What has your "friend" been up to?
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StuntmanMike said:
My friend bought himself a pair of mirrored Aviators, his family ( Wife and Daughters ) guffaw every time they see them, my friend defends them saying they are an iconic design, my friends family laugh harder.
My friend also got the I and E in friend wrong every time in this post.
Please tell you friend that I said: negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full...My friend also got the I and E in friend wrong every time in this post.
My friend has spent the previous 10yrs driving a Porsche 944 as an every day car. Initially a highly focussed series one with no sound deadening and plastic windows, and latterly a Turbo which managed to avoid 'upgrades'.
About a year ago the Turbo went for restoration and he bought a Rover 25 TD to get to work in. It transpired that it had been tweaked with SDI injectors Pierburg MAF and a little box of tricks.
To hear my friend tell, you'd think that it was the second automotive coming and he definitely told anyone who'd listen (240ft/lbs of torque you know, which equals a 944 Turbo?).
As the first anniversary approaches he has bought two MG ZR TD+s and everyone that he knows thinks that he is mental (friends, girlfriend, family, even the man at the garage who mends them). In total he has three of the b
d things but isn't entirely sure why or how it came about...
About a year ago the Turbo went for restoration and he bought a Rover 25 TD to get to work in. It transpired that it had been tweaked with SDI injectors Pierburg MAF and a little box of tricks.
To hear my friend tell, you'd think that it was the second automotive coming and he definitely told anyone who'd listen (240ft/lbs of torque you know, which equals a 944 Turbo?).
As the first anniversary approaches he has bought two MG ZR TD+s and everyone that he knows thinks that he is mental (friends, girlfriend, family, even the man at the garage who mends them). In total he has three of the b
d things but isn't entirely sure why or how it came about...He is even spending £40-odd to join the MG Car Club in order than he can insure them both for £131 each.
Did I mention that he said that they are good for 160bhp and 260ft/lbs of torque with a £180 remap? That's the same as a 1988 944 Turbo S, but without the lag or the peakiness - all there for 2,000rpm.
Did I mention that he said that they are good for 160bhp and 260ft/lbs of torque with a £180 remap? That's the same as a 1988 944 Turbo S, but without the lag or the peakiness - all there for 2,000rpm.
GC8 said:
He is even spending £40-odd to join the MG Car Club in order than he can insure them both for £131 each.
Did I mention that he said that they are good for 160bhp and 260ft/lbs of torque with a £180 remap? That's the same as a 1988 944 Turbo S, but without the lag or the peakiness - all there for 2,000rpm.
I've been looking for a good one for a while. I always miss out. BMW engine don't you know. Did I mention that he said that they are good for 160bhp and 260ft/lbs of torque with a £180 remap? That's the same as a 1988 944 Turbo S, but without the lag or the peakiness - all there for 2,000rpm.
rolando said:
KAgantua said:
My 'friend' again.... I he had a load of wood from Wickes to build a small decking project and the wood was loaded into said KA. The wood was loaded transversely into the car with the end pointing into the top left corner of the dash, where the dash, front pillar and corner of the windscreen meet (Where the tax disc would go).
Boot wouldnt *quite* close so he thought 'sod it - its only a cheap old car, so what if part of the dash gets a little bent?'
Slammed the boot shut, just as he realised what he was doing.
The new windscreen was nice and shiny though...
My friend did exactly this with a brand new company provided Austin Maestro about 31 years ago, although my friend can't remember which store the wood came from. The Maestro was the most dreadful and unreliable heap, spending more days off the road during my friend's three month tenure than in use. As my friend's employer wasn't prepared to replace said Maestro with a working motor car – so that he could do his job – my friend quickly found fresh employmen with a decent car. He very much enjoyed handing back the Maestro heap along with his letter of resignation.Boot wouldnt *quite* close so he thought 'sod it - its only a cheap old car, so what if part of the dash gets a little bent?'
Slammed the boot shut, just as he realised what he was doing.
The new windscreen was nice and shiny though...
omgus said:
GC8 said:
He is even spending £40-odd to join the MG Car Club in order than he can insure them both for £131 each.
Did I mention that he said that they are good for 160bhp and 260ft/lbs of torque with a £180 remap? That's the same as a 1988 944 Turbo S, but without the lag or the peakiness - all there for 2,000rpm.
I've been looking for a good one for a while. I always miss out. BMW engine don't you know. Did I mention that he said that they are good for 160bhp and 260ft/lbs of torque with a £180 remap? That's the same as a 1988 944 Turbo S, but without the lag or the peakiness - all there for 2,000rpm.
He also wonders whether you were aware that the L-Series engine was so good that Honda used it in their European Civics for a good many years?
My friend has parked one of his old cars (car A) blocking in another of his old cars (car B). He wants to move car B, but, although he is sure that he brought the keys to car A inside and put them on the kitchen table the day before yesterday, he cannot find them anywhere. He is blaming the cleaning lady, probably unfairly, as in reality he is a fkwit and has mislaid the keys unaided, most likely. My friend's wife has lost the cleaning lady's number, and she is not due back in until the week after next. My friend has just been very rude to his old mum when she suggested that he look in the dish full of keys that lives in the hall, as of course he has looked there fifty times already. My friend had been meaning to get some spare keys for car A cut for weeks, but hadn't done so. He is an aarse.
kwit and has mislaid the keys unaided, most likely. My friend's wife has lost the cleaning lady's number, and she is not due back in until the week after next. My friend has just been very rude to his old mum when she suggested that he look in the dish full of keys that lives in the hall, as of course he has looked there fifty times already. My friend had been meaning to get some spare keys for car A cut for weeks, but hadn't done so. He is an aarse. Breadvan72 said:
My friend has just bought a sub three grand rusty Jaguar from some bloke off the internet. There may be trouble ahead.
My friend just bought a '98 XJR for £1650 and spent this morning wasting several gallons of fuel grinning like an idiot as he hoofed it up and down the rural roads where This week, Mr Friendy Friend managed to forget to pay the Congestion Charge for two consecutive days, and even failed to pay it the day after, not once but twice. He has also received an NIP for hoonage, but cannot find where he has put it, while the deadline for sending it back fast approaches.
Rubin215 said:
Breadvan72 said:
My friend has just bought a sub three grand rusty Jaguar from some bloke off the internet. There may be trouble ahead.
My friend just bought a '98 XJR for £1650 and spent this morning wasting several gallons of fuel grinning like an idiot as he hoofed it up and down the rural roads where GC8 said:
StuntmanMike said:
My friend bought himself a pair of mirrored Aviators, his family ( Wife and Daughters ) guffaw every time they see them, my friend defends them saying they are an iconic design, my friends family laugh harder.
My friend also got the I and E in friend wrong every time in this post.
Please tell you friend that I said: negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full...My friend also got the I and E in friend wrong every time in this post.
My friend started a new job 2 weeks ago.
He was standing talking to the senior manager of his department (approx 80 employees) when a very attractive young female walked up, handed the manager some paperwork, and walked off.
My friend said to the manager "Did you see the gorgeous arse on her, she's fckn lovely, I'd drink her bathwater. Oh man, what I could do with her . . ".
Young lady is manager's daughter who works in another department.
He was standing talking to the senior manager of his department (approx 80 employees) when a very attractive young female walked up, handed the manager some paperwork, and walked off.
My friend said to the manager "Did you see the gorgeous arse on her, she's fckn lovely, I'd drink her bathwater. Oh man, what I could do with her . . ".
Young lady is manager's daughter who works in another department.
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