What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Shep Shepherd]

Discovering this early 1980s holiday snap of the actual Ford Consul GT used in "The Sweeney", which still survives and is undergoing a protracted restoration:

 

 

I can just imagine Regan and Carter returning to the car with a 99, an Oyster, and a Strawberry Mivvi for their driver

[autofive]

 

this resto has been going on for many years, i have been watching with interest

 

i hope they dont reinstate those wing mirrors

[M'coli]

I'd imagine they'd snap off at the first pile of boxes anyway.

[Shep Shepherd]

this resto has been going on for many years, i have been watching with interest

 

i hope they dont reinstate those wing mirrors

 

So have I, as NHK 295M is my favourite TV car of all time

 

If the owner requires extra rearward vision, I imagine that the door mirros from a late Ghia model would fit the car. Personally, I'd rely on the interior mirror

 

I'd imagine they'd snap off at the first pile of boxes anyway.

 

Haha! You know it!

[warren t claim]

Quite often we get a big name celebrity popping their cork and shuffling their mortal coil on xmas day.

 

I'm trying to find odds that Margaret Thatcher will be this years high profile Christmas fatality and lobbing a fiver on. Nowt to do with politics but I'm feeling she might be worth a flutter.

[autofive]

Quite often we get a big name celebrity popping their cork and shuffling their mortal coil on xmas day.

 

I'm trying to find odds that Margaret Thatcher will be this years high profile Christmas fatality and lobbing a fiver on. Nowt to do with politics but I'm feeling she might be worth a flutter.

 

i dont often pray at xmas but..............

[pogweasel]

Keep an eye on this one then:

http://isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/

[Cavcraft]

Quite often we get a big name celebrity popping their cork and shuffling their mortal coil on xmas day.

 

I'm trying to find odds that Margaret Thatcher will be this years high profile Christmas fatality and lobbing a fiver on. Nowt to do with politics but I'm feeling she might be worth a flutter.

 

I'll have a bet on that, if we win we can buy shit loads of ale and celebrate the old bastard's passing.

 

Anyhow making me grin is a few days off work after a nightmare end to the year. And thus not having to deal with people who drive Renault Premiums

[M'coli]

This may sound odd, but this is making me grin at the moment: precisely 10 years ago I was shuffling myself off a Scottish hillside on my bum and my hands and knees (depending on the gradient) after mashing my ankle on wet grass (no ice, no snow and no alcohol) at around 2000ft up. It was dark and I was worried that my mate was going to get cold because I wasn't moving fast and he's tall and skinny. We did eventually get to the road, at which point we had to get across the fence - by this time, the Polis had turned up (don't you just love mobile phones? No reception in the glen but up the hill, five bars!), and heaved me over the fence - it's the only time that I've been "lifted" by the fuzz! On to hospital to x-ray to be told that it's an operation to plate it up, on Christmas day - pieced back together by Mr Cartilage at the Royal Alexandria in Paisley, and then when I came round from surgery and the morphine started wearing off, they gave me cold turkey sandwiches! The biggest problem was that none of the nurses were attractive nor single...

[brammy777]

So, after all the Maxi action on here, imagine my delight at seeing one in Andover last Monday. Well it gets better, as I was on the bus today in Basingstoke, what do I see parked on someones drive? A pristine Sandglow Maxi. WHAT IS HAPPENING.

[myglaren]

This.

 

Unfortunately we are inflicted with some crap presenters including Piers Morgan and Mrs. Bloody Ozzie.

 

I have a few versions of this but the voice coming out here is just astounding, even more so that Faryl Smith.

 

Listen without watching for a while, then see if you can reconcile the voice with the singer

[warren t claim]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed4_1293058239

 

Total towing fail.

[Richard]

Doesn't look like a fail to me, looks like it's working well.

[The Moog]

Got a few bags of rock salt today to clear the driveway. Had spare so I did a neighbours drive.. they were over the moon. Hopefully that is Karma points banked..

[MrDuke]

The following sequence of events has made me grin, several times, nearly every morning of the past week:

 

A group of around half a dozen cars is moving along the (un-gritted) dual carriageway at around 35mph.

I travel past them at around 50mph, with my back end twitching ever so slightly, but well under control with some judicious wheel-work.

At least one of the cars I pass (usually a brand-spanking Mondeo or Vectra), somewhat irked at being overtaken by a total shitter, will pull out from the group and attempt to accelerate after me.

Said driver will then notice that his steering wheel is not working properly, and his car is doing unexpected things, which he will be unable to fully control.

Said driver pulls meekly back into line and continues at slow speed, hopefully in utter confusion.

 

What makes me grin the most, is that I'm not a particularly skilful or gifted driver. Not to start modern-bashing, but the whole 'insulated' experience of driving a newer car results in severe lack of drivers being able to feel and respond to road conditions. In my opinion.

 

Also, I have taken more roundabouts and junctions sideways in the past week, than I have in the past 10 years. Go commie-mobile!! All your stupid irritating flaws are temporarily forgiven.

[Claypole]

Some nobber around the corner - saw him yesterday wheelspinning his escort in the street and driving like a knob (along with a little kid in the car...)

 

Wnet past the car this morning with the front all smashed in and a nice crack in the windscreen that was hopefully from his head not the kids.

[Cavcraft]

'Twin Town' is on tomorrow (Christmas day) morning, channel 312 on Sky. If you haven't watched it before tune in, but don't let your kids/anyone with delicate ears watch it.

 

 

'It's not a fake snake, it's an AC fakking Cobra'.

[M'coli]

"Is this a company car boys?"

"Probably!"

 

What a fantastic film, I love it! If all else fails, try Wales!

[autofive]

'Twin Town' is on tomorrow (Christmas day) morning, channel 312 on Sky. If you haven't watched it before tune in, but don't let your kids/anyone with delicate ears watch it.

 

 

'It's not a fake snake, it's an AC fakking Cobra'.

 

thanks for the tip

 

i checked a couple of snippets on utube, looks okay - so im downloading it now

 

who needs sky?

[Minimad5]

Fiesta has not been started for some time, and as it was covered in snow, looking quite sad.

I thought it was maybe time to see if it would live, so after a night of charging the battery i threw it on, checked the water to see if it were frozen and squeezed all the pipes - All seemed okay.

Choke fully out and First turn of the key - BRUM ! - Fired straight up

[Negative Creep]

Took the car to the redline in the local tunnel with the window down. Yes it's childish, but still makes me grin

[Pillock]

I used to love doing that in the G40.... the only stainless exhaust they made for it was a twin 3.5" tailpipe, so while I looked like a chav I still loved the sound.

As well as tunnels, the "multi storey car alarm" game is always a winner.

 

I calmed down when the lady next door had to knock on the door and tell me that I was giving their young lad nightmares - I kept hooning it down the (long) driveway between the houses and waking him up in the evening.

[Lord Sterling]

Caught an old film fave last night, 'Hard Boiled' with Chow Yun Fat directed by John Woo etc... What a great film, lots of great cars and great suits!

[Gompo]

The grump thread..

 

I am a bit of a miserable bastard for the most part and can get worked up at times but I come on here and generally at peace with most people on here and cant be arsed to get worked up about things. I'm surprised by the amount of 'old woman' type moaning and old man arrogrance/ignorance/conceitedness/uptightness going on in that thread.

 

..Maybe it awaits me with old age.

[Guest]

This absolutely incredible video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqhmvdzu7Fg

 

I wish plaid jackets like that were completely acceptable. Though it is unlikely to stop me.

[ashmicro]

Getting all the muck and shit off my cars after the OMGSNOCHAOS . Up on the ramps and undesides/under wheelarches done too. I, however, need a full valet myself after that lot. I have to say that having given them the Meguiars 1-2-3 treatment in the slightly more clement weather, even when the cars were "dirty", they were still much cleaner than pretty much all the other cars around. Recommended.

[Rusty Pelican]

Washing maching stopped doing its job this morning

Why in the grin thread , well I told her to stick it on and let me watch , soon realised the drum wasnt spinning , I could here the motor kick in and out so the timers fine , ripped the back off to find the belt was off but in one piece , stuck it back on and its fine , no idea why it came off but after 13 years il give it the benefit .

Really didnt want to buy a new one now as money is tight ,

just hope it lasts , I iz Washing machine engineer

[cobblers]

"FUPPIN SCENE TAX OLD VWS ETC ETC"

 

Just picked this up for £380. Tested for ages, drives brilliant! No idea what to do with it, I only bought it because it was cheap. Looks nice sat on the drive though.

[dollywobbler]

Nice Golf! Fit proper suspension, flog lowering bits to scenesters, recoup cash! Sorted.

 

My grin is that the thermostat change on the Landy was a piece of piss (yay, no seized bolts!) and a 50 mile test drive proved it now gets to temperature and stays there. Didn't mean to have a 50 mile test drive, but the scenery was lovely, the V8 sounded fab and for a moment, I was able to forget all about the fuel gauge! Got some pics which I'll stick up in a bit.

[seth]

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