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Pray? too late, you've been excommunicated 🤣

I'm seeking forgiveness for my automotive infidelity I've been living a lie... My heart belongs to Land Rovers, but I've committed a grievous sin... I've fallen for a Chevrolet Silverado. The thrill of American muscle has seduced me, and I've...

Well we survived the thunderstorms, torrential rain and heavy hail that others in the south of France had. 3 dead at least, others missing. Rose Garlic crop in a neighbouring town totoally destroyed , roads flooded all over, bits of the hi speed...

Why bother? Why not just clean it up by hand? Like we do dog sick and dog poo. You can wear rubber gloves if you are that bothered. 🤣🤣🤣

Nice one, and very big I feel.:):):) We have several of various types and sizes. The Le Creuset one is very nice. Tell me, what are the notches on the sides for, some sort of rotisserie type thing?

The Lotus Cortina was a great machine although apparently rather temper-mental. Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious and all that!

I didn't count the Land Rovers, had three Disco 1's a 110 a 90 and a Disco 2, had the 90 about 5 years also had a Mini which I raced and I had that tucked away for maybe 25 years. Tend to keep cars longer now I'm older or maybe the cars are...

Massive rain cloud over the botton arf ov england. If only it would move up er bit.

Morning All. :D A cool & overcast one at the moment. :( Mini club tonight. :) Have a great day. :D

Well, the son on law did it. So the filters and all the cyclones now have sick in them so it pumps out eau de puke constantly, bit like a fart gun. "Errm, could you strip it down an clean it for me..?" 'Foxtrot Oscar, monkey boy..'

You might need a carpet washer, but the hoover will pick up vom…made the mistake of hosting a party a few years back for some Neanderthals…next morning was a mess lots of regurgitant and one splashdown. Jeez man. Hoover did it but without the...

Shudder bort a henry. They does wet n dry.

Should have bought a wet n dry vax :p

Oh no you wont 🤣 🤣 Tis like going fishing I throw my baited hook in & wanabee plumber jumps on it 🤣🤣

Not broken had a bust water hose & the lad said hes got his eye on somit else take it, years mot too. Im looking for another one as im going to convert my boat to run on m57 engines. :D

In Lotus form with the green stripe I hope , good looking car 😉

Funny you should say that...... I think the Vax Spotwash cleaner is a godsend for such mishaps.

Propper fick like innit.

Pop quiz. How thick would you have to be to hoover up kiddie vomit with Dyson? 🤪 Freelander owners can pass..

Your phrase "cars I kept the longest" really got me thinking. The problem being that I have a habit of driving cars and then sometimes, especially if they break down, simply parking them up until I can get around to fixing them. Which means that...

Famous for being frontwheel drive as the words "traction avant" indicates, but apparently their drive shafts were a weak point! I know a Brit chap who runs a B& B with his wife, we used to stay with them when going north to the ferry. He is ex...

When I was a youngster working out of IBM South Bank (next to the National Theatre) we used to use a local boozer at lunchtimes and it was opposite the waterloo East station stairway entrance. In one of the railway arches was a business/bloke...

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Have wanted a Traction for a long time. surprisingly they are not the most expensive of veteran cars over here. Not cheap mind but still not all that bad.

Had a few as well but wish I'd kept the '52 Citroen 6 cylinder Traction avant, the Moskvitch and the 66 Austin Cooper The cars I kept the longest were a 2.2 diesel Renault 21, a diesel Pug 106 and an 05 Ford Ranger pickup All other vehicles...

That post re the 50 best Britsh cars. I am tempted to start one on "Cars I have owned and wish I still did" In my case, Mk2 Jag, Mk1 Cortina, Opel Manta 1900 A series, Renault 17, Dolomite Sprint, "Hot" mini, even a Renault 6 for heaven's sake.

Got me harvester up and sorted. Din't order any clips so eye tie wrapped it to me boiler condensate pipe then run it along the top ov me fence. Temp install. Will get some propper clips ferrit. Late nights recently doing it. Wevver said it were...