What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[trigger]

Not really a grin but I've been stuck on the A12 for a while in Colchester, when I got to the front I saw a damaged VW Bora and this Ferrari thing! There's a dealership around the corner so I'm guessing it was on a test drive, there's was a saleman on the phone at the back. I'm not sure on the model but it was an expensive road test!

 

 

[Richard]

Yeah, even without an MOT its got to be roadworthy and no matter what its like underneath,with those sharp edges you will be fooked if you were pulled. 

 

However what do you have to do if you get pulled on a pre60 car now? From memory, I think you used to have to present it at an MOT station within 7 days didn't you to get a certification that your car was now safe to show to the police. Is it the same? You would need a few rolls of gaffer tape there to make it legal.

 

The same would apply on a pre-1960 car just as it would on a 2012 car with bald tyres. The MOT station only inspects the items that the police put on the form. That option is only for minor defects though, I think this car would be impounded.

 

What are the things sprouting from the exhaust?

[vulgalour]

^^ Is that not a 458?  I don't know how I know this.

[Negative Creep]

^^ Is that not a 458?  I don't know how I know this.

 

 

Yes it is, and personally I think it's a shame to see any supercar end up like that

[cort16]

I bet they turned the traction control off. A lot of these super cars need all the computer ma bobs turned on to stay on the road.

[Sigmund Fraud]

I bet they turned the traction control off. A lot of these super car drivers need all the computer ma bobs turned on to stay on the road.

 

EFA

[DSdriver]

Perhaps they inadvertantly switched the cloaking shields on

[Angrydicky]

I also quite like that Beetle. A lot of work has obviously gone into it, and the outer shell was clearly so rotten it would have just been scrapped anyway. So, nice to see someone doing something with it, and it's a hell of a lot better than all those slammed MK3 Golfs with rusty bonnets and roofracks full of shit.

[daveb47]

2 pikey types on one of these 2 seater horse drawn buggy things hurtling along & horse does  massive shit kicking it all over them as it does so.

They were still standing there trying to clean it off when i came back a bit later.

Thought it was hilarious......

[trigger]

It was in the grin thread as I didn't know where else to put it. I won't bother in future.

[Parky]

I too would find this amusing - it appeared no-one was injured and the thought of a balding 50 something company director thinking he is a helmsmith and stacking a Ferrari on a test drive is, to me, quite amusing. He probably spent all week telling the secretaries he is getting a Ferrari on the off chance of a blowie from one of them.

 

"So how was your Ferrari test drive then Boss?" I think the above photo should be captioned "Act your fucking age - buy a Lexus"

 

The other alternative is that one of the oxygen thieves from Towie just got another Royalty cheque and I am sure all of us would be sincerely concerned for them, wouldn't we??

[trigger]

That's Ferrari crash has made it into the local rag, it's a brand new 14 plate car, apparently there's a £250 excess on it when test driving. I won't have posted photo if anyone was hurt in the accident, It had been raining just before so I'm guessing it span on the damp road and his the central reservation.

 

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/updated_ferrari_involved_in_collision_involving_central_reservation_on_a12_1_3671209

[Inspector Morose]

As a jobbing coach driver, I get asked to drive all sorts of things so today I've had to transport the guests to a wedding.

 

 

 

In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This:

 

 

 

Real posh do like. They had a couple of classics for the bride and bridesmaids too:

 

 

 

 

The down side is that I've got to pick them back up at 1 in the morning when they're nice and pissed.

[dollywobbler]

Crikey. Nice pics. A Morris Oxford MO!

[Parky]

Damp road, probably a bit greasy as its the first rain for a few weeks, fat tyres, too much throttle or too hard on the brakes, surprised this sort of thing doesn't happen more often.

 

I nearly had a big shunt on that stretch a few years back when a fox ran in front of the car. Despite a desperate avoiding swerve at speed, I still hit him sadly and was then faced with a handful of out of shape rental Astra and a looming central reservation Armco barrier. I would like to say it was a masterly applied dab of oppo that saved the day but in reality I probably screamed like a girl, shut my eyes and somehow the thing straightened up enough to limp to the next petrol station.

 

Perhaps Mr Ferrari just happened to come across the Freddie Fox Memorial Roadcrossing Games? Either way as you can see on the pic there isn't a great deal of room to correct a slide there. But as its a straight section the driver either swerved to avoid something or was driving like a cock.

[trigger]

Ebay is running some competition where if you enter your car into it's garage (or something like that) you can win a £10000 car makeover, I'd love to see how they'd spend £10k on my Acclaim!.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/motors/garage/profile/15861405/1984-Triumph-Acclaim

[Angrydicky]

Oxford MO! That couple clearly have class. Makes a nice change from the usual Rolls/Bentley/Austin Princess.

[fordperv]

The up side is that I've got to pick them back up at 1 in the morning and fondle the bridesmaids when they're nice and pissed.

 

efa

[cms206]

SWMBO has decided that we are fitting a new kitchen. Her words?

 

"We won't fit all that in the car and theres a load of tip runs to do. We need a van..."

[dollywobbler]

*Dons sheepskin coat.* A van you say? Step right this way sir!

[saucedoctor]

You're all barking up the wrong tree, I reckon. My money's on the VAGTDI-BOI in the Bora causing the crash.

[cms206]

*Dons sheepskin coat.* A van you say? Step right this way sir!

She says a proper van. Maestro works for me but Sherpa works better still...

[Gerald]

Nice vid (if you like ploughs).

What's the motor between 0'12 and 0'20?

[twosmoke300]

If you want a farming giggle then look up power Harrow testing on you tube. They basically drive them through a quarry.

[Parky]

It's entirely possible that today a car enthusiast (who'd been obsessing over his dream car since childhood and had finally, through skill, determination and sheer bloody hard work, reached the point in life where he could afford it) had the scare of his life when he drove one for the first time and stuffed it into a armco barrier.

 

It annoys me that because its a Ferrari and not an SD1, Trabant or Tagora the driver is assumed to be an old balding sexpest or a "reality TV" gobshite and not a car enthusiast like you or I.

 

Even if the driver is an arse they're still going to bolster the economy (by paying more vat with a single purchase than most earn in a year) and then inordinate amounts of vat on parts, servicing and super unleaded at teens mpg.

 

And don't forget those people willing to spend their own cash on new premium cars are providing those same cars for the autoshiters of 2030 (or whenever they hit the bottom of their depreciation curve).

 

There's at least two Porsches, three Maseratis, three Jags, three big-engined BMWs and a hand full of Range Rover Classics owned by people on this forum that were all bought new by "balding 50 something company directors"...

Fair point Tayne. Perhaps I was being influenced by incorrect stereotypes, but around my way this the the average Ferrari owner profile so can you blame me?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2044041/TOWIEs-topless-Kirk-Norcross-enjoys-sun-convertible-Ferrari.html

 

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/372167/The-Midas-touch-Champion-kickboxer-wraps-his-Ferrari-in-gold-vinyl

 

For sure many owners work hard to get their dream Italian thoroughbred but sadly many owners seem to suffer from vanity and an urge for people to notice them. Personally I don't like that trait. But that's just me.

[mrbenn]

Had a run up the Cat & Fiddle tonight. Great road, cracking views and a good car to enjoy them in (IMHO).

 

[Spiny Norman]

SWMBO has decided that we are fitting a new kitchen. Her words?

 

"We won't fit all that in the car and theres a load of tip runs to do. We need a van..."

 

 

With 2 Volvo estates in the family? How big is your kitchen?

[cms206]

With 2 Volvo estates in the family? How big is your kitchen?

19ft x 12ft...

[Cavcraft]

It's entirely possible that today a car enthusiast (who'd been obsessing over his dream car since childhood and had finally, through skill, determination and sheer bloody hard work, reached the point in life where he could afford it) had the scare of his life when he drove one for the first time and stuffed it into a armco barrier.

 

It annoys me that because its a Ferrari and not an SD1, Trabant or Tagora the driver is assumed to be an old balding sexpest or a "reality TV" gobshite and not a car enthusiast like you or I.

 

Even if the driver is an arse they're still going to bolster the economy (by paying more vat with a single purchase than most earn in a year) and then inordinate amounts of vat on parts, servicing and super unleaded at teens mpg.

 

And don't forget those people willing to spend their own cash on new premium cars are providing those same cars for the autoshiters of 2030 (or whenever they hit the bottom of their depreciation curve).

 

There's at least two Porsches, three Maseratis, three Jags, three big-engined BMWs and a hand full of Range Rover Classics owned by people on this forum that were all bought new by "balding 50 something company directors"...

 

 

Absolutely bang on. It doesn't matter what shite people buy new now, it'll be within our radar at some point, so let's be thankful for that. 

 

 

 

 

 

Making me grin today was my son. He's 21 tomorrow and we had a piss up in my local for him tonight, it's been a brilliant do. Soz for the gushing and all that, but he's an absolutely cracking lad, never caused us any bother at all really, and we're really proud of him. He's in Liverpool now with his mates, hopefully having a whale of a time.

[messerschmitt owner]

It only seems three years ago that he was 18.

 

Doesn't time fly!!!