What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[trigger]

He's a BTCC Winner and the Tiff Needell of Five Gear.

 

[scaryoldcortina]

Ok, thanks. I honestly hadn't heard of him....

[pogweasel]

I thought Tiff Needell was the "Tiff Needell" of FIVE GEAR[sic]??

[trigger]

Fucked up there then didn't i, I forgot Tiff was on Fifth Gear now , (not that i watch it)

[Negative Creep]

Was anyone else once under the impression his name was Tiffany Dell?

[pogweasel]

No.

[Cavcraft]

Did you read as far as the custard pictures Trigger? The one of him holding his laptop up was pretty bloody amusing to be fair.

[trigger]

Yes i did! I had to laugh when he posted this photo of himself holding the Birds custard.

 

 

and this comment from him.

 

is that what you meant by the Custard Test? Wife pissed off, its all over the kitchen, top not on when getting from a cupboard.

 

[autofive]

Who is Jason Plato?

 

he's that fat useless cynt that writes on car windscreens

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Isn't he the leader of the Argonauts?

[Justin Case]

Who is Jason Plato?

 

he's that fat useless cynt that writes on car windscreens

 

No that's Jason Dawe Anyway I find him Quite Amusing when he jumps up and down in delight when he manages to get a set of mats thrown in when he seals a deal, even though he doesn't actually get a penny knocked off the asking price

[autofive]

Who is Jason Plato?

 

he's that fat useless cynt that writes on car windscreens

 

No that's Jason Dawe Anyway I find him Quite Amusing when he jumps up and down in delight when he manages to get a set of mats thrown in when he seals a deal, even though he doesn't actually get a penny knocked off the asking price

 

ahh is he?

oh the feck is jason platthead then?

[Cavcraft]

Plato is an ex-BTCC driver. From memory he was pretty damned good at it too.

[scaryoldcortina]

Plato they say could put it away, half a crate of whiskey every day,

Aristotle Aristotle was a beggar for a bottle, Hobbes was fond of a dram

and Rene Decartes was a drunken fart, I drink therefore I am

 

And Socrates himself will be particularly missed,

A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed.

[155V6]

Plato is an ex-BTCC driver. From memory he was pretty damned good at it too.

He won this year

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

ahh is he?

oh the feck is jason platthead then?

 

Try reading the posts in the thread you're posting in.

[Negative Creep]

Isn't he the leader of the Argonauts?

 

 

No he's the man who invented the plate

[scaryoldcortina]

ahh is he?

oh the feck is jason platthead then?

 

Try reading the posts in the thread you're posting in.

 

 

No, don't. It wouldn't be anywhere near as amusing if you knew what you were talking about

[autofive]

Isn't he the leader of the Argonauts?

 

 

No he's the man who invented the plate

 

what the whole thing?

just to find out who someone i dont care about is?

[eddyramrod]

I really need to fire up the ol' puter earlier in the day... Talking about towing stories: years ago I had a neighbour with a Mk4 Cortina that really didn't want to start in the cold weather. As we set out for work roughly together, I usually found myself towing him to start his car. It never failed, we got it every time. My car: a three-cylinder 1981 Daihatsu Charade.

Specifically: this one!

[Gompo]

Apologies for going back to PIstonHeads again, but a bloke on there posted some pics that made me grin. Here's most of his post:

 

A little bit more up to date, these photos were taken between 1989 and 1991 at the car dealership where I still work.

 

Part exchanges were unceremoniously 'parked' in the Cheapie Yard out the back...

 

 

 

...whilst the shiny and new stock resided in the showroom (that resembled a sauna!)

 

 

 

Betcha haven't seen one of these recently! This was my demonstrator for a while, all 1.5 litres of Korean sportiness! It had lift-off oversteer in bucketloads and I'm sure the suspension was made of cheese it was that soft. Last time I saw this exact car was about 4 years later when it was on the top of pile of other dead motors in a local scrappie, looking a little worse for wear.

 

 

Betcha can't even remember what the hell this abomination was! Fiat Tipo 1.4 litre motor, gearbox made with the same consistency as the Scoupe's suspension and build quality that, well, there wasn't any really! Handling was atrocious (understeer city) unassisted steering was heavy beyond extreme and to cap it all it was about the same price as an Escort or Astra or Tipo! Needless to say, we didn't sell that many and then the Yugoslavian situation began and we mercifully didn't have to stock their vehicles any longer.

 

 

And finally, the 'Yughini'! This poor little 1.1 litre 55A was our demonstrator that was thrashed within an inched of its life nearly every day. The challenge was to see if you could get the corner of the front spoiler to touch the ground during vigorous cornering. No problem!

 

 

Good fun days when the motor trade was a lot less serious than it is now. Or is it just those rosy coloured glasses again?

 

..I did answer with 'Yugo Sana', of course.

[eddyramrod]

I think I've found my next project... Wandering around the field that surrounds my friendly garage yesterday I found myself the other side of a corrugated-ally shed that had been unceremoniously dumped in the shrubbery. Under that, which I never noticed before, is a two-door Triumph Toledo, minus engine, bonnet and I think front suspension (certainly wheels). Hmmmm.... I last had a Toledo in 1982, and a Dolomite in 89, and they were both 4-door. Can't even remember when I last saw a two-door!

[Mike D]

That bloke was clearly living the salesman dream

[Tayne]

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[Lord Sterling]

 

Love the 2-Tone Montego. Must try and Montego one day

 

Watching the Sweeney again cruising around in thier Mk2 Granada, yet another car I'd love to try.

[Pete-M]

[seth]

 

You know how at certain shows there's a group of blokes down the far end of the field sitting on chairs next to their small stationary engines phutting away next to them.....

[AlsoMike]

 

Christ that showroom is ace! Even better when it features a vehicle I've owned:

 

 

(or one just like it anyway, mine even had the white stripes on the side as well)

[Richard]

 

You know how at certain shows there's a group of blokes down the far end of the field sitting on chairs next to their small stationary engines phutting away next to them.....

 

I went to a show once where somebody had a Merlin engine in the stationary engine enclosure. He only ran it a couple of times through the day, man it was loud.

[autofive]

shamelessly stolen from aless popular and more totalitarian forum

 

 

 

well, they made me smile