What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[oman5]

Yup, not only petrol powered things do it either:

 

Look from about 8:40

 

That was a pretty common occurrence with the class 55. I think oil used to collect in the silencer drum and spontaneously combust. normal solution was to give it a bootfull, the copious exhaust fumes extinguishing the flames.

[Mr Lobster]

I don't know if this magazine is / was real, but I do hope so...

 

[Lankytim]

The Citroen XM passed it's MOT today with just a couple of advisories on tyres and rust on the front subframe. RESULT!!

[fotorabia]

Planning a reunion on a farm outside Berlin with my old mate Flo who I lived with in Granada -Spain for 6 months..hes still there.Havent seen him for 22 years.This image below is of us in the Sierra Nevada National Park.

 

All the years Ive been away...i sometimes felt it was so sad that these really cool people I shared my life with id never see them again.Not so.

[Ghosty]

The iPhone of skepticism has been marked dispatched, after two long weeks. This could signal me finally moving off Orange after 10 years!

[tooSavvy]

SPORTS DIRECT.

 

I do till repairs in JD stores [much of a muchness]. If a staff member was to post on here about Saturdays....

 

Looking for 'the other one' of lime green trainers, and standing at the till as they pay.....

 

Would combine all elements of:- Epic tat collection & Ebay mongs thread.... (no trains, sadly!)

 

 

TS

[Cavcraft]

I have absolutely no idea what you're on about, Toosavvy, but please don't ever leave Autoshite.

[scruff]

Seeing a 'To Let' sign on our local windmill made me grin today. Some yuppy type from Stamford will no doubt snap it up.

 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-28930977.html

[tooSavvy]

I have absolutely no idea what you're on about, Toosavvy, but please don't ever leave Autoshite.

See: hairnet post - previous page

 

TS

[hairnet]

Seeing a 'To Let' sign on our local windmill made me grin today. Some yuppy type from Stamford will no doubt snap it up.

 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-28930977.html

oof

[Cavcraft]

Planning a reunion on a farm outside Berlin with my old mate Flo who I lived with in Granada -Spain for 6 months..hes still there.Havent seen him for 22 years.This image below is of us in the Sierra Nevada National Park

 

All the years Ive been away...i sometimes felt it was so sad that these really cool people I shared my life with id never see them again.Not so.

Thats a brilliant picture, like a sort of moody The Smiths/Jonah Lewey album cover.

[daveb47]

Project anyone??

 

[nigel bickle]

Yah!

 

Some of you may recall a black Renault Fregate, over in Calais with an alleged blown headgasket, 500 euros..   On it in a thrice, I got bummed off to a local.

 

Guess who's emailed me back this afternoon?  Oh yes indeed....

[Spiny Norman]

Ordered a memory card for the shiny new tablet I got for Xmas last week and it arrived today, not in the usual huge clear plastic packaging monstrosity that needs gardening gloves, strong scissors and a large scotch to get into uninjured, but in a small cardboard envelope.

Little things mean a lot.

 

[wackywacerwill]

Worth a gander through these fine pics if you've time to kill.

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/peugeot,pininfarina/Interesting

[DSdriver]

Worth a gander through these fine pics if you've time to kill.

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/peugeot,pininfarina/Interesting

Eighteen pages of Pugs and people. How did the Citroen DS get in there? 

[TimothyClaypole]

This should be a grump, robbing dogs, but it's a means to an end so paid up:

 

[Des]

Proton shenanigans.

 

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/proton-wira-modified-for-cattle-rustling-1.455476

 

 

[Tayne]

On 08/01/2014 at 15:01, daveb47 said:

Project anyone??

 

4585328947_faed6afc55_z.jpg

 

[jmsguzzi]

How much of a stereotypical "car bore" voice does the guy being interviewed have, fantastic.

 

[retrogeezer]

I've just posted this as a reply to a 'new cars are best and save lives' post on another forum, unless I got something wrong it has made me smile.

 

Looking at this chart it looks like it has possibly dropped by around 1500-1800 since 1990 to just under 2000 deaths. Those 2000 deaths would include pedestrians/cyclists/motorcyclists (probably the highest of the lot)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Killed_on_British_Roads.png

There are 63 million people in the UK so that is a 0.00317 chance of being killed in a road accident, even less as a car driver. 
How much lower a risk do you think it is by driving a newer car?

There is also huge classic car ownership in the UK, do you think people shouldn't use their classics because of the risk when they are out in them? 

You are more likely to die from a DIY injury at home. Do you not do DIY because it's more risky than driving?

2293 people died in transport related accidents in 2011 (922 in cars) 3593 died because of a fall, so don't walk anywhere!

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/14/mortality-statistics-causes-death-england-wales-2009#zoomed-picture

In my opinion the 'safety' of cars is just a massive sales tool because that it what the car industry is, a profit making organistion, not a health and safety one.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I'm a man of simple needs, or a needy simple man - as my wife will tell you.

 

Whitesnake on the radio ,4 miles of winding road I know like the back of my hand , no traffic and new tyres.

 

Getting air on one sharp brow,whilst screaming 'Here I go again on my own'

 

Forgot all my worries and concerns for a few minutes, I'm still grinning 4 hours later!

[eddyramrod]

I used to do that in Cyprus in my Capri and X1/9; more so in the Capri as at that time I lived right at the top of a mountain.  Sun out, Mud on the radio, nobody else on the road... yeah that'll do!

[Mr Livered]

I could choose a car on the basis of its NCAP rating.

 

But if I did that, I'd already be dead inside.

[beko1987]

I used to do that in Cyprus in my Capri and X1/9; more so in the Capri as at that time I lived right at the top of a mountain.  Sun out, Mud on the radio, nobody else on the road... yeah that'll do!

Drove to work at 6am in the summer before like that! Window down, something suitable on, fuck fuel economy, suspension in sport mode and try to hit 6k every gear change!

 

Too poor at the moment to do it though!

[tooSavvy]

^^^^^ WHS 

 

As an ExIMPer.... I drive my 'surrendermonkey' engined Proton in a manner of Howl-'n-Change..... thrives on it!

 

ECU, i understand, is 'adaptive'.... more stick more GO!

 

WCPGW

 

 

TS

[Lord Sterling]

^^^ I really hope you can come to the Autoshite meet near Shrewsbury Savvy, honestly. I really want to find out whether you speak just as you write!

[vulgalour]

When I create artwork I work from several photographs, even if it's fantasy artwork, because you can't draw something if you haven't got at least some idea of how things in the real world look and behave.  When it comes to automotive artwork I tend to use a lot of references and as a result I have this habit of getting the proportions not quite right.  This has led to a distinctive look, but not one that I'm always happy with and I've been looking for a solution to this that didn't involve buying a lightbox and tracing paper.

 

What I discovered tonight is that I can mark out basic details of a car - headlight location, wheel size, cabin width, that sort of thing - with a device that has been quite literally staring me in the face.  A computer monitor serves as a very good camera obscura, of sorts, and allows me to build a sketch from a few reference points.  This then makes it much easier to fill in all the finer details free hand and alter an image without having to redraw elements fifty times to get it almost correct.

 

As a result, I've had a bit of a confidence boost with this sketch which is just about the most complicated car image I wanted to create.  Unlike straight forward tracing, this method still requires me to put all of the lines in freehand and all of the details too, but it helps with that initial stage of layout which can be very difficult.  It's also helped to highlight where I've been going wrong with some elements so with time I may even be able to do without the lightbox.

 

So here's the first victim of this technique, a Panhard PL17.

 

[phil_lihp]

That is highly impressive!

[willswitchengage]

Who's seen The Day After Tomorrow?

 

This video is going a bit viral on facebook right now, makes me think WTF a lot but fortunately I can't imagine the River Kennet doing this: