What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[twosmoke300]

Ha , Dunlop ?

[michiel]

Yep!

[twosmoke300]

Either a soft compound or tyre slick

[MrDuke]

Contrary to the popular idea that the driver's a bit thick, I like to think that he deliberately refrained from fitting a spare-wheel cover just so that he could reverse-park anywhere he damn well liked without worrying about damage to either his car or whatever was behind him. Props.

[twosmoke300]

Those rear mounted spares crack the back doors at the best of times

[cobblers]

I put a drop down DVD player thing what you screw on the roof of your car on gumtree. I've had two enquiries and both of them were from (totally different) people offering reptiles as a swap. If it was a staffy with 3 legs I would probably oblige tbh.

[Cavcraft]

I bet if you somehow sneakily superglued strong tacks to the wall they'd not do it again.

[cobblers]

I bet if you somehow sneakily superglued strong tacks to the wall they'd not do it again.

 THANKS CAV ILL TRY THAT NEXT TIME I GUMTREE OWT

[wackywacerwill]

My tow bars offer a similar style of touch parking to that rear mounted spare, not quite as subtle mind. To date victims have been, one wooden fence, one concrete post, one petrol pump and our very own caravan of love. The same neighbor has twice cracked his number plate and once his bumper on them too, nice bloke though can't park for toffee as his current busted rad is testament to.

[trigger]

Woop woop that's the sound of the Targora...

 

Talbot Tagora Police Demonstrator by Timpotoy, on Flickr

[Jim Bergerac]

A Lada Niva drove past my house about an hour ago. Didn't get a pic, but it did make me grin.

[trigger]

Remember safety first, this guy didn't!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AZfqghL30

[saucedoctor]

He's not easily intimidated, I'll give him that!

[Bobthebeard]

He's not easily intimidated, I'll give him that!

Wonder why he kept trying to start it once it had burst into flames? Like if it started it would suck all the fire back in?

[dollywobbler]

I think that's because in the old days, carbs could blow back and catch fire. Revving the engine literally did suck the flames out.

[Junkman]

Carbs could never blow back in the entire history of the motorcar, unless total bumblers botched around.

See evidence in video.

[MrDuke]

Post Office in documentation efficiency shocker!!! I rolled up to the local PO today, with no V5 or tax reminder, just an old already-stamped green slip with the wrong address on, expecting misery and frustration. The nice man behind the glass accepted my thoroughly confusing story without question; when Doovla spat my details back at him he apologised for their crap system and put them all in again, apologised again for the extra £25 for a replacement V5 (even though it wasn't owt to do with him) and I was out the door with a spanking new disc in less than 10 minutes. :mrgreen:

[Bobthebeard]

Post Office in documentation efficiency shocker!!! I rolled up to the local PO today, with no V5 or tax reminder, just an old already-stamped green slip with the wrong address on, expecting misery and frustration. The nice man behind the glass accepted my thoroughly confusing story without question; when Doovla spat my details back at him he apologised for their crap system and put them all in again, apologised again for the extra £25 for a replacement V5 (even though it wasn't owt to do with him) and I was out the door with a spanking new disc in less than 10 minutes. :mrgreen:

You should print this out and frame it.... Won't ever happen again!

[vulgalour]

I've been given a collection date for the Renault Six!  That familiar combination of fear and excitement at just what I've taken on has kicked in again.

[minolman]

Deffo need to flag this up with the PO, clearly this counter assistant hasn't attended the correct training courses yet and shouldn't be recklessly serving customers with efficiency and alacrity like this.

 

A hazard to other workers who will be lambasted for not dealing with DVLA paperwork in a similar manner, he will become the sad victim of sacrasm and workplace jokes from his peers when they see great queues of motorists at his window in preference to theirs when the tale of his performance leaks out. 

 

Leaving him feeling depressed and with no option but to resign from his job, he may then wander dejectedly down to the multistorey/railway line/canal/motorway bridge [circle most likely civil engineering structure here] and thereby end his pitiful existence. If only his secret had been kept...

[Bobthebeard]

I've been given a collection date for the Renault Six!  That familiar combination of fear and excitement at just what I've taken on has kicked in again.

Ahh, the frisson of a 'new' car. Like the anticipation of sex, but longer* lasting.

[dollywobbler]

Carbs could never blow back in the entire history of the motorcar, unless total bumblers botched around.

See evidence in video.

 

Well, whatever phenomenon it is, apparently the advice with Lamborghinis was to 'floor it if you see flames.' Cars are a lot more boring these days.

[Inspector Morose]

Yup, not only petrol powered things do it either:

 

Look from about 8:40

 

[Junkman]

Page 929, btw.

 

[Junkman]

[hairnet]

sports direct

 

place is massive and theres shit loads of stock

 

but theres fuck all room to move about - and there was about 4 people in the place

 

and its a weekday - fuck knows what its like on a saturday.......

 

no wonder i dont buy clothes/footwear much

[oman5]

Ahh, the frisson of a 'new' car. Like the anticipation of sex, but longer* lasting.

The solution is to keep doing it. and buying "new" cars

[cort16]

Bollox has got a 929 hasn't he?

[MrDuke]

Aye, wasn't that the original "epic A-frame collection"?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yeah I've got a green one, my first international A-frame job