Volksy Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Also been enjoying the 205 with the roof down, went for a random drive this evening which was great! SambaS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Ah yes. I've had to do that 'hand on carb' thing with the 2CV a few times - last time when the idle jet clogged up. NEVER do that job while wearing latex gloves! (someone else's lesson, not mine I hasten to point out!). Have had a few enjoyable roof-back hoons in the 2CV, but will be spending much of the next three days driving a Mercedes Sprinter minibus. Not as much fun, nor as well ventilated! Station 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 What makes me grin is getting home from work to find the wheelie bin in the drive. It proper cheers me up if I can just pull onto the drive and wallop it Frank Drebin-style.Ha, I used to di that and push it all the way back into position I have it in. It does make a satisfyingly hollow bop noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Ah yes. I've had to do that 'hand on carb' thing with the 2CV a few times - last time when the idle jet clogged up. NEVER do that job while wearing latex gloves! (someone else's lesson, not mine I hasten to point out!). Have had a few enjoyable roof-back hoons in the 2CV, but will be spending much of the next three days driving a Mercedes Sprinter minibus. Not as much fun, nor as well ventilated!I did that recently on a high compression turbo engine, my shoes were nearly sucked through the pores in my palm. alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Old street scenes on RR: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/153572/street-scenes-1975-2000 autofive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 The like button. Of all the things to enjoy about the new forum, it's easily my favourite addition to this one. If I change my mind, I can always go back an unlike a thing. brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Insurance renewal for £211 fully comp? Well there's one good thing about getting older Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 MrDuke and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 and its on a bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 happy = a bag of fudge has lasted nearly a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'm happy because despite it being well over a month since I bought a car, I can honestly say I do not want to buy another car. That's quite unusual for me. I don't want to sell one either. The Merc will hopefully get some welder attention next week and possibly the brake overhaul it needs, the BX will just be used until I can get some of its issues sorted out, the Disco is gradually being fettled into a healthier state and the 2CV is the 2CV. Remarkably, despite the fact my wife is away, I've barely looked at Ebay! catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 It'll not last. I've not really looked at gumtree or ebay much since I bough the XJR but give it another week and I'll be back feverishly hunting through it 5 times a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Peter James Insurance made me happy today by quoting £100 less than my previous insurer for a much better policy !!! Many thanks to all the 'shitters who have recommended them on here ! They are indeed brilliant ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfour Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2360513/Not-lovely-jubbly-Only-Fools-And-Horses-fans-treasured-Reliant-Robin-goes-flames.html catsinthewelder and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 You.Just.Made.My.Day. Sir. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 You.Just.Won.The.Internet. Sir. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Not sure, gentlemen. If it was a hand-painted, MoT-less Rialto estate with a blowup doll in the back, I would certainly cheer. But not for a proper Supervan, especially one that appeared reasonably original and looked after, despite the hideous Trotterisation. Wilko220 and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I feel sorry for the guy, I'd be gutted if I was him, as for the Daily Fail keep calling it a Robin though... Banger Kenny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Just been accosted at the local non-specific far eastern cuisine establishment by two older people in a Vauxhall Zafira who, at one point, had a J-reg Flame Red Rover Montego 1.6LX auto saloon. I don't think I've ever seen anyone so excited to see anything, ever. vulgalour and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I feel sorry for the guy, I'd be gutted if I was him, as for the Daily Fail keep calling it a Robin though... Well, if he had allocated his hard earned to sorting electrics and fuel supply, instead of wasting it on yet another fuggin Trotterisation, he'd still have his van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 It still doesn't feel right to be gloating over someones pride and joy going up in flames though. Banger Kenny, eddyramrod and oldford 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 OK, you have a point there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Just watching CarCraft getting a pounding on some shite bbc1 consumer TV program. How do you sleep at night Billy? To be fair the stuff they're up to is probably no different to the other 90% of car dealers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Just watching CarCraft getting a pounding on some shite bbc1 consumer TV program. How do you sleep at night Billy? To be fair the stuff they're up to is probably no different to the other 90% of car dealers out there. They'll still be in business as long as people are thick enough to be taken in by some polished up ex-rep mobile and a shiny suited, brillo-toothed salesman.I sleep at night on a pillow of £250 notes.. cort16, Banger Kenny and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'm happy because despite it being well over a month since I bought a car, I can honestly say I do not want to buy another car. That's quite unusual for me. I don't want to sell one either. I'm in the same boat, except for me it's been over 18 months since I've bought a car. I must be slipping, I think I bought four cars in 2010 alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I was amused to see that a local bus company who otherwise run modern, clean vehicles, still have a heavily tidemarked P-reg LDV Convoy minibus on their fleet for hire. What that must be like after 15+ years of private hire use I do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I have a quandary with the Trotter van. JOY at seeing a Trotter Van eliminated. SAD at seeing someone's pride and joy up in smoke, particularly a proper Supervan. I feel the owner's pain, but some small part of me feels that the Gods have judged and found him wanting. Lacquer Peel and Wilko220 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Talking of shite hire, a van hire company has set up recently not far from here. Happily, the vehicles they are using all seem to be well over 10 years old and they even boast an Escort van for hire at £25 a day! I needed to move some shite recently and would have hired the Escrot but unfortunately I'm not over 25 for their insurance purposes. http://easy-van-hire.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Next time I need a van I'm making the trek to Essex, how old and shabby some of those are! The oldest one I know of is a firm in Plymouth my sister used who rented her a very tired and saggy 11 year old Transit Luton - they failed to notice any difference to its appearance on its return after she wedged it under a bridge. A local van hire firm near here who now have a spiffy fleet of shiny LDVs and Transits started off a few years back with a rather stained and dilapidated Fiat Fiorino van at the bottom end of their offerings - alas, no more - surely there's a market for dirt cheap van hire, a fleet of ex-BT smiley Transits and ex-PO Escort 55 vans would have the punters flocking* in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 That Escort van they're hiring out is 14 years old and has had 10 previous owners! I hope it's got something like 250,000 miles on the clock, smokes heavily on startup and has "patchwork quilt" sills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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