What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[morris_ital_lover]

That Proton is delicious.

 

What makes me grin, hopefully not famous last words, but this place seems to have resumed service as usual with plenty of spots threads and awesome scans threads!

[fiatdaft]

Yup along with on topic car chat and no haterz.

[Cavcraft]

Welcome back CMS and what a start to your re-appearance. Pictures of Cavaliers are always welcomed here but probably only by me and you!.

[tonedepear]

I do love that Proton.

[ashmicro]

http://www.punchinthefacebook.com/

[eddyramrod]

Speaking of Cavaliers, whatever happened to the automatic that was knocking around here a few months ago?

[Cavcraft]

Still here, still loved...

 

[eddyramrod]

Oh good!

[trigger]

A mate was telling me today how you can now sign up to the local Manheim car auctions site and view all the cars that are going through, this used to be a trade only thing but it's now open to the general public, You can view photos and the appraisals for each vehicle.

 

It makes interesting reading seeing some of the shite that goes through the place, It's just a shame you can't see the hammer prices.

 

http://www.manheimremarketing.co.uk/

[fiatdaft]

This auction has a price guide for stuff that has went through in the month to date.

 

http://www.centralcarauctions.com/priva ... fault.aspx

[Pete-M]

Bought this yesterday on the way to the NEC.

 

 

XJR inner wing toolkit. One of those options nobody seems to have ticked the box for. Woo-hoo!

 

Ok, it's not complete, but it's unobtanium normally and at the end of the day, it's only screwdrivers and spanners. Whatever fits is better than nowt.

[Negative Creep]

Rather enjoying my Wii, which is also giving me some much needed physical exertions. The likes of tennis and bowling are great fun, although I remain to be convinced it's better than a pad for normal game

[autofive]

Rather enjoying my Wii, which is also giving me some much needed physical exertions. The likes of tennis and bowling are great fun, although I remain to be convinced it's better than a pad for normal game

 

 

i developed a passion for wii golf, and actually got quite good at it. but, i'd never play on a real course with a spangly jumper and loafers

[M'coli]

Rather enjoying my Wii, which is also giving me some much needed physical exertions. The likes of tennis and bowling are great fun, although I remain to be convinced it's better than a pad for normal game

 

 

i developed a passion for wii golf, and actually got quite good at it. but, i'd never play on a real course with a spangly jumper and loafers

I have drunkenly base-pissed from a TV camera tower onto the 18th green of a golf course...

[Cavcraft]

Rather enjoying my Wii, which is also giving me some much needed physical exertions. The likes of tennis and bowling are great fun, although I remain to be convinced it's better than a pad for normal game

 

 

i developed a passion for wii golf, and actually got quite good at it. but, i'd never play on a real course with a spangly jumper and loafers

I have drunkenly base-pissed from a TV camera tower onto the 18th green of a golf course...

 

Who was playing at the time?

[Craig the Princess]

[Rod/b]

Rather enjoying my Wii, which is also giving me some much needed physical exertions. The likes of tennis and bowling are great fun, although I remain to be convinced it's better than a pad for normal game

 

 

i developed a passion for wii golf, and actually got quite good at it. but, i'd never play on a real course with a spangly jumper and loafers

 

All this talk of Wii has made me remember that I own one, and that I've not unpacked it since I moved in January.

 

This shall be rectified this evening I think.

[michiel]

@ Escort, but isn't 25 way too old for Silvia B....

[dollywobbler]

Sunshine. Nice. Especially after three days cooped up at the NEC.

[M'coli]

i developed a passion for wii golf, and actually got quite good at it. but, i'd never play on a real course with a spangly jumper and loafers

I have drunkenly base-pissed from a TV camera tower onto the 18th green of a golf course...

Who was playing at the time?

I've no idea - I'd been working at the venue with a partner company and this was the after-event piss-up. It was 1996, and somewhere in the West of Scotland . The previous night I'd got lost on my way out of the course and ridden my racer across the 16th or 17th green too! I bet the greenkeepers loved sorting that out.

[John F]

Pictures of Cavaliers are always welcomed here but probably only by me and you!.

 

And me. Cavs are TEH SEX.

[Rocket88]

I have drunkenly base-pissed from a TV camera tower onto the 18th green of a golf course...

Who was playing at the time?

I've no idea - I'd been working at the venue with a partner company and this was the after-event piss-up. It was 1996, and somewhere in the West of Scotland . The previous night I'd got lost on my way out of the course and ridden my racer across the 16th or 17th green too! I bet the greenkeepers loved sorting that out.

 

Someone was caught doing that at a course I play on about 3 years ago..............he's still walking with a limp

[autofive]

sorting out a cupboard that rarely gets opened and finding NOS car spares, boxs & boxs of them. They must have been there 3 years at least, and I totally forgot about them; a-series, b-series, mazda 323, renault, ford x-flow, cvh, pinto, colgne & essex.

boxs of clutches, brake pads and shoes, at least 2 dozen sets of points for the essex, water pumps, timing belts, fan belts, air and oil filters and Ford gasket sets.

Now the kitchen table and floor are full of boxs and SWMBO has arrived home. she is not as happy as i am by the sight

[cort16]

I'm not sure this advert is factually correct.

[Skizzer]

If Autoshite did car rental ... hang on a minute, these guys are way ahead of us: RentACarBulgaria.com

 

Class A: Skoda Favorit

 

Class B: Opel Kadett

Base characteristics: model 1991, petrol, engine 1.6I, 75 hp, average consumption: 7.3 L/100 km; 5 doors, 4+1 seats

Options: Central door lock, alarm, radio&cassette, front halogen lamps

 

Class C: Opel Omega

Base characteristics: model 1990, petrol, 1.8 ccm, 88 hp, average consumption: 10 L/100 km; 4 doors, 4+1 seats;

Options: central door lock, alarm, radio&cassette, power windows;

etc.

 

There's a Mk2 Golf, lots of Mk3 Cav-alike Opel Vectras, E34 5-series BMWs, a Daewoo Espero, Volvo 460... there's even a Series 1 XJ6 ("Class Super Lux") with an epic oval-ready two-tone paint job, although that one looks like it might be a library pic. Check it out.

[cobblers]

Theres a Maplins just opened on the local retail park. I expected it to be like some kind of Maplins local, and only sell remote control airplanes and overpriced memory cards and wildly expensive batteries - BUT NO, they have the lot.

 

Maplins aren't the cheapest or best, but where else could I turn up at 7pm and buy a couple of LEDs, some resistors and a new soldering iron tip.

 

I'm always tinkering with electronics so I usually get stuff off ebay in massive bulk from china (about 4 years ago I bought something like 1000 of every colour LED for about a tenner, and the same with every value resistor) but it'll be ever so nice to just be able to pop out and get something as simple as a toggle switch or transistor which otherwise would be a couple of days wait from ebay or whatever.

[Pete-M]

Decided after 11 months of ownership that it may just be an idea to actually service the Jeep. So I did just that.

 

The dirtiest air filter I have ever seen was to be found in the airbox, but otherwise it seems ok. It's doing close to 4 mpg more now it has new plugs, filters etc. This makes me grin as 4 mpg on gas is the cost equivalent of nearly 8 mpg. It is now almost capable of perceptible accelerative feats.

 

Don't know how the air filter managed to get so spectacularly minging, ok, it's been in there for at least the 7k miles or so I've done in it, but according to the service history - whch is up to 116k, so only 6000 miles since the last one - the thing had a full service at 116k. I reckon the filter must have done close to 40k.

[tonedepear]

http://www.roadworkuk.com

[dollywobbler]

Nice blog Chris! And spot on with my own views of the 75, even down to the lack of lower back support on the seats. I'd say that the 1.8K DOES deserve its reputation though. I'd love it find one that hasn't blown its head gasket at some point. Does such a thing exist?

 

£500 for a 1.8K, or £850 for a top-spec diesel estate... (come on, someone must want it?)

[trigger]

I'm off to look at a car tomorrow afternoon and I'm very excited! If it's as nice as It sounds then it will be a bargain as well!.