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Nov 24, 2010 12:22:22 GMT
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Reach around in the curse word drawer for an ice scraper, fail to find one.
Trudge outside, start the car, blowers on full and de-ice the outside and inside of the screen with my 'Morrisons Miles' card. Forget to turn the blowers off when de-icing the inside, and get showered with snow, much to the amusement of SWMBO.
You don't get classic moments like that driving an Audi Q7!
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Nov 24, 2010 13:30:30 GMT
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Its dark, its winter, you come off an A road roundabout in your Trans Am, the straight through side exits bark on the up shift, the first few bars"wurlitzer organ" intro of "Town Called Malice" plays loud on the stereo and momentarily gets lost in the din as you run the revs through the next gear, the back end settles into the damp tarmac and it howls a sharp snarl as the throttle snaps shut as you gain on slower traffic ahead. This is not fantasy. This is commuting. Welcome to 1982 dude
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Nov 24, 2010 13:59:55 GMT
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man, reading thing's like this reminds me how much I miss commutin in my herald. gettin far too hot inside with the exhaust close to the feet, seein the road passing underneath (no gearbox tunnel. . ) and generally using all the rev range to work and back, now I stuck in a frontera, boring. But at least it can be 2wd for some fun.
Man I need a diff.
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Nov 27, 2010 23:30:46 GMT
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damn you, I have to cycle to uni atm.... yeah but at least its RWD
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I love my commute in my 1973 XJ6. All weathers, and it doesn't give a damn, happily racking up over 1000 miles a month. Today it's just been from north east Derbyshire, down to Coventry and back, when I set off early this morning even the motorway was white over with snow.
Always its the same. That familiar Jag smell, which is wood leather and that slight hint of damp that you can never quite track down. The big red lights on the dash glowing stating "Ignition" ... there's no silly international symbols here, or kilometers on the speedo, its all in English, and unashamedly so.
Start the 3.4 XK, and it settles into nice bass grumble. Prod the throttle a couple of times... just to make sure all six have caught and just for the grin. Turn left out of the garage and up the hill. As the revs go past 3000, the grumble has gone, its now a snarl. Rising to 4500rpm, and its a full blown howl like an overloaded Lancaster bomber trying to get airborne off a really short runway (I knew it was a good idea to take those silencers out.) Dip the clutch, pull that long throw chromed gear lever back into second and repeat the process.
The only thing that really peeves me is by the time I've got to work, I just want to keep driving. It's worse on an evening... I don't think I've ever gone the short way home.
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"You're about as likely to come across a fully functioning old Jag, as you are a taxicab that smells agreeable." - James May
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camper damper
Part of things
Another car bites the dust
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I drive my good old transit every where and no trouble so far
It just seem to fit me like a glove i know when i open my drivers door and climb into my seat i look for find my grove just before starting the 2.5 diesel engine i wait for all my light to flash as if to say hello at that point in time i turn the key and wait for the rumble of the engine the noise of it we all know so well a slight tapped old noise i know at that point the van ready, Ready to do what i ask of her
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Groggily wander out the house, walk down to the driveway, take a look at the Renault, sigh, rummage in pocket for keys and unplip the truck, avoid getting a hernia climbing in and fire it up. Muted V8 rumble and the climate control kicking in, fumble about on the chair, wake up more, reach for the column shift and back out the driveway, out onto the four-lane and try not to rag it up to 65 cold... get to work 6 minutes later, swithc it off, plip it locked and walk in.
Yeah, I miss driving my retros, the daily is too... bland.
Mind you, saying that it did leave a nice long number 11 up the road the other morning as someone didn't see me coming and changed into my lane late. At that point I was really glad when I stamped on the pedal cold it went, rather than *snap* RRrrft-*POP-BANG*RRrrRrFT-Ft-*BANG*-rrRrrRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMM which is what the Victor used to do if it was woken up too early...
--Phil
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Nov 28, 2010 11:12:48 GMT
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Damn it wish I had a normal commute; Walk past the garage with the Derby in it, through the gates, past the 216 (still waiting MOT), past the Hilux (too old for work now at 4 yrs old), walk up to the avensis, put me hand out and it unlocks and the 'theatre dimming' lights come one, press the "start" button, get out and put my ear to the bonnet to check its alive, get back in, turn the heated leather seats on, press the buttons for 'toasty-ness', ipod onto some classic rock, into drive on the auto box, drive 200 miles, stop, get out and touch the door handle to lock it. Seriously miss that "will she won't she" moment when trying to start an old motor in the cold. Ahh well the price of growing up I suppose.
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1980 Derby GLS 1992 Rover 216 Gti - Sold 2006 Hilux - Sold (boo hoo) need a 2wd pickup. Anyone? 2009 Avensis Tourer - Gone 1993 Mk1 Golf Cabby 1983 mk1 golf. Project rust bucket 1998 Toyota Corolla. Project crash repair 2007 Volvo V70. Daily for sale!
Looking for a winter project - any suggestions?
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Nov 28, 2010 13:53:27 GMT
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i have that will she , wont she moment everytime i start up now the weathers dipped below freezing, i forget how wibblepoo old dervs are at sub zero starting, best to let her warm up for five minutes before setting off. let her rumble away while de icing ALL the windows, incuding climbing up into the pick up bed with 4" of snow in it(lovely).low visability and LHD don't mix. however once she,s up to temp and the seats have lost that frozen vynil stiffness I'm grinning like a maniac.
loving the cold weather tho, only time ill ever be able to get a full four wheel drift with a 50bhp derv in a 2500kilo pickup! ;D ;D
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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