What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Bought my first car in 1978, a shite Hillman Minx.  Insurance was £12 - a year

I had been driving for 13 years but always had a company car or van.

[Saabnut]

The ex cpjitservices Saab 9-5 Diseasal estate passed its MOT today meaning I now have a spare towcar that is less than 30 years old!

[beko1987]

2 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

The ex cpjitservices Saab 9-5 Diseasal estate passed its MOT today meaning I now have a spare towcar that is less than 30 years old!

Which will ftp before the 30 year old one... 

[320touring]

Is the 30yr old one not a disco?

[Tickman]

8 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Any recommendations

Admiral were who my two went with but this was their own cars, both clios and both about £1000

 

[Wack]

Lifted from Facebook but what a nice thing to do 

 

[Wack]

Oops

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159631051058636&id=812618635

[Saabnut]

1 hour ago, 320touring said:

Is the 30yr old one not a disco?

No, the Disco is only 18 but is the reason I need a spare. At the moment that role is taken by the 1989 Saab 900 'vert!

[DoctorRetro]

Perodua Kelisa at 2:31.

 

[Wack]

Self defence instructional video, sort of

 

 

 

[captain_70s]

10 hours ago, Floatylight said:

A yeah and a grump...

Smoll FL has passed his driving test...

Grump - how fookin much!! - Tonight will be spent looking at insurance websites methinks, Amy recommendations..

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What's the chariot? I found anything bigger than a 1.0 was hilarious money to insure as a new driver.

I think I ended up paying £1400 a year for my 08 Yaris but I'd had a license for a couple of years and was 19 at that point.

[Floatylight]

What's the chariot? I found anything bigger than a 1.0 was hilarious money to insure as a new driver.
I think I ended up paying £1400 a year for my 08 Yaris but I'd had a license for a couple of years and was 19 at that point.

C3, 1.4 8v, 73hp, best quote £1400 with telematics from Tesco , 6k miles no curfew.. But their systems have been down this evening and we've not been able to sort it, now prices look to have gone up, will call tomorrow..

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[320touring]

9 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

C3, 1.4 8v, 73hp, best quote £1400 with telematics from Tesco , 6k miles no curfew.. But their systems have been down this evening and we've not been able to sort it, now prices look to have gone up, will call tomorrow..

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Clear the cookies on the laptop - the site will be boring up the price as they know you have already quoted

[LightBulbFun]

41 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

What's the chariot? I found anything bigger than a 1.0 was hilarious money to insure as a new driver.

 

good thing my Car is only 493cc 

[chaseracer]

Just back from seeing this with the Mothership... https://priscillauktour.com

Bloody good fun!

[MorrisItalSLX]

Who says you need a Range Rover to work on a farm?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

31 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Who says you need a Range Rover to work on a farm?

Did Toyota ever build an estate version of this?

[MorrisItalSLX]

13 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Did Toyota ever build an estate version of this?

They did indeed, the 4wd version.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

They did indeed, the 4wd version.

...which we didn't get over here? Never seen one.

[MorrisItalSLX]

19 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

...which we didn't get over here? Never seen one.

I’ve seen some with UK plates before, but I have no idea how popular they were or how many have survived.

Edit: These ones.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Honestly can't remember seeing one. Interesting. 

[MorrisItalSLX]

The estate would be much better for transporting chicken wire and shovels plus the 4wd would help on the steep bits of the field, but good luck finding one that hasn’t been run into the ground.

[High Jetter]

There weren't many around, but I definitely recall seeing the odd one around from time to time. Perhaps similar in rarity to the Civic Shuttle 4wd.

[beko1987]

8 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

The estate would be much better for transporting chicken wire and shovels plus the 4wd would help on the steep bits of the field, but good luck finding one that hasn’t melted into the ground.

Ftfy

[STUNO]

On 10/14/2019 at 11:07 PM, SiC said:

Saw this in Lacock yesterday


Best bit is that it's obviously someone's work vehicle


As a big contrast, in Bristol this morning I saw this ingenious repair.


Also sads that these caravans are someone main home. Homelessness is rife in Bristol and just hidden below the surface. Not only those living on the streets but those sofa surfing and living in old caravans/vans.

 

Somewhere on these pages is a photo of that Landrover, taken by me in 2013. Parked in what is obviously it's private spot where no-one else dares to stop. Will see if I can find it.

, I seem to remember a Disco was behind it then.

[Aston Martin]

This just happened to me, ignore the date and time.

 

 

[Floatylight]

Just seem this on fb, made me chuckle..

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[meggersdog]

Just had a car in for mot that was driven from Idaho to New York via Maryland then on a contain ship to Liverpool.  I won't give the full details as it should be at the restoration show next month.

Anyway the guys driving across the states did mention a suspension knock but put it down to being an old car that had been laid up. There is a safety inspection sticker from Maryland where there was no mention of the headlight loosely held on with one cable tie or what I am about to tell. The guys also seemed amused by how strict our safety inspections are.

Turns out the offside macpherson  strut had dropped down the hub and rubbed a groove in the driveshaft and a hole in the bottom of the strut loosing all it's fluid.

[paulplom]

Followed a mk2 mondeo today on the a69. I wonder what happened to the bumper

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[wuvvum]

Looking at the level of damage I would imagine somebody probably sneezed within 10 feet of it.