What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

3.6k · February 10, 2011

Driving one might cure you of that want... Wandering steering, awful gearchange, poor brakes, harsh ride and no discernable power from the engine are all normal for a "proper" LT.

.......and it wouldnt start today until the 4th attempt

10,267 · February 10, 2011

^^ I'd noticed it was getting a bit chuggy. Probably heater plug time again.

9,238 · February 10, 2011

Just alledgedly sold a VW Sharan on fleabay.Send invoice to buyer and his name...........Prince Adewale

Made up name or not I await his reply.

3.6k · February 11, 2011

Just alledgedly sold a VW Sharan on fleabay.Send invoice to buyer and his name...........Prince Adewale
Made up name or not I await his reply.

maybe its this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txdYcpGSic

44,560 · February 12, 2011

Just driven to Knighton and back in the 2CV to catch up with family. Trip back included much grinnage. Averaged over 40mph which given the hills and bends, is pretty bloody impressive for something with 29bhp! I'm actually exhausted from the concentration required as we took the mountain route. That's 20 miles of near single track road, with bloody great drops, sheep and other road users (albeit not many of them). I don't break speed limits either.

I do need to sort the brakes out though. The rears got noisy last year and a specialist changed them. Sadly, they used second-hand ones and the brakes have a nasty judder now. Shame brand new drums are Ã‚Â£99 a pair...

4,380 · February 12, 2011

http://www.nimportequi.com/fr/video_mar ... _back.html

A new video of real life Mario Kart

62,960 · February 12, 2011

And have never driven the old type LT. I really want one.

Driving one might cure you of that want... Wandering steering, awful gearchange, poor brakes, harsh ride and no discernable power from the engine are all normal for a "proper" LT.

I love the original LTs. Ride is a bit bouncy (as in many forward control vans) and the gearchange is like stirring porridge, but the steering and brakes are no worse than any other '80s van, and the NA diesel is no slower than most of its contemporaries either - and feels like a dragster next to an LDV 400. You just have to make sure to rev it properly - being a straight 6 it sounds like it's revving a lot higher than it is, so if you're used to a Ford Di the LT engine will sound like it's about to blow up at anything over 3,000 revs.

I also had an LT40 with a 2.4 petrol 6 and that went bloody well for an old van (and sounded gorgeous too), and bizarrely it handled better than an LT35 despite having a beam axle and cart springs on the front rather than IFS. It did like a drink though. Early turbo diesel LTs were the most powerful 3.5-tonner on the market in their day, and an H-reg one will still give a Renault Master 2.2 DCi a good run for its money up to about 50 round the Norwich ring road. I have to say I've never driven one fully laden though - I don't know how well the engine would cope with dragging a Granada up a motorway incline, for example, but I know my mate's S-reg Transit would be down to about 40mph in such situations.

To anyone used to a smiley Transit or a Ducato then an LT will come as a bit of a shock to the system - they most certainly don't drive like a car - but I like the fact that you have to grab them by the scruff of the neck. I think that's how commercials should be.

10,267 · February 12, 2011

^^ No argument... I use an old LT 2.4D regularly to drag shite cars in from all over the country. I've had it for ages and really like it My comments to dolly probably should have been followed by "...compared to a car or modern van"

131,478 · February 12, 2011

Just weighing up an LT40 recovery truck oddly enough.

Making me grin (last night) was a company funded piss up. I don't usually drink the same day I've been working as it knackers me out so I wasn't expecting to have much more than five or six pints.

Happy to report I managed to neck that much pretty early on and a fair bit more besides in total. Must have been the freeness that did it.

1,770 · February 12, 2011

Aye. Have experience with the previous LT as well. Have never driven an actual Sprinter though! And have never driven the old type LT. I really want one.

I get to drive a fair few Sprinters and the new ones aren't too bad. The last one I drove even had cruise control. I should imagine an M Class is no nicer to pilot.

I've a 416cdi ( 2004plate) - I love driving it - although it is only at 17500 miles now after five and a half years

16,822 · February 13, 2011

I do need to sort the brakes out though. The rears got noisy last year and a specialist changed them. Sadly, they used second-hand ones and the brakes have a nasty judder now. Shame brand new drums are Ã‚Â£99 a pair...

Noisy rear brakes on a shite late snail (esp with shite aftermarkt chassis) is simply a high freq vibration, cured with a simple bit of welding. Sounds like your speshlist is a bit/lot shite? Unless you ordered a pair of worn out drums...

131,478 · February 13, 2011

There's some gypos round the back cutting down a neighbour's conifers. One of them is precariously balanced near the top shouting down to 'Moikol' and he very nearly fell off.

Here's hoping...

10,994 · February 13, 2011

I nearly bought a VW LT beavertail a while back, it looked OK but I was warned against it by people "in the know" who said they regularly broke down and the engines were very difficult to get access to to repair. I wish I hadn't listened to them now!

2,352 · February 13, 2011

Just noticed an advert in the local paper for a "Honda Consertow"

25,832 · February 13, 2011

Alfisti's sig: "Be not afraid of shiteness. Some cars are born shite, some achieve shiteness, and some have shiteness thrust upon them." - William Shitespeare

17,069 · February 13, 2011

My son has finally learned to swim and now I cant stop the little bugger! Went to the pool today and he just disappeared - had a frantic OH SH*T moment before realising he had swum to the deep end and was making his way back on his own!

3,075 · February 13, 2011

Launch of the new Boeing 747-8

http://www.boeing.com/newairplane/747/incredible/ (watch the live feed)

what also makes me grin - is fitting new gaskets to the 309, which has stopped all smoking and seems to run better. - winner

Although .... i have found a nice pond in the back ...

8.5k · February 13, 2011

In other plane-shite news, took Poglet Maximus for a trip to the Imperial War museum today. Not been there for years, it's pretty jazzy these days. MiLaddo found the whole thing GR8, though was probably a bit confused when I got excited by a DH Chipmunk, I don't think he actually believes me that I has pilot skillz.

32,459 · February 13, 2011

I've just been doing a bit of streetviewing around Jaywick again and came across this which made me laugh.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=j ... 9,,0,10.36

You can just tell the google car got half way up the lane before the mad man and his wife with the great alsatian took chase as the camera car didn't go any further up the road!.

February 14, 2011

That's rubbish, you can see the strings and everything.

4.8k · February 14, 2011

That's rubbish, you can see the strings and everything.

Laughed my moobs off at that!

4,380 · February 14, 2011

The "People's Fighter" certainly is a lovely looking machine. Amazing/frightening to think the plan was to take Hitler Youth pilots straight from gliders to flying them into battle

4,380 · February 14, 2011

I don't have the exact stats to hand but something like 80% of casualties in the BoB were pilots in their first 5 missions

February 14, 2011

Been giving this urbex a go.

Yeah, it's not bad. Didn't get where I wanted to go, nearly got papped twice, but still full of potential (and illegality).

February 14, 2011

Where's that wat?

Post a report on http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk

February 14, 2011

Where's that wat?
Post a report on http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk

It's near Piccadilly station in Manchester. That's the only photo I got because I was paranoid about getting gripped. Someone saw me go over the barrier.

February 14, 2011

Where's that wat?
Post a report on http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk

It's near Piccadilly station in Manchester. That's the only photo I got because I was paranoid about getting gripped. Someone saw me go over the barrier.

You need a hi-vis invisibility cloak.

4,737 · February 14, 2011

It's near Piccadilly station in Manchester. That's the only photo I got because I was paranoid about getting gripped. Someone saw me go over the barrier.

You need a hi-vis invisibility cloak.

Add a hard-hat, clipboard and obnoxious expression for ultimate invincibility.

24,447 · February 14, 2011

Where's that wat?
Post a report on http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk

It's near Piccadilly station in Manchester. That's the only photo I got because I was paranoid about getting gripped. Someone saw me go over the barrier.

There's a deriloct hotel in Sale worth a scamper around.

28,761 · February 15, 2011

The return of Marina to the shite-pics thread, courtesy of Formula Autos. Welcome home girl.

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