What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[PhilA]

19 minutes ago, hairnet said:

 

@PhilA the Mississippi sign doesn't have any stickers on it looks new

Those two observations may very well be related.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

34 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said:

Yes, If you are interested enough I could give you the details, ...

Please do. I think we all need to hear it.

[Rovorsche]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

The grin? Car hire is £45 for the WEEK. Only a VW Up (other tiny cars with silly names may be available) but who cares. Or....have I made a massive boob?

Nope, that is exactly the way to go but there is a twist!.

When you get off the plane, take your time grabbing the luggage, go for a dump, grab a coffee and saunter to the rental desk when the queue has thinned or vanished.
If your luck is in all the bargain bobbins will have been shifted to those in a hurry and you get a free upgrade.

I got a nearly new something (Might have been a renault) that was a couple of classes up from the two door Corsa I had booked in advance.
Booted it out of Malaga airport and noted I had 150km recorded distance and 160Kmh indicated speed, I was probably the first customer in that vehicle.

Worked almost every time in Lanzarote too, the package deal punters are in a hurry for their all inclusive warm beer and Sangria flavoured squash and rush up to get their wheels first.

 

[hairnet]

All the trees

Many corners

Tail of the dragon and deals gap tomorrow

[hairnet]

At Airbnb - chap said he was out walking small white dog - I asked him if it was a bichon

 

Oh and they have Netflix YouTube on their TV

Currently watching hubnut fettle a wiper blade in North Carolina

 

[5speedracer]

Getting an indicated 63 mpg average on a recent late night 150 mile journey from Scotland downwards on a deserted M6 in the 'new' Honda Accord 2.2 diesel estate. It could be lying of course, but the fuel gauge didn't move much. Cruise control set at 60, Abba CD playing and no traffic.......
Mmmmmmm. 

Be less going the other way as it's uphill.

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[Tamworthbay]

8 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Please do. I think we all need to hear it.

PM sent

[High Jetter]

10 hours ago, Rovorsche said:

Nope, that is exactly the way to go but there is a twist!.

When you get off the plane, take your time grabbing the luggage, go for a dump, grab a coffee and saunter to the rental desk when the queue has thinned or vanished.
If your luck is in all the bargain bobbins will have been shifted to those in a hurry and you get a free upgrade.

I learned that from an Arthur Hailey book I read (Airport?) years ago - must have been in my teens. I've got upgraded on several occasions, on others I got what I'd booked (maybe I wasn't slow enough or everyone else was doing it better than me!) and it back-fired once as they'd over-booked and didn't have anything left and I had to wait another hour while they found something!

[New POD]

I got upgraded at Rome, when I handed back the keys to a Megan scenic with the words, "No I'm not driving a French car" 

Ended up in a lively lancia. 

[Dirk Diggler]

Windgates, the road between Bray and Greystones, Co. Wicklow, 1979. Apparantly the K20 was orange and was destroyed getting it down

[Tamworthbay]

Getting it up there probably didn’t do it much good either

[New POD]

On 9/16/2019 at 4:45 PM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I find that adopting an expression of studied indifference works quite well......

I find telling them that my car cost less, and I've had it 3 years and done 60k in it, works quite better. 

[The Moog]

Started a new job this week and it is going well.

Also fitted this


Which means with a confirmed 9psi of boost, I have been mostly taking the long way home.

[hairnet]

Waffle Ho alert @PhilA

 

 

[PhilA]

Ha, waffle ho.

 

Shame, they have nice mugs, ours here has plain white mugs, boring.

[hairnet]

Oh yes 

And tat too

Impala what a shame looks like a 626

 

[hairnet]

Ooh

[hairnet]

Couldn't see a thing and it was bad on the way down

Lake Logan

Oh yes

Shite

[hairnet]

All kinds films and TV on Roku and it was this and counting cars

[paulplom]

That's the same set up I had when I was in jail ^^^^

[PhilA]

How times have changed. Halfway up I'd have to have set the timing back a few degrees and tweaked the mixture screws.

 

It's amazing how well modern vehicles go up to 6000-odd feet without even flinching. Impalas are comfy cars, had one for a number of years.

 

--Phil

[SiC]

31 minutes ago, PhilA said:

How times have changed. Halfway up I'd have to have set the timing back a few degrees and tweaked the mixture screws.

 

It's amazing how well modern vehicles go up to 6000-odd feet without even flinching. Impalas are comfy cars, had one for a number of years.

 

--Phil

Going up the Tioga Pass 3 years ago, in a rental Mustang V6 we hit 10000ft with no real world noticeable loss in performance. Earlier in the day we had left Death Valley at -282 feet and 49c. Zero change in fuel (same tank full) and roof down the whole way with air conditioning on.

Quite cool really. 

[hairnet]

Prolly worth coin just sat there

MK1 focus further up in a similar state

[PhilA]

19 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Prolly worth coin just sat there

MK1 focus further up in a similar state

Less than you may think. Particularly in base spec trim/engine missing all the expensive shiny bits

 

Probably pick that up for about what I paid for the Chief

[somewhatfoolish]

'68 too I think; my favourite. Black RT please, with all the boxes ticked. And yes I would pretend I was chasing Steve McQueen all the time.

[Cavcraft]

Are you in a Mondeo hire  car, Mr Toupee Mesh?

[Aston Martin]

Not auto related, but occasionally I'll go down a YouTube rabbit hole and want to end it all.

Currently, I'm on a 'prepper, survival' theme. (Normal go-bags or survival kits, fine, treat yourself to £500 of shite.)

 

Recently it seems to be all about, urban go-bags, the videos are 99.9% American and always start with "Martial law could come into affect at anytime, the economy is unstable and overseas threats are coming to attack every baby with a pipe bomb and to piss on the flag"

So of course we all need 'urban' backpacks to get you home or so you can survive 72 hours. Now, I live in an urban environment and I don't know if I'd need a Compass, a signal mirror or a sewing kit.

 

It's fascinating, but I'm not sure for all the right reasons.

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Are you in a Mondeo hire  car, Mr Toupee Mesh?

That, believe it or not is a "Fiesta".

[Asimo]

Blue Ridge Parkway. Did a bit of that with a friend in his Mk1 Diesel Golf.  And a hateful, gutless little shitbox it was too. Still a lovely drive though....

[louiepj]

Similar to this I have found myself watching: steve1989mreinfo on the tube, it's kind of soothing in a Bob Ross painting kind of way but with the added interest of him eating 20 to 30 year old mre's.


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