What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[beko1987]

What's the score with the calendars? Got monies now, is it too late or do I just pay cav and await the magic shiter faries to do their magic?

[richardmorris]

When I was in Wrexham over Christmas the local independent that sells everything from parafin to red diesel was advertising unleaded at 2p a litre cheaper that anywhere else. 105.9

[vulgalour]

Corsa V5 arrived which informs me that in twenty years of existing I'm only the fifth person to own it.  Should have actually checked this when I bought it but at the time I was all 'meh, WCPGW?' which, as it happens, was the best approach to take with this little gem.

[overrun]

Save for the bootlid and x2 front hubs (on ebay), the entirety of the rotten to fuckery mk1 MR2 turbo's component parts have left the building.

 

I'm currently itro £700 up and still left with the engine, turbo and down pipe - probs will sell these.

 

Get in.

[320touring]

Passed 4000 views on the old blog today:)

 

Last two days have seen over 400 a day! almost as if folks think its ok..

 

didnt think I'd ever get that far when I started oot

[dollywobbler]

That's pretty impressive. Mine is ticking along at about 100 views daily, though I haven't been actually doing much with cars lately, just ranting about things.

[steve_earwig]

Enjoying today's Sniff Petrol about the backwards-named Subaru Grovel, sorry, Levorg http://sniffpetrol.com/2015/01/20/new-subaru-name-plan/. It strikes me Subaru backwards is Urabus. Grovel, you're a bus.

[320touring]

That's pretty impressive. Mine is ticking along at about 100 views daily, though I haven't been actually doing much with cars lately, just ranting about things.

Cheers! It usually ticks along between 50-100, but i've got threads for the jaaag and polo on other fora-so update them too.

 

That deems to gets folks interested.

 

I've yet to achive the heady heights of writing and presentation as shown by your blog, but the advice you gave me when starting out has proved very useful.cheers!

[hairnet]

watching road cops - nz polis

 

scooby doing 90 on a 60 (kmh)

 

no reg and no mot and as he said to the cop as he talked to him 'was only in 2nd'

 

edit - scooby man got 230 for speeding 200 not reg 200 no mot and banned for totting up as he got points too

 

geeza on a 125 (should have l plate) and no rego and as learner only allowed out till 10pm

 

fine was 200 nz and 100 for the 10pm thing - but the road tax found out its 477 nz dollars!!!!!!!!!!!

 

thats 240 quid for a 125!!!!

 

only petrol cars above 4 litres and some diesels are more!!!!! WTF???

 

infrikkinsane

 

for once im glad i live here (even the irish dont charge that much )

[scruff]

From Modern Toss on FB...

 

[hairnet]

no that happened after he talked to the paper - its the neighbours

[HH-R]

"Autoshite Paving, at your service"

[DS20]

watching road cops - nz polis

 

...

 

for once im glad i live here (even the irish dont charge that much )

 

 

Fines in Australia are even moar.  In New South Wales, exceeding the limit by 30kph (like scooby man you saw on TV) = AU$436 fine.  Ã‚£295 in local currency.  

 

31kph over the limit, though, and you're into a whole new boatload of awfulness.  The fine for that is AU$835 (£565).  Yeowch.  

[STUNO]

Road cops NZ, I thought this lad got off very lightly ! Only $1600 and 9 months off driving.

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/65230464/Moment-of-stupidity-says-240kmh-speedster

 

And big changes coming this year lowering tax substantially !

[jakebullet]

I've had a song stuck in my head for 3 days now. This one:

 

It's highly insensative of sister's guinea pig to go and snuff it today. Never mind, I like bollockings.

[hairnet]

Road cops NZ, I thought this lad got off very lightly ! Only $1600 and 9 months off driving.

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/65230464/Moment-of-stupidity-says-240kmh-speedster

 

And big changes coming this year lowering tax substantially !

saw the website for that for 15 it was coming down from 477 to 407

 

thatll be ok then

 

the fines fine (sic) - its the road tax that made me go EEK

 

the other fine they give out also is the if you crash and its your fault (clearly) you get fined for not stopping short (even when you crash on yer own) or not looking where yer goin etc

 

and no mention of court - do they think wallet stealing will make the people not do it or summat

[320touring]

In an odd turn of events- the following have happened:

 

1. Pistonheads seems to like my Polo..

 

2. I've been invited to register on clubpolo- recommended by a PH fella for discounts/parts etc

 

Wonder whether I can resist the pull of Mr Delmonte!

[vulgalour]

Club Polo is really hit and miss.  If you keep a car stock they'll demand you modify it.  If you modify a car they'll demand you do it their way.  Got pretty depressing at times when I was on there with my old Mk2, RetroRides was a better and more supportive audience.

[320touring]

Club Polo is really hit and miss.  If you keep a car stock they'll demand you modify it.  If you modify a car they'll demand you do it their way.  Got pretty depressing at times when I was on there with my old Mk2, RetroRides was a better and more supportive audience.

Magic- I'll stock up on troll juice!

[HH-R]

Saw First Aid Kit live tonight, they're bloody amazing. The best concert I've been to by far.

[Tayne]

Mercedes takes the piss out of hipsters.

 

[Cavcraft]

[twosmoke300]

thats both brilliant and terrible at the same time

[DS20]

Mercedes takes the piss out of hipsters.

 

 

 

Recently, there is even an outbreak of the hipsterish lumbersexual look here in Grimsby.  And I thought I'd come to live somewhere that fashion and trendz had passed by.  

[skattrd]

Driving around a stationary freelander on a hill in the snow this morning made me grin.

Winter-tact remould M&S tyres ftw.

[twosmoke300]

Freeloader prob didn't have a propshaft on it cos some part of the drive train has shat itself

[twosmoke300]

The fact that the last word in the now closed bun fight that was the godparent thread was twat !

[dave21478]

Driving around a stationary freelander on a hill in the snow this morning made me grin.

Winter-tact remould M&S tyres ftw.

 

Mine was ace in the deep snow a couple of years back - I was pushing a bow-wave of snow in front of me on the backroads due to not enough ground clearance, but it kept on moving.

[andy18s]

Freeloader prob didn't have a propshaft on it cos some part of the drive train has shat itself

There's a few appearing for sale with this done

"To improve fuel economy" is the usual reason..........clowns

[cort16]

Off to San Francisco tomorrow for 4 days. CUL8R