What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Lord Sterling]

 

They look exactly like my own cars. Except the BMW isn't mine. It's identical to mine in colour, spec etc... except it newer by 1 year and has 3 rear headrests. Mine has 2.

[clayts450]

Had some slight concerns about leaving the 620 parked on the street as MoT is expired, although still taxed and insured. You never know what curtain twitchers are around.

 

Well, last night the curtain twitcher was me as I spotted a 2001 Pisshat 1.8 Sport saloon parked three cars down in the cul de sac with flat tyres. A quick probe of the DVLA site confirmed said Pisshat was (a) SORN and (2) its MoT expired in June 2018.

 

The 620 is now in esteemed company.

 

(And yes, did look what the Pisshat failed on - brake discs and a holey centre exhaust - may make some discrete enquiries...)

[forddeliveryboy]

 

 

I'm sure there's a specific thread for this, but I grinned so here we are, both ebay posts

 

 

[myglaren]

Russian Road Rage

[reb]

It turns out that flammable organic material is cheaper than angry pixies when it comes to providing home heat. This is nice.

 

 

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[Wack]

Spring has finally arrived at oulton park but it's a lot colder than the sun would suggest

[scaryoldcortina]

95%* of the Elises sold are probably still on the road.

 

* not an actual statistic

The other 5% made it to their destination...

[LightBulbFun]

2222 

 

[twosmoke300]

The other 5% made it to their destination...

Sad fact - k series cambelt is easier on an Elise than an mgf

[Ohdearme]

I’ve worked out I’ve a dangerously high chance of a roffle win* at 13.5% if all three horses run today...

 

If 29 comes in I have to explain winning two cars at once...already getting the warm tingly roffle fears

[somewhatfoolish]

Scottish football plumbs new depths. Getting a shooing by Kazakhstan. The greatest moment in Scottish football? Maradona's hand of god goal.

Slim Jim et al giving Englandshire a shoeing in 1967 shirley? Closely followed by a baldy man scoring against the Dutch in 1978. We ought to give up footie as the national game as we're shite at it. Curling, we're good at curling. And pies.

[myglaren]

Or Chris Ewbank?

[Wack]

Hello is that ChinaShite can you send me your bling catalogue please I'd like to place an order

[w00dy]

 

 

 

Very satisfying.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Yes, I know I flounced, but I forgot I'd set this up...on a car with a 666 plate too.

I've hit the trip meter at 66000 on the Skoda. Only 300 miles to go for a rather similar picture.

[sierraman]

Even the Land Rover Discoveries in Legoland are unreliable bags of shit.

[brownnova]

Discovered the man across the road has bought a Morris Minor traveller to compliment the saloon he is restoring. Had a very pleasant half hour chatting chod with him!

[bramz7]

Just in Spain at the moment. I've seen all sorts of old stuff on the road and I haven't even bothered to head into Madrid yet.

 

It's quite something how many diesels there are about. I've never heard so many ratty HDIs in my life. And I've never seen so many 406s and C5s about as I have here. And MK1 Laguna's.

 

Its made me fancy a C5 again. Early 110 saloon....(dropping a hint here)

[Remspoor]

Just in Spain at the moment. I've seen all sorts of old stuff on the road and I haven't even bothered to head into Madrid yet.

 

It's quite something how many diesels there are about. I've never heard so many ratty HDIs in my life. And I've never seen so many 406s and C5s about as I have here. And MK1 Laguna's.

 

Its made me fancy a C5 again. Early 110 saloon....(dropping a hint here)

the Spanish like coke power for 2 reasons, economy and safety. Yes safety. Older generations thought petrol engined cars would catch fair too quickly. I know someone whose father owned a dart 8Ameriacn iron) from the 1960s The petrol was removed and a diesel replaced the lump. It must have been woeful.

I had a Mk1 Mégane 1.6 petrol. It was hard to sell everyone wonted a coke version.

Please add any photos of Spanish shite here

http://autoshite.com/topic/32185-%C2%A1mierda-spanish-shite/

i would love to see them.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Driving along behind an Alfa Mito earlier and the reversing lamp kept coming on, apparently at random. It's pleasing to learn that Italian electricity is still, well, Italian.

[twosmoke300]

Spaghetti Marelli

[beko1987]

We had an untaxed un mot'd c5 saloon abandoned outside our back gate for weeks last summer. And every day I walked past and liked it a bit more every time...

[HillmanImp]

[Cavcraft]

 

 

 

 

 

Very satisfying.

 

What did you use/how did you do it, please?

[djb222]

[djb222]

[w00dy]

What did you use/how did you do it, please?

 

 

I used 1500 and 3000 wet and dry followed the Meguairs PlastX polish and drill attachement from their One-step kit (I reckon there's 4 cars worth in there if you use wet and dry first), but if you've already got a mop or drill attachment I'd just buy the PlastX stuff on it's own as it is very good and much quicker than toothpaste or regular polish, whilst the little sanding pads in the kit are a bit crap. Then just chucked some wax on to try and protect it. That sounds like a long job, but it was 20 mins tops.

[LightBulbFun]

 

[Tamworthbay]

Lost a wheel trim off the Pug, only driven it four miles but found it by the road after a quick drive round!

[Wack]

Lost a wheel trim off the Pug, only driven it four miles but found it by the road after a quick drive round!

Was it leaning against a lamp post with 100m of cassette tape on the grass verge