What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

The shit I find 

Arnold says , with this you can look like me 

Murray Feinberg says , fuck you Arnold 

 

[Markeh]

19 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Rufford ford is the gift that keeps on giving.  In the latest video some twat manages to kill a Range Rover Velar...

(There's also a fantastic sounding Defender towards the end.)

 

I grew up around 20 minutes away from Rufford and as a kid loved nothing more than watching cars go through the ford and cheering on those who gunned it through.

Thanks to the advent of technology, I don't even need to leave the house to enjoy this now.

[richardmorris]

21 hours ago, wuvvum said:Rufford ford is the gift that keeps on giving.  In the latest video some twat manages to kill a Range Rover Velar...

(There's also a fantastic sounding Defender towards the end.)

 

I watch them at work during lunch. They’re very relaxing, and it’s fun counting dead BMWs.

[cobblers]

8 hours ago, Wack said:

Seems so 

Same shit , different venue 

 

 

 

I grew up in Rotherham and can quite understand why someone still living there would want to drive at speed into any accessible body of water.

[Remspoor]

I don't think we have had this here before.

[High Jetter]

Have to train to That London tomorrow. c £40. But, I have a certain Railcard! £25 sir. Hmm. Maybe I could go 1st? Sure, c £40. Not my £

[Inca-mpetent]

Imagine a MK1 Ka attempting that… at the other end it would need to be identified by dental records i.e. VIN plate
 

Seen quite a few of those cars starting to rot, all with rust in the same spot: around the fuel filler filler flap




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[Tenmil Socket]

12 minutes ago, Inca-mpetent said:

 

 

 

Seen quite a few of those cars starting to rot, all with rust in the same spot: around the fuel filler filler flap




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Starting to rot? In the UK they were rotten at a few years old!

[Inca-mpetent]

Starting to rot? In the UK they were rotten at a few years old!

I guess The Netherlands got lucky(or unlucky), then

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[Fumbler]

18 minutes ago, Inca-mpetent said:

I guess The Netherlands got lucky(or unlucky), then

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Was going to say! I've seen ones not even 5 years old in scrapyards. The last time I visited one, they were the most common vehicle in the stack.

[Inca-mpetent]

Was going to say! I've seen ones not even 5 years old in scrapyards. The last time I visited one, they were the most common vehicle in the stack.

I mean, yes, there's a lot of them in scrapyards

But there were millions of them made
And most of them had rust in the spot I mentioned before

And it's usually a death sentence
For repairing it is kinda difficult because of the location
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[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, Inca-mpetent said:

I mean, yes, there's a lot of them in scrapyards

But there were millions of them made
And most of them had rust in the spot I mentioned before
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You're rather lucky to still be seeing a few, I suppose. I haven't seen one in ages. I seem to remember that once you saw rust around the filler flap, the inner arch and rear quarter had turned to dust.

[Wack]

I'm thinking something isn't right here 

 

[Inca-mpetent]

You're rather lucky to still be seeing a few, I suppose. I haven't seen one in ages. I seem to remember that once you saw rust around the filler flap, the inner arch and rear quarter had turned to dust.

You can get one here between€400 and €3k

Not that I'd want one, but there's around 150-200 online

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[Inca-mpetent]

I'm thinking something isn't right here 
 

Might have been taking the satnav a bit too literally

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[vulgalour]

Bf's dad is never one to mince words when it comes to the cosmetics on cars.  Was pretty satisfying to hear he thought the bf was winding him up about me having repaired one rear arch on the Maestro after commenting on how dreadful the unfinished side looks (it really does look dreadful, he's not wrong, it's flash rusted and everything while I've been waiting for the new welding torch to arrive).  He had to have the repair pointed out to him and once he realised what had been done, was impressed, even though to my eye it still needs a bit more work to be as good as it could be.

I'm still waiting on the new guide tube arriving, once that's here I can crack on and finish the repair to that arch and start inspecting the car for any other bits that might need doing since the MoT is looming.

[Wack]

Just watching American graffiti on Netflix 

Made in 1973 , that Jamie Oliver has aged well 

 

[Wack]

Fuck me 

If anyone down south reads this they'll just say , see I told you it was grim up north 

[TheOtherStu]

2 minutes ago, Wack said:

Fuck me 

If anyone down south reads this they'll just say , see I told you it was grim up north 

As someone who works fairly frequently in Warrington, the traffic there is amongst as bad as I've ever seen in my travels around the world.
I work in Birchwood, but often had to stay at Winwick, as that's were the hotels were that had availability. I thought one day it would be really fun to try going across town. An hour later, I was about half way.

[omegod]

24 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

As someone who works fairly frequently in Warrington, the traffic there is amongst as bad as I've ever seen in my travels around the world.
I work in Birchwood, but often had to stay at Winwick, as that's were the hotels were that had availability. I thought one day it would be really fun to try going across town. An hour later, I was about half way.

Have you visited Wades salvage in Winwick Quay? a regular haunt of mine with a splendid selection of 60's - 90's scrappers 

[cobblers]

On Wednesday morning I drove past the site of a random 1700s lead mine with a few interesting remaining buildings, I went on a tour there years ago,  it was brilliant but we weren't allowed in the depths of it all because we were the general public and it was an open day. It's not open to the public usually and I made a mental note to look to see if there was another tour one day.

Got a message off a mate of mine this morning who said he has "great plans for saturday night". I was a bit concerned, but it turns out through sheer coincidence (I've never mentioned the place to him before) that these plans turn out to be that he's got us the keys for this entire mine, and use of the attached buildings that have a bunkhouse that we can stay in and drink beer and have a nice fire etc. 

Call me a sad bastard but honestly that's about as good of a saturday night as I can imagine. 

[High Jetter]

59 minutes ago, Wack said:

Fuck me 

If anyone down south reads this they'll just say , see I told you it was grim up north 

I like the single traffic light, with no backup for obstructions or bulb failures

[TheOtherStu]

8 hours ago, omegod said:

Have you visited Wades salvage in Winwick Quay? a regular haunt of mine with a splendid selection of 60's - 90's scrappers 

I can't say I have, no. I do like a scrapper. I just find the owners a bit, well, lacking in customer service (to be polite).

[omegod]

41 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

I can't say I have, no. I do like a scrapper. I just find the owners a bit, well, lacking in customer service (to be polite).

It's well worth a visit, you can wander as long as you want, not particularly cheap but like walking into a scrappy in 1986 with  . Off the top of my head Mg's ,Stag, Beetles, Marina, Montego, Croma, E31's,  Escorts, Scimitars, Ibiza, Safrane, XM and much more 

[myglaren]

22 hours ago, Fumbler said:

You're rather lucky to still be seeing a few, I suppose. I haven't seen one in ages. I seem to remember that once you saw rust around the filler flap, the inner arch and rear quarter had turned to dust.

There are two in my son's street, one is the lady next door but one to him.  A  '15' and she is meticulous with it, not just the usual cleaning it but doing her own servicing.  First time I saw her she had the air filter and all the intake bits out on her garage floor to clean and was changing the plugs.  No sign of rust anywhere.

The other is the same colour and there the resemblance ends.  The standard rust around the filler very much in evidence.

[Datsuncog]

Fleet managers! Tired of feckless employees dragging the side of your vans along bollards? Fed up with your vans breaking out in rust blisters before the lease period's even halfway through? Have we got an elegant solution for you!

Simply enquire about our 'pre-fucked' package and you never need worry about cosmetic damage again!

(It's a van for a company that does advertising displays - dunno how Vauxhall Commercial feels about it, mind...)

[808 Estate]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, 808 Estate said:

Alternative method would be to tarmac over them. That way they get the insulation they crave, plus the traffic keeps flowing. Win-win, no?

[omegod]

3 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

I don't get why we don't just call their bluff and leave the twats glued down, they'll soon start whining when they need a shite 

[Wack]

8 hours ago, omegod said:

I don't get why we don't just call their bluff and leave the twats glued down, they'll soon start whining when they need a shite 

Saw one who'd glued his hand to a police transit van , I think a blue light run would sort that out 

He'd either fall off or definitely not do it again