What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

Rediscovering this 2013 gem while going through my old spots thread and fixing pictures.  I doubt I shall ever take a better picture than this perfect A-framing moment.

 

 

[dollywobbler]

On 6/29/2019 at 7:10 PM, richardmorris said:

Just watched hubnuts twk failure with the spark plug. Did make me laugh watching DW running alongside pushing it uphill with the engine running. Sorry Ian. 

Also from the same video, a tappy tappet, is a happy tappet. Although, perhaps they were more sloppy than tappy. .25 ?

For some reason, I set them to 0.25 and 0.30 the first time. I think that's what the racers use. Then scaled them back to 0.20 inlet and 0.25 exhaust, which is what I normally use.

[gadgetgricey]

14 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

To my great surprise, the passenger "door open' light has decided to start working, some 21 months after buying the car. There is hope for the driver's side yet!!

Fixed it for you.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, gadgetgricey said:

Fixed it for you.

 

Ah...if only....

[Pillock]

Just keep the drivers door closed and always get out the passenger side, then the light will never not work properly.

[brownnova]

Got an article published in the 2CVGB magazine this month  

Our little daisy features a little bit  

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Got an article published in the 2CVGB magazine this month  

Our little daisy features a little bit  

You could have one published in the ccc magazine every month if you emailed me copy  2cv at citroencarclub.org.uk.

[New POD]

On 6/29/2019 at 8:41 AM, Cheggers said:

I met the gf's brother for the first time last night...Nice guy but, as it turns out, somewhat of a militant vegan who spent half the dinner telling me why my choice of food (basically chicken and cous cous) would kill me and why I wouldn't eat meat if I'd ever set foot on a factory farm. I've nothing against vegans or anyone who chooses to follow their own path, but Steve is the type who will visit busy town centres with a banner and try to convert people going about their own business.

In an effort to change the subject I went for the old male standby of "what do you drive", and it turns out he's a bit of a closet 'shiter. After the main course we head out to the car park to look at his immaculate black LWB X308 Sovereign complete with personal plate with "Love animals, don't eat them" message along the bottom...And, yes, full leather interior

Problem is that if you buy the fabric interior, it's not wipe clean, and he wouldnt be able to remove the stains of smug self satisfaction.  Plus the dyes used to colour it are a by product of the hamburger trade. Probably

 

[Bucketeer]

13 hours ago, brownnova said:

Our little daisy

Is it law that all 2CVs have to have quaint girl's names? Are there any called Steve or Barry or whatever?

[Muniphobia]

The 2cv Charleston is named after Anne Charleston from Neighbours (probably)

[loserone]

3 hours ago, Bucketeer said:

Is it law that all 2CVs have to have quaint girl's names? Are there any called Steve or Barry or whatever?

New personal goal alert

[New POD]

48 minutes ago, loserone said:

New personal goal alert

My Omega has a girls name.  Bob. 

 

(Black Adder reference)

[hairnet]

16 days till vacance a frog

[The Moog]

Been catching up wiht TV whilst a bit quiet at work - glastonbury was ace, so many great acts including Stormzy.

 

Then next week is off to land of Conan for a couple weeks holiday. 

[brownnova]

6 hours ago, Bucketeer said:

Is it law that all 2CVs have to have quaint girl's names? Are there any called Steve or Barry or whatever?

Right, the next one I buy will be a Keith or a Brian or something... 

[Tenmil Socket]

My MX5 passed its MOT today ?

[Mally]

7 hours ago, Bucketeer said:

Is it law that all 2CVs have to have quaint girl's names? Are there any called Steve or Barry or whatever?

Mine was called Trimal (officially in the v5 or whatever a log book was then)

 

[Amishtat]

Just found these in the shed. 

[Tenmil Socket]

4 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Just found these in the shed. 

I've got the Vauxhall one...

[jakebullet]

Needed some poxy plastic clips to put wheel arch liners back on disco. Discovered they're only* £1.50 each and I need about 15. Er, no thanks.

Found out P38 ones look similar-ish and are £5 for 20 delivered. Much better and they fit

[LightBulbFun]

this video is LOLs  half inched this video from @dollywobbler facebook page (where else would you expect to find such a video!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MllA_km-mGg

(video is blocked from embedding sadly)

I think one the reasons it makes me grin is the music and the way the wipers move reminds me of this video LOL

 

[Alex66]

Taking my dad for a hospital appointment saw some numpty had smashed into another car, an unmarked police car oops. 

[The Moog]

Was late into work ....

Mainly cause I went the long way in, slightly sideways enjoying topless sun

[NorthernMonkey]

Snagglepuss’s fleet management.....

Four hours ago...

Followed shortly by...

Love it ?

 

[omegod]

7 hours ago, snagglepuss said:

Was late into work ....

Mainly cause I went the long way in, slightly sideways enjoying topless sun

You are one of those snides who parks too far forward and raises false hope of an empty space until you get right up to it , i curse you with 1000 leeches 

[The Moog]

Snagglepuss’s fleet management.....
Four hours ago...

Followed shortly by...

Love it
 

Ahhhh there is logic... The mgf is going to brother snagglepuss not me... So that is allowed.

[Joey spud]

I found this rattle can in the garage of a house i rent out.

Would this be BL citron yellow the bestest 70's car colour of ever ??

Also saw this slightly melted cylinder head at a car show,i think i'll pass thanks.

[mrbenn]

This week has turned into quite a trying time due to a couple of unexpected events. Two things of note have helped me, one of which has been the patience and understanding shown to me by one of our number. He knows who he is and I greatly appreciate it.

The other is this torque wrench. This used to be owned by a guy called Victor who lived across the road. I'll try not to go on, but he was a brilliant chap. He'd owned, driven, crashed and rebuilt some amazing cars over his driving career. He used to regale me with tales of the cars he'd worked on in the street outside his house, the scrapes he and his friend's had got into when they were younger and the "solutions" he'd employed to keep things moving. He had so many stories, often hilarious and all fascinating. He'd forgotten more about cars than I will ever know, and was always willing and ready to offer advice or lend a hand.

Victor died almost exactly 6 years ago, quite suddenly. One of my final memories of him was seeing him stride over the road, this time with torque wrench in hand, ready to help me when I'd got stuck with something (again). I can picture him so clearly, even down to what he was wearing, almost as if he were walking across the road to help me right now. For some reason, I guess due to this strong image stamped on my memory, I had often wondered what happened to this torque wrench. I assumed a family member had taken it to use, or perhaps it was left in the boot of his car when it was sold after his death. Imagine how I felt when his wife called me over to see if I wanted some old tool, as she had no use for it. She opened the cupboard and brought this out. Stupid as it sounds, it was all I could do not to burst into tears in front of her. I did briefly explain I remember him using it, and was chuffed to have it but left it at that so as not to risk upsetting her.

Suffice to say I'm over the moon to see it again, never mind own it. I have three other torque wrenches so I don't "need" it, but none of them have anything close to the value of this one.

[Cavcraft]

Our dog's celebrity mates doing agility training...

 

 

 

[gm]

This is getting a bit silly in here now