What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Sunshine. New BX. Welsh roads. Welsh scenery. Sunshine. Sunroof! Welsh roads. Welsh scenery. Turbocharger. Welsh roads. Welsh scenery.

 

Yup. I'm liking today, and I'm REALLY liking the BX. I love the torque, though I'm still trying to find ways to combat the turbo lag. You have to anticipate the power, because it bloomin' shifts once the boost builds up.

[willswitchengage]

[pompei]

That Lego machine reminds me of the Better Mousetrap edition of Tom and Jerry. Or that Honda advert.

[Vin]

I've posted this site before on a shite thread here somewhere before...

 

But, the recent updates on this site are BLOWING MY MIND http://spannerdude.wordpress.com/

 

The metal bashing and fabrication skills of 'spannerdude' are SIMPLY STUNNING

[Cavcraft]

Driving 'enthusiastically' and getting to Lincoln in a smidge over 2 hours in the 306. Didn't get overtaken at all on most of the roads and only got slightly help up going over Woodhead.

[pompei]

The Thick Of It on later tonight

[Richard]

The Thick Of It on later tonight

 

They will have to go some to beat what's been happening in real life this week.

[Albert Ross]

Watching a goodly percentage of "The Ipcress file" earlier... and falling asleep on the sofa. Just woke up.

[autofive]

Watching a goodly percentage of "The Ipcress file" earlier... and falling asleep on the sofa. Just woke up.

shoot the traitor ross

[barrett]

As usual I got sucked i to The Ipcress File (just turned it on when I was having my lunch) so that was my whole afternoon well-used. The BBC really need to invest in a new print though, they're still showing the horrible worn-out copy that I first taped off the telly about 13 years ago and it's looking even rougher now. Actually, it took 10 years for me to buy a DVD copy and work out wtf this was lurking in the background during the car-park scene as it's just an indistinct blur in the Beeb's copy...

[dollywobbler]

I give up Barrett. I thought Lotus IX or Fairthorpe but Google does not concur.

[autofive]

sabre?

[HillmanImp]

Top work chaps for letting me know this was on. I am just putting it on catchup now.

[messerschmitt owner]

it is a Lotus!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

what lotus is it?

 

Could ti be one of these?

 

[autofive]

new shite TV starts this week

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue

[barrett]

It's a Lotus Eleven with a weird home-made hood! Imagine the sort of cocky young blade who was using that as a road car in 1965 London. Brill.

 

This is a Westfield but it's the only image I can easily find of the rear-end of one without a headrest, you get the general idea

 

I used to pause my video cassette and stare at that for aaaaaaages trying to work out what the heck it was (teenage years well spent). Thank dog for DVD technology, eh?

 

Talking of nice prints, I just saw Vertigo on the big screen for the first time and it looked and sounded LOVELY. Dunno if it'll be showing anywhere else in the country (at a 'Picturehouse' cinema) but it's worth catching if you can.

[Wilko220]

new shite TV starts this week

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue

 

It's a great idea for a programme - I just wish they would be a bit more imaginative when it comes to selecting the cars...

[Louise2cv]

Matt goes back to work on Wednesday so I was getting a bit worried about managing on my own with the two babies, but:

 

 

... we're good to go!

[willswitchengage]

Epic win! That picture in the background is messing wiv ma perspectives, too.

[dollywobbler]

Nice one Louise. Does that mean you're back to tinkering with the Astra now then?

[RedSparrow]

new shite TV starts this week

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue

 

It's a great idea for a programme - I just wish they would be a bit more imaginative when it comes to selecting the cars...

 

+1

I predict MGB, Morris Minor, Mini, Land Rover.

[wackywacerwill]

Awh, bless. I had to go back to work leaving the Mrs wheelchair bound with new born and young un to care for, a tricky time but all was fine in the end. I'm sure you'll be just fine too.

Just remembered the whole family riding 4 up through Greenwich park on the wheelchair

[M'coli]

That's an excellent photo, Louise.

[Barry Cade]

The Bluebird bellend.

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C330865#

[CreepingJesus]

 

I couldn't decide whether the 'Linchero' was fit for the tat thread, or the bargains thread. But, given that it's given me 5 minutes of giggling like a schoolboy, and worrying that it contains something like the word 'lynch', it lands here.

I've decided that A) perversely, I like it; and if Liberace had made his fortune on the banjo and lived in a shack in the woods, this would've been his vanity motor. Word.

[Spiny Norman]

Everybody having the good sense not to reply to the uggboots fucktard's posts, thus causing them to slowly sink off the page.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

They don't give a toss if the posts are at the top of the page, it's all about getting the links onto Google by having them appear on a popular site. They really need deleting rather than ignoring. Lots of boards don't allow new members to post links, that might be something to consider. It wouldn't stop the 'ww w . s pa m c r a p . r u' bullshit, but it would at least make their nonsense a little less effective.

[dollywobbler]

They don't give a toss if the posts are at the top of the page, it's all about getting the links onto Google by having them appear on a popular site. They really need deleting rather than ignoring. Lots of boards don't allow new members to post links, that might be something to consider. It wouldn't stop the 'ww w . s pa m c r a p . r u' bullshit, but it would at least make their nonsense a little less effective.

 

Aye. Mods seem rather non-existent at the moment as well. Please come back!

[Richard]

What was the bike one about then? It didn't seem to contain any links at all.