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[Krikkit]

Even just a large gazebo would do - I have a "Coleman Event Shelter XL" which is 4.5m square and fits a reasonable-sized car quite happily. It's also more than robust enough to last a UK winter, on hard standing it would work if you fixed the feet onto some decking boards.

I don't recommend a fitted car cover, too easy for dirt to get blown underneath (even well-fitted ones in winter) and knacker the paint.

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 4th August 17:45

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Emeye said:

You do realise it also had a 6 disk changer hidden away in the dash?

Huh, you what?




Yeah, I did. Even techno-biff CdeG can still cope with CDs; they were my only antidote to German pop radio.

[Bear-n]

Rubins4 said:

Awesome. So glad this didn’t get traded in.

Look forward to regular updates and even more regular forecourt photography.

My classic car beard is non-existent, but I know what I like and that is gorgeous. (Not the Lexus or the transporter, as much as I loved my matchbox car transporter as a 5 year old).

Reminds me of this, that someone I know recently knocked up.

Edited by Bear-n on Wednesday 4th August 20:02

[ian316]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Emeye said:

You do realise it also had a 6 disk changer hidden away in the dash?

Huh, you what?




Yeah, I did. Even techno-biff CdeG can still cope with CDs; they were my only antidote to German pop radio.

Surely not

[CharlesdeGaulle]

ian316 said:

Surely not

Blimey Ian. Showing your true colours and it's not even Friday.

[ian316]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

ian316 said:

Surely not

Blimey Ian. Showing your true colours and it's not even Friday.

Well it is hump day lol

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Bear-n said:

Rubins4 said:

Awesome. So glad this didn’t get traded in.

Look forward to regular updates and even more regular forecourt photography.

My classic car beard is non-existent, but I know what I like and that is gorgeous. (Not the Lexus or the transporter, as much as I loved my matchbox car transporter as a 5 year old).

Reminds me of this, that someone I know recently knocked up.

That's cool. Change the 4 to a 3 and that just about captures it.

[rider73]

Wtf it's wrong with German radio, i love it on the way to from the Alps.... until you pass a USA base and suddenly it's back to 2021....

[CharlesdeGaulle]

rider73 said:

Wtf it's wrong with German radio, i love it on the way to from the Alps.... until you pass a USA base and suddenly it's back to 2021....

It was R4 on LW, that got interference from ... well, just about everything, or German techno/hip-hop/ garage/Ed Sheeran on 'Germany's hit radio...'

Obviously I loved the variety, but the CDs certainly got well-used on the road-trips.

[Bear-n]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Bear-n said:

Rubins4 said:

Awesome. So glad this didn’t get traded in.

Look forward to regular updates and even more regular forecourt photography.

My classic car beard is non-existent, but I know what I like and that is gorgeous. (Not the Lexus or the transporter, as much as I loved my matchbox car transporter as a 5 year old).

Reminds me of this, that someone I know recently knocked up.

That's cool. Change the 4 to a 3 and that just about captures it.

He's one of those annoyingly talented bds and although not his usual remit, he loves cars & seems to capture them in just the right way. This is the missus in her Z4 and he's currently sketching up mine.




Anyhow, apologies. Thread diversion.

[Macron]

This is probably a shed, but I'd mostly like to find the person who thought these exhaust pipes were a good idea and give them a stern talking to. Or at least a waggle of a finger.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/54578184...

[dscam]

B'stard Child said:

Emeye said:

Right.

This filthy pair turned up Tuesday evening.



If there is one thing my parents taught me, it was to never agree to purchase an old car from a fella living abroad sight unseen. Especially if he claims to be a Prince or King or a deceased President of France.

<snip>

Merci Monsieur le Président and all those threadists who offered their help to get the cars here. Vive la barge.

To be continued....

Bravo Sir Bravo

Phenomenal effort - congratulations!

Great to see a happy ending.

[dscam]

CAPP0 said:

Can’t remember whether I mentioned this but after I retired I got my HGV licence, just as a bucket list thing.

That’s something on my retirement bucket list too. Quite like the idea of doing a few runs on a ‘just because’ basis too so that it would have some longevity.

[Dapster]

Clean MOT, fully optioned (memory orthopedic seats and climate control etc etc) and I think shot in Strasbourg which trumps boat yard which trumps gravel....





https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274891029585?hash=item4...tsAAOSw7JdhCl0z&autorefresh=true

[nobrakes]

Dapster said:

Clean MOT, fully optioned (memory orthopedic seats and climate control etc etc) and I think shot in Strasbourg which trumps boat yard which trumps gravel....





https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274891029585?hash=item4...tsAAOSw7JdhCl0z&autorefresh=true

Nice.

[nobrakes]

2009 A8 3.0 tdi SE on 128k miles.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202101127...

Black on black.

Memory, keyless + heated front and rear.

£4900 and no admin fee nonsense.

BUT LWB + 235/55/17inch = must be as comfy an A8 as any in the last 12 years (unless the £80k brand new ones electronically magic out pot-holes).

[ian316]

dscam said:

CAPP0 said:

Can’t remember whether I mentioned this but after I retired I got my HGV licence, just as a bucket list thing.

That’s something on my retirement bucket list too. Quite like the idea of doing a few runs on a ‘just because’ basis too so that it would have some longevity.

As well as the driving there is another theory test and the cpc test 5 modules every 5yrs and after 45 a medical every 5yrs until you're 65 then it's every Yr, So you'd have use it to make it worth the hassle especially the cpc which is 5 days of sheer boredom

Edited by ian316 on Thursday 5th August 06:59

[bolidemichael]

nobrakes said:

Dapster said:

Clean MOT, fully optioned (memory orthopedic seats and climate control etc etc) and I think shot in Strasbourg which trumps d boat yard which trumps gravel....





https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274891029585?hash=item4...tsAAOSw7JdhCl0z&autorefresh=true

Nice.

Very nice indeed. These don't usually turn my head, but the prospect of such a well spaced, maintained example with a powerful engine and modern colour combination is quite enticing. It would suit Emeye, for sure.

The currently inoperable massage seats seem like the type of challenge that r129sl would enjoy getting stuck into - wasn't he looking for a 320? What are the differences between that and a 300-24?

Seller is shirley a lurker on this thread, judging by the ad's gleefully outline detail, their tone and employment of language... "It can be redeemed from an MB dealership". What a class act.

[Macron]

nobrakes said:

2009 A8 3.0 tdi SE on 128k miles.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202101127...

Black on black.

Memory, keyless + heated front and rear.

£4900 and no admin fee nonsense.

BUT LWB + 235/55/17inch = must be as comfy an A8 as any in the last 12 years (unless the £80k brand new ones electronically magic out pot-holes).

6 month warranty too, as close to acceptable as a diesel can get really.

[bolidemichael]

Krikkit said:

Even just a large gazebo would do - I have a "Coleman Event Shelter XL" which is 4.5m square and fits a reasonable-sized car quite happily. It's also more than robust enough to last a UK winter, on hard standing it would work if you fixed the feet onto some decking boards.

I don't recommend a fitted car cover, too easy for dirt to get blown underneath (even well-fitted ones in winter) and knacker the paint.

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 4th August 17:45

That's a good hack, thanks.