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2 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

175

Yay! I won something... Shit I won at being a giffer. I'm only 34 😑

What about boiling brakeshoes in a pan on the hob?

That's what you think...

20 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I'm up to 175 now.  I suspect there's no hope....

...and I seem to be still adding!

Although I have to tip my flat cap to you for achieving all this at such a young age!

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I do wear my hat to drive. I don't like the wireless to be on. I check my tyre pressures regularly (and not from some gadget on the dash). I do keep a tartan rug in the car and if going far I take a packed lunch. I do have a first aid kit - and venturing out in the winter will take a blanket - I have been known to pack a shovel. I always slow down for horses. And I do have one of those 'coats of arms' stickers for where I live (the place not my baronial hall) on the back window. I always check my bulbs before setting off at night and have to put my glasses on to drive. 🤣

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Driven on a UK motorway before the 70mph limit? 40 points. - No

Been a passenger in a car on a UK motorway before the 70mph limit? 20 points. - No

Legally driven a car without wearing a seat belt on public roads? 25 points. - Yes

Bought a brand new crossply tyre from a major fast fit centre? 15 points. -No

Bought a remould tyre from a major fast fit centre? 10 points. - Yes

Driven home from the pub after at least five pints before the introduction of the breathaliser? 50 points. - No

Fitted an aftermarket heated rear window. 30 points. Yes

Patch welded a car to get through its first MOT at 3 years old? 15 points. - No

Fitted a LW/MW radio to your car and had to ponder where to mount it as that car didn't have a factory fitted blanking plate in the dash. 25 points. - Yes

Fitted a switch operated electric aerial. 20 points. - Yes

Fitted a Selmar/Harry Moss car alarm that involved drilling a hole into a panel to fit the alarm lock. 20 points. - Yes

Converted a car from dynamo to alternator. 25 points. _ Yes

Owned a Mk3/4 Cortina fitted with a set of stolen early Sierra Aero wheel trims. 20 points. - No

Fitted a sunstrip to the top of your windscreen. 15 points or 30 points if it had the names of you and your then lady. - No

Waxoiled a car. 15 points. - Yes

Fitted a set of front or rear fog lamps. 20 points. - Yes

Used offcuts of your living room carpet to make car mats. 20 points. - Yes

Fitted an earthing strip to your rear bumper. 10 points. - No

Bought a Krook Lock. 10 points. - Yes

Swapped your points for a Sparkright electronic ignition set. 25 points. - Yes

Fitted a manual choke conversion kit. 25 points. - No

 

Dare you post your points tally? - 245 oh dear!

EDIT - it could be 20 points worse, I don't know if my father took to the M4 motorway  in his Ford Anglia 105E or Morris 1100, Austin Cambridge A60 Estate or Vauxhall Victor 101 Estate??? We lived near the Maidenhead end of the M4 when it first opened in 1961.

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Only 50 points.

Any scope for:

Fixing trim/bodywork with wood screws?
Using a piece of wood as part of a repair (mechanical/body or other)?
Driving to sit in the car park of some scenic location and eating chips (and then going home)?
Repairing something simple and making it worse rendering the car completely unusable (Bonus 5 points for drawing blood during this repair)?
Buying these?

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Posted
1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

Driven on a UK motorway before the 70mph limit? 40 points. - No

Been a passenger in a car on a UK motorway before the 70mph limit? 20 points. - No

Legally driven a car without wearing a seat belt on public roads? 25 points. - Yes

Bought a brand new crossply tyre from a major fast fit centre? 15 points. -No

Bought a remould tyre from a major fast fit centre? 10 points. - Yes

Driven home from the pub after at least five pints before the introduction of the breathaliser? 50 points. - No

Fitted an aftermarket heated rear window. 30 points. Yes

Patch welded a car to get through its first MOT at 3 years old? 15 points. - No

Fitted a LW/MW radio to your car and had to ponder where to mount it as that car didn't have a factory fitted blanking plate in the dash. 25 points. - Yes

Fitted a switch operated electric aerial. 20 points. - Yes

Fitted a Selmar/Harry Moss car alarm that involved drilling a hole into a panel to fit the alarm lock. 20 points. - Yes

Converted a car from dynamo to alternator. 25 points. _ Yes

Owned a Mk3/4 Cortina fitted with a set of stolen early Sierra Aero wheel trims. 20 points. - No

Fitted a sunstrip to the top of your windscreen. 15 points or 30 points if it had the names of you and your then lady. - No

Waxoiled a car. 15 points. - Yes

Fitted a set of front or rear fog lamps. 20 points. - Yes

Used offcuts of your living room carpet to make car mats. 20 points. - Yes

Fitted an earthing strip to your rear bumper. 10 points. - No

Bought a Krook Lock. 10 points. - Yes

Swapped your points for a Sparkright electronic ignition set. 25 points. - Yes

Fitted a manual choke conversion kit. 25 points. - No

 

Dare you post your points tally? - 245 oh dear!

About now you should be checking if your Saga travel insurance covers you for your final trip to Dignitas.

Posted
2 minutes ago, DavidB said:

Only 50 points.

Any scope for:

Fixing trim/bodywork with wood screws?
Using a piece of wood as part of a repair (mechanical/body or other)?
Driving to sit in the car park of some scenic location and eating chips (and then going home)?
Buying these?

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No that would cost me even more points!

Posted
3 minutes ago, DavidB said:

Only 50 points.

Any scope for:

Fixing trim/bodywork with wood screws?
Using a piece of wood as part of a repair (mechanical/body or other)?
Driving to sit in the car park of some scenic location and eating chips (and then going home)?
Buying these?

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You get extra points for not getting out of the car at the beauty spot.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

You get extra points for not getting out of the car at the beauty spot.

You can't get out of the car if she's got it in her mouth 

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Posted
41 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

50.

A decent showing considering I'm 32...

I scored 60 at 23!

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How many points on offer for owning a pair of string back driving gloves?

Posted
Just now, MorrisItalSLX said:

How many points on offer for owning a pair of string back driving gloves?

15 points.

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Posted
Just now, warren t claim said:

15 points.

Make my score 75 then.

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55 points (semi-automatic aerial/foglamps/sunstrip) all accumulated in the 1990s and before my 19th birthday.

Have we had beaded seat cover yet? I briefly used one of those simply because it was fitted to the drivers seat of a car I bought.

Edit. How about being in possession of a Tel-U-Log? Presumably bonus points for knowing how it was supposed to work (I dont) 

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Does 6 year old me helping my dad to fit a brown vinyl roof, sheepskin front seat covers and triple coloured side tape stripes to a recently purchased ex-CID brown Chrysler Avenger score any?

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I've thought of another. What about had a car that used a floor mounted dip switch. And bought a car for less than a meal in a restaurant would cost now. [and no, not poncy mcponcys either.] or even a packet of fags! 😁

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I had a vinyl roof renewed once.  I didn't do it, I paid someone.

 

By "renewed" I mean a lovely new cover was tailored to fit and then fitted, where one had previously been, but had been stripped off before my ownership.

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What about trying to read a massive atlas/A-Z/Ordnance Survey map whilst moving? Basically the equivalent of using your phone at the wheel in the olden days...

Posted
10 minutes ago, Soundwave said:

What about trying to read a massive atlas/A-Z/Ordnance Survey map whilst moving? Basically the equivalent of using your phone at the wheel in the olden days...

Many many years of that experience!  You'll like this...

On a US road trip I fished a used atlas out of a litter bin outside one of the motels we stopped at; a "Trucker's Atlas" no less!  And I still have it, and use it, almost 20 years on.

Posted
52 minutes ago, 2flags said:

I've thought of another. What about had a car that used a floor mounted dip switch. And bought a car for less than a meal in a restaurant would cost now. [and no, not poncy mcponcys either.] or even a packet of fags! 😁

I bought an old shape Hillman Minx - drive away - 1955 - MoT'd - for £35 in 1980 and another Audax Minx in 1982 - 1957 this time for £75 - drive away. I used the latter quite a lot for a year or two.

It still survives according to the DVLA but... it has turned into a '2023 LEXUS NX 350H F SPORT CVT'... or at least the original registration has  🤣

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115 if you count driving without wearing a seatbelt due to car not having them 62 MK2 zodiac in the early 90s, if not 90.

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Posted
1 hour ago, warren t claim said:

15 points.

How about driving 50 miles to find the cheapest (by three pence) petrol station in the area?

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Posted
41 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Many many years of that experience!  You'll like this...

On a US road trip I fished a used atlas out of a litter bin outside one of the motels we stopped at; a "Trucker's Atlas" no less!  And I still have it, and use it, almost 20 years on.


I wonder how a "trucker's atlas" differs from a normal atlas? Does it highlight where to get amphetamines at the best prices?

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Posted
33 minutes ago, DavidB said:

How about driving 50 miles to find the cheapest (by three pence) petrol station in the area?

And getting Green Shield Stamps.

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Soundwave said:


I wonder how a "trucker's atlas" differs from a normal atlas? Does it highlight where to get amphetamines at the best prices?

No - it's the classic era - 'angel dust' and hookers 

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What about filling up with 5 star? I too remember using an A-Z and the ordinance survey maps. We still use a road atlas as we try, wherever possible to avoid motorways.

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I’ve been a passenger without seat belts but not driven. (10?)

Carpet off cuts? Yes. Actually samples from carpet shops were better as they had bound edges. 20

Krooklok - yes  10

Manual choke conversion (Weber twin choke carb to replace standard Ford one) 25

65, not bad only slightly more than my age.

However must admit to 
Tartan rug, fire extinguisher , spare bulbs and fuses, multiple torches, road atlas, (no more than 5 years old) , scenic spot chips  or picnic, usually with a flask ( how much for a cup of coffee?!), fitting winter tyres , sweets always available ( but haven’t got to the Werther’s original stage yet), spare £20 in case you leave home without wallet and need petrol to get home again, always have coins for car parks or supermarket trollies, (October to April only), folding snow shovel probably with a container of salt, 3 cans of de-icer in various states of fullness, and a dedicated scraper.

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Only 45 points. 
I’m so down with the kids.

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Has anyone ever owned what used to be described as a "car coat"?No,what you wear,not what you put on the car?

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