What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

[hairnet]

so gig in frisco last month

gig in belge last weekend

just booked gig in dresden for september

might get to see the ifa shop in daylight

[hairnet]

bangers and cash theyve restored a 96 saab

OMG

lovely but OMG *faints

[jakebullet]

Make way children, the 2p master is here.

I may have had a little help by the woman filling the pusher machine saying you look like a nutcase and giving me a free car n the star wars thing.

Star wars thing wobbles so instantly I say "weebles wobble but they don't fall down" and out myself as an old git. But apparently they are called "rollinz" now.

[808 Estate]

[wuvvum]

The MG has a friend in the office car park today. 

Obviously I'm not the only person in the company with excellent* taste in cars. 

[wuvvum]

Also ended up following this beauty on the way in this morning. 

Giffer driven and looked immaculate.  Unfortunately my twat of a phone seems to have decided I was trying to take a photo of my wiper blade. 

[LightBulbFun]

8 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Also ended up following this beauty on the way in this morning. 

Giffer driven and looked immaculate.  Unfortunately my twat of a phone seems to have decided I was trying to take a photo of my wiper blade. 

your phone is @dollywobbler AICMFP

[paulplom]

My next door neighbour chucked me the keys to his new car yesterday. Evo X FQ360. Very docile, civil and quiet till you stamp the loud pedal and you start to swear. Brilliant bit of kit and I want one. 

Carbon fibre pedals ftw too.

[paulplom]

Quicker than the 911 turbo he lent me. Felt it too.

[Tenmil Socket]

1 minute ago, paulplom said:

Quicker than the 911 turbo he lent me. Felt it too.

How long did he lend you the 911 for?

My dad had a bright yellow 400 bhp Evo 8 a couple of years ago... very capable (and scary) car. 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

 

 

Obviously I'm not the only person in the company with excellent* taste in cars. 

😁

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Also ended up following this beauty on the way in this morning. 

Giffer driven and looked immaculate.  Unfortunately my twat of a phone seems to have decided I was trying to take a photo of my wiper blade. 

Phone says that will teach you for using me whilst driving.

[wuvvum]

Amusing moment in the office earlier.  A woman further down the wing had a call come in on her laptop, so she put her headset on and answered the call.  Unfortunately she hadn't realised that the headset wasn't actually plugged in and the speaker volume on her laptop was turned all the way up, so there was much mirth and a few raised eyebrows when the caller greeted her with "Hello fuckface".

[LightBulbFun]

I fucking love the internet sometimes LOL

and for those not aware...

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-behind-a-famous-photo-of-an-ejection-from-a-raf-lightning-interceptor/

[Yoss]

I used to have book about the Lightnings though currently can't find it. The appendix at the back listed the fate of each aircraft. Made sobering reading as about a third of them just crashed whilst going about their business. It was the jet age of course and there were no computers (or what we would recognise as computers) to figure out what might happen and the only way to test these things was to actually go out and test them, but even by the standards of the day the Lightning was hopelessly unreliable. But they must have been a sight to behold. I know there are some flying examples somewhere (South Africa springs to mind) but I know they are banned here for being too dangerous.

Must be an English Electric thing. They also made the British Rail Class 50. Overcomplicated and hopelessly unreliable but bloody fabulous things when working properly. Just like the Lightning. Best locos British Rail ever had in my opinion, but that is the opinion of someone who was an impressionable teenager when they were  working out of Paddington and Waterloo and not the opinion of a fitter who had to try and keep them running.

[PhilA]

Just did an 83 mile round trip for work in the Pontiac.

It's 35°C out, hot and sunny. Was doing 55-60 the whole way, car returned 14.5 MPG so that's not bad at all.

[somewhatfoolish]

49 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I used to have book about the Lightnings though currently can't find it. The appendix at the back listed the fate of each aircraft. Made sobering reading as about a third of them just crashed whilst going about their business. It was the jet age of course and there were no computers (or what we would recognise as computers) to figure out what might happen and the only way to test these things was to actually go out and test them, but even by the standards of the day the Lightning was hopelessly unreliable. But they must have been a sight to behold. I know there are some flying examples somewhere (South Africa springs to mind) but I know they are banned here for being too dangerous.

Must be an English Electric thing. They also made the British Rail Class 50. Overcomplicated and hopelessly unreliable but bloody fabulous things when working properly. Just like the Lightning. Best locos British Rail ever had in my opinion, but that is the opinion of someone who was an impressionable teenager when they were  working out of Paddington and Waterloo and not the opinion of a fitter who had to try and keep them running.

The RAF spent the 1940s/50s/60s poking holes in the ground with their aircraft as safety was secondary to looking dashing in a light blue suit and the aircraft alternated between setting themselves on fire and falling apart, because whizzo and possibly cripes ginger. And that was the decent ones like the Lightning or Hunter, some of the others didn't even compensate for being dangerous by looking swish or being able to defeat all naughty enemies.

[Snake Charmer]

37 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I know there are some flying examples somewhere (South Africa springs to mind) but I know they are banned here for being too dangerous.

Last I read two airworthy examples are stored in Cape Town and for sale, ZU-BEX crashed in 2009. I don't think they are banned from flying here, just the support to enable a permit to fly and a suitable operator is unavailable.

Last one I saw fly would have been around 1986, you never forget that vertical climb and noise. 

[hairnet]

bye boris

fuck you boris

[PhilA]

I just saw an orange Holden Monaro.

 

That was bizarre

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

 I don't think they are banned from flying here, just the support to enable a permit to fly and a suitable operator is unavailable.

Okay so they're not technically banned but I think what you said there amounts to the same thing using different words.

 

Great picture though.

[Snake Charmer]

22 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Okay so they're not technically banned but I think what you said there amounts to the same thing using different words.

That photo I think is ZU-BEX, I never tire if seeing it.

The Sea Vixen is a good example of being able to fly with a poor safety record as it was carrier based, prohibit carrier landings and it's acceptably safe! 🤣

[Garythesnail]

Door lock changed on the RRS without grazing knuckles or breaking/losing trim clips.

I didn't realise it was possible

[hairnet]

watching aca auction

bikes today

mv augusta 150 1960 - 3 grand

mv augusta 175 1955 9 grand and climbing

honda cbr 1000 - 750 quid

 

[hairnet]

1960 mini just under 11 grand

61 impala 4 door 10k

[hairnet]

Oof

[meshking]

What did the gordini go for? That estimate seems a little low to me.

[Rust Collector]

I’ve just finished replacing the injector seal on my partner’s merc as I need it for a trade show tomorrow now the Insight is resting*.

Amazingly, the new stretch bolt was torqued down to spec with the two 90 degree turns and despite it feeling more wrong than incest it didn’t rip the threads out the block. The injector is no longer chuffing away now and the car is ready to go for my drive to Leeds tomorrow, provided I don’t break anything else between now and then…

[RoverFolkUs]

5 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

I’ve just finished replacing the injector seal on my partner’s merc as I need it for a trade show tomorrow now the Insight is resting*.

Amazingly, the new stretch bolt was torqued down to spec with the two 90 degree turns and despite it feeling more wrong than incest it didn’t rip the threads out the block. The injector is no longer chuffing away now and the car is ready to go for my drive to Leeds tomorrow, provided I don’t break anything else between now and then…

The squeaky bum factor is even worse on the VW CR TDI, they're 270° rather than 180°!

People do reuse the bolts, but they're about £3 from the dealer so why take the chance!?