What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cms206]

  On 29/06/2015 at 19:45, FPB7 said:

Failed to get to the savvy memorial bridge today but I'm at linwood industrial estate again tomorrow (4am start - eugh) so I'll try again after I've woken up a bit in the morning.

Whereabouts? I may have a fuel run or twelve to do so may swing past if I'm in the vicinity.

[bub2006]

  On 29/06/2015 at 22:07, Frank Gallagher said:

oooo cdx alloys

 

i still got a wood dash and nob for one of these

Didn't realise they were cdx alloys,thought the cdx alloys where flat. Is the cdx auto knob different to the standard one?

[Pillock]

  On 29/06/2015 at 22:07, Frank Gallagher said:

oooo cdx alloys

 

i still got a wood dash and nob for one of these

Fnar fnar!

[mouseflakes]

  On 29/06/2015 at 20:48, KruJoe said:

A few times over the last week or so, some big weird planes have been flying south over our place. They fly slow and low, they have a BFO propeller at each end of the short wingspan. And a wide, flat tail thing.

I'm crap on planes, but they look proper Aeroshite. Any ideas?

 

They must be flying in a big clockwise loop - they're heading north when they fly over us. Around teatime usually. And yes, pretty low.

[Rusty_Rocket]

  On 29/06/2015 at 23:03, bub2006 said:

Didn't realise they were cdx alloys,thought the cdx alloys where flat. Is the cdx auto knob different to the standard one?

 

They're correct for the Vectra Arctic, I had a V6 one in 2001.  Some Tigras also had the same wheel but in 4-stud!

I think all shifters were the same, but the CDX just plastic wood in various places..

 

Vectra-B must be a relatively uncommon car nowadays.  I reckon they are up there as one of the fastest-scrapped cars of all time (along with the Mk5 Escort!)  Weirdly, I didn't think Vectras were very interesting to look at when they were current.. but I think they look great nowadays  

[bub2006]

I never was a big fan until it caught my eye. Can't remember seeing a pre face-lift in a long time now

[Noel Tidybeard]

mine was a satin red 2.0 gls- a/c no sunroof

it had cup holders which alot didnt have

i did give in and get facelift all chrome grill (which is prolly still in the loft)

[Inspector Morose]

  On 29/06/2015 at 22:50, cms206 said:

Whereabouts? I may have a fuel run or twelve to do so may swing past if I'm in the vicinity.

William Tracey. I'm in the staff car park in front of the offices. I'll also be in the back asleep while their staff get on with all that "exhibitiony" stuff.

[michael1703]

How shit is that osprey? We built a harrier with vectoring jet engines 50 years ago, the yanks build something with propellers that tilt

[MikeKnight]

[oldcars]

  On 29/06/2015 at 20:51, MattLikesCars said:

Water beading up on a freshly waxed car. I'm weird I know.

 

Nice, what wax was it you used?

[Matt]

  On 30/06/2015 at 08:49, shumarialto said:

Nice, what wax was it you used?

 

Nowt special, just origonal Turtle Wax. That's water from a spray bottle set to fine and not rain though.

[oldcars]

Looks good, need to get mine waxed when i get a chance.

[bub2006]

  On 30/06/2015 at 00:13, Frank Gallagher said:

mine was a satin red 2.0 gls- a/c no sunroof

it had cup holders which alot didnt have

i did give in and get facelift all chrome grill (which is prolly still in the loft)

Mine has cupholders which are nigh on useless,better being a cubby hole I think! been to scrappy today and contemplating fitting face-lift grill,rear electric windows And dash from a cd model in there. Not sure how easy or hard mirrors and rear electric windows would be to fit as well as the rear reading lights

[Inspector Morose]

guess where I was today?

 

 

 

someone rotate this for me please?

[skattrd]

  On 30/06/2015 at 16:03, FPB7 said:

guess where I was today?

 

someone rotate this for me please?

 

Done ..

 

[Inspector Morose]

 

 

[Pillock]

I reckon you were at TALBOT LINWOOD PLANT Home of the Avenger & Sunbeam.

 

What do I win?

[stillOrange]

Somewhere in Scotland. Not because it says Linwood but because the train has a Scotrail livery ...

With everyday I become a bigger anorak

[Pillock]

 

 

  On 30/06/2015 at 16:18, stillOrange said:

Somewhere in Scotland. Not because it says Linwood but because even on the hottest day of the year so far, it's cloudy and drab

Fixxy.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Grin or grump, not sure, but lets try and be positive.

 

As there is no Haynes for a Ford Puma then I found out that for just £9.99 you can download a Puma Manual from emanualsonline. So £9.99 duly paypaled and I am now downloading 5.8Gb of .rar compressed manual.

I think it is the complete Ford 2012 every car we've ever fecking built manual based on the file name, if so then bargaintastic.

 

I will find out in due course.

 

P.S. it will NOT be available for emailing out

[Inspector Morose]

I have a 32Gig memory stick and I know your address. I also have 50Gig free storage on dropbox so could host it online

[beko1987]

  On 30/06/2015 at 17:05, Sloth in a bowl said:

Grin or grump, not sure, but lets try and be positive.

 

As there is no Haynes for a Ford Puma then I found out that for just £9.99 you can download a Puma Manual from emanualsonline. So £9.99 duly paypaled and I am now downloading 5.8Gb of .rar compressed manual.

I think it is the complete Ford 2012 every car we've ever fecking built manual based on the file name, if so then bargaintastic.

 

I will find out in due course.

 

P.S. it will NOT be available for emailing out

Apparently the equivilant age fiesta book covers most things bar the engine. There was a max pooowah one for the puma I think, I never bothered, just used the knowledge on project puma

[fordperv]

Popped to my mates bodyshop before closing to see him as he said he was having something come in that I would want to see.... a mk1 escort 1300e

 

 

 

This car is nice and solid a non genuine colour, but is no show queen and looked like a nice usable car

 

I also got around to taking a picture of this, which is just around the corner

 

I have wanted to get a pic for a while but havn't had chance

[vulgalour]

The green on that Escort is lovely, especially coupled with the brown bonnet.  Aren't the headlights weird without the trim?

[Ghosty]

  On 30/06/2015 at 17:05, Sloth in a bowl said:

Grin or grump, not sure, but lets try and be positive.

 

As there is no Haynes for a Ford Puma then I found out that for just £9.99 you can download a Puma Manual from emanualsonline. So £9.99 duly paypaled and I am now downloading 5.8Gb of .rar compressed manual.

I think it is the complete Ford 2012 every car we've ever fecking built manual based on the file name, if so then bargaintastic.

 

I will find out in due course.

 

P.S. it will NOT be available for emailing out

 

Old Man bought a VAG one of these for a Polo we used to have and IIRC they do cover a wide range of cars.

[twosmoke300]

Led a group of trail riders on the ke175 today . Most of them laughed at the ke until they realised they couldn't keep up most of the time or do some of the climbs 😖

[fordperv]

  On 30/06/2015 at 19:49, vulgalour said:

The green on that Escort is lovely, especially coupled with the brown bonnet. Aren't the headlights weird without the trim?

All the customer has said its jade green, he doesn't know which manufacturer though lol George is going to take the boot lid down to the paint shop to match it

[mrbenn]

Spent the weekend with a mate driving around the Cotswolds in this:

 

 

Brilliant.

[Pillock]

Had a few drinks the other night. A bit sozzled, both me and Mrs_Pillock.

 

Me: "hey, now you're drunk, I could do anything I wanted"

 

Mrs_P: "You are not buying a Volvo."