What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Snake Charmer]

  On 07/11/2024 at 21:26, myglaren said:

Asda, apparently.

 

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Bollocks, I'm 59. ☹️

[myglaren]

  On 07/11/2024 at 21:36, Snake Charmer said:

Bollocks, I'm 59. ☹️

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I'm 76 so would qualify.

But I don't like Asda, they have closed the cafeteria and all that remains is a vending machine and a couple of tables near the checkouts.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Accidentally discovered something I didn’t know my phone can do - if you take a photo of a warning light on your dash it will tell you what the symbol means. Obviously we all know what these two mean but could be useful in a borrowed modern. 

[High Jetter]

  On 07/11/2024 at 21:42, myglaren said:

I'm 76 so would qualify.

But I don't like Asda, they have closed the cafeteria and all that remains is a vending machine and a couple of tables near the checkouts.

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I just qualify (!) and it sounds like a barg. Downside is having to spend time in our Asda tho

[24vdiamond]

  On 07/11/2024 at 22:57, High Jetter said:

I just qualify (!) and it sounds like a barg. Downside is having to spend time in our Asda tho

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I'd rather eat worms and die than shop/eat in asda

[hairnet]

  On 07/11/2024 at 13:07, Stinkwheel said:

Long way to go just to buy a car magazine

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Not read it yet

About to.........

On another train

[Stanky]

  On 07/11/2024 at 19:06, vulgalour said:

The brand new Princess windscreen I paid for back in June is finally being delivered tomorrow.  About £600, and it had to come via Finland for some reason, made by Pilkingtons who supplied the original screen over forty years ago when the car was new.

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Something potentially worth investigating is whether the insurance company will foot some of the bill for this? I appreciate its not the same, but due to its rarity, I had to source a new windscreen for my Sirion myself, as the insurance provider's approved suppliers couldn't get stock. I spoke to a very helpful lady who pointed me to the clause in the insurance policy that said that if I used their approved providers then the excess was £75, BUT that if I used someone else, got a VAT invoice for the work and sent it to the insurer they would reimburse me less a £125 excess (which they subsequently reduced to £75 as they acknowledged they couldn't source it, but I digress).

Anyway, possibly phone the insurer or look closely at the glass cover section of the policy because you may be able to claim a large portion of the cost you have incurred having a new screen made by Father Chrismas in Lapland back from the insurer. 

[vulgalour]

It's a fair point, I just don't want to make a claim.

[Wibble]

  On 08/11/2024 at 12:43, vulgalour said:

It's a fair point, I just don't want to make a claim.

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It is worth looking into as glass claims don’t affect your NCD.

[vulgalour]

It might affect my renewal price though.  I didn't need to make a claim and it's paid for now so I'm okay with it.

[omegod]

  On 07/11/2024 at 22:57, High Jetter said:

I just qualify (!) and it sounds like a barg. Downside is having to spend time in our Asda tho

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Our one does bloody good hot pizza and garlic bread 

[andy18s]

  On 07/11/2024 at 21:56, Conrad D. Conelrad said:

Accidentally discovered something I didn’t know my phone can do - if you take a photo of a warning light on your dash it will tell you what the symbol means. Obviously we all know what these two mean but could be useful in a borrowed modern. 

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See now that's the marketplace mechanics secret out ...

[DavieW]

  On 07/11/2024 at 21:26, myglaren said:

Asda, apparently.

 

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Our Asda advertised that over their tannoy - good idea, except the shop doesn't have a cafe 😄

[GeorgeB]

  On 07/11/2024 at 20:46, richardmorris said:

An awful lot of work has gone into this.

 

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And it still ended up ugly.

[somewhatfoolish]

[High Jetter]

  On 08/11/2024 at 19:10, DavieW said:

Our Asda advertised that over their tannoy - good idea, except the shop doesn't have a cafe 😄

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Is it real butter, tho?

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 08/11/2024 at 16:19, omegod said:

Our one does bloody good hot pizza and garlic bread 

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Huyton?

 

[Wibble]

  On 08/11/2024 at 19:28, High Jetter said:

Is it real butter, tho?

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How would he know? He can’t have it. Anyway, butter is the Devils semen, according to that famed literary tome, “How to be a complete Bastard” by Adrian Edmonson from the 1980s, iirc🙂

[omegod]

  On 08/11/2024 at 19:40, Tenmil Socket said:

Huyton?

 

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Yurrrp, don't make the journey just on my say so though ! 

[richardmorris]

  On 08/11/2024 at 19:22, GeorgeB said:

And it still ended up ugly.

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I think it would look a lot better in a different colour, maybe a metallic racing green? but was going for the authentic literary recreation.

[hairnet]

dropped a brand new tucson to a chap today

it had 5 miles on it and it had 50 on it when i gave to him

the laugh is it said in the notes small handover

im talking to him and he said hed never driven an auto before (>!>!>!?????!!!!!)

thats fair enuff so i go round his roads showing the gearshift (fuck you tesla)

its DNR - wtf is up with that not RND like it should be and has been for an awful long time

so tell him about reverse camera and how itll creep in gear if you ease pressure on the brake

so he gets a go and up a bit to dead end so he can turn round and he stops - only doing 5 mph and we both nearly go thru the windscreen

what did he do??

 

[richardmorris]

  On 08/11/2024 at 20:39, hairnet said:

dropped a brand new tucson to a chap today

it had 5 miles on it and it had 50 on it when i gave to him

the laugh is it said in the notes small handover

im talking to him and he said hed never driven an auto before (>!>!>!?????!!!!!)

thats fair enuff so i go round his roads showing the gearshift (fuck you tesla)

its DNR - wtf is up with that not RND like it should be and has been for an awful long time

so tell him about reverse camera and how itll creep in gear if you ease pressure on the brake

so he gets a go and up a bit to dead end so he can turn round and he stops - only doing 5 mph and we both nearly go thru the windscreen

what did he do??

 

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Changed from D to P?

[hairnet]

  On 08/11/2024 at 20:57, richardmorris said:

Changed from D to P?

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no the selector is upside down unlike every other auto 

edit no he used his left foot to brake

after id pointed it out and told just to right foot like in a manual (the foot is used to the effort/memory)

he took me to the station and didnt do it again

[richardmorris]

  On 08/11/2024 at 21:11, hairnet said:

no the selector is upside down unlike every other auto 

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Pressed the clutch on the brake pedal then?

[dome]

  On 07/11/2024 at 21:56, Conrad D. Conelrad said:

Accidentally discovered something I didn’t know my phone can do - if you take a photo of a warning light on your dash it will tell you what the symbol means. Obviously we all know what these two mean but could be useful in a borrowed modern. 

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I'm going to take the tape off the Kangoo dash lights and see how long it takes for my phone to melt

[hairnet]

  On 08/11/2024 at 21:12, richardmorris said:

Pressed the clutch on the brake pedal then?

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i said to him hed prolly do that a few times

i still do it and im an old git

 

[richardmorris]

  On 08/11/2024 at 21:18, hairnet said:

i said to him hed prolly do that a few times

i still do it and im an old git

 

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I’m ok that way round, my mistake tends to be stalling manuals coasting to a stop because I’ve forgotten to put the clutch in.

[hairnet]

  On 08/11/2024 at 21:19, richardmorris said:

I’m ok that way round, my mistake tends to be stalling manuals coasting to a stop because I’ve forgotten to put the clutch in.

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forgot your not sat at home on the sofa

[richardmorris]

  On 08/11/2024 at 21:22, hairnet said:

forgot your not sat at home on the sofa

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Well I’ve only driven three automatics. A CX prestige , my w124 coupe and a couple of xm. All of which could be like piloting a sofa at speed. Especially the cx.

[myglaren]

  On 08/11/2024 at 21:11, hairnet said:

no the selector is upside down unlike every other auto 

edit no he used his left foot to brake

after id pointed it out and told just to right foot like in a manual (the foot is used to the effort/memory)

he took me to the station and didnt do it again

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I have been guilty of that in a C6 and a Volvo.