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[djoptix]

Poo count: 1

Breakfast:

[grogee]

Polo

May your public transport be free of schoolchildren and your gaskets be robust. 

[tooSavvy]

PooLo... Shirley🤔

BonChance

🚙💨

[djoptix]

Awaiting second mode of transport for the day - first one being feet.

Heading North! For now...

[djoptix]

Bah, first train is rammed, no chance of a table. Crammed in to a seat. Why don't they make trains bigger?

Breakfast not really sustaining me at this point. Got 27 minutes to make the change at New Street, planning on going to look for food (sadly I don't think I have time for Spoons). 

[djoptix]

Birmingham achieved

[djoptix]

Birmingham escape velocity achieved. Heading East.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, djoptix said:

New Street... I don't think I have time for Spoons). 

Shame - decent* Spoons, that.

*My standards are flexible...

[inconsistant]

Excellent thread title. Hoping you’ve bought the angry black Rover 800…

[djoptix]

Musing.

Why is it that when one is looking presentable and smelling nice, one always ends up sat next to some fat munter* on public transport? But when you haven't shaved, are wearing unflattering clothes and are half way through eating a Giant Traditional Cornish Pasty, an absolutely stunning girl sits down next to you?

Sigh.

*munters available in all genders.

[djoptix]

Sit rep: we're in the BIG CITY.

 

Beautiful girl still here, so I can't eat my egg-and-salad-cream pot from Tesco, that would be even more offputting than the pasty was.

Pissing down with rain outside.

Exactly one hour to go.

Not a Polo or a fucked Rover...

[GeordieInExile]

Saab 9-3 with a slight boost leak.

[SEATMad]

A big ole' Volvo 

[Supernaut]

A Fiat Stilo with 3 alloys and a steelie, in limp mode.

[djoptix]

What I'm going to collect will easily be revealed by looking elsewhere in the forum but for those who like to guess, a clue: it has the potential for limitless power.

[SEATMad]

1 minute ago, djoptix said:

What I'm going to collect will easily be revealed by looking elsewhere in the forum but for those who like to guess, a clue: it has the potential for limitless power.

It isn't a fucked Rover 827 is it? 

[grogee]

It's not a field of BXs, so that narrows it down. 

It's stopped raining here about 30 miles west. Feckin cold tho

[Hertz]

Merc Estate?

[djoptix]

Looks like I've bought a Tokamak... we've achieved FUSION POWER!

 

[Pieman]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Shame - decent* Spoons, that.

*My standards are flexible...

Was in the 'spoons at New Street yesterday, was quite good by their standards and very quick lunch service.

[loserone]

Should be fairly nippy with the 1.6?

[djoptix]

Woollard

 

Pez

 

On my way back West, wish me luck!

[Rod/b]

I hope your nan likes it! 

[djoptix]

2 hours ago, loserone said:

Should be fairly nippy with the 1.6?

It's pleasingly pokey. Funnily enough the only other Ford I've ever owned was also a 1.6, though that was the CVH lump -asthmatic. This is much quicker!

Corley Services achieved, poo count now 2.

Fuck me, what the hell has happened to the world? A KFC meal here is OVER TEN POUNDS.

Footbridge. Grim.

[Andrew353w]

4 hours ago, djoptix said:

Sit rep: we're in the BIG CITY.

 

Beautiful girl still here, so I can't eat my egg-and-salad-cream pot from Tesco, that would be even more offputting than the pasty was.

Pissing down with rain outside.

Exactly one hour to go.

Not a Polo or a fucked Rover...

Given where you were, I'd have stopped for a pork pie! 

[GeordieInExile]

16 minutes ago, djoptix said:

It's pleasingly pokey. Funnily enough the only other Ford I've ever owned was also a 1.6, though that was the CVH lump -asthmatic. This is much quicker!

Corley Services achieved, poo count now 2.

Fuck me, what the hell has happened to the world? A KFC meal here is OVER TEN POUNDS.

Footbridge. Grim.

I had a really shite KFC at Ferrybridge services coming back from Coventry the other day, the burger didn't even have lettuce on it and the bun was staler than Motley Crue. 

I know they're shite at the best of times but this was really something else, especially at over ten English pounds. Chips were alright, though. 

Why did people buy a Fusion at the time instead of saving a bit of money and just getting a Fiesta? Such a weird car, up there with the Golf Plus as the answer to a question nobody was asking.

[NorthernMonkey]

40 minutes ago, djoptix said:

It's pleasingly pokey. Funnily enough the only other Ford I've ever owned was also a 1.6, though that was the CVH lump -asthmatic. This is much quicker!

Corley Services achieved, poo count now 2.

Fuck me, what the hell has happened to the world? A KFC meal here is OVER TEN POUNDS.

Footbridge. Grim.

Having lived around half a mile from Corley services for ten years before coming back up north, I can assure you that footbridge is one of the better things about the place

[grogee]

48 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said:

I had a really shite KFC at Ferrybridge services coming back from Coventry the other day, the burger didn't even have lettuce on it and the bun was staler than Motley Crue. 

I know they're shite at the best of times but this was really something else, especially at over ten English pounds. Chips were alright, though. 

Why did people buy a Fusion at the time instead of saving a bit of money and just getting a Fiesta? Such a weird car, up there with the Golf Plus as the answer to a question nobody was asking.

I can answer that... 

At a company-wide 'state of the nation' type presentation by Ford top brass in around '98, the then-unnamed Fusion programme was revealed to employees, dubbed an urban activity vehicle (whatever that means). 

At the time we all had a good old giggle and thereafter I considered the Fusion with contempt. My dad bought one in about 2002 and I laughed at him, but it was great for the dog and DIY trips then Sister Grogee inherited it and loved it. 

Nowadays I think there's a lot to like about a taller-bodied Fiesta and they're a great An Car, all that extra roofspace isn't sexy but it is good for fastening children into child seats, getting in and out for mobility-impaired etc. 

I'd argue it was a good way of stretching the Fiesta platform to a wider audience (along with the Puma) whereas the Golf Plus was a bit of a spare part next to a Golf Estate. 

Happy travels @djoptix, and yes £10 KFCs can FRO. 

[djoptix]

Home. It's like a new car!!! Except that by the time I got home the throttle pedal was sticking down a bit, resulting in massive revs between gear changes. I've put a bit of silicone lube on it and it seems better. Is there any sort of tensioning screw on these to set the "drag"? It's drive by wire, no actual cable.

Other than that it drives brilliantly. Gearbox is tight, steering light, handling and ride not bad at all, decent size boot, radio works, and it's not slow either. 14/10 seller, would buy from again.

I think the format of this car has just become a bit unfashionable but that doesn't mean it's not good. I appreciate the headroom and decent size boot. In my view it's a perfect school run car, much better than the bloated hybrid SUVs that everyone seems to want nowadays.

I imagine they did better in the EU where people seem to be much more driven by practicalities in their choice of car, rather than fashion/keeping up with the Joneses.

Massive thanks to @BeEP for this fine machine and also to @Craig the Princess for helping with the travel arrangements.

[Matty]

My uncle ran one for ten years as a garage hack/ daily transport. Anything that can do a scrap run, transport engines and gearboxes about and take the kids out at weekend is a good car. His came with lpg which although saved him a fortune over that ten years is what eventually killed it. Well bought pal.