Saul Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Catteeclan said: If one of my household told me they were getting a Beemer I'd kick them square in the nuts. Breakdowns involving self igniting egr valves, limp mode due to gear change position faults. Most of the older ones along with some mercs and VWs are being bought up by the immigrants and chavs who promptly remove the DPFs turning them into even more unreliable polluting bags of stinking crap. Most cars built between 1996 and 2006 were some of the best ever, that has long since passed. BMW's are not what they were but then again that is true of most modern cars, they are past their pinnacle as you say. I think it is sad how the drift scene has destroyed most of the Compacts in the UK. Mind you having said that I have a mate with a new 2 series and that is a very nice car, how long it will stay that way is yet to be seen, but as it stands a very nice way to travel. But isn't that the plan keep it for 3 years then bin it for the next best thing . Cars and to some extent bikes are now like white goods, not really long terms prospects as they were. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: My long term friend who recently died had a long spell with Saabs. We'd jump in and thrash it to where ever we were going to have a walk. Derbyshire, Dorset, they just soaked it all up. He had a silver aero which was "a motorbike on four wheels", his words. Depends which Aero, now a 9000 Aero had a lot of potential. Or a 93 Viggen both with the 2.3 Turbo motor. Mind you the Viggen would try and kill you quite regularly. I know a Scottish chap who had a much modified 9000 Aero running 600 BHP, munching gearboxes was his hobby. You genuinely meet the best people through the Saab community. I was a Mod on UKSaabs for years and still think of the owner of that site as a friend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I doubt it will ever happen but if I wanted a car to keep and pamper it would be German , the last of the properly made Mercedes.............. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Morning mingers Kind of got the day off and the requests for dishes are in. Murgh Makhani, Begum Bahar, King prawn Korma, Samosa’s, Padron peppers, mushroom rice, poppadoms n chutneys, garlic naan followed by icecream n a nice cocktail for pud. Not making the naans or the poppadoms because it’s not worth it for the few bites they get. Pudding I’m going to do the ‘Screaming O’ a lovely cocktail of vodka, baileys, kahlua, amaretto n cream. Well worth the effort. It’s still fecking freezing but the blanket of ice over the field has made everything feel very Christmassy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Kind of got the day off You've always got the day off! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Took the Mrs Christmas shopping today, she called me a 'Fucking Twat!' before we even left 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 hours ago, boboneleg said: I doubt it will ever happen but if I wanted a car to keep and pamper it would be German , the last of the properly made Mercedes.............. Beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Morning mingers Kind of got the day off and the requests for dishes are in. Murgh Makhani, Begum Bahar, King prawn Korma, Samosa’s, Padron peppers, mushroom rice, poppadoms n chutneys, garlic naan followed by icecream n a nice cocktail for pud. Not making the naans or the poppadoms because it’s not worth it for the few bites they get. Pudding I’m going to do the ‘Screaming O’ a lovely cocktail of vodka, baileys, kahlua, amaretto n cream. Well worth the effort. It’s still fecking freezing but the blanket of ice over the field has made everything feel very Christmassy What’s wrong with egg and chips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I was going to ride up to Cirencester on the Fosseway but far too cold so I took the car. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buckster Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Gay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Buckster said: Gay Maybe but it’s not a barge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 hours ago, boboneleg said: I was going to ride up to Cirencester on the Fosseway but far too cold so I took the car. A wise choice to use the car, I'd have done the same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 hours ago, boboneleg said: A gnat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, yen_powell said: A gnat? Or a Hawk?......I can't tell the difference to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, Clive said: Or a Hawk?......I can't tell the difference to be honest. A Hawk..... A gnat Pretty simple really 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 My last couple of days kind of hurt my feelings with everything regarding work. Bloody greedy companies annoy me but now I know someone has plans to delete my earnings over the mid term. This has meant a pretty difficult day and I’m now exhausted even if I didn’t leave the house today. wine will be consumed shortly 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 hours ago, yen_powell said: A gnat? I think it's a Hawker Hawk as used by the Red Arrows but I wouldn't swear by it. I'll give it a closer inspection next time i'm there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 17 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I think it's a Hawker Hawk as used by the Red Arrows but I wouldn't swear by it. I'll give it a closer inspection next time i'm there I did an image search of Gnats and Hawks and the only easily visible difference to my old eyes is the rear tail plane is lower than the main wings on a Gnat, and higher then the main wings on a Hawk. Gnat Hawk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, yen_powell said: I did an image search of Gnats and Hawks and the only easily visible difference to my old eyes is the rear tail plane is lower than the main wings on a Gnat, and higher then the main wings on a Hawk. Gnat Hawk You joke! Completely different canopy rollbar, engine intakes, and wings are fixed under the engine on one and on top of the engine in another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Plus one is yellow! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Plus the rear landing gear is fixed to the body on one and more sideways to the lower wings on the other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 They’re nothing alike! oh look, what airplane is this? ps: not an airplane, it’s a food processor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, Pedro said: They’re nothing alike! oh look, what airplane is this? ps: not an airplane, it’s a food processor Are you on the wine perchance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Are you on the wine perchance Don’t see how that has anything to do either one of those aircrafts are nothing alike, like a food processor is to an aircraft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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