Collezione Thread - Guildford

[CaptainBoom]

Ugh, it’s early. I’ve woken up in an unfamiliar place. My head aches and I go to check the two most valuable possessions that I have; my plums and my wallet. Good, neither have been touched inappropriately in the four hours that I slept. I realise why I’m in an unfamiliar place. I’ve fallen out of bed and slept on the floor. I realise what my day involves and sit bolt upright. Time for a collection thread!

Vital statistics thus far:
Poo count = 0 (too nervous to open the bomb bay doors)
Hay fever count = 0 (unlike last time)
Cereal count = 1
 

Rewind to yesterday at work with some tool packing.  The car I am hopefully getting today has a flat(ish) battery, so I figured that the easiest* way to resolve this is to bring my own battery, some jump leads and wire them in parallel to get it to start.  Carrying a lead acid battery on public transport will be interesting.  Hazard tape can be so useful:

I improvised a carry box for it (I can already hear the cries of @Yoss as I damage RM property).

But it was too weak to hold a 15kg battery.  Then I spotted a suitcase our service engineer uses at work, emptied that.  Voila!

Back to today:

Cereal, the breakfast of winnahs (or people like me who are 12 years old in their heads)

And a well-packed suitcase:

[CaptainBoom]

Tren 1:

 

Rail engineering works are making for a varied journey, so I’m using a different route into That London. The last bit of the journey will be on a rail replacement bus

[Split_Pin]

All proper collection missions include an 'adventure bag'.

[Yoss]

It's a good job the public transport involved doesn't include any security scanners. All you need to add is a small analogue alarm clock (that audibly ticks) and you could bring the network to a standstill very quickly. 

Good luck! 

[CaptainBoom]

Lahndahn achieved:

“I was defeated, you won the war…” etc

Tren 2:

[CaptainBoom]

Ploughing through suburbia now,  and practically out of That London. Tren is posh,

and deserted. TFFT.

The guard didn’t just check my ticket, he also checked my visa to visit such desirable areas as Guildford. They don’t just let any old rapscallion in, you know.

pc = 0 thankfully

[CaptainBoom]

Funny looking Tren 3:

The minibus driver very kindly let the suitcase travel with me. Didn’t want it rattling around on its side. He laughed his arse off when I told him what was in it.

[Missy Charm]

3 hours ago, CaptainBoom said:

 

 

 

Vermiculite: the breakfast of champions...

[CaptainBoom]

1 hour ago, Missy Charm said:

Vermiculite: the breakfast of champions...

Got to admit, it did remind me of pencil shavings.

[CaptainBoom]

Collection established!

 

The Saab 9-3 that was mentioned on uksaabs and linked to by @gadgetgricey is now mine!

[Split_Pin]

Ah superb!

[Missy Charm]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Ah superb!

It's a Saab not a  Skoda...

[Missy Charm]

4 minutes ago, CaptainBoom said:

Collection established!

 

Ooh lovely.  What sort is it?

[CaptainBoom]

Bonus Merc content for @Zelandeth

 

[gadgetgricey]

4 minutes ago, Missy Charm said:

Ooh lovely.  What sort is it?

Tid, with fantastic design/laquer peel on roof.

Glad its found a new home. Had one briefly a few years ago and was a nice car. Hopefully has the pre heater, but cant really moan about spec due to price

 

[hairnet]

just booking the train ticket in the direction of the shithole (tm) woulda upped the PC

public transport to there on a sunday - obe or gold medal or summat

 

[gadgetgricey]

12 minutes ago, CaptainBoom said:

Collection established!

The Saab 9-3 that was mentioned on uksaabs and linked to by @gadgetgricey is now mine!

 

Great News. Hopefully the Radio fix is easy, and then should be a daily driver.

Does it have the cloth interior? Could not really tell from pics

[CaptainBoom]

1 hour ago, Missy Charm said:

Ooh lovely.  What sort is it?

A 9-3 in hatchback soot chucker form

[CaptainBoom]

1 hour ago, gadgetgricey said:

Great News. Hopefully the Radio fix is easy, and then should be a daily driver.

Does it have the cloth interior? Could not really tell from pics

It has the absolutely brilliant beige velour.

[gadgetgricey]

Blimey for beige interior's seen a lot worse.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Well bought, Dan. That's a car for winners.

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Mmm nice and well bought.  I saw a near identical one when was out this morning  and it had  excellent look at me RMV vibes.

[grogee]

2 hours ago, gadgetgricey said:

Great News. Hopefully the Radio fix is easy, and then should be a daily driver.

Does it have the cloth interior? Could not really tell from pics

If it's anything like the 9-5 I had, the radio needs to 'get married' to the car via the GM Tech II yestercomputer.

[gadgetgricey]

Already married/working as far as I'm aware, just believed to be the source of a battery drain...

[Matty]

2 hours ago, Missy Charm said:

It's a Saab not a  Skoda...

Got that one. More at my level vocabulary wise 😄

[GeordieInExile]

On a scale of 1 to 9-5, how good are these? Always liked the way they look.

[Missy Charm]

3 hours ago, CaptainBoom said:

It has the absolutely brilliant beige velour.

And a Spanish gearbox, nice!  

[Saabnut]

9 hours ago, CaptainBoom said:

The Saab 9-3 that was mentioned on uksaabs and linked to by @gadgetgricey is now mine!

 

Trust you will now be a regular contributor on UKSaabs!  

[CaptainBoom]

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

Trust you will now be a regular contributor on UKSaabs!  

I will now, I need to work out the SID problem that the 9-3 has and the knowledge on UKSaabs is encylopaedic to say the least.  It was a few of the old guard on there who hand held me through changing a gearbox on the C900 one Easter. 

[wuvvum]

Glad this has joined the fold.