What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

The Hyundai started to niff a bit when the heater was turned on, think steamy laundrette.

 

Obv pollen filter. Hmm, i only changed the bugger 3 years ago ffs.

 

New one from eBay, fitted in 2 minutes, no laundrette smells now. The old one was yuck.

[Timewaster]

I seem to remember MK2 Escort speedos going up to 140!

 

Standard Sierras read up to 150 but the Cosworth goes up to 170.

 

They aren't THAT fast!

[SiC]

Our A4 speedo goes upto 180mph. Being a standard diesel (which probably was the most common spec they sold), the top speed of this car is only around 130mph. That is around mid position on the dash. This irritatingly means that a good quarter of the gauge is even possible to be used. 70-80mph which is going to be the common max usage speed for like 90% of the world its sold in, is less than half way on the range. Sub 40mph you can't easily see as the steering wheel centre blocks it.

 

Utterly pointless and very annoying.

 

I usually leave the middle screen on speed as its far more useful.

[Tamworthbay]

Saw an absolutely mint ZR at Morrison’s today. Polished within an inch of its life and sporting a baby seat in the back so obviously in daily usage. It really looked like it was clean enough to be sat in a showroom. Nice to see someone looking after one.

[Bobthebeard]

Several huge potholes and crumbling tarmac in the road outside Beard Towers. Getting worse daily as now a bus route. Emailed the council to ask if any plans to resurface etc....

Two days later a van turns up, knock on the door and promises of repairs soon. Took pictures and sprayed white paint around the potholes. Nice. If it actually happens.

[oldcars]

Expenses lose their appeal when you own the company

[Guest Hooli]

Several huge potholes and crumbling tarmac in the road outside Beard Towers. Getting worse daily as now a bus route. Emailed the council to ask if any plans to resurface etc....

Two days later a van turns up, knock on the door and promises of repairs soon. Took pictures and sprayed white paint around the potholes. Nice. If it actually happens.

 

Get some more paint & circle all the ones they missed, I'm sure they'll have left at least half of them as they are pretending they aren't deep enough to be holes.

[MorrisItalSLX]

This popped up on Facebook:

 

 

My local Leyland dealer!

 

Rudder Motor Cars, 130 Kinghorne St Nowra. It was still a Mazda dealer up until 2012, now it is an apartment block.

They were also the dealer that serviced my Jag from 1988 to their closure in 2012 (The Jag was serviced at the supplying dealer, Purnell Motors Arncliffe, prior to 1988).

 

It’s nice to see what it looked like back in the BL days as I have only ever seen it as a (not very) modern Mazda dealer and the only photos I have seen of it are from the BMC days. All I need now is a photo of it back in the 80s or 90s when my Jag frequented the forecourt.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Here are those photos in a bit more detail:

 

 

 

 

And some other photos I have found:

 

 

 

 

And today:

 

[BavarianRetro]

I had an early 80s W123 240TD that could *eventually* cruise happily with the speedo sitting on "p" of "mph".

[NorfolkNWeigh]

This story about 11 e34's bought by a Bulgarian hire company then forgotten about. The ultimate barn find?

 

Never registered, no miles.

[junkyarddog]

Bloody hell!!

 

I'm not a lover of BMW,but I'd have one of them!

[richardmorris]

Same speedo across the range?

 

The speedo in my GS only went to - IIRC 100 but often hit the stop and continued to accelerate.

Quoted top speed was only 87mph.

 

I think the speedometer in my dad’s last BX TXD ( non Turbo 1.9) went to 140.

[Fumbler]

The rev counter on Father's old boss' non-turbo diesel BX went round and round and round. It had no limiter.

[SierraMikeHotel]

 

 

...a good quarter of the gauge is even possible to be used. 70-80mph which is going to be the common max usage speed for like 90% of the world its sold in, is less than half way on the range. Sub 40mph you can't easily see as the steering wheel centre blocks it.

You're right: that's a truly terrible bit of design. I'm not a fan of Audis but it's unlike them to get a design detail like that so completely wrong.

[Amishtat]

Had the needle well past 100 on my Riva a few times, once pointing exactly halfway between 100 and 0. Downhill, admittedly, but still.

[Fumbler]

Don't they bounce all over the place anyway?

[twosmoke300]

And the speedo

[STUNO]

I wondered what had happened to this !

It belonged to my late sisters man and disappeared after his death. Very happy to see all is well with it.

 

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/specialist-cars/other/auction-1892548145.htm?rsqid=cad4b2ef689f4299a6110571305ac76a

 

 

[SiC]

 

You're right: that's a truly terrible bit of design. I'm not a fan of Audis but it's unlike them to get a design detail like that so completely wrong.

Probably because it's cheaper to have one Speedo and dash for all diesels. No matter if it's a 2.0 140bhp or a 3.0 TDI with 240bhp. Except the fastest are electronically limited to 155mph.

[DodgeRover]

Looks like we will complete on the new house mid month.

Have found a log cabin to go in the garden, will order once exchange has gone through.

All the family, me included are more excited about the cabin than the house....

[wuvvum]

Same speedo across the range?

 

The speedo in my GS only went to - IIRC 100 but often hit the stop and continued to accelerate.

Quoted top speed was only 87mph.

I remember reading an article in Car where Setright was extolling the virtues of his bASe GSA, including its ability to continue accelerating way beyond its official top speed.

 

The speedo in my Cadillac STS went up to 260mph.  This was because it used the same graduations for mph and km/h - if you pressed the button to change to metric it just altered the calibration of the speedo needle so it went round the dial more quickly.

[AnthonyG]

Pleasingly, the Jaguar XJ6 the gangster (Patrick ‘Chisholm’ Malahide) drives in this week’s Luther is both taxed and Moted. And it has that tweed/leather trim you got in early base XJ40s. And lovely original TWR dealer plates.

 

Luther’s Volvo 240 is still on the system, last taxed July 17 and Mot expired July 18. I would have thought it was filmed later than that, maybe film companies don’t need ‘road legal’ vehicles if the roads are closed.

[DeeJay]

Looks like we will complete on the new house mid month.

Have found a log cabin to go in the garden, will order once exchange has gone through.

All the family, me included are more excited about the cabin than the house....

"Log Cabin", how many cars can you fit in it?

[DodgeRover]

"Log Cabin", how many cars can you fit in it?

 

None there's a small garage for that, I have been expressly warned the cabin is not to be used for motorcycle storage

[Jazoli]

Pleasingly, the Jaguar XJ6 the gangster (Patrick ‘Chisholm’ Malahide) drives in this week’s Luther is both taxed and Moted. And it has that tweed/leather trim you got in early base XJ40s. And lovely original TWR dealer plates.

 

Luther’s Volvo 240 is still on the system, last taxed July 17 and Mot expired July 18. I would have thought it was filmed later than that, maybe film companies don’t need ‘road legal’ vehicles if the roads are closed.

It's also a 118 plate similar to another red XJ6 on this forum

[robinmasters]

Obviously I found this by googling 'Ford Puma'. The question is, now she's 42 will she change her name to Cougar Swede?

 

Johanna Jussinniemi, better known by her stage name Puma Swede, is a Swedish pornographic actress and feature dancer. The first part of her stage name comes from the sports car, the Ford Puma.

[myglaren]

What Ronnie said:

 

https://www.facebook.com/HistoryBuzz/videos/2366396723602403/

 

Not Ronnie Pickering!

[cort16]

I’ve mentioned it before but the speedo in my Cadillac went up to 260mph. Eat that Bugatti veyron.

[Snipes]

Our A4 speedo goes upto 180mph. Being a standard diesel (which probably was the most common spec they sold), the top speed of this car is only around 130mph. That is around mid position on the dash. This irritatingly means that a good quarter of the gauge is even possible to be used. 70-80mph which is going to be the common max usage speed for like 90% of the world its sold in, is less than half way on the range. Sub 40mph you can't easily see as the steering wheel centre blocks it.

 

Utterly pointless and very annoying.

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I usually leave the middle screen on speed as its far more useful.

I don't think I could handle the needle never being above that first half or so - it would drive me crazy.