Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 27)

[coopedup]

Mr Roper said:

Talking of chips..When we were wee sprats my old man would call to us saying 'Boys, Chips is the telly!"

We would rush downstairs.

To find a bag of chips on the telly.


Oh how he laughed.


The end.

What an amusing childhood you must have had

[Mr Roper]

coopedup said:

What an amusing childhood you must have had

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fked up maybe, but dad's funny how, I mean funny like a clown, he amuses you? He makes you laugh, Dad's here to fkin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How is my Dad funny?








I'll get my coat.

[coopedup]

Don't stress so, you are so close to the 100 club

[Vitorio]

Went to the local kart-track today

The place was filled with kids, dads and first timers, so i only did one heat. Aggressively weaving through traffic is fun though, the slowed down karts (limited top speeds) make for interesting moving chicanes, and the inexperienced fast ones make for interesting overtaking practice.

[coopedup]

Enjoying relaxing on PH with a nice cold pint of Henry Westons vintage cider 8.2%, lovely

[Iva Barchetta]

Yo.

It's the time of the evening when I remember what I wanted to post earlier but forgot.

How much does a DB5 Volante go for nowadays ?500K ?.more ?...saw one in the traffic up to Tolworth Tower this morning.

Dark blue metallic,hood down,a beauty.

Thought it was a DB4 till I saw a 5 on the boot.

[Iva Barchetta]

After a quick search,found only 2 with prices attached.

625K and 800K and these were for coupes not Volantes.

[Iva Barchetta]

Everyone's passed out due to "Stag Thursday" whether it's officially next week or not.

Meh !

[-Michael-]

The DB5 is special

One of my fav cars

The Volante's are around £1.5mil

[GOG440]

Iva Barchetta said:

Everyone's passed out due to "Stag Thursday" whether it's officially next week or not.

Meh !

Only just home from work and sober as a judge

[Nik da Greek]

Today I drove for seven hours and twenty four minutes Now, if it were me, I wouldn't want to be getting on a train that's being driven by a bloke who's been driving for over seven hours...


Just sayin', like. Now I'm going to drink gin until my face turns inside out

[DickyC]

-Michael- said:

The DB5 is special

One of my fav cars

The Volante's are around £1.5mil

Yeeeesss.

And no.

Mostly no.

You see, here's the thing. There wasn't a DB5 Volante. The DB5 convertibles were called "DB5 Convertibles." And this is the point at which the confusion commences. When the DB6 Saloon was introduced, Aston Martin had 37 unused DB5 chassis. These were made into the first Astons to bear the name Volante. Because they were shorter than the DB6, and hence shorter than the DB6 Volante would be, they became known as the "Short Chassis Volante." No mention of DB5. Short Chassis Volante; that's it.

There's a similar thing with the DBS. You don't say, "DBS6." You do say of its successor, "DBS V8," because that distinguishes it from the DBS. The DBS has a six cylinder engine and the DBS V8 has a V8.

You follow? I'll be asking questions.

[-Michael-]

I'm reading

[Impasse]

Hang on a minute. I'll get my welder.

[AstonZagato]

DickyC said:

-Michael- said:

The DB5 is special

One of my fav cars

The Volante's are around £1.5mil

Yeeeesss.

And no.

Mostly no.

You see, here's the thing. There wasn't a DB5 Volante. The DB5 convertibles were called "DB5 Convertibles." And this is the point at which the confusion commences. When the DB6 Saloon was introduced, Aston Martin had 37 unused DB5 chassis. These were made into the first Astons to bear the name Volante. Because they were shorter than the DB6, and hence shorter than the DB6 Volante would be, they became known as the "Short Chassis Volante." No mention of DB5. Short Chassis Volante; that's it.

There's a similar thing with the DBS. You don't say, "DBS6." You do say of its successor, "DBS V8," because that distinguishes it from the DBS. The DBS has a six cylinder engine and the DBS V8 has a V8.

You follow? I'll be asking questions.

All true, except I have a DBS. It has a V12. So I call it a DBS V12. But it's just a DBS. Built 45 years after the DBS.

Confused? You will be...

[Mr Roper]

Stag this day was a shif

[Impasse]

AstonZagato said:

DickyC said:

-Michael- said:

The DB5 is special

One of my fav cars

The Volante's are around £1.5mil

Yeeeesss.

And no.

Mostly no.

You see, here's the thing. There wasn't a DB5 Volante. The DB5 convertibles were called "DB5 Convertibles." And this is the point at which the confusion commences. When the DB6 Saloon was introduced, Aston Martin had 37 unused DB5 chassis. These were made into the first Astons to bear the name Volante. Because they were shorter than the DB6, and hence shorter than the DB6 Volante would be, they became known as the "Short Chassis Volante." No mention of DB5. Short Chassis Volante; that's it.

There's a similar thing with the DBS. You don't say, "DBS6." You do say of its successor, "DBS V8," because that distinguishes it from the DBS. The DBS has a six cylinder engine and the DBS V8 has a V8.

You follow? I'll be asking questions.

All true, except I have a DBS. It has a V12. So I call it a DBS V12. But it's just a DBS. Built 45 years after the DBS.

Confused? You will be...

Nah, it's all very logical. Take mine as an example. It has a 380bhp V8 and is a Vantage, therefore it's called a V8 Vantage. The previous generation was a Vantage and was different because that was fitted with a 380 bhp V8.

[hidetheelephants]

-Michael- said:

The DB5 is special

One of my fav cars

The Volante's are around £1.5mil

Pretty car, shame about the tail lights.

[hidetheelephants]

Mr Roper said:

Stag this day was a shif

Oh contraire, I'm well on and performing nominally; there are bawbags on the telly to be made fun of. More drink will be taken.

[DickyC]

Mr Roper said:

Stag this day was a shif

It occurred to me Chunks meant next Thursday.