Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...
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okgo said:
Yeh. Hopefully underneath all that they were a decent bit of kit rather than a branding exercise I guess.
Speaking of frivolous things I don't need - we got a cleaner the other week, couple of hours a week. Best way to spend £20 I've come across since they put the prices of dances up at the Gryphon!
Have they put the pound in a cup up as well, that would be terrible!Speaking of frivolous things I don't need - we got a cleaner the other week, couple of hours a week. Best way to spend £20 I've come across since they put the prices of dances up at the Gryphon!
Chunkymonkey71 said:
LordGrover said:
Chunkymonkey71 said:
Haven't done it yet, but I've put the money away to fly to Poland, buy one of these and drive it home.
Well documented, photo heavy blog please.Silverbullet767 said:
MP85 said:
very late, and very bad photos, but you'll understand that taking photos of it is the bottom of my list of priorities atm! 
Congratulations! You now have a car identical to mine(Avus is the best colour)! Right down to the slightly peeling red square next to the R on the engine cover. I am sure you will love it!
TobyLaRohne said:
Chunkymonkey71 said:
LordGrover said:
Chunkymonkey71 said:
Haven't done it yet, but I've put the money away to fly to Poland, buy one of these and drive it home.
Well documented, photo heavy blog please.Silverbullet767 said:
When we were courting, I lived in London, she lived in Oxford. The routine was that she would leave Friday. The car would either conk out on the Headington Hill or the hill up to Stokenchurch. It would then be put on the back of the RAC lorry into London. On Sunday night, we'd push it round the corner and call the RAC again and it would go to the Fiat dealer in Oxford. It would be delivered back on Friday morning.
Rinse and repeat.
In the end, she bought a Nissan Micra. That never missed a beat. She now refuses to have anything that isn't uber-reliable - her last two cars have been Toyota Landcruisers.
However, good luck with it. YMMV.
AstonZagato said:
My wife would laugh uproariously at this purchase. She had on in the late 80s when they were newish. It was, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst vehicle she has ever owned. Noisy, cramped, slow, gutless and above all unreliable. It quite literally did more miles on the back of a low loader than it did on its own four wheels.
When we were courting, I lived in London, she lived in Oxford. The routine was that she would leave Friday. The car would either conk out on the Headington Hill or the hill up to Stokenchurch. It would then be put on the back of the RAC lorry into London. On Sunday night, we'd push it round the corner and call the RAC again and it would go to the Fiat dealer in Oxford. It would be delivered back on Friday morning.
Rinse and repeat.
In the end, she bought a Nissan Micra. That never missed a beat. She now refuses to have anything that isn't uber-reliable - her last two cars have been Toyota Landcruisers.
However, good luck with it. YMMV.
Surely for someone handy with a set of spanners you could get one from poland to the uk. They made them upto 2000 in Poland, I actually quite fancy it as a challenge to be honest. 26bhp of rampant Polish (3 legged) nags!When we were courting, I lived in London, she lived in Oxford. The routine was that she would leave Friday. The car would either conk out on the Headington Hill or the hill up to Stokenchurch. It would then be put on the back of the RAC lorry into London. On Sunday night, we'd push it round the corner and call the RAC again and it would go to the Fiat dealer in Oxford. It would be delivered back on Friday morning.
Rinse and repeat.
In the end, she bought a Nissan Micra. That never missed a beat. She now refuses to have anything that isn't uber-reliable - her last two cars have been Toyota Landcruisers.
However, good luck with it. YMMV.
check out this for 500 quid!
AstonZagato said:
My wife would laugh uproariously at this purchase. She had one of the original Fiats in the late 80s when they were newish. It was, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst vehicle she has ever owned. Noisy, cramped, slow, gutless and above all unreliable. It quite literally did more miles on the back of a low loader than it did on its own four wheels.
When we were courting, I lived in London, she lived in Oxford. The routine was that she would leave Friday. The car would either conk out on the Headington Hill or the hill up to Stokenchurch. It would then be put on the back of the RAC lorry into London. On Sunday night, we'd push it round the corner and call the RAC again and it would go to the Fiat dealer in Oxford. It would be delivered back on Friday morning.
Rinse and repeat.
In the end, she bought a Nissan Micra. That never missed a beat. She now refuses to have anything that isn't uber-reliable - her last two cars have been Toyota Landcruisers.
However, good luck with it. YMMV.
My Dad loved his cars (he test drove for Michelin so always had Corvettes etc with work). Then he was made redundant. He downsized his car to suit.When we were courting, I lived in London, she lived in Oxford. The routine was that she would leave Friday. The car would either conk out on the Headington Hill or the hill up to Stokenchurch. It would then be put on the back of the RAC lorry into London. On Sunday night, we'd push it round the corner and call the RAC again and it would go to the Fiat dealer in Oxford. It would be delivered back on Friday morning.
Rinse and repeat.
In the end, she bought a Nissan Micra. That never missed a beat. She now refuses to have anything that isn't uber-reliable - her last two cars have been Toyota Landcruisers.
However, good luck with it. YMMV.
I clearly recall the day the bright orange Fiat Strada pulled on the drive. I was about 8 but still old enough to be completely mortified by it. It was the noisiest, most unreliable piece of rusting junk known to man.
I can't therefore understand why I occasionally look through eBay in the hopes of dropping on another. I think sentimentality has overtaken common sense.
TobyLaRohne said:
....how hard could it be?
No idea but I was a DIY dabbler in the engine bay back then (I'd service my own motorbikes, rebuilt a Mini engine, so not a complete numpty but not an expert spanner-man). I could never keep this thing going for more than a few miles. Neither, it would seem, could the Fiat main dealer.However, I guess that she could have had a lemon. I guess that the recent Polish-built one might have some more modern technology (it seemed like sparks were the normal problem in the 80's Fiat).
It would certainly be an adventure.
You can pick up ropey UK ones for sub ~£800, I know someone selling a UK 30k miler for less than £500 if anybody is interested let me know. It runs and drives but has lost first, but comes with a replacement box (not a huge job on these things) underside is solid as is most of the body aside from the odd bubble (I'm going off sellers info and pictures mind) But for a decent one they can indeed command good strong money.
I was going to buy it but I just don't have the money or space now.
I was going to buy it but I just don't have the money or space now.
Edited by Jimmy No Hands on Thursday 7th August 15:16
Zoon said:
shirt said:
two different beasts. the bose is meant as a portable speaker, for which it is easily the best product out there. sonos is meant as an adaptable home system.
True, but if it was a case of using it in the home I wouldn't buy the Bose.sound docks in general dont inspire me, i can't live with the drop in sound quality over a proper stereo.
SistersofPercy said:
My Dad loved his cars (he test drove for Michelin so always had Corvettes etc with work). Then he was made redundant. He downsized his car to suit.
I clearly recall the day the bright orange Fiat Strada pulled on the drive. I was about 8 but still old enough to be completely mortified by it. It was the noisiest, most unreliable piece of rusting junk known to man.
I can't therefore understand why I occasionally look through eBay in the hopes of dropping on another. I think sentimentality has overtaken common sense.
I suspect that it wasn't noisier than the corvette... just the noise wasn't as nice <grin>I clearly recall the day the bright orange Fiat Strada pulled on the drive. I was about 8 but still old enough to be completely mortified by it. It was the noisiest, most unreliable piece of rusting junk known to man.
I can't therefore understand why I occasionally look through eBay in the hopes of dropping on another. I think sentimentality has overtaken common sense.
WreckedGecko said:
MP85 said:
very late, and very bad photos, but you'll understand that taking photos of it is the bottom of my list of priorities atm!
Congratulations! You now have a car identical to mine(Avus is the best colour)! Right down to the slightly peeling red square next to the R on the engine cover. I am sure you will love it!
I Needed a dive torch for the odd night dive and poking about below reefs. I started with one of these, good torch and worked well so I bought another, just in case.
I needed (?) a smaller torch so this arrived which is a superb light for a good price.
I started to wonder just how cheaply you could buy a dive torch that worked
This, though the first one didn't work but the replacement is superb for the price, even after purchasing the battery and charger, and two of these which are great now reside in my kit box beside this and three of these because I don't like Cyalume sticks.
I am awaiting this which will either be the best or worst purchase of them all and I am in the process of convincing myself that I need this which having seen the demo model is brighter than my cars headlights. I NEED one dive light and possibly a spare but I cannot imagine being able to resist the £250 tech light for very much longer.
I needed (?) a smaller torch so this arrived which is a superb light for a good price.
I started to wonder just how cheaply you could buy a dive torch that worked
This, though the first one didn't work but the replacement is superb for the price, even after purchasing the battery and charger, and two of these which are great now reside in my kit box beside this and three of these because I don't like Cyalume sticks.
I am awaiting this which will either be the best or worst purchase of them all and I am in the process of convincing myself that I need this which having seen the demo model is brighter than my cars headlights. I NEED one dive light and possibly a spare but I cannot imagine being able to resist the £250 tech light for very much longer.
TobyLaRohne said:
Surely for someone handy with a set of spanners you could get one from poland to the uk. They made them upto 2000 in Poland, I actually quite fancy it as a challenge to be honest. 26bhp of rampant Polish (3 legged) nags!
check out this for 500 quid!
My cousin had one.check out this for 500 quid!
He's 6ft 7..
Kaelic said:
WreckedGecko said:
MP85 said:
very late, and very bad photos, but you'll understand that taking photos of it is the bottom of my list of priorities atm!
Congratulations! You now have a car identical to mine(Avus is the best colour)! Right down to the slightly peeling red square next to the R on the engine cover. I am sure you will love it!
For the man who has everything (sorry if a repost):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Belly-Button-Fluff-Brush...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Belly-Button-Fluff-Brush...
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