What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

and paul was talking about the prelude 2280 miles only - ron said he bought it and was running it in and meant to take it for a service and never got the chance  sat in shed since

never had an mot and now will never need one

but then next to it was a same year 84 peugeot 205 with 29 miles on it !!!!!!!!1111111111one!!!11111111111

cos he said 205 was same

[andy18s]

14 hours ago, paulplom said:

I can remember 2wd Sapphire's literally being given away as insurance went daft.

[Metal Guru]

25 minutes ago, andy18s said:

I can remember 2wd Sapphire's literally being given away as insurance went daft.

So do I. Really wanted one , ended up with an Escort 1.6LX instead. When I finally got a Sapphire , it was a 1.8LX TD with 75bhp.

[Volksy]

A friend of mine bought a Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 new. 

Within a week it had been stolen from his drive. Despite my friends protestation, his insurers insisted on a supplying 'like for like' replacement as they were still in production.. Once the claim went through, he received a matching new one. Funnily enough that disappeared a week later. 

He went through three before the insurers decided that replacing it with yet another one wasn't in their best interests.

[artdjones]

[Lord Sterling]

Waiting to board (much earlier on)

I noticed an interesting car:

I didn't speak to the owner, but I did speak to the owner of this amazing thing:

Rover 75 2.0 Diesel. A great looking car, I've always had an eye for these. Not a fan of diesel cars but I do like a nice 75.

[Matty]

Today in the unit

[Matty]

It's like a shit version of @richardmorris photos 🤣

[hairnet]

5 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

 

oh no its a vectra

newer provan (the older ones just look like corolla estates)

 

Rover 75 2.0 Diesel. Run before the ugly gets you

fixed

wafel and atonium pics stat

[Lord Sterling]

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

fixed

wafel and atonium pics stat

Later. I only just made it to my other home here in Brussels. Going to sleep now. Vectra was monster of a car that handled the British, French and Belgium motorways like it was nothing. What a car.

[Matty]

14 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Later. I only just made it to my other home here in Brussels. Going to sleep now. Vectra was monster of a car that handled the British, French and Belgium motorways like it was nothing. What a car.

Fashionable to knock em. They were just good cars. Period.

[Andyrew]

(Amusing depending on your music tastes) 

Listening to an album this morning,  so messaged a mate of mine.

 

[gm]

stuck behind slow moving traffic, i eventually discovered the hold up !

 

[comfortablynumb]

At least he can run it on red @gm🤣

[Surface Rust]

2 hours ago, gm said:

stuck behind slow moving traffic, i eventually discovered the hold up !

 

Another farmer flouting the fox hunting ban!

[dozeydustman]

12 years yesterday since my grandad passed away.

At 5:45 yesterday morning I became a grandad, at the same age (46y, 4.5 months give or take a day) my grandad was when I was born.

[hairnet]

bangers and cash

lady having to sell motorbikes

k5 gsxr inside the house and shes keeping it

but has A NORTON ATLAS!!!!!!!!11111on1e1!!!!!!!!!1

which is being sold

other way round shirley

[hairnet]

205 has a 9k reserve

10500

 

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

bangers and cash

lady having to sell motorbikes

k5 gsxr inside the house and shes keeping it

but has A NORTON ATLAS!!!!!!!!11111on1e1!!!!!!!!!1

which is being sold

other way round shirley

Watching it now. 

[richardmorris]

Just now, hairnet said:

205 has a 9k reserve

10500

 

Use it or keep it?

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

205 has a 9k reserve

10500

 

My grandmother and (step) grandad had a similar talbot alpine. Bought new and he had a heart attack driving it the next week. He did drive it again but it was a couple of years and the tyres had perished.

[TataBobu]

On 07/03/2025 at 03:40, EspenO said:

Edited for scandinavianness. Winter tyres are awful in the summer 🙂

With one exception: Sumitomo WT200. It took 4 Romanian summers to make them unfit in the snow. 

[EspenO]

16 hours ago, TataBobu said:

With one exception: Sumitomo WT200. It took 4 Romanian summers to make them unfit in the snow. 

Haven’t tried Sumitomo, but that sounds like they were a pretty hard compound to begin with? 🙂

[myglaren]

[myglaren]

Had the crashed Mazda 6 lifted on Tuesday, got £100 for it, better than paying to have it dragged away.

Tried to claim the tax back online and got nowhere.  I blame the DVLA website but it is probably me.

Cheque for the remaining tax came this morning.  Been and paid it in to the bank.  Possible to use the ATM or send a photo in but I would probably make a mess of it.

[MikeR]

Area 51 visit today , quite interesting , had a pot of tea , son was made up with coffee and snack , quirky place just outside Ormskirk on the old Little chief site ..

[NorthernMonkey]

57 minutes ago, MikeR said:

Area 51 visit today , quite interesting , had a pot of tea , son was made up with coffee and snack , quirky place just outside Ormskirk on the old Little chief site ..

We’re currently in a micropub in Southport and passed this place earlier on as we passed through Ormskirk…I wondered what it was!

[hairnet]

fuck clapton 

wogan is on bbc four - bits of shows then a thing about him

 

[Snake Charmer]

Spoilt myself as eye tests are now free, prescription varifocal Ray-Ban sunglasses.  😎

The road ahead, behind and dashboard are crystal clear now in the sun, the trees look greener. 😊

The Android head unit I've spent ages getting to work in the S211 to use Waze has a screen  blacker than a black thing painted black at midnight thanks to the polarised lenses. 🤡

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

The Android head unit I've spent ages getting to work in the S211 to use Waze has a screen  blacker than a black thing painted black at midnight thanks to the polarised lenses. 🤡

Yep this unfortunately is the downside to polarised lenses - guessing radio stations and guessing sat nav directions!

Moving your head in line with the screens, while impractical, will make things clearer 😂.

They are a game changer for normal every day things though.