What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[trigger]

WTF?! He must be one of the inbreed local boys, Luckly I'm an outsider who just moved here, There are some strange folk in the town...

 

s no time wasters..............this car is sick just needs so tlc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,will easy do off clock ill show u lol,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,andick my astra coupe like it a nova gsi lol

[outlaw118]

I've just sent the thick twat a message....

Dear darren.turbo,

 

Hello, I am interested in your car; are there any photographs available? And not wishing to appear rude, perhaps you would have more interest in the sale, if your advert was written in better English? Just a thought. Regards, IDOB

 

- i-dream-of-boobies

 

Lets see what happens now....

[trigger]

Have you got a link to that please Trigsville?

 

I forgot i posted that last night!

 

I pinched it from the classicsaab.co.uk forum, I was looking to see what was for sale when i spotted it.

[M'coli]

The same pictures have been on a few fora now, Retrogeezer posted this one up earlier in the week.

http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1972451271&mpage=1&key

[Rhythm Thief]

eBay advert of the year, don't all rush at once...

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOW-MILEAGE-/1806 ... 2a11a84b28

 

 

I've sent him a question ...

 

Er ... what is it? Low Mileage what? Car, bike, small truck, pushchair ... what? Any chance of a picture? Or, failing that, some words?

 

Let's see what he says.

[eddyramrod]

I see he's filled in some details now, and it appears to be a one-litre Suzuki, probably a Swift, although that's a guess. Anyway somebody's bid... brave soul!

[theorganist]

That advert is totally mad!!

 

Why would anyone in their right mind not put at least the basic details in? And why would anyone bid on it, let alone four people!!

 

I'm going for a lie down!!

[tonedepear]

There's every chance that'll end up being a bargain for someone. I wouldn't fancy turning up and finding out it's a motorbike though.

[CIH]

have some more quality trolling

 

http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew/fu ... cyber.html

[tonedepear]

 

*giggle*

[retrogeezer]

The same pictures have been on a few fora now, Retrogeezer posted this one up earlier in the week.

http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1972451271&mpage=1&key

 

Yeh, I posted that on Monday and not one response, Trig posts it and gets all the glory...

 

[Cavcraft]

Sorry Si, hadn't seen it.

[trigger]

Nore me!

[retrogeezer]

you missed my laughing smiley Billy!!

[TimothyClaypole]

£5.00 tip yesterday, £10.00 today.

 

Some customers are a damn nuisance but it's nice to get a bit of extra cash from the ones who appreciate your efforts.

 

Oh and an invite to visit someone as their guest for Horse Riding/Off Road Buggy driving/Paintball delete as you prefer.

 

(told the missus about the horses so about a million bonus points for me for that).

[eddyramrod]

Nice one TC!

[cort16]

A mate of the guy who's works in the garage next to my lockup came in with his BMW last night because he'd lost his alloys locking nut key.

It took all of 15 minutes for him to remove all 4 locking nuts from the wheels. That is all.

[Guest]

After selling my Tamiya Cheetah for ££££s to a mad American collector without ever seeing it, here's another I picked up instead.

 

 

It came through a couple of days ago. Work has been so utterly mental I haven't had chance to look at it properly until today. It's got most of its original packaging FFS. It has clearly been run a few times (the scrapes on the front chassis plate bear that out) but that means I'm more likely to give it a squizz around the garden now and again. With an RS 380 and a 1200 mAh battery, it ain't gonna be fast, but that isn't really the point of it anyway.

 

When I got a Cheetah I said I'd stop buying random pieces of Tamiya tat. I think in RC terms the Cheetah is BANG ON TREND for Autoshite, because it's rare, a bit shit and beige. Trouble is, I still want a working Lunchbox (my bargain one is utterly shashed), a 306 Maxi and a Sand Scorcher.

 

Argh, and another ****** has appeared and it's amazing and OMG I can afford it. Not fair not fair not fair.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I've been in france this week, got a great mag called 'youngtimers' (I hate that expression, its defo got some sort of dodgy german swinging overtones) which is chock full of shite including a 4-page full-colour article on an early restored renner 14TL. I'll try to scan a bit in for your delectation later.

[jonathan_dyane]

Night to myself, Indian meal, couple of bottles of ale, some scotch, a few roll ups and Mr Tom Waits. Bliss.

[M'coli]

I've been in france this week, got a great mag called 'youngtimers' (I hate that expression, its defo got some sort of dodgy german swinging overtones) which is chock full of shite including a 4-page full-colour article on an early restored renner 14TL. I'll try to scan a bit in for your delectation later.

Can you scan it into something like Word, and post up the text too so we can online-translate it too please? That would be great for us whose O-grade French is 20-odd years out of date, and didn't include much in the way of motors*.

 

 

*I could never do the listening comprehensions - I lucked in with the exam though as it was about some old biddy who drove everyhwere at 20km/h - I couldn't believe my luck! Pass rather than FALE!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

OK will do.

 

Another thing making me grin is that i've got a full weekend of garage action lined up at last, I am finally going to be able to do some serious fettling on the Avenger.

 

[Guest]

The photograph above is GR 8 and I demand it be made the cover of the next AS calendar.

[autofive]

nice racking mr B

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Joseph-Goebbels-F ... 53e80a1f19

 

yes, this actually exists - and three have been sold recently

 

please note the set includes a handy-bendy-cuddly mass murderer, desk and chair. The accessories set is £26.25 extra

[Mr Lobster]

I've been in france this week, got a great mag called 'youngtimers' (I hate that expression, its defo got some sort of dodgy german swinging overtones) which is chock full of shite including a 4-page full-colour article on an early restored renner 14TL. I'll try to scan a bit in for your delectation later.

 

It is indeed a cracking mag, loads better than anything we get here. I picked a copy up last week as well, slowly working my way through it as and when I get chance.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

nice racking mr B

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Joseph-Goebbels-F ... 53e80a1f19

 

yes, this actually exists - and three have been sold recently

 

please note the set includes a handy-bendy-cuddly mass murderer, desk and chair. The accessories set is £26.25 extra

 

Looks a bit like Will Self

[pompei]

^ ^ ^ ^

 

Ha ha ha but don't let WS see that!

[M'coli]

I thought that too - I can't stand that supercilious, shameless self-publicist.

[ashmicro]

The RAF have just done a flypast here. Fuck me, those Tornados are LOUD. Awesome stuff, a truly glorious sight.

 

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA!

[Pete-M]

Couldn't get my hands on an a-frame this morning so had to borrow a straight bar and get Emma to sit in the Golf as I towed it to the welders with the Jeep. She's never been towed before, and it's a 20 odd mile run.

 

Which was easy peasy. Gray and Daaaaaaaave did a splendid job of welding the bulkhead around the clutch cable, I put it back together and we brought it back.

 

If only everything was as easy to fix (again) as a Volkswagen.