What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[clayts450]

[mercedade]

A big grin for the general ace-ness of this place.

A few weeks ago, I put up a general shout for help to combat excessive US postage charges from eBay on a tiny crystal ornament for my mum.

@PhilA stepped up (or, more accurately, was nominated 😀) and generously agreed to act as my international fence, taking receipt of my eBay purchase, re-packing to make sure it survived the journey, and then sending it on a 4500 mile journey (and taking the time to include exactly the kind of hand-typed note my mother would LOVE) to my door, where it has just arrived,

A++++A++ - would recommend.

[The Moog]

What a glorious way to holiday in the UK...

[Tayne]

Doug DeMuro wants to travel in the safest way possible at the moment.

Decides to drive across the US in a new Land Rover Defender.

[wuvvum]

  On 16/12/2020 at 18:41, The Moog said:

What a glorious way to holiday in the UK...

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Chap round the corner from where I used to have my lockup had one of those.  It was one of three Foxes he owned.  He was a bit of an eccentric chap.

[HMC]

  On 16/12/2020 at 21:44, wuvvum said:

Chap round the corner from where I used to have my lockup had one of those.  It was one of three Foxes he owned.  He was a bit of an eccentric chap.

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A “skulk” of foxes apparently.

[andy18s]

  On 16/12/2020 at 21:43, Tayne said:

Doug DeMuro wants to travel in the safest way possible at the moment.

Decides to drive across the US in a new Land Rover Defender.

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One of the YouTube channels bought a new Defender. 

It lasted 160 miles before throwing up a check engine fault,which ended up being terminal for the engine

[catsinthewelder]

Heritage 🙄

[Wack]

  On 13/12/2020 at 18:33, richardmorris said:

Standards are falling in all walks of life.

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I read something similar on another forum 

A guy offered something for free or " a bottle of something" 

As a joke I linked to a £4500 bottle of wine as he's a bit of a wine buff 

Then another guy wrote

The old pub landlord had that behind the bar , it sold well after a shoot but the new landlord has taken it off the wine list 

Standards are falling

[Wack]

  On 16/12/2020 at 18:41, The Moog said:

What a glorious way to holiday in the UK...

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I came very close to buying something similar cheap,  only the guy was in the west country 

I should've just driven there with the deposit as he was a technophobe , as soon as I mentioned wanting his bank details for a deposit he went into you might be a scammer 

That was it , he wouldn't take my calls 

[Wack]

  On 13/12/2020 at 16:58, Nyphur said:

I finally have a garage 😄

 

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Mine looked like that in 1996 

I'd struggle to get a can of oil in it now 

[HMC]

  On 17/12/2020 at 00:36, andy18s said:

One of the YouTube channels bought a new Defender. 

It lasted 160 miles before throwing up a check engine fault,which ended up being terminal for the engine

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From the launch press release*

Customer clinicing showed amongst off roading ability, an underlying flakiness was cited as being a core Land Rover value; something part of the DNA and a link to the great models of the past. Landroveriness, which was felt critical to getting the “feel“ of the product right.

 

[andy18s]

  On 17/12/2020 at 08:07, HMC said:

From the launch press release*

Customer clinicing showed amongst off roading ability, an underlying flakiness was cited as being a core Land Rover value; something part of the DNA and a link to the great models of the past. Landroveriness, which was felt critical to getting the “feel“ of the product right.

 

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I wonder if the "Landroveriness feel" extends to the dealers as well.

This particular youtuber got offered a full replacement engine or car by the dealer.They opted for the car,obviously 

When the dealership went to fit the official winch that had been paid for, a technician managed to hack up the engine bay wiring harness badly enough for the car to be written off

The channel is now on it's 3rd Defender

[hairnet]

just watched that and the response theyve had fro the dealer then jlr themselves has been very good

the tommy guy is very annoying - too loud and talks too fast his faither needs to p45 him

ill not say owt but surprised what theyve done seeing what they said in the previous videos................

i know ( and they mentioned the lemon law) they have similar here - do you think they woulda got that from a uk dealer?

for 40+ grand id hope so

[HMC]

Top marks for the dealers handing overall. I suppose with an all new model there is inevitably a learning curve even with staff training to mitigate it to some extent.

[hairnet]

<3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZTo-kc6Oc

[Neil clark]

Had a new thermostat fitted to car, old one wasn't that bad but would start getting cooler on a long run now cold weather here. It was a nitemare job so I farmed it out to my trusted spanner monkey.

Its sooooo warm and toasty now, warms up loads quicker (still not mega quick because VW diesel) and stays at a rock solid 90 on the gauge. 

Thats all lol

[vulgalour]

The water is on the outside of the glass, not the inside!  Hoorah!

The rain is still getting into the rear light cluster but at least it's not draining out into the boot now.

[Cavcraft]

Just whazzed into town, and coming out of the car park there's a bit of commotion going on. Some lard arsed sweaty maybe late 40's bloke is giving it large to an old bloke, both outside their cars. Fat bloke's son (I assume it's his son) is holding him back, his missus is yelling at him to get back in the car, but he's still playing road wars.

Anyhow, this absolute clown calls the old fella a 'Fucking old c*nt' and the bloke just said 'I'm 80, what are you going to do about it you fat bastard?' Cue son holding him tubby back and getting him into the car, and a handful of people laughing.

[Remspoor]

The USA needs fixing.

have they never heard of drop points?

[Cavcraft]

From the answer to a question about a Gumtree advert today:

 

'And me mum's dogs chewed the side panels just after I'd resprayed them aswell 🙈 but can get them for 30 or 40 on eBay mate'

 

 

[S2000]

  On 18/12/2020 at 17:44, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

So the dash rattle returned today, finally I had enough of the damn noise so pulled over in a quite posh area.  So the spectacle of myself once more in the rain contorting under the dash to find the reason resulted in finding the pins to release the glovebox, and finding the cause, the hole for the bolt which in turn fastens a bracket to hold the left lower dash in place has worn oval and the resulting play is causing the single most fucking irritating rattle you can imagine.

But with access to the area I could see nothing electrical etc, so padded the area out with microfibres I had with me, the result is a silent K11, seriously rattle free!   Tempted to get something properly fire retardant purely for my own peace of mind, any recommendations? something flexible like a microfibre though.

 

 

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Blu Tac 🤡

[Fumbler]

  On 18/12/2020 at 17:44, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

So the dash rattle returned today, finally I had enough of the damn noise so pulled over in a quite posh area.  So the spectacle of myself once more in the rain contorting under the dash to find the reason resulted in finding the pins to release the glovebox, and finding the cause, the hole for the bolt which in turn fastens a bracket to hold the left lower dash in place has worn oval and the resulting play is causing the single most fucking irritating rattle you can imagine.

But with access to the area I could see nothing electrical etc, so padded the area out with microfibres I had with me, the result is a silent K11, seriously rattle free!   Tempted to get something properly fire retardant purely for my own peace of mind, any recommendations? something flexible like a microfibre though.

 

 

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Sugru might do the trick. Will permanently stick the dash together though.

[UltraWomble]

Some things never grow old

[strangeangel]

  On 14/12/2020 at 14:30, Stanky said:

Work have just told us that in lieu of a christmas party this year we're all getting a £150 bonus instead. Result!

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Lucky you! We had a compulsory Forced Fun Friday on Teams instead... I phoned in sick.

 

[vulgalour]

There's this common habit down here where people in usually expensive German cars have to be in front of people who aren't.  The older your car, the more they seem to have to make the point.  They'll often use the turn-right lane at lights to do it too, I've got used to it now and you can generally predict when it's going to happen.  So when a Porsche Cayenne pulled up alongside the Maestro today and I heard it do the stop-start thing I decided to have a little fun.

I know if I've got the Maestro waiting in first gear it's pretty quick from 0-30mph.  I also know the Cayenne has a bit of a delay with the start-stop so that would get me a fraction of a second head start.  I know the gears in the Maestro pretty well too now and there was enough space to get to the end of the double lane before the Cayenne if they didn't do anything daft.  So, keep my wits about me, eyes on the mirrors, and watch the traffic lights.

Lights change and off I go!  I'm already in second before I hear the Cayenne set off and they're now behind me, with a gap big enough to safely drop in between me and the car behind.  The end of the right lane is approaching and the Cayenne is now thundering up to desperately make that overtake because they're definitely not going to drop in behind me.  I'm at the speed limit already, and in 4th, and the Cayenne is showing no signs of changing their mind so I ease off and let them pass so they can safely overtake me before the lanes merge.

The person behind me looked to be having a good giggle about it too, the Maestro really doesn't look like the sort of thing that's going to be able to get out of its own way, let alone jump someone else so well at the lights.  Childish?  Absolutely!  Fair fight?  Not at all, I cheated all the way, it's the only way to win traffic light grand prix.

[808 Estate]

https://sixpacktech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bad-decision.mp4?_=1

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

[Cavcraft]

  On 19/12/2020 at 15:53, strangeangel said:

 

Lucky you! We had a compulsory Forced Fun Friday on Teams instead... I phoned in sick,

 

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Was actually looking forward to a Chrimbo do, but this virus caper has wiped that idea out.