Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 29)
Discussion
Jim AK said:
Yesterday I drove from London, in a very wet evening rush hour, to Hay on Wye then home. I arrived back 01.00 this morning!
Friday I will mostly be driving from London`s West End to Oswestry then to Hay on Wye. Saturday will be Hay on Wye to Derby, bit of loafing (2 hours) then back to South London.
This will be made extra interesting by having to be back in HoW Sunday @ Midday to go to Cambridge coincidentally!
Next week my life returns to `normal` thats 09.00 until............?
June 8 I`m off to Portugal to see a mates new boat & villa
You seem to be getting a bit too fixated on Hay-on-Wye to be healthy, James!Friday I will mostly be driving from London`s West End to Oswestry then to Hay on Wye. Saturday will be Hay on Wye to Derby, bit of loafing (2 hours) then back to South London.
This will be made extra interesting by having to be back in HoW Sunday @ Midday to go to Cambridge coincidentally!
Next week my life returns to `normal` thats 09.00 until............?
June 8 I`m off to Portugal to see a mates new boat & villa
And that's the worst "I'm good mates with Cliff" post ever!
glenrobbo said:
You seem to be getting a bit too fixated on Hay-on-Wye to be healthy, James!
And that's the worst "I'm good mates with Cliff" post ever!
Wasn`t my idea but they have this damn literary festival & I get lumbered!!And that's the worst "I'm good mates with Cliff" post ever!
Didn`t know `Cliff` had a place there, thought it was in Barbados.
Jim AK said:
Didn`t know `Cliff` had a place there, thought it was in Barbados.
Yes, but he also has a nice yacht and a place near Villamoura with his own vineyard. In a blind tasting on some expert's consumer programme, he professed his own wine to be the worst of the bunch.
Did you know that Cliff used to have a Tickford Turbo Capri back in the day? Ask him about it when you see him in a week or so.
I came very close to buying it, it was a very low mileage example. But I'm not that keen on white.*
* Except on a Vulcan.
Tickford Capri`s were prone to engine fires.
When I worked for a Ford dealer we had 1 as a demo & our sales manager, we called him Coathanger as it rhymed with his surname, was going to use it for the weekend.
About 5pm on the Friday he got a call from either Ford EO or Tickford to say not to use it as there was an engine management issue that caused neat petrol to be fired into the cylinders after a certain RPM or something causing the fire.
This had apparently happened on one being used by David Dee, Dealer Principal at Dees of Croydon, that lunchtime whilst tearing along the M23. Think he may have crashed it as a result!!
Everyone at our dealership except me thought it was funny........... I`d blagged Coathangers Granada 2.8is for the weekend because I`d landed a contract to supply cars to a large Building Society thats now owned by the Bank that sponsors those stupid bikes in London.
Incidentally, my mate in Portugal is called Graham not Cliff!!
When I worked for a Ford dealer we had 1 as a demo & our sales manager, we called him Coathanger as it rhymed with his surname, was going to use it for the weekend.
About 5pm on the Friday he got a call from either Ford EO or Tickford to say not to use it as there was an engine management issue that caused neat petrol to be fired into the cylinders after a certain RPM or something causing the fire.
This had apparently happened on one being used by David Dee, Dealer Principal at Dees of Croydon, that lunchtime whilst tearing along the M23. Think he may have crashed it as a result!!
Everyone at our dealership except me thought it was funny........... I`d blagged Coathangers Granada 2.8is for the weekend because I`d landed a contract to supply cars to a large Building Society thats now owned by the Bank that sponsors those stupid bikes in London.
Incidentally, my mate in Portugal is called Graham not Cliff!!
DickyC said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Cambridge to Cheltenham huh? What are you hauling today?
One doesn't like to brag.
ION I'm at a hospital appointment, it's the 3 month follow up for my breast lump, cos fat git, let's see if they agree I've lost weight!!!
Jim AK said:
Tickford Capri`s were prone to engine fires.
When I worked for a Ford dealer we had 1 as a demo & our sales manager, we called him Coathanger as it rhymed with his surname, was going to use it for the weekend.
About 5pm on the Friday he got a call from either Ford EO or Tickford to say not to use it as there was an engine management issue that caused neat petrol to be fired into the cylinders after a certain RPM or something causing the fire.
This had apparently happened on one being used by David Dee.
Incidentally, my mate in Portugal is called Graham not Cliff!!
Aah, Gnasher? Of the Hollies? And Crosby, Stills and Young? thought he was still out in California. When I worked for a Ford dealer we had 1 as a demo & our sales manager, we called him Coathanger as it rhymed with his surname, was going to use it for the weekend.
About 5pm on the Friday he got a call from either Ford EO or Tickford to say not to use it as there was an engine management issue that caused neat petrol to be fired into the cylinders after a certain RPM or something causing the fire.
This had apparently happened on one being used by David Dee.
Incidentally, my mate in Portugal is called Graham not Cliff!!
Dave Dee? Didn't he used to hang around with Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titchmarsh?
You seem to know a lot of 60's pop icons!
glenrobbo said:
Jim AK said:
Tickford Capri`s were prone to engine fires.
When I worked for a Ford dealer we had 1 as a demo & our sales manager, we called him Coathanger as it rhymed with his surname, was going to use it for the weekend.
About 5pm on the Friday he got a call from either Ford EO or Tickford to say not to use it as there was an engine management issue that caused neat petrol to be fired into the cylinders after a certain RPM or something causing the fire.
This had apparently happened on one being used by David Dee.
Incidentally, my mate in Portugal is called Graham not Cliff!!
Aah, Gnasher? Of the Hollies? And Crosby, Stills and Young? thought he was still out in California. When I worked for a Ford dealer we had 1 as a demo & our sales manager, we called him Coathanger as it rhymed with his surname, was going to use it for the weekend.
About 5pm on the Friday he got a call from either Ford EO or Tickford to say not to use it as there was an engine management issue that caused neat petrol to be fired into the cylinders after a certain RPM or something causing the fire.
This had apparently happened on one being used by David Dee.
Incidentally, my mate in Portugal is called Graham not Cliff!!
Dave Dee? Didn't he used to hang around with Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titchmarsh?
You seem to know a lot of 60's pop icons!
Just found out there`s a recall on my 18 year old Range Rover for hoses & throttle body gaskets. May self combust if not fixed!!
I`m really going to take it to our local JLR place, bunch of
s, most of them were`nt born when the P38 was a current model!!
I`d rather go in a fireball than deal with them.
They are absolute crap with the current range if im honest too.
I`m really going to take it to our local JLR place, bunch of
s, most of them were`nt born when the P38 was a current model!!I`d rather go in a fireball than deal with them.
They are absolute crap with the current range if im honest too.
Bobberoo99 said:
JIMAK IN FIREY DEATHBALL RANT
DICKYC IN "I DID DRIVE THE ASTON ADMITION"
Diabolical spelling! & too shouty!DICKYC IN "I DID DRIVE THE ASTON ADMITION"
The `Battert` type chappy at village garage who looks after the RR tells me he`s changed 1 of the offending parts & I`d hardly call 18 years a premature failure!
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