What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DSdriver]

Silverstone Grand Prix to be run on "mud and snow" tyres.

[KruJoe]

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Also "funny as fuck" on the BBC, the PR4L reading out this list of the current members of So Solid Crew:

 

[cort16]

I took my TR7 down to my lockup and the guy who I rent it off who's an old school mechanic said "so this is the new project then, you're mad I remember working on these when they were 3-4 years old. They're shit." I did lol as you can't argue with someone who actually been there, done that and bares the mental scars of working on them with no nostalga involved.

[HillmanImp]

  dollywobbler said:

Anyone who takes a DAF for an MOT and doesn't stay with it is inviting trouble. There are many ways of breaking one on an MOT test. The rollers for a start. He's right that you should avoid moving from neutral to forwards with the engine running - which I always thought was a bit ridiculous - but if you don't mention this to the MOT tester, you have no right to complain.

 

When I had my DAF MOT'd I stayed there and made sure they did not put it on the rollers.

 

I used to turn the engine off each time I wanted to change gear but then got used to the engine sound so I knew when I could change it without it grinding. Not aware that you were meant to turn it off? Oh well.

[Negative Creep]

Ebay - I know we all have a moan, but it is good as a buyer. I order a HDMI cable the other day which turned out to be faulty. Emailed the seller and they instantly sent a replacement, no questions asked. Really can't argue with that sort of service.

[Cavcraft]

Ooh, nice one! Where's the rest of the pictures though please?

[M'coli]

  Tayne said:

Angel by Tayne, on

What makes me grin about this? £150/ton.

[Cavcraft]

  Tayne said:

£30k.

You might get a bit more for Corten Steel though.

 

 

Cav - I got home at 0130 this morning, I don't have any more pictures yet.

It was bloody good for a 5 hour drive though.

 

Nice one, the 2.5 made a brilliant 'grand tourer' so would imagine your's must be uber fun. I'll keep an eye on here and Flickr for more!

[Cavcraft]

Just been reading through a live sort of chat facility thing where a debate was in full swing about Andy Murray and whether he's British or not, and someone left a message saying 'Is he Scottish yet?'

[eddyramrod]

He's always been Scottish, as anyone with the slightest north-of-the-wall affiliation will be quick to point out. Especially if he wins.

[Cavcraft]

I don't dispute that Eddy, it's just some people were saying 'if he wins he'll be British, if he loses he'll be Scottish' so when someone waded in with that comment I burst out laughing.

[fiatdaft]

I'm scottish,i couldn't give a fuck about him.

[eddyramrod]

^^ Well said sir!

[MrDuke]

I think I'd find him slightly less annoying if I was allowed to sit on him and forcibly remove his stupid, scowling eyebrows. Anyway, as soon as he loses a match he'll be treated like a national pariah and ignored for another few years, so I'm not that fussed. Weird how you can win any number of world-class tournaments elsewhere on the planet, but if you can't win here, you're just crap.

[Lord Sterling]

Whilst at my garage I hooked up the White Sterling to my daily really only to check the radio that came with it, its an original Philips something or other amd was unhooked when I took delivery of the car. I hooked it up a couple of weeks ago and today decided to see if it would work, it did and it sounded fantastic!

 

 

[Spiny Norman]

  Cavette said:

...'if he wins he'll be British, if he loses he'll be Scottish' ...

 

Scottish again!

[messerschmitt owner]

  studebaker hawk said:

  Cavette said:

...'if he wins he'll be British, if he loses he'll be Scottish' ...

 

Scottish again!

England can have him.

[Cavcraft]

Nah, you're ok thanks, you keep him. Though I'll vote to let him stay here forever if you promise to keep that fat w*nker Alex Salmond out of our way.

[KruJoe]

When I type "shitefest" in the "post a reply" box, it wants to change the spelling to "fetishist"

[Albert Ross]

Is it Mauritius Blue?

[Cavcraft]

By Christ that's nice.

[Lankytim]

That looks brill!!

 

Taking about Murray, did you know that he was present at the Dunblaine massacre, he was 9 years old and had to take cover in a classroom. I never knew that.

 

What makes me smile? Strimming slugs.

[M'coli]

One of my ex-colleagues asked on Faceache, "Who's the woman at Wimbledon that looks like a German skeletor???". That'll be Andy's mammy, that will!

[retrogeezer]

Maserati stretch limo in The Running Man:

 

[trigger]

Funny enough i was just laughing at some of the "Futuristic" cars in The Children of Men over on the other channel, The Renault Avantime being one.

 

[John F]

  KruJoe said:

When I type "shitefest" in the "post a reply" box, it wants to change the spelling to "fetishist"

 

[Negative Creep]

  trigger said:

Funny enough i was just laughing at some of the "Futuristic" cars in The Children of Men over on the other channel, The Renault Avantime being one.

 

 

 

Where they manage the impressive feat of bump starting the auto box. I don't think they're supposed to be futuristic per se, but since the UK was isolated from the rest of the world for many years, cars would be continuously rebuild to survive

[trigger]

I was trying to work out how they managed to bump start that as well as it was rolling down the hill.

[Pete-M]

  Negative Creep said:

  trigger said:

Funny enough i was just laughing at some of the "Futuristic" cars in The Children of Men over on the other channel, The Renault Avantime being one.

 

I don't think they're supposed to be futuristic per se, but since it's a Renault it would be continuously rebuilt to survive

 

EFA.

[willswitchengage]

  Lankytim said:

What makes me smile? Strimming slugs.

 

Hahaha, also the Daily Mail is warning us of IMPENDING SLUG DOOM!

 

Nice on the Running Man car, that film is quintessential 80sness in every way. http://youtu.be/p-L9yfETb-4

 

Oh and they're making a Total Recall sequel. FAIL.