthcunt)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

[Tamworthbay]

Just got back from a week in Italy with work, spent the time around Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi area. A whole week of drooling over old Fiat 500s, 126s and other Fiat chod. But most of all the 3 wheel piaggio pick ups. They are just awesomely shit. Anyone know roughly how much it would cost to get one containers over as I don’t fancy driving one over the Alps.

[John F]

Tamworthbay, on 24 Mar 2018 - 5:16 PM, said:

But most of all the 3 wheel piaggio pick ups. They are just awesomely shit. Anyone know roughly how much it would cost to get one containers over as I don’t fancy driving one over the Alps.

 

They've been available over here for donkey's years... have a look on ebay

[andy18s]

Popped to a second hand items shop in Veliko Tarnova today and was greeted by this beauty.....

Owner was stood having a fag and was slightly bemused at my interest

Fell over a mk1 Mondeo just down the road which had No duct tape on the bumpers!

No pic as I'd left my phone in the Scoob....

[Tamworthbay]

They've been available over here for donkey's years... have a look on ebay

The one I am after is sign written for a lemon grower, just a cool thing.

[hairnet]

 

it was fkin freezin

 

almost wales

[hairnet]

the other grin is

 

taped scrapheap challenge the one where they build bikes from scratch

 

jamie whitham is the judge

 

they just showed him kicking the arse of a suzuki 750 round where the race will be

 

he wasnt at the tt this year as the hodgkins came back

 

hope he jumps up and down on it soon

 

and iin the yoksher accent them lot wi yon electric byyyyke nah how long will it last how quick naahhhhhh petrol fer me

[myglaren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm_5tTJ9WkY

[John F]

myglaren, on 24 Mar 2018 - 6:38 PM, said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm_5tTJ9WkY

 

Hehe, I've done something similar to win beer before

[Zelandeth]

The view from my bedroom window for the next couple of weeks:

 

Yep...that made me grin.

 

Bloody flights to get here didn't mind you!

 

Haven't quite decided if it was worth it yet...

[spike60]

I booked the Hull Zeebrugge ferry for the Le Mans 24h tonight.  I'm going with an old friend and staying with a Mme who has an old farm very close to the Porsche Curves. I haven't been for a couple of years for dull reasons and this completes the double with the Nurburgring 24h I'm going to with my son a month or so before. 

[angle]

Today I built a tower:

 

[Zelandeth]

Today I built a tower:

 

I really need something like that to sort the inside of our atrium roof and to change the light bulbs over the pool table...