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RobT Rank: Lancia Gamma

RobT

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The Pleasure Wagon just keeps on giving...

This afternoon it transported happily:

  • Me & The_Wimmin
  • A full week's shopping and extras
  • A BFO CRT Sony television, the one that two grown men struggle to carry
  • Matching stand for the above
  • Armchair
  • Two upholstered pouffe box things
  • And a two-seater sofa FFS.

...all in one go, I didn't remove any seats, and it fitted without much faffing about. Top job!

 

MOT's due next week. Wish me luck.

 

Good luck with the MoT Joe!

 

The CRT telly sounds a bargain.  I keep persevering with my 14 year old Toshiba one despite hardly watching it these days, plus it makes some odd crackling noises for 5 mins when warming up.

hairnet Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

hairnet

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had a mailshot from nec about the classic car show

 

had a thing in it with layout of the show etc whats on and admissions prices

 

26.50 for the friday hilarious.gif

oldcars Rank: Lancia Gamma

oldcars

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had a mailshot from nec about the classic car show

 

had a thing in it with layout of the show etc whats on and admissions prices

 

26.50 for the friday hilarious.gif

Im paying £18 for the Sunday but that's with a car club discount. Its the £1.50 booking fee that's on it that's annoying. Its the same if you print your own tickets!

Alan_Green Rank: Renault 16

Alan_Green

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Drive carefully if you have a drum of paint on the back seat: 12088526_905787729500223_403601754940121 12115741_905787749500221_128221874005317

Pillock Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Pillock

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My old boss once did that with a 2 litre tub of Dulux and a 6 month old C class Merc. It took a new interior to sort, but will take a lifetime to forget.

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D Spares & Tyres Rank: Renault 16

D Spares & Tyres

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I did something like that with 2 drums of cooking oil in a Citroen ZX. Wrecked the interior but rustproofed it in the process, it was dripping out underneath!

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alf892 Rank: Renault 16

alf892

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Called SWMBO to help me bleed the brakes.........by asking her to give me a hand bleeding the brakes.

 

She sits in car.........'ok push the pedal down' I says while just opening the bleed nipple.

 

'Which pedal?'she asks....

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steve_earwig Rank: Citroen Ami

steve_earwig

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Called SWMBO to help me bleed the brakes.........by asking her to give me a hand bleeding the brakes.

 

She sits in car.........'ok push the pedal down' I says while just opening the bleed nipple.

 

'Which pedal?'she asks....

I'm afraid I have a wife like that too, she speaks 4 languages but unfortunately not car.

 

I suppose the easiest way to deal with it would be to say "all of them."

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hairnet Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

hairnet

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Im paying £18 for the Sunday but that's with a car club discount. Its the £1.50 booking fee that's on it that's annoying. Its the same if you print your own tickets!

lastime i went it was 16 quid

 

they take the piss - plus itll be an mg fest

alf892 Rank: Renault 16

alf892

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I'm afraid I have a wife like that too, she speaks 4 languages but unfortunately not car.

 

I suppose the easiest way to deal with it would be to say "all of them."

 

well I asked her to decide using her skill and judgement.and bearing in mind why I asked for her help.........she called me a twat and invited me to carry on without her help.

BavarianRetro Rank: Citroen Ami

BavarianRetro

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"OK, now we are going to go around the class and ask everyone what their father does for a living, just for some interest and to show how diverse and different we all are.

 

Johnny, we'll start with you."

"Welder, miss"

"Jenny?"

"Baker, miss"

Doctor....

Mechanic....

Teacher....

Unemployed...

Gardener....

Salesman...

Lorry Driver...

No Dad, two mums....

Manager...

Shop keeper...

Civil servant

 

"Gareth?"

"Awww, must I miss?"

"Yes, everybody else has."

"I don't want to.  It's embarrassing."

"Just tell us. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Dancer.........................Pole dancer..............................In a gay club.  He dresses in skimpy leather underwear and gyrates and pouts around a pole while men put money into his underwear and try to touch his privates. He lets them...........................and I think he might take money for having sex with them...."

"Stop! Stop! We don't want to hear any more.  In fact see me after class, Gareth"

 

Later

"What on earth was that all about? You told me previously, and I know that your  father is a professional athlete, an international sportsman and, in fact plays Rugby for England."

"I'm not telling anybody that."

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dave21478 Rank: Renault 16

dave21478

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Called SWMBO to help me bleed the brakes.........by asking her to give me a hand bleeding the brakes.

 

She sits in car.........'ok push the pedal down' I says while just opening the bleed nipple.

 

'Which pedal?'she asks....

 

 

Urgh, I once asked my sister to help bleed the rear brakes on something.....I was telling her when to push and lift the pedal but no fluid was coming out at all. I tried the other side and still nothing. I wondered if the rear load compensator had failed so undid the union into it and still no fluid arriving. I went to the engine bay and undid the pipe from the master cylinder to check it was pumping and it was then that I noticed that every time i told her to press the pedal the clutch lever moved..........

cms206 Rank: Lancia Gamma

cms206

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Decker Dave Fowler's modern is a confirmed VW penguin killer.

 

Maybe one day he'll ditch the moderns and run so many broken Volvos he has to resort to a 15 year old Kia too.

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KruJoe Rank: Lancia Gamma

KruJoe

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Ma_KJ's modern Audi killed two pheasants the other night, but it was on a collection mission for adding another 15 year old Peugeot diesel to the family stable.

D Spares & Tyres Rank: Renault 16

D Spares & Tyres

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Ma_KJ's modern Audi killed two pheasants the other night, but it was on a collection mission for adding another 15 year old Peugeot diesel to the family stable.

Two ying's don't make a yang

 

You need to buy another Peugeot

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dome Rank: Lancia Gamma

dome

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The Mull Rally is on this weekend. It should be in the grump thread as I've never been and would love to do it. However, this is one of the entrants.

 

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Which has this under the bonnet

 

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And this badge

 

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This makes me happy.

 

Pics are from John Fife on facebook-follow him if you like rallying.

 

 

twosmoke300 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

twosmoke300

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Mother of god ! I really really hope it has had massive suspension mods .

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scaryoldcortina Rank: Lancia Gamma

scaryoldcortina

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Mother of god ! I really really hope it has had massive suspension mods .

 

The strut towers tell me that it has had something along the lines of "Throw it all away and start again"

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Sloth in a bowl Rank: Renault 16

Sloth in a bowl

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Mother of god ! I really really hope it has had massive suspension mods .

 

 

I would rather see somebody driving it with stock suspension, 'drift king yo' and that's just turning left into TESCO.

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fordperv Rank: Lancia Gamma

fordperv

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My mate has just popped up in his cortina as he was out for a little drive, he called up just to tell me how chuffed he was with everything I've done on his car for him because he can finally enjoy the car without worrying. He was a happy man talking about his car

 

it made me smile

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DSdriver Rank: Lancia Gamma

DSdriver

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/\ yeah, my recollection of the Isle of Mull in a rented Alfa was mainly the sound of the sump scraping on the tarmac. Managed to hit the magic ton on the road down to Iona though.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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I rode to work this morning and as I waited at the temporary traffic lights, a really tidy looking Cav turbo pulled up next to me.

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cms206 Rank: Lancia Gamma

cms206

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Proper belly laugh today at work. My new gaffer in doing odds and sods and Decker Dave Fowler in tinkering with the SVM Command Centre.

 

Gaffer: "How you getting on with the railway?"

DF2K: "Not too bad, drove a train for a bit on a live line today."

Gaffer: "Ach you'll be fine. At least you can't deroof a train".

 

Spat juice all over the yard. DF2K didn't find it so funny.

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