What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[skattrd]

Gary's pic ^^^ is making me grin as well. The 126 just looks so small.

Can we please have a pic of it parked next to a new BINI.

[richardthestag]

  skattrd said:

Gary's pic ^^^ is making me grin as well. The 126 just looks so small.

Can we please have a pic of it parked inside a new BINI.

 

fixed that for you

[vulgalour]

Took Mum shopping in the BX and spotted (and was in turn spotted) by some other chod.

 

One of these in black/navy blue followed me in.

 

And that local beige daily Skoda went past me at a junction, looks not too dissimilar to this, but is in the slightly browner hue and scruffier looking overall.

[richardthestag]

  volksangyl said:

One of these in black/navy blue followed me in.

 

I had forgotten how clean and tidy those early ADO16s looked.

 

I rather like that, the colour really suits it

 

On my google seach I found the results of a behind the Co-op knee trembler between the venerable 1100 and a rather pissed dolomite

 

[dollywobbler]

Was it this beige Skoda also spotted by Danny Hopkins of PC? https://twitter.com/DANNYHOPKINSPC/stat ... 2917642240

[richardthestag]

wondering if demonic hound is included in sale?

 

 

hehe

[vulgalour]

DW: If not, then there's two alike in the vicinity. I was sure it was on black plastic bumpers, but seeing the state of the chrome ones in that pic I'm not so certain now.

[Caffiend]

21 year old Citroen BX TZD (turbo diesel) on a rolling road earlier today.

 

 

Apparently the horsies have been breeding. The clouds of black smoke were worthy too.

[Lacquer Peel]

Healthy! Have you done much to it, new injector nozzles or a refurbished pump?

[Caffiend]

Nope, bought it almost exactly a year ago and had all the fluids and filter changed, driveshafts also replaced as u/s, nothing else relevant's been done. As far as I can tell from fairly comprehensive service history, it's still on the original pump which has not been overhauled (Bosch FWIW) and injectors. There's a possibility that the mix may have been tweaked before I got it, but think it unlikely, given history - giffers until late 2010 who serviced it religiously, then improverished ignoramus to Feb 2012. Just lucky I guess

[skattrd]

 

From: http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/03/02/gif-of-the-day-4/

[vulgalour]

^That's bloody brilliant! I very nearly wet myself laughing.

[mattblack]

Last week I saw that my next door neighbour had put some stuff out on his front, presumably for the scrap man. Incuding these:

 

 

I thought I would be cheeky so I popped round and spoke to his son, he thought they were scrap and said take them so I said they would be safe in my garage if his dad did want them back. Saw said dad yesterday and he said 'Yeah, have them'. I suspect they are big Humber as he has a Super Snipe festering in the garage.

 

I don't have any use for them, but that's not the point, is it?

[skattrd]

I doubt any of you care, but I'm currently grinning as I'm watching live baseball (yes it's rounders played by grown men).

It's only a spring training game, but the season is nearly here

[autofive]

[M'coli]

Facebook's Amazon Kindle page asked, "What book had the greatest impact on you as a child?"

 

My first answer was about the angle and force with which it landed, but then I thought again - and amongst the Willard Price and Alan Garner stories there were two that stood out, one fiction and one not.

 

Not fiction? The Triumph Herald workshop manual.

 

Fiction? The Bus Under The Leaves. Very happy memories.

[dollywobbler]

Blimey. Willard Price. I devoured his novels when I was at secondary school. Not sure I'd thought about them between then and your post!

 

On a literary theme, I'm reading an Andy McNab novel at the moment. It's hilariously crap. I was a bit scared to learn that Mr McNab is not actually a 12-year old boy, but is apparently one of our most highly decorated soldiers and ex-SAS. This is actually terrifying. To summarise the novel so far, the Syrians will fuck you up and the lead character's cock hurts. It's not the best book I've ever read I must admit.

[andrew e]

Smiling because I'm sat at Stanstead with a boarding card and a nice ticket for the motor show.

[willswitchengage]

http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html

 

320 Gigabpixel panorama of London: AS Where's Wally? I found a 205

 

The Shard doesn't look too bad in panoramovision, although still shit and out of place from the train window.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Ha, I was on that earlier and the 205 was the only decent car I could find.

[Albert Ross]

  M said:

Facebook's Amazon Kindle page asked, "What book had the greatest impact on you as a child?"

 

My first answer was about the angle and force with which it landed, but then I thought again - and amongst the Willard Price and Alan Garner stories there were two that stood out, one fiction and one not.

 

Not fiction? The Triumph Herald workshop manual.

 

Fiction? The Bus Under The Leaves. Very happy memories.

 

I answered that one with "The Joy of Sex".

[Spiny Norman]

  Peter said:

Ha, I was on that earlier and the 205 was the only decent car I could find.

 

Just had a few minutes scooting around that pic.

Fair gives your computer's processor a bit of a work-out doesn't it? Especially if you've got a shite computer without a proper graphics card, but anyway I digress...

Couldn't see the 205 but I did find this old 3 series.

 

[panhard65]

I just had a look at the London pic and found this which made me chuckle. Not sure how to post the shot on it's own but the link works

http://bit.ly/Z5qhwL

[michiel]

Found a white 205 (and a red Rover 214 I think - edit: it's a Concerto with a leaky sunroof: http://bit.ly/165cM3a) yesterday, and this one just now:

 

http://bit.ly/165bAwN

 

more half-a-cars:

 

http://bit.ly/165bEwz and http://bit.ly/165bXHH and a Bentley http://bit.ly/165c5XB

 

and one of those things that can win you something I huess?

 

http://bit.ly/165bJjN

 

Photoshopped or did he know where to stand?

 

http://bit.ly/165bOnJ

 

the solution to parking problems, the squashy car (with space for half an arm):

 

http://bit.ly/165cdqf

 

stutter:

 

http://bit.ly/165dqhh

[Mr Lobster]

Dacia building the Logan Estate in RHD and bringing it to the UK.

 

Excellent news

[RedSparrow]

Bought a MASSIVE1960s East German radio today for about £20. It powers up which means I can probably get it fully functioning again.

[Vin]

 

The Panda VIP is a special edition of which there are 2 left according to the 'oracle' that is howmanyleft

 

Anyway, it is definitely rare...

 

And one has turned up in the last few days, in an amazing two tone metallic bronze and beige colour combination

 

http://www.fiatforum.com/auction-watch/ ... a-vip.html

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-FIAT-PAN ... 7675.l2557

 

[philibusmo]

Today I bought a Ford Orion that I have no space and no need for. It looked a little sad. It has a broken quarter light and a knacked steering lock from where the worlds worst car thief failed to nick it, but it has 4 months MOT and 10 months tax, and looks to be in good nick under the thin veil of recent neglect. Plus it was very cheap.

 

Now I just need to work out what to do with it.

[chaseracer]

Rent it out for the summer!

[vulgalour]

Shiterprize car hire! I think this is a superb notion, we can have offices all over the country offering literally one car per county.