What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[New POD]

There's something about owning a relatively rare original car that makes you look at eBay ads like this and go 'Hmmmm'...even when part of you knows it's luuuuuuuudicrously expensive for paper with 'Vauxhall' written on it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Omega-MV6-3-0i-V6-24v-1997-98-UK-Market-Foldout-Sales-Brochure/173307849618

 

Yup, I'm getting this one instead...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Omega-MV6-brochure-1998-models/302594077089

don't.

 

I'll scan the one i have amd email you the pdf.

[cort16]

Wait. It's in a glass? WTF?

I know drinking Buckie out a wine glass, posh c*nt

[Ghosty]

It's a year since I sold my Rover 200, my first car.

I sold it with a fresh ticket, and it's got another year's MOT. Clean pass too.

 

I wonder how the arch rot is, it'd blown through the filler last time I saw it.

[vulgalour]

Very happy to learn that the timing belt tensioner for a Ford Sierra does indeed look similar enough to that fitted to a Princess that I should be able to use one to cure my current squealing one for about £30.  Of course, I'm going to have a look in my spares and see if I really do have one like I think I do because that's free and definitely fits.

[PhilA]

Curious. SWMBO just pointed out a car that's for sale that I'm allowed to have.

 

The Renault would have to go.

 

But, the car in question is Junkman approved, so there's that...

 

Phil

[BavarianRetro]

I take it you only brought the chateau pont des manteaux in from the swingpark to photograph it?

 

55 years in Lanarkshire and never tasted it.

[Spottedlaurel]

Sitting in a French holiday house with sun rising on what looks like a warm, dry day, editing photos of the automotive rubbish I've seen so far and listening to a load of old-ish, small, sporty-sounding cars being enthusiastically driven on an early-morning run. Don't know what they are, but they sound great echoing through the valley.

 

Rest of the family in bed, but this friendly little thing has come to keep me company:

 

 

Some good stuff seen already - as ever, it's frustrating what I've missed getting photos of but the camera has already been fairly active. Hoping that a trip out on a sunny Sunday will see some old things out and about.

 

Being in France has made me think of Dave and his life here.

 

Until a week or two ago it seemed far from definite that this holiday would happen, so I'm incredibly grateful we've managed to get away at all let alone to somewhere so pleasant. My Mum was taking ill a few weeks back and ended up having heart surgery. So lots of hospital visits and general help with my Stepdad. Fortunately she's now at home and making a good recovery, and he's doing well at looking after her, so that's a good reason for a grin in itself.

[spike60]

This put a grin on my face!

 

Was surprised when they were able to look these up on the parts system...

 

Was even more surprised when this packet actually arrived along with the more standard service parts.

 

IMG_20180809_230107.jpg

 

How many companies could find you a couple of lenses for the dashboard of a van that's not been made since 1995?

 

Never mind the fact that they treated me like royalty in their glossy dealership, despite my turning up in a crusty old van!

Sorry if you already know but the little lenses are probably shaped to only go in and out one way, we use very similar at work and folk break them with brute force. If they're the same the edges on the long side are shaped.

[Spottedlaurel]

Following a tip from Mr and Mrs 6C on here, stopped and had a look at the old Aerotrain track on our way to Orleans the other day. French page gives more info:

 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voie_d'essai_de_l'aérotrain_d'Orléans

 

Fastest it apparently ran was over 265mph - seeing it hurtle by on that track up in the air must have been fairly awesome.

[ProgRocker]

My Mum was taking ill a few weeks back and ended up having heart surgery. So lots of hospital visits and general help with my Stepdad. Fortunately she's now at home and making a good recovery, and he's doing well at looking after her, so that's a good reason for a grin in itself.

 

Great to hear that your mum is on the mend.

 

[castros_bro]

 

 

Autochat ?

[skattrd]

I'm sorting out the artwork for the office at home... 

 

 

 

 

I might have to speak to our resident artist for some more

 

[anonymous user]

 

 

Autochat ?

Does he/she miaow in French? I only ask because my sister once bought a pony that only understood Welsh

[anonymous user]

I'm easily amused, I was out earlier and was driving behind a Citroen Picasso which had the back window labelled up as an advert for an auto-electrician, the amusement being that only the high level brakelight was working.

[Richard]

Does he/she miaow in French? I only ask because my sister once bought a pony that only understood Welsh

 

Yes, animals do have regional accents. Apparently plants do too.

[meggersdog]

Cavcraft's spamming of his Honda for sale has just lead me to a pleasant hour-ish of a "90's revival" listening to 30 something and 1992.

[vulgalour]

Skattrd:  you know where to find me  when you want some scribblings

[nebuchenezer]

Had a bit of a stressfull day yesterday.

 

This occurred:

 

 

Summer meet of the Kent branch of the TVR owners club.

 

But why the stress?

 

Because I foolishly agreed to do a bbq for 35 people all to be ready at 2 pm.

 

It turned out alright though:

 

 

[Wilko220]

Boris Johnson appears to have a Citroen AX...

https://www.facebook.com/565135849/posts/10156653468360850/

 

[angle]

It's a bit of a departure from ToMM, but a man's got to have a weekend car I suppose.

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

I was wearing one of my best brown neckties today and someone asked me “Do you have any fashionable ties?”

So I decided to review my “regular rotation” necktie collection:



And determined I own at least 16 fashionable neckties.

And if you were wondering, the green and orange ones are very, very wide and the penguins on the right are dressed as Freemasons.

[Supernaut]

Yes, animals do have regional accents. Apparently plants do too.

I agree, my cat is definitely from NE Scotland. She sounds like a grumpy bastard.

[eddyramrod]

My dog is Cypriot.  I'm sure that's why she doesn't obey at least 50% of the commands I give her...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Three gins in, MrsDC lets slip she would really like a Mk3 Zodiac. Or Mk3 Zephyr 6, at a pinch.

 

Noted. Very fucking noted.

 

….and it only takes gin for this to happen?

[Guest Hooli]

Popped over to Bute for the day to do a spot of bird watching.

 

One bird in particular

 

A blue one.

 

https://youtu.be/OblwfK-HvBs

 

This is awesome. I'm here for the duration

Fantastic. I planned to be there for it too but somehow plans changed.

[fordperv]

As most of you probably know I work in the care sector, there's a chap who lives at my workplace who worked for rover back in the day as a test driver on track who I always chat with about old cars etc, yesterday he seemed unsettled so I suggested I get him out for a walk, we had a great chat about his time track testing the new cars for rover, I asked him if he remembered the mgf mule and he told me what he could remember about it and that it was a bit of fun, he was also telling me about the time he got a trip to America out of them when they were trying to set a speed record, it's a real shame this guy has got dementia and can't remember lots because of his experiences, there is even a picture in his room of him next to an mgf he was track testing, while we were out there was a civic with a loud exhaust and he commented that it sounded like a soggy fart.

[AMC Rebel]

Sort of Grump and smile really.  Turned out of a road into one that's two lanes wide but one way to encounter a geezer in an Audi Q3 coming towards me.  He didn't seem to understand me waving and pointing to the one way sign.  I got out and told him he couldn't go that way as it's a one way street - he said he was "new here".  The grin was that a copper on foot just rounded the corner as our debate was taking place - and gestured to the chap to pull over for a chat.

 

There's never a copper around when .......oh yes there is actually.

[iainrcz]

My spider plant is flowering.

 

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[Cavcraft]

[Ghosty]

There's a friend of my mum's that is a lovely kindly bloke and keen cyclist. I always wave whenever I see him in the local area. We're all going to the big cycle jumble at Manchester Velodrome on the weekend.

 

My mum's just told me he has a Roman Bronze mk1 Granada Ghia