Lesser spotted idiot

[Guest]

Actually, I'd never buy "Approved Used" because you still end up losing shitloads in depreciation - parents were fool enough to shell out 18 grand on a 28,000 mile E46 318i Touring that, now, with 109k, a perennial coolant leak, plus the odd electrical gremlin, is worth 2 grand at best, prolly less. That's a fuckload of money to lose - especially as they were paying monthly increments for an age, working their arses off to pay the bills. Also, I'm none too keen on the idea of paying road tax... nah, '72 and earlier only for me, until the rules change.

 

 

Wow, a BMW going wrong. Whod'a thunk it? This is the same car that can do 100 mph all day long and seemingly shit in the face of thermodynamics simultaneously in regards to fuel efficiency. What a machine. I am in awe. I must rush out and buy one.

 

Please stop posting up massive amounts of personal data. It's going to bite you on the arse sooner or later.

[scaryoldcortina]

I'm guessing sooner.

[Rusty Pelican]

On the other hand, like most here, I'd imagine, I've had steering wheels on and off any amount of times and a torque wrench never entered the picture. Never had one come loose, never mind come off.

+1 , fucking tight will do me

[Pete-M]

I've never torqued up a steering wheel. They tend to be on large splines or similar and the whole assembly rotates anyway. As long as the nut is tight enough that it's not going to vibrate loose, it's tight enough. I normally just nip 'em up. Never had one come loose.

[mattblack]

I'm only guessing but going by the rear badge I'd say a Rambler Ambassador.

 

Nearly! 1965 Rambler American

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Actually, I'd never buy "Approved Used" because you still end up losing shitloads in depreciation - parents were fool enough to shell out 18 grand on a 28,000 mile E46 318i Touring that, now, with 109k, a perennial coolant leak, plus the odd electrical gremlin, is worth 2 grand at best, prolly less. That's a fuckload of money to lose - especially as they were paying monthly increments for an age, working their arses off to pay the bills. Also, I'm none too keen on the idea of paying road tax... nah, '72 and earlier only for me, until the rules change.

 

 

Wow, a BMW going wrong. Whod'a thunk it? This is the same car that can do 100 mph all day long and seemingly shit in the face of thermodynamics simultaneously in regards to fuel efficiency. What a machine. I am in awe. I must rush out and buy one.

 

Please stop posting up massive amounts of personal data. It's going to bite you on the arse sooner or later.

 

Nope, it's the 5-series that's happy at high speed. Four-pot 3 is really thrashy and the road noise is fucking terrible. The 5 is better by a huge margin.

[warren t claim]

Actually, I'd never buy "Approved Used" because you still end up losing shitloads in depreciation - parents were fool enough to shell out 18 grand on a 28,000 mile E46 318i Touring that, now, with 109k, a perennial coolant leak, plus the odd electrical gremlin, is worth 2 grand at best, prolly less. That's a fuckload of money to lose - especially as they were paying monthly increments for an age, working their arses off to pay the bills. Also, I'm none too keen on the idea of paying road tax... nah, '72 and earlier only for me, until the rules change.

 

 

Wow, a BMW going wrong. Whod'a thunk it? This is the same car that can do 100 mph all day long and seemingly shit in the face of thermodynamics simultaneously in regards to fuel efficiency. What a machine. I am in awe. I must rush out and buy one.

 

Please stop posting up massive amounts of personal data. It's going to bite you on the arse sooner or later.

 

Nope, it's the 5-series that's happy at high speed. Four-pot 3 is really thrashy and the road noise is fucking terrible. The 5 is better by a huge margin.

 

I'm not one to knock your effort here Richard, in fact I defended you (sort of) but Your a virgin aren't you? Nothing personal like.

[Lankytim]

I've never torqued up a steering wheel. They tend to be on large splines or similar and the whole assembly rotates anyway. As long as the nut is tight enough that it's not going to vibrate loose, it's tight enough. I normally just nip 'em up. Never had one come loose.

 

The Audi has a horrible collapsing spacer/washer and spring thing on the steering column. If you tighten it up to anything remotely approaching tight it pulls the inner column up so the joint at the bottom grinds against the end of the outer column. Makes it horrible to drive.. it was a while before I found out what i'd done wrong!

[Guest EccentricRichard]

I'm not one to knock your effort here Richard, in fact I defended you (sort of) but Your a virgin aren't you? Nothing personal like.

 

Aye, and not ashamed of it. Vaguely frustrated, OK, but, call me foolish if you will, I don't much like the idea of sex without love, so, until I'm in a stable, loving, long-term relationship, it ain't happening (so I'm probably doomed to perpetual batchelorhood). I have, though, actually turned down a few offers (said girls struck me as slightly desperate).

 

Back on topic: who suggested keeping the bloody Marina? Dreadful handling, wheelarches that REALLY intruded on the rear seat space (if they'd given the car a rear track wide enough to suit the rest of the body, it needn't have been anything like as much of a problem), thirsty, unsophisticated... the Triumph Dolomite did everything it did so much better. Morris deserved to die.

[M'coli]

Back on topic: who suggested keeping the bloody Marina? Dreadful handling, wheelarches that REALLY intruded on the rear seat space (if they'd given the car a rear track wide enough to suit the rest of the body, it needn't have been anything like as much of a problem), thirsty, unsophisticated... the Triumph Dolomite did everything it did so much better. Morris deserved to die.

Not quite - I can't imagine the shepherd laddie* up the road from me taking a few bales of hay round to the heifers in a Dolomite pick-up, but the green Marina pick-up he had did the job nicely.

 

 

* I was about 10, he was about 70 - it's all relative!

[warren t claim]

I'm not one to knock your effort here Richard, in fact I defended you (sort of) but Your a virgin aren't you? Nothing personal like.

 

Aye, and not ashamed of it. Vaguely frustrated, OK, but, call me foolish if you will, I don't much like the idea of sex without love, so, until I'm in a stable, loving, long-term relationship, it ain't happening (so I'm probably doomed to perpetual batchelorhood). I have, though, actually turned down a few offers (said girls struck me as slightly desperate).

 

Fucking hell lad! You need to be out getting your cock wet instead of posting on an internet forum! When I was your age I had a banana yellow Alfasud and a female with suitably loose morals! Dedicate the next six months of your life to getting a job and a Saxo and forget about frigging Marina suspension!

[Guest EccentricRichard]

I can't imagine the shepherd laddie* up the road from me taking a few bales of hay round to the heifers in a Dolomite pick-up, but the green Marina pick-up he had did the job nicely.

 

Hmm. As may be, but as a family car the Marina was a half-arsed job if ever there was one.

 

Also, shepherds deal in sheep, don't they? Heifers are cows...

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Fucking hell lad! You need to be out getting your cock wet instead of posting on an internet forum! When I was your age I had a banana yellow Alfasud and a female with suitably loose morals! Dedicate the next six months of your life to getting a job and a Saxo and forget about frigging Marina suspension!

 

I'll take the Alfasud, thanks, but the one thing I'd want even less than a Saxo is a girl with loose morals... I definitely want/need a job though. Also, I can't forget about crap like that! I'm a mine of useless information!

[warren t claim]

Fucking hell lad! You need to be out getting your cock wet instead of posting on an internet forum! When I was your age I had a banana yellow Alfasud and a female with suitably loose morals! Dedicate the next six months of your life to getting a job and a Saxo and forget about frigging Marina suspension!

 

I'll take the Alfasud, thanks, but the one thing I'd want even less than a Saxo is a girl with loose morals... I definitely want/need a job though. Also, I can't forget about crap like that! I'm a mine of useless information!

 

If owning a car and passing your test is fiscally impossible at the moment buy a bike! A Gilera DNA is a piece of piss to ride and will pull the ladies.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

If owning a car and passing your test is fiscally impossible at the moment buy a bike! A Gilera DNA is a piece of piss to ride and will pull the ladies.

 

Nah, my dad would kill me... he's been to too many bikers' funerals. Just don't fancy the whole idea of motorbikes... rather stick to a pushbike and trains until I can afford lessons and some lovely old shite =D

[Mr H Sceptre]

Too right. Bikes are a bit gay. Hang on in there till you pass your test & get a car.

[warren t claim]

Too right. Bikes are a bit gay. Hang on in there till you pass your test & get a car.

 

Bikes attract hot chicks who wear the underwear you only see your missus in on your birthday. PHACKT!!!!

[scaryoldcortina]

Too right. Bikes are a bit gay. Hang on in there till you pass your test & get a car.

 

No, bikes are for testosterone-filled winnaz! A nineteen year old lad who refuses "desperate" girlz is a bit gay*

 

 

*or lying about the girls bit.... high morals or not, 19 and male is 19 and male.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Too right. Bikes are a bit gay. Hang on in there till you pass your test & get a car.

 

Bikes attract hot chicks who wear the underwear you only see your missus in on your birthday. PHACKT!!!!

 

Oh, I dunno. The one girl I know who's into bikes is a lovely girl, and a proper mechanophile (is that a word?), but not of the 'hot chicks in skimpy undies' school of thought. Her dad was paralysed from the waist down in a hit&run - a car crashed a light at a crossroads, T-boned his bike and ran over him, then buggered off - a few years ago, so she saved up her own money, bought a kit and built him a trike. Proper nice thing it is too - loads of polished chrome, Honda bike engine (I think it's a Honda)... but she's taken. Plus she's more like a sister to me... for some reason I don't find her attractive. No idea why, she's pretty enough in a skinny sort of way, just not my kind of girl.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm laughing my cock off at this guy and i cant even read his posts!!! Hes gotta be a wind up, if so its a decent one and i'm warming to him.

 

Hey ER! Which potatoes are the best ones for making proper fluffy mash? Any tips to get it just right? How much butter per 500g of potatoes?

[scaryoldcortina]

I'm laughing my cock off at this guy and i cant even read his posts!!! Hes gotta be a wind up, if so its a decent one and i'm warming to him.

 

Hey ER! Which potatoes are the best ones for making proper fluffy mash? Any tips to get it just right? How much butter per 500g of potatoes?

 

I can't see him either, but what others have quoted is comedy gold right now. Plus extra lollage from getting a shot of his mam's pussy on google streetview.

 

I find Estimas or Marfonas good for mash, I'd say 25g butter to 500g, wet it up with a bit of cream, lavverly.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

I'm laughing my cock off at this guy and i cant even read his posts!!! Hes gotta be a wind up, if so its a decent one and i'm warming to him.

 

Hey ER! Which potatoes are the best ones for making proper fluffy mash? Any tips to get it just right? How much butter per 500g of potatoes?

 

First of all, sod that metric bullshit, stick to good old Imperial. Second, no idea what figure of butter - just whatever looks right. And some cream - and shitloads of black pepper. Maybe some finely-chopped chives too. Oh, and you want Marfona (I think that's how they're spelt) tatties. Tips for getting it just right? Just cook em for whatever seems long enough, make sure the potatoes are still reasonably firm, not dry and crumbly. There's no great secret to it.

[scaryoldcortina]

Is there an echo in here? I'd swear I just heard a noise...

[trigger]

I'm sorry but my mrs must think I'm going mad as I'm pissing myself with laughter now!

[Mr H Sceptre]

I'm laughing my cock off at this guy and i cant even read his posts!!! Hes gotta be a wind up, if so its a decent one and i'm warming to him.

 

Hey ER! Which potatoes are the best ones for making proper fluffy mash? Any tips to get it just right? How much butter per 500g of potatoes?

 

First of all, sod that metric bullshit, stick to good old Imperial. Second, no idea what figure of butter - just whatever looks right. And some cream - and shitloads of black pepper. Maybe some finely-chopped chives too. Oh, and you want Marfona (I think that's how they're spelt) tatties. Tips for getting it just right? Just cook em for whatever seems long enough, make sure the potatoes are still reasonably firm, not dry and crumbly. There's no great secret to it.

 

 

Good call E_R, esp with the cream/pepper/chives, although I'm more of a Maris Piper kinda bloke.

 

 

Mmmmmm, mash.

[Guest]

Bollox, have you thought about using Smash?

 

In that case, try thinking about using Smash.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Cheers ER, nice one! I can see that your 'recipe' certainly will be more successful when imperial units are used.

 

The other thing i need help with is, the right mortar mix for repairs to walls on my old house. I dont want to use cement as i understand its too hard and can potentially cause broken stones if theres any expansion or movement in the walls (quite common apparently). I've been advised to just use a 3:1 mix of sharp sand and lime, but i am not sure thats going to have much in the way of adhesive properties. What would you reccomend? The stones are a fairly unremarkable sandstone material and the house was built in about 1780 I think.

[warren t claim]

Too right. Bikes are a bit gay. Hang on in there till you pass your test & get a car.

 

No, bikes are for testosterone-filled winnaz! A nineteen year old lad who refuses "desperate" girlz is a bit gay*

 

 

*or lying about the girls bit.... high morals or not, 19 and male is 19 and male.

 

Face facts, you're 19 and there is really no way you're going to find true love at that age. It doesn't happen. The best thing you can do is find a nice young sophisticate who is willing to drop 'em for a bottle of blue WKD. It certainly beats painting a map of Africa on the inside of you Postman Pat quilt cover every night. Also you need to remember that when/if you do find your true love and soulmate you'll be safe in the knowledge that you can pack a whack and you're not going to blow a load in your beige Y fronts the moment she asks you in for a coffee.

[scaryoldcortina]

I like that toyota were kind enough to name a people carrier after my favorite spud, and that ER wants to use a measuring system that was out of date before I was born....

 

Smash is nice to eat dry, straight from the packet. I have a kitchen now though, and proper mash is much nicer.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Cheers ER, nice one! I can see that your 'recipe' certainly will be more successful when imperial units are used.

 

The other thing i need help with is, the right mortar mix for repairs to walls on my old house. I dont want to use cement as i understand its too hard and can potentially cause broken stones if theres any expansion or movement in the walls (quite common apparently). I've been advised to just use a 3:1 mix of sharp sand and lime, but i am not sure thats going to have much in the way of adhesive properties. What would you reccomend? The stones are a fairly unremarkable sandstone material and the house was built in about 1780 I think.

 

Well, it's definitely something I'm interested in - I hate it when I see a period property that's been repointed with cement mortar! - but, alas, I can't help you there! Try contacting Period Living magazine or somesuch, they have a panel of experts who, if they can't tell you themselves, will certainly find you someone who can.