What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[paulplom]

Quite high revving!

[gm]

Don’t break it before tomorrow ! 

[Roobarb]

Look at the fuel gauge!

Didn’t know we had rich shitters on the site ? Or is it just appropriately broken? ?

I guess keeping it in a tank in the car is as safe as keeping it under the mattress and about the same return as a bank these days. 

[PhilA]

5 minutes ago, Roobarb said:

Look at the fuel gauge!

Didn’t know we had rich shitters on the site ? Or is it just appropriately broken? ?

I guess keeping it in a tank in the car is as safe as keeping it under the mattress and about the same return as a bank these days. 

It might work like my gas gauge- disconnect the wire for immediate happiness, the needle goes straight to FULL when you switch the ignition on then.

[Jon]

Was just perusing my business bank account when I noticed 3 repayment had been made to the account from my car insurer. Naturally, I think the Autoshite way and assume the worst and invent the scenario that my insurer has decided to cancel my insurance and isn't this an outrage, etc.

After calling the insurer, they've informed me that they've refunded me 40% of my policy for the 12 weeks of lockdown, due to reduced risk associated with reduced usage of cars at that time.

I'm only paying £12 a month TPFT with windscreen cover on a 2006 Mondeo as it is (could pay less if I bought a yearly policy, too) but I'll take back £14.something or so gladly!

This is not the first time NZ car insurance has made me comment positively on here - it's so much easier to deal with when it isn't compulsory and there's no whiplash claims etc. that the insurers are liable for. 

[paulplom]

13 hours ago, Roobarb said:

Look at the fuel gauge!

Didn’t know we had rich shitters on the site ? Or is it just appropriately broken? ?

I guess keeping it in a tank in the car is as safe as keeping it under the mattress and about the same return as a bank these days. 

£40 to fill it with premium hardly breaks the bank!

And it's jap so definitely works.

[barefoot]

I've been aware for many years that Rolls Royce jet engines are all named after rivers; Conway Dart, Derwent, Spey, Trent etc 

But only discovered at the weekend that its piston engines are all named after birds of prey! Merlin, Griffon, Peregrine, Vulture etc

[Wack]

Now that is a good looking car 

 

[Borsuq]

One of my parents' neighbours has performed a brilliant repair job in his bonnet.

A+ if you ask me.

[Three Speed]

29 minutes ago, Borsuq said:

One of my parents' neighbours has performed a brilliant repair job in his bonnet.

A+ if you ask me.

I can’t even see it

[andy18s]

Scooby is in for it's yearly check over....

Starting to get a bit rough around the edges but keeps on plugging away

Even though I've just had to weld up its exhaust, which was still on the original Subaru back box!

I'll treat it to an oil and plug change soon enough once it cools down a little weather wise

[paulplom]

@gm at teeside at present.

[paulplom]

This jag was awsome. Proper flyer and must have been straight piped.

[gm]

He let me have a go for two laps and I’ve broken his car ! 
 

[High Jetter]

That's a grin because...?

[gm]

[eddyramrod]

I sold a box of leftover Granada parts today, and was telling the buyer about AS.  Don't be surprised to find him joining up!

[loserone]

Popped a brake line?

[paulplom]

Small rad hose.

[gm]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

That's a grin because...?

Oops - thought we were in news 24 there  

grin is we borrowed tools and made good a repair and were back out on track within twenty minutes  

the offending article - a smoll rubber coolant  nipple buried at the back of the engine 

[DVee8]

On 7/23/2020 at 1:19 PM, gm said:

Homemade ramps look suspiciously like IKEA dvd shelves lying on their sides 
 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/324238223062?ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ficep_ff3%3D2%26pub%3D5575378759%26campid%3D5338273189%26customid%3D%26icep_item%3D324238223062%26ipn%3Dpsmain%26icep_vectorid%3D229508%26kwid%3D902099%26mtid%3D824%26kw%3Dlg%26toolid%3D11111%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2525245487873%26rvr_ts%3D7b709f501730ac3cc731a1a9fffee895&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1&ul_noapp=true

 

 

If you don't trust those ramps how about these?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/854907731671164/

[gm]

Yikes - that is proper sketchy stuff !

[gm]

Mr Plom having fun this evening down at Teeside trackday

 

[paulplom]

On 7/26/2020 at 8:32 AM, gm said:

Don’t break it before tomorrow ! 

I'll leave it for you to break then.

[gm]

I must be jinxed ! A thousand apologies to you, sir !

[paulplom]

At the end of the day material things don't matter a fuck.

Had a cracking time. 10/10.

Would track again.

 

 

 

[gm]

as if those arch gaps weren't bad enough !

[hairnet]

going to berwickshire on saturday

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I can’t access FB at the moment but I spotted something great on there this morning on my phone.

 

A lad jumping in his van, driving to Spain (Benidorm to be exact) and driving back with a MINT Metro GTi dragging behind him on an A-frame!!!! He’s pulled it out of a barn, washed the dust off, pumped up the hydragas and set off home, all the way up through France and Spain . Looks like there were 3 of them in the van kipping in the back and taking turns to drive. A real mission. He reckoned he knew it was legally dodgy but worth the chance, which seems to have paid off for him, thinking that he would probably only do it once in his life. The mission cost £2000 including the price of the Metro.

 

If anyone else wants to check it out its on the ‘cars you don’t see anymore’ group, just posted up this morning. Great stuff.

[loserone]

34 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

‘cars you don’t see anymore’

https://www.facebook.com/groups/carsyoudontseeanymore/permalink/2834062490248631/

 

Link for the lazy.

 

What a hero!