What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Guest]

I hope those two photos being posted here cause Leonard to shit forth his brains out of his ears.

[Pete-M]

[Rhythm Thief]

I've been cycling the 18 miles each way to work, the first time I've been on a bike for nearly a year. It didn't make me grin on Saturday morning - when the journey home saw me experiencing levels of distress more usually associated with being murdered in the bath - but by gum, it made me grin today. I fucking flew home and arrived full of endorphins. Can't wait to do it again tonight.

[Cheggers]

I've been cycling the 18 miles each way to work, the first time I've been on a bike for nearly a year. It didn't make me grin on Saturday morning - when the journey home saw me experiencing levels of distress more usually associated with being murdered in the bath - but by gum, it made me grin today. I fucking flew home and arrived full of endorphins. Can't wait to do it again tonight.

 

I'm in training for a charity ride from London - Amsterdam (300 miles, 4 countries, 2 days) so can sympathise with the "dying on 2 wheels" feeling, but it's great to feel properly fit again

 

My grin - The fundraising process has get me back in touch with friends I haven't seen for ages...all have asked "are you still into odd cars?"

[chaseracer]

Finally got a photo of the wob laden, welded about four million times, hot piece of BMC van action that turns up around here about two times a year. I got a filthy look for it, but who cares.

Tease. Get the bloody photo posted...

[meggersdog]

My neighbour's son was after a decent car so on Monday he came with me to the auction.After a lot of umming and ahhing he came away with nothing.The problem was he didn't know what he wanted and was flitting between people carriers a small hatchbacks.With a baby,a pushchair and a couple of medium sized dogs what he really needed was an estate,he looked at none but turned his attention to sensible family hatchbacks.The one car I told him to avoid was the later shape Laguna.

Imagine my surprise when I returned home today to find a 53 plate Laguna diesel outside my neighbour's house all jacked up,axle stand underneath and nearside wheel off.Yep the one car I told him to avoid is what he has gone out and bought.What made me grin was the look on his face when I told him buying one of them is like playing Russian roulette only with five bullets instead of one.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

^^^ He sounds like a right plank! I hope his turbo pops after 200 miles.

 

WHats making me happy today is Cadburys Creme Egg ice creams are 3 for a quid (instead of £2.79) in Morrisons. Just eaten a 3-pack for my tea.

[fiatdaft]

got a call to go and see this tonight,

 

 

i might ,even just to save it from the bridge.

[eddyramrod]

^^You should! And for precisely that reason. Any other is just gravy.

[fiatdaft]

wanna buy it?

[meggersdog]

^^^ He sounds like a right plank! I hope his turbo pops after 200 miles.

 

90k, two bald tyres,two almost at the legal limit,a knackered balljoint,a scrape on the bumper and the NSF door doesn't lock.All for £1350.00.

Judging by the amount of oil sloshing about in the undertray I think you are correct on both counts,Mr_B

[eddyramrod]

Sorry Fiatdaft, I'm in the wrong place. Also I have rather too many to be getting on with anyway. What spec is it? 2000SC? Manual, auto? These were a lovely thing (as I'm sure you remember), next-door had one when I was about 16 (Zircon Blue 2000TC, JRN 823H; details not found on DVLA so probably gone). Surprisingly, I have found a few over here, including four clustered around a tree in a yard not half a kilometre from where I'm sitting right now. There's also a rather nice white one for sale within our club.

[fiatdaft]

its a 2000 tc manual ,i'm not a huge fan of these,i had 2 v8's about 10 years ago,one the same colour and one in that almond colour,this 2000 tc has been of the road 10 years after the old guy that bought it in 1981 the little old lady doesn't want it scrapped but she wants to move away and live down south with her daughter.

 

if i get it ,it will cost a total of £250 inc delivery.

[peter9000uk]

^^^ He sounds like a right plank! I hope his turbo pops after 200 miles.

 

90k, two bald tyres,two almost at the legal limit,a knackered balljoint,a scrape on the bumper and the NSF door doesn't lock.All for £1350.00.

Judging by the amount of oil sloshing about in the undertray I think you are correct on both counts,Mr_B

 

Bet the cambelt hasn't been changed either. (5 years or 72000)

 

At least the balljoints are available now and you don't have to buy the whole A arm

[dollywobbler]

Well, if it's cheap, it's likely to yield good parts if nothing else. Can't really judge the condition until you do things like get under the rear seat base and get the cover sills off to see if there's anything behind them. If it's solid, you could always lob a Perkins Prima in. Sorted.

[fiatdaft]

its pretty fucked.

[dollywobbler]

Ah. Oh well. Dustpan it is then.

[wuvvum]

Got offered a job today, doing much the same thing I'm doing now for much the same money. It was the first interview I've had, and they offered me the job on the spot, which was nice. It's not the most exciting outcome to the whole redundancy situation, but at least it means that I can spend my redundancy on shite rather than on the rent.

[fiatdaft]

im fact its this fucked

 

 

iphone pic fail

[pompei]

That looks like one of those Jap neg camber mods ...

[messerschmitt owner]

I'd expect to see the wheel through the boot in a Vx PA Cresta - not a Rover!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Oh dear, that looks like a pile of spare parts and some beer money to me!

[fiatdaft]

yup ,same price as i paid for the audi aswell, if its a total loss it still might end up over the bridge.

[michiel]

We were in a bar yesterday, my girlfriend sees two girls about to throw stuff in a dumpster, I ran out and rescued these two rackets:

 

 

 

 

Here's one her brother rescued:

 

 

Can't find anything on the 'Blue Volley' except for one Japanese auction site...

[RoadworkUK]

yup ,same price as i paid for the audi aswell, if its a total loss it still might end up over the bridge.

 

You're clearly not doing this right. If Mr B had found this it would have been rust-free, fully serviced and there'd be a roll of crisp fifties in the glovebox.

[Guest]

yup ,same price as i paid for the audi aswell, if its a total loss it still might end up over the bridge.

 

You're clearly not doing this right. If Mr B had found this it would have been rust-free, fully serviced and there'd be a roll of crisp fifties in the glovebox.

 

Yeah, and with that ginner bird from Doctor Who sprawled across the back seat. And it would have been a tenner.

[RoadworkUK]

Or £8 BIN.

[Angrydicky]

What on earth has happened to that Rover's back wheel? Looks like the wheel nuts have been removed actually.

[Pete-M]

What on earth has happened to that Rover's back wheel? Looks like the wheel nuts have been removed actually.

 

P6s have De Dion rear suspension. The De Dion tubes rot and this is the result.

 

Of course, there's a bloody good chance that the floor has just given up on it as well.

 

The rear suspension is meant to look like this;

 

[Justin Case]

 

Thats a bit fucking weird isn't it. To the point of it can't possibly be a co-inky-dink.

 

Mrs A, who follows such matters more closely than I (not difficult ) thinks it may be a clever bit of retaliation for their mum not getting invited. If so, then pure genius