What made you happy today?

[Bibs 9,272 4 Vehicles]

Nice! Taking the Esprit?

[Sparky 2,225]

Nah, that front's a bit low!

[Chillidoggy 3,695]

You should try Tesco for whisky rather than Scotland.

Saves a fortune on fuel, and you generally don't get frostbite or sodden. And there's a bonus in as much as no translation is required during the process*.

 

 

*Exclusions apply.

[Sparky 2,225]

You don't get out much, do you?

[C8RKH 4,493 2 Vehicles]

My son played a blinder today when he gave me a wonderful present for Father's Day!  He spent some time looking for something suitable and different, and I think he succeeded in delivering what for me, is a greath, thoughtful, present!

 

[Chillidoggy 3,695]

Can't deny that's impressive stuff. He must have searched absolutely ages to find an article on a 1.3 Vauxhall Astra estate.

[C8RKH 4,493 2 Vehicles]

31 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

Can't deny that's impressive stuff. He must have searched absolutely ages to find an article on a 1.3 Vauxhall Astra estate.

It was actually the Talbot Solara that swung it!  Lovely car that :)

[Alfa2Evora 645]

3 hours ago, C8RKH said:

It was actually the Talbot Solara that swung it!  Lovely car that

Indeed it was, Andy.

My mum had the 5-door 'Alpine' version, which gave sterling service for many years, even after somebody over-revved it during a demon overtake one day, breaking a rocker arm (fortunately for an inlet valve) and limping it home on 3 cylinders.

Well spec'd car for its time (1978) too - electronic ignition, central locking, electric windows and such like.

[Chillidoggy 3,695]

My Father’s Day card...

[ChrisJ 1,132 2 Vehicles]

Just driven past a red Excel when I was in my white one. This is the first time in 32 years of owning a Lotus that I have ever seen an Excel in the wild. 

Made my day

[Kimbers 1,458]

Just sorted a painter out to sort a few issues with my Evora. Local one man band, but used to be at Lotus for 25 years as painter and line supervisor, knows dad and dad really rates him. He did dads Merc a while back. Whole front end, bumper and bonnet, all the black grills and black sills. He will remove the red sticker pinstripe off the Splitter and side Boards and paint a line on, laquering it to ensure it doesn't get damaged by the outdoor cover like the pinstripe has. All for £850. Plus he will take the wheels off and drop them off and collect again at a local Powder coat company for free! And touch up anything we have missed looking over it. Then he will treat the paint with a 5 year paint sealant. Will let you know how it goes!

[RoflOnMyWaffle 273]

13 minutes ago, Kimbers said:

Just sorted a painter out to sort a few issues with my Evora. Local one man band, but used to be at Lotus for 25 years as painter and line supervisor, knows dad and dad really rates him. He did dads Merc a while back. Whole front end, bumper and bonnet, all the black grills and black sills. He will remove the red sticker pinstripe off the Splitter and side Boards and paint a line on, laquering it to ensure it doesn't get damaged by the outdoor cover like the pinstripe has. All for £850. Plus he will take the wheels off and drop them off and collect again at a local Powder coat company for free! And touch up anything we have missed looking over it. Then he will treat the paint with a 5 year paint sealant. Will let you know how it goes!

Good luck! I hope it goes well for your sake, nothing worse than coming to collect what should be a good job and it isn't! Would love to see a before and after

[Kimbers 1,458]

37 minutes ago, RoflOnMyWaffle said:

Good luck! I hope it goes well for your sake, nothing worse than coming to collect what should be a good job and it isn't! Would love to see a before and after

The laqeur is lifting on the front from stone chips in numerous places and the black grills have all gone rusty. Plus the Sills look like they have been shot blasted and the red strip is coming off the splitter and barge boards. Up close it looks a mess so needs doing. This guy has more experience with Lotus shells and fibre glass than any of the professional outfits I know, who will charge me 3 times as much. Plus he did a superb job on the old mans Merc. It was silver and you know how hard silver is to match!

[Giniw 228]

2 hours ago, Kimbers said:

knows dad and dad really rates him.

(at first I read "dad really hates him" so I was a bit confused )

Anyway, you are lucky to have such a good painter nearby!

[Advantage 869]

The Range Rover has just passed its MOT with the only advisory being  stonechip on the windscreen that was first reported ten years ago! (Gavin from Autoglass can sod off if he thinks his resin is going to be injected anywhere near me.)

[PhillC 89]

This....

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/18/cyclist-ordered-pay-compensation-woman-stepped-front-looking-phone-9996411/

Might make cyclists think twice about not having insurance!! Should be compulsory!!

[Fueltheburn 89 4 Vehicles]

2 hours ago, PhillC said:

This....

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/18/cyclist-ordered-pay-compensation-woman-stepped-front-looking-phone-9996411/

Might make cyclists think twice about not having insurance!! Should be compulsory!!

You didn't read into that deep enough from other sources.... Moronic woman looking down at her phone stepped out into the road on a green light for traffic.  I hate cyclists but on this occasion they have punished the wrong person.  

If you are looking at your phone, you are not in control, even as a pedestrian.  We get these morons all the time in Aberdeen. Seen a few run down as a result of randomly stepping out whilst looking at their phone.

[Advantage 869]

No, she didn't step out into his path. She was one of a group of people walking across the road and was at the tail end of this group. He decided that "Green means go no matter what hazards are ahead" and they did the whole both move to the left, both move to the right dance before contact was made. 

They were both deemed responsible for the incident, but he should have taken a lot more care around those already established on the road ahead and not relied upon sounding his bicycle horn to absolve him from riding with more consideration towards other, more vulnerable road users.

[mayevora 676]

New boots

[PhillC 89]

17 hours ago, Fueltheburn said:

You didn't read into that deep enough from other sources.... Moronic woman looking down at her phone stepped out into the road on a green light for traffic.  I hate cyclists but on this occasion they have punished the wrong person.  

If you are looking at your phone, you are not in control, even as a pedestrian.  We get these morons all the time in Aberdeen. Seen a few run down as a result of randomly stepping out whilst looking at their phone.

I read deep enough!!!

Don't actually care who was to blame, my point is that cyclists should take out insurance!!!

[C8RKH 4,493 2 Vehicles]

25 minutes ago, PhillC said:

I read deep enough!!!

Don't actually care who was to blame, my point is that cyclists should take out insurance!!!

So by your thinking should pedestrians take out insurance too? She was in the wrong and it seems strange to me that though the judge aportioned 50:50 blame one person gets a payout and tge other gets bankruptcy. Take away prejudice re cyclists and this is not justice. By this reasoning a gormless twat on their phone walks in front of your car and you're liable. Law is all about precedent and this is worrying. She is just anotger one of the "it's never my fault always someone else to blame" brigade. Shocking really.

[oilmagnet477 663 2 Vehicles]

1 hour ago, C8RKH said:

So by your thinking should pedestrians take out insurance too? She was in the wrong and it seems strange to me that though the judge aportioned 50:50 blame one person gets a payout and tge other gets bankruptcy. Take away prejudice re cyclists and this is not justice. By this reasoning a gormless twat on their phone walks in front of your car and you're liable. Law is all about precedent and this is worrying. She is just anotger one of the "it's never my fault always someone else to blame" brigade. Shocking really.

Yes - what is totally shocking is that this ended up in court AT ALL! Christ on a bike - haven't the legal system got more important things to do?

He is criticised for not taking enough care - however, as reported, he sounded a horn AND swerved - the fact that they collided was surely not a cause for ending up in court. If the judge has attributed 50:50 blame then how does one side have to pay out? Utter nonsense. Apparently pedestrians have a right of way over cyclists in the same way the cyclists have right of way over motorised vehicles. From the point of view protecting the most vulnerable - I totally get this BUT surely that DOES NOT negate the 'weakest' party from taking responsibility for their own actions. Drivers are banned from using mobiles at the wheel, why shouldn't pedestrians be banned from using them in ignorance to those around them?

[RoflOnMyWaffle 273]

I have witnessed people walking into bus stops and lamp posts while texting and walking. Makes my day because can't see how they can be so blindly unaware of their surroundings.

 

For the record, I text and walk yet can still see a solid 6 feet ahead. Use your peripherals!

Also, agreed, how does 50/50 still mean one side pays out?

[Sparky 2,225]

You don't get out much, do you?

[RoflOnMyWaffle 273]

2 minutes ago, Sparky said:

You don't get out much, do you?

You might wanna be specific with that one... who?