Yet another collection…we pick up half way through due to sheer half heartedness…

[NorthernMonkey]

Fed up of waiting for SWR to decide which platform to use so I thought I’d document a bit of my working day…

[NorthernMonkey]

And just like that, we’re off to platform 16, at the other end and where I was 10 minutes ago.

[NorthernMonkey]

Now on the final train to Fleet…can anyone guess where I’m going yet?! 😂

[NorthernMonkey]

Clue…it’ll involve a final Uber which should come in under £10, though with my luck surge pricing will shortly kick in and it’ll be £80

[NorthernMonkey]

It is rather nice to be able to see daylight from my seat following a two hour stint in one of Avanti’s finest window seats.

[NorthernMonkey]

The destination? Blackbushe BCA, of course.

The only place to buy ULEZ diesel castoffs at knock down prices…

 

[NorthernMonkey]

And here we are, a third of the way home, stopping for yet another pee break as I’ve drunk far too much coffee today…

 

[mk2_craig]

Please tell me you've purchased whatever is in the reflection.

[95 quid Peugeot]

Ffs  do not tell Mrs 95 if its an XC90 

[hairnet]

wtf

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, NorthernMonkey said:

The destination? Blackbushe BCA, of course.

That did fleetingly pass through my mind when you mentioned that station. Hope you get back OK.

[NorthernMonkey]

2 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Please tell me you've purchased whatever is in the reflection.

I’ve already got one of those.

Not as nice as that one, though…it’s got to be said. It was proper minty, Pirelli alloys, the works!

[NorthernMonkey]

2 hours ago, 95 quid Peugeot said:

Ffs  do not tell Mrs 95 if its an XC90 

Ok, I promise I won’t mention the fact it’s a fully specced executive model direct px from the supplying Volvo dealer.

I won’t even mention the massage seats or the fact it’s a lower tax bracket post 2009 one, and I definitely won’t mention the fact it’s a one owner with full (and I mean full) Volvo history.

Promise 🙂👍

[95 quid Peugeot]

Go on ...tell me

[NorthernMonkey]

Did I forget to not mention the bloody fridge under the Centre armrest too?! I must admit that’s a new one on me and I’ve had quite a few of these things!!

[brownnova]

XC90: very capable transport. Mines good, I like it. I don’t love it, but I like it. It does all the things I need. Mine doesn’t have a lower tax, a fridge or massage seats. Maybe I’d love it if it did. 

[eddyramrod]

Well... thank goodness!  I had a terrible feeling for a moment that you'd bought Dan's Mercury!

[hairnet]

so youve bought the car @cms206 shoulda bought

 

[NorthernMonkey]

2 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Well... thank goodness!  I had a terrible feeling for a moment that you'd bought Dan's Mercury!

There’s definitely a v8 yank sized hole in my life…my last one was a Chevy Malibu coupe many many years ago and was only a 6 cyl.

[NorthernMonkey]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

XC90: very capable transport. Mines good, I like it. I don’t love it, but I like it. It does all the things I need. Mine doesn’t have a lower tax, a fridge or massage seats. Maybe I’d love it if it did. 

They are very underrated family cars. They are not without their issues but nothing that’s not well documented and easily enough sorted.

This one has done 175k miles but has been serviced every 6 months from new using Mobil 1 esp oil and it shows…the engine is silky smooth and pulls beautifully.

[NorthernMonkey]

Bugger me. Thought I’d pull the tow bar off a spare XC I had in the yard and swap it over.

Fair play to you mobile lads who fit tow bars for a living outdoors!!

 

[NorthernMonkey]

After a month of tripping over the tow bar on the garage floor, I pulled my finger out and bolted it to the new one.

That was fun, getting it lined up and tightening the most inaccessible bolts I’ve come across for a long time!