What has your "friend" been up to?
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Papa Hotel said:
My friend thinks this thread will end in a mess of hissy fits, name calling and lectures on decent and acceptable behaviour.
I think it will end with a whimper, not a bang, as we all tire of it. It was amusing at first, and there were some nice takes on “lockdown” excuses, but the thread is running out of road.Bill said:
My friend wonders how the Venezuelan tune up relates to the better known (He believes...) Italian tune up. Or after this long in lockdown whether a Brazilian tune up might be the way forward for a great many sporty models.
Italian tune up : Thrash the f
k out of it to see if it runs betterVenezuelan tune up : Bash the f
k out of it to see if it runs betterDetailing world tune up: Wash the f
k out of it to see if it runs betterMy friend has always considered himself good with regard to car maintenance and making sure bits are up to par, of particular importance is checking the tyres every week. My friends had noted recently that his Yokahomas were coming to the end of life but there was no particular rush.
That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
Speed_Demon said:
My friend has always considered himself good with regard to car maintenance and making sure bits are up to par, of particular importance is checking the tyres every week. My friends had noted recently that his Yokahomas were coming to the end of life but there was no particular rush.
That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
Your friend should not be so hard on himself - my friend is sure he is not alone in neglecting obvious car maintenance in lockdown, however, my friend had the good sense to buy a new set of tyres from Demon Tweeks via a popular internet auction site at considerable discount, and having them fitted the week before lockdown started. He has done so few miles on them in lockdown that they still have the little casting spikes attached.That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
My friend has also, unbeknown to his wife, been quite successful in adding to his already unnecessarily extensive collection of vintage Swiss watches during lockdown, also using the popular internet auction site, and is scheming how to disguise his latest purchases' imminent arrivals from his wife.
Speed_Demon said:
My friend has always considered himself good with regard to car maintenance and making sure bits are up to par, of particular importance is checking the tyres every week. My friends had noted recently that his Yokahomas were coming to the end of life but there was no particular rush.
That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
My friend once spotted a massive blingy white SUV in the school car park, whose yummy mummy driver obviously DNGAF about maintenance, as cord was showing on two tyres. He left a passive aggressive note on the windscreen indicating his displeasure at the prospect of his own child being killed by an unsafe vehicle and threatening a report to the filth if it stayed that way.That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
ElectricSoup said:
My friend once spotted a massive blingy white SUV in the school car park, whose yummy mummy driver obviously DNGAF about maintenance, as cord was showing on two tyres. He left a passive aggressive note on the windscreen indicating his displeasure at the prospect of his own child being killed by an unsafe vehicle and threatening a report to the filth if it stayed that way.
And... did it get fixed?vaud said:
ElectricSoup said:
My friend once spotted a massive blingy white SUV in the school car park, whose yummy mummy driver obviously DNGAF about maintenance, as cord was showing on two tyres. He left a passive aggressive note on the windscreen indicating his displeasure at the prospect of his own child being killed by an unsafe vehicle and threatening a report to the filth if it stayed that way.
And... did it get fixed?Speed_Demon said:
My friend has always considered himself good with regard to car maintenance and making sure bits are up to par, of particular importance is checking the tyres every week. My friends had noted recently that his Yokahomas were coming to the end of life but there was no particular rush.
That was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
My friend once decided to "fully use" his tyres and only discovered once he'd got to the tyre fitters that his locking wheel nuts were seized. He couldn't get it booked into his usual garage for a week to get them removed by welding a nut on. He was rightfully given a bit of a bThat was until he parked for once, with quite an amount of steering lock applied and then decided to have a look. My friend may have somewhat shat his pants when he saw the inside shoulder was starting to show cord. He immediately booked the car in to have the tyres done and isn't driving it until the work is completed. Quite how he hasn't ended up in a tree given the tyres lack of wet grip focus anyway, he does not know.
He feels like a particular twunt because he is always going on at mates about their lack of due diligence around maintenance.
king by them and warned that 400bhp, slicks and rain were not a good combo. 
Turbobanana said:
Your friend should not be so hard on himself - my friend is sure he is not alone in neglecting obvious car maintenance in lockdown, however, my friend had the good sense to buy a new set of tyres from Demon Tweeks via a popular internet auction site at considerable discount, and having them fitted the week before lockdown started. He has done so few miles on them in lockdown that they still have the little casting spikes attached.
My friend has also, unbeknown to his wife, been quite successful in adding to his already unnecessarily extensive collection of vintage Swiss watches during lockdown, also using the popular internet auction site, and is scheming how to disguise his latest purchases' imminent arrivals from his wife.
My friend is aware of this popular auction, and may have purchased a few synthesizers from it.My friend has also, unbeknown to his wife, been quite successful in adding to his already unnecessarily extensive collection of vintage Swiss watches during lockdown, also using the popular internet auction site, and is scheming how to disguise his latest purchases' imminent arrivals from his wife.
He tells me he sticks to Yamaha models, since a casual observer sees a row of black and white keys and a large Yamaha logo facing outward from a twin keyboard stand. A periodic swap round generally avoids any issues.
Although this week he may have been rumbled by browsing triple keyboard stands without reasonable excuse.
He believes his other half uses a similar swap system with shoes and boots.
My friend has recently had (at absolute odds to his vanity) to start wearing spectacles, following a couple of recent embarrassing indiscretions with his car.
So far his other half has stopped him looking like a tt, and going somewhere with only his prescription sunglasses, three times in so many weeks.
So far his other half has stopped him looking like a t
t, and going somewhere with only his prescription sunglasses, three times in so many weeks.My friend drank two bottles of Merlot last night. He woke up several times in the night with chronic heart burn. He has sworn that if he repeats this feat, he will employ the Gaviscon firemen for a shift. He did say he was concerned this was the start of old age, and the next thing will be "oooh, no I can't eat that late, it'll repeat on me all night" and "nothing too spicy for me, please". Which worries him as he does like a vindaloo and a few beers.
Tyre Smoke said:
My friend drank two bottles of Merlot last night. He woke up several times in the night with chronic heart burn. He has sworn that if he repeats this feat, he will employ the Gaviscon firemen for a shift. He did say he was concerned this was the start of old age, and the next thing will be "oooh, no I can't eat that late, it'll repeat on me all night" and "nothing too spicy for me, please". Which worries him as he does like a vindaloo and a few beers.
On the contrary, your friend did very well to suffer nothing more than some heartburn with such indiscretions on a school night.Apologies for the new ID - im not too comfortable posting this under my own account (reasons will become apparent) - and I can't start a new thread for this and this seems the next best place for it.
A good friend of mine that I have known for many years (nearly 20) has recently started volunteering in a care home (pre-corona), he's always been a nice enough guy and had a good laugh with on nights out, stag do's and whathaveyou.
Until a couple of years back he was married (it didn't last long, she was a nutcase on every level - and 'thankfully' for his sake pulled a Cincinnati switcheroo while dogging with her so the kids aren't his) and since the split has started to get a extremely 'weird'. He has always liked an older woman and when we first started working together and having nights out he just seemed to enjoy the company of cougars and regularly pulled and rattled women in their 50s most weeks but as we've all got older so has his appetite.
He's one of those guys that I can only describe as fun to have around but probably best at arms length. He recently told a few of us at a socially distant bubble-bbq he has started seeing someone at the care home. We all assumed it was one of the care assistants (all the nurse uniform with all the council traits - what's not to love), but no - its a resident.
According to him she is in her early 90s (he is 41) and is reasonably wealthy and in somewhat poor health. He started talking about when lockdown was initiated he pretty much moved into the home as a live-in volunteer helper/dogsbody and started to get close to her chatting about her life and kids (that are all older than he is by some way). He is now getting all sorts of sexual favours off her and he reckons its given her a "final hurrah" - he got really graphic about her and you could tell he was getting excited by it.
I have been quite uncomfortable with this and what he has been saying as it sounds like he just wants into her will and is abusing his position. I went to ring the care home a couple of times but what do you say?? I confronted him about it and he is adamant he is doing nothing wrong (she isn't mentally incapacitated) and that enjoying each others company is normal and natural.
Ive stopped replying to his whatsapp messages but dont know what to do for the best!
A good friend of mine that I have known for many years (nearly 20) has recently started volunteering in a care home (pre-corona), he's always been a nice enough guy and had a good laugh with on nights out, stag do's and whathaveyou.
Until a couple of years back he was married (it didn't last long, she was a nutcase on every level - and 'thankfully' for his sake pulled a Cincinnati switcheroo while dogging with her so the kids aren't his) and since the split has started to get a extremely 'weird'. He has always liked an older woman and when we first started working together and having nights out he just seemed to enjoy the company of cougars and regularly pulled and rattled women in their 50s most weeks but as we've all got older so has his appetite.
He's one of those guys that I can only describe as fun to have around but probably best at arms length. He recently told a few of us at a socially distant bubble-bbq he has started seeing someone at the care home. We all assumed it was one of the care assistants (all the nurse uniform with all the council traits - what's not to love), but no - its a resident.
According to him she is in her early 90s (he is 41) and is reasonably wealthy and in somewhat poor health. He started talking about when lockdown was initiated he pretty much moved into the home as a live-in volunteer helper/dogsbody and started to get close to her chatting about her life and kids (that are all older than he is by some way). He is now getting all sorts of sexual favours off her and he reckons its given her a "final hurrah" - he got really graphic about her and you could tell he was getting excited by it.
I have been quite uncomfortable with this and what he has been saying as it sounds like he just wants into her will and is abusing his position. I went to ring the care home a couple of times but what do you say?? I confronted him about it and he is adamant he is doing nothing wrong (she isn't mentally incapacitated) and that enjoying each others company is normal and natural.
Ive stopped replying to his whatsapp messages but dont know what to do for the best!
The Li-ion King said:
louiebaby said:
Second Best said:
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How does your friend find the R-Class as a family bus, compared to a Ford S-Max for instance?
), hard to park, very thirsty, and dated interior. ABS faults common and caused by failed wheel bearings. S Max is years ahead in comparison. 
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