What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

15 hours ago, PhilA said:

Drove 200 miles today, mixed journey, city plus highway plus a bit of spirited driving.

Car says average economy is 30mpg (uk) and at 80 it was ticking along keeping a constant 37 uk mpg.

Not bad for 485hp V8. All American Cars Are Shit...

gas at 2 quid a gallon and youre going slowly :P

does it have line lock or does only the hellcat have that

 

 

[eddyramrod]

Read the text...

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

gas at 2 quid a gallon and youre going slowly

does it have line lock or does only the hellcat have that

 

 

No, this one's got line lock.

[Jerzy Woking]

First day of my new life in Spain.

I bought a petrol strimmer/brush cutter off of a local forum a  couple of weeks ago and went to collect it today. Seller did car restorations, and is has a bit of a Lotus fetish. Also had a pit by his garage so I was able to gaffer tape up the engine undertrays that had come loose two days ago.

This afternoon i met my neighbour and his wife. Retired builder from Belgium, and has all sorts of furniture and kitchens for sale. Most importantly, he has a Bobcat that he will loan to me to regrade the slope in my garden.

Been here one day and already know more people than I did after 30 years, 11 months and 22 days in my last house.

[hairnet]

bueno :P

 

[mitsisigma01]

10 hours ago, The_Equalizer said:

From a box of old automobilia I have been working my way through.

Chap in a tie, having a bit of a weekend tinker and then bogging off down the pub for an honest Sunday booze-up. I am going to pretend life was like that in 1967 whether it true or not. Note what is under the Elan as he 'pops' the wheels on. Here is good old Dr. Hammerton and his Lotus Elan.

Still shows up on .Gov website 

[mitsisigma01]

On 8/8/2020 at 10:36 PM, Floatylight said:

How can people get away with openly advertising this rubbish..

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Wouldn't want him adjusting my mileometer if that's how he does it.  Do any lease vehicles have old style mileometers anymore ? Does he do a sideline in VIN plates for mk1 escorts and ancient Minis 

[greengartside]

Thank the Lord for Google searches.

Just casually inputting reg numbers of old cars I used to own. I punched in previous reg’s of my old Porsche 944.

It turns out it was the cover car for the Porsche Post magazine back in 1984!

That’s the original reg. It’s also probably on owner number one at this point, a chap living in Wheathampsted near St. Albans.

Actually, if anybody has a copy of that particular magazine I’d be happy to purchase it.

 

 

[Slappy]

Spotted that our local Milk and More delivery van is a newish Maxus yesterday. Bet the delivery drivers are thrilled at their Fleet Manager's choice there! Saw a 20 plate one last week too. Considering they must have only been selling by a trickle since they came back in to the UK market in, 2016(?) I'm mildly surprised that they're still persevering.

[808 Estate]

[iainrcz]

Joined the cool kids today. Installed Spotify and did some fancy Bluetooth streaming in the 86. Just found a random playlist and pressed fire. Mostly Maiden and Megadeth.

I'm sure I could have just found the relevant CDs but there we go...

 

Still faffing with it whilst having a beer, for some reason we're on a Scandinavian black metal odyssey...

[Tamworthbay]

5 years and 11 months to the day I bought it and the Capri has passed its MoT. Hundreds of hours of welding and mechanical work but thankfully not much cash and I now have a Capri on the road for the first time in 30 years.

[anonymous user]

On 8/9/2020 at 11:37 PM, mitsisigma01 said:

Wouldn't want him adjusting my mileometer if that's how he does it.  Do any lease vehicles have old style mileometers anymore ? Does he do a sideline in VIN plates for mk1 escorts and ancient Minis 

They have missed a trick, should have had it sponsored by that chap who was pushing used car warranties, motoring journalist/presenter fellow. Looked a bit like Dracula, can't remember his name at the moment, but sure he used to be known for mileage correction.

[Tamworthbay]

5 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

They have missed a trick, should have had it sponsored by that chap who was pushing used car warranties, motoring journalist/presenter fellow. Looked a bit like Dracula, can't remember his name at the moment, but sure he used to be known for mileage correction.

Quentin Wilson? Didn’t he also front up one of those fuel catalyst bag things?

[wuvvum]

The lead pellets in a bag that you drop in your tank?  Yes, I think he did.  As well as various other snake oil type products.

[Wack]

Having your car detailed so the paint has a mirror finish ,maybe not such a good idea 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

55 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

The lead pellets in a bag that you drop in your tank?  ...

They still advertise those in Craptical Classics and Crassic Car Weekly, come to think of it.

[SteersWithThrottle]

8 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

They still advertise those in Craptical Classics and Crassic Car Weekly, come to think of it.

Seriously?

These fuckwits need to learn some chemistry; metallic lead isn't soluble in petrol, it has to be processed into tetraethyl lead before being added.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead

[somewhatfoolish]

12 minutes ago, SteersWithThrottle said:

Seriously?

These fuckwits need to learn some chemistry; metallic lead isn't soluble in petrol, it has to be processed into tetraethyl lead before being added.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead

They're on about these snake oil devices; Broquet is probably the most famous one but there are rip-offs available for less money. Total bollocks.

[PhilA]

Did a proper line-up of the cars tonight.

 

They're all parked with their front wheels on the same line in the concrete. The Renault is tiny.

Phil

[MarvinsMom]

8 hours ago, PhilA said:

Did a proper line-up of the cars tonight.

 

They're all parked with their front wheels on the same line in the concrete. The Renault is tiny.

Phil

no the renner is middle sized, the other cars are FUGGIN HUGE!!

which reminds me, something on one of the newspaper websites that i skimmed over at the weekend described the Nissan Puke as a "small car"

compared with what, exactly?

[wuvvum]

28 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said:

something on one of the newspaper websites that i skimmed over at the weekend described the Nissan Puke as a "small car"

compared with what, exactly?

It's small inside, I can tell you that.

[MarvinsMom]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

It's small inside, I can tell you that.

so they're  just like the k12 micra i briefly had.

huge on the outside, small  on the inside.

and that is progress, apparently!

[vulgalour]

Modern cars are just the automotive equivalent of skinny people in puffer jackets.

[Wack]

I'm sure it'll be fine 

 

[DSdriver]

20 hours ago, iainrcz said:

Joined the cool kids today. Installed Spotify and did some fancy Bluetooth streaming in the 86. Just found a random playlist and pressed fire. Mostly Maiden and Megadeth.

I'm sure I could have just found the relevant CDs but there we go...

 

Still faffing with it whilst having a beer, for some reason we're on a Scandinavian black metal odyssey...

I wanted to put this into google-translate but there is no modern to giffer option

[iainrcz]

1 minute ago, DSdriver said:

I wanted to put this into google-translate but there is no modern to giffer option

Ha, I'm 40 and there's plenty of shit I have absolutely no idea on.

My Mrs' Uncle has been using Spotify for years which just proves how far behind I am.

Even my Dad who is 66 suggested I try it last year at some point.

[DSdriver]

Its back and shiny shiny

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

Modern cars are just the automotive equivalent of skinny people in puffer jackets.

Some tend to be, yes. There's a good amount of room in the Jeep- my parents commented on that when they were here last. The Challenger is, for the type of car it is, fairly spacious. The Renault is typically French and has plenty of room everywhere but little useful storage and the Pontiac is, for the age of it massive inside. The rear passengers have more legroom than the front.

I think the rear passenger legroom thing needs to become a design feature again because if you've bought a car with 4 doors, there is definitely intent for the rear of the car to see use.

[eddyramrod]

3 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

compared with what, exactly?

Huggy, obviously!