CodeRed Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said: My first car was indeed a Cortinal! It was for all of us, I had 4... MK1, MK2, MK3, MK5, none of them ever started in the wet! Dagenham Dustbins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, CodeRed said: It was for all of us, I had 4... MK1, MK2, MK3, MK5, none of them ever started in the wet! Dagenham Dustbins. I started with a Mk 3 2000E automatic and swapped it for a Mk 2 Series 1 1600E - wish I still had them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 my second car was a mk3 1.3xl with a 1600 engine, then a mk4 1.6gl and a mk5 1.6gl. spent 2 years on a drink drive ban and started again with a 1.6gl estate and 1.6gl saloon, then when i got into banger racing,i lost count of the ones i had on the road but my favourite was a 2.3ghia auto,rotten as a pear but it was so cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 37 minutes ago, redsquirrel said: my second car was a mk3 1.3xl with a 1600 engine, then a mk4 1.6gl and a mk5 1.6gl. spent 2 years on a drink drive ban and started again with a 1.6gl estate and 1.6gl saloon, then when i got into banger racing,i lost count of the ones i had on the road but my favourite was a 2.3ghia auto,rotten as a pear but it was so cool My mum had a bright green mk2 (I think), and once pulled up to the traffic lights by the fighting cocks (the carehome in Hengrove/Whitchurch now), alongside a brand new transit full of builders. They started giving it "the big one" and started revving the ass off this van. Lights went green and my mum put her foot down - knobheads in the van didn't know what to do with themselves, as they got smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror!! Not 100% sure what the engine was in it, but all I do know is that every morning when she started the engine, it would set off the car alarm on the sports car that was in the garage next door What I do know is that my dad spent many weekends tightening up various bolts in and around the car, including the gear box!! Edited March 28, 2022 by Taz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Miah Dennehy said: I started with a Mk 3 2000E automatic and swapped it for a Mk 2 Series 1 1600E - wish I still had them! I had a Mk3 GXL with leather bucket seats. A cracking pussy puller in the day only ruined when rust started to eat away the wings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Taz said: My mum had a bright green mk2 (I think), and once pulled up to the traffic lights by the fighting cocks (the carehome in Hengrove/Whitchurch now), alongside a brand new transit full of builders. They started giving it "the big one" and started revving the ass off this van. Lights went green and my mum put her foot down - knobheads in the van didn't know what to do with themselves, as they got smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror!! Not 100% sure what the engine was in it, but all I do know is that every morning when she started the engine, it would set off the car alarm on the sports car that was in the garage next door What I do know is that my dad spent many weekends tightening up various bolts in and around the car, including the gear box!! Back in the 1980s, a neighbour of mine who worked for Vauxhall in Luton used to drive a basic Astra, I stress ‘basic’, as it was not the GTE model, which was a lovely specimen. Just like your father, he would often be working on his car during weekends, and he took me out for a drink one Sunday morning to a local country pub. When we were driving back, we had a similar incident when a Mercedes cabriolet pulled up alongside and the young driver and his passengers started taking the proverbial out of what, to be fair, appeared a very basic car in comparison, and of course, the revving of the engine waiting for the lights to change. Their faces were a picture when they caught up with us at the next lights, and my neighbour told me later that he frequently got spare parts ‘cheaply’ from the factory, hence his weekend car maintenance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 i got burned off by a milk float in daventry whilst on a ford course in the 80s.didnt feel so bad when i found out it was customised with a rover v8 and the milk churns on the back were the petrol tanks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Port Said Red Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 The first car I bought for myself was a Toyota Celica, I wss working in a garage as a paint sprayer at the time and one of the mechanics had tuned it to within an inch of its life and put some superduper gear box in it. He basically gave it to me to do the bodywork which I never really got around to doing, so the sight of this old rust bucket disappearing of into the distance must have been a bit galling for some. I know this will upset some of the petrol heads, but I get an even better effect from my Corsa e. Apart from a couple of very small 'e' symbols on the back and sides, there is nothing obvious to show it is electric, it doesn't even have the special green number plate, so I have surprised a few boy racers. The torque is just amazing, my brother in law likened it to a plane starting it's take off when I put it in sport mode. I love how it does it all so effortlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 10 hours ago, Shaun Taylor said: I had a Mk3 GXL with leather bucket seats. A cracking pussy puller in the day only ruined when rust started to eat away the wings! A pussy puller? This thread is fast becoming an episode of the Inbetweeners! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 44 minutes ago, myol'man said: A pussy puller? This thread is fast becoming an episode of the Inbetweeners! 'MK3 manual manipulator'. Just now, supercidered said: 'MK3 manual manipulator'. FFS !! MK3 ****** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercidered Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 Just now, supercidered said: 'MK3 manual manipulator'. FFS !! MK3 ****** MK3 W@nk3R Just now, supercidered said: MK3 W@nk3R I give up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted March 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 3 hours ago, supercidered said: MK3 W@nk3R I give up! Good idea....you'll go blind if you don't! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 18 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said: I started with a Mk 3 2000E automatic and swapped it for a Mk 2 Series 1 1600E - wish I still had them! @Miah Dennehy Was this the one? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atyeo's lift Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 18 hours ago, redsquirrel said: i got burned off by a milk float in daventry whilst on a ford course in the 80s.didnt feel so bad when i found out it was customised with a rover v8 and the milk churns on the back were the petrol tanks I got overtaken by a hearse on Crete once 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Atyeo's lift said: I got overtaken by a hearse on Crete once A very religious island, where it is important to get to the cemetery quickly. Just like in Ireland. From 3.30 minutes in. Edited March 29, 2022 by PHILINFRANCE 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 I got done by an ice cream van on the M5 once. To be fair to me, it was nightime and I thought it was an ambulance coming and not a Mr Whippy. He must have been doing 90 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 Just now, marmite said: I got done by an ice cream van on the M5 once. To be fair to me, it was nightime and I thought it was an ambulance coming and not a Mr Whippy. He must have been doing 90 though. Dangerous that. If he crashed it could result in the loss of hundreds and thousands… 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 Mansfield 2 up Salford 1 up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, Super said: Mansfield 2 up Salford 1 up. Mansfield 2-1 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Mansfield 2-1 now 2-2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 20 minutes ago, Super said: Mansfield 2 up Salford 1 up. oh dear how sad never mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genghis Khan's pants Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 35 minutes ago, marmite said: I got done by an ice cream van on the M5 once. To be fair to me, it was nightime and I thought it was an ambulance coming and not a Mr Whippy. He must have been doing 90 though. Surely 99 at least!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert tann Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 The geopolitical crisis is hitting hard in Horfield. Sanctions have forced the suspension of our roulette operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ever-red Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Genghis Khan's pants said: Surely 99 at least!! Hope he didn't hit any traffic cones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 I saw a ice cream man get surrounded by armed police once. He had was armed with a magnum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 5 hours ago, bert tann said: The geopolitical crisis is hitting hard in Horfield. Sanctions have forced the suspension of our roulette operation. Cryptic as always Bert, have they been running an illegal casino? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Cryptic as always Bert, have they been running an illegal casino? No, just an illegal circus. They tried roulette but all ended up as skint as the original supporters club shop after that woman kept sticking her hand in the till. The problem with the roulette was that they point blank refused to stick any chips on 'Red', so it was black or green only and the banker cleared up! Oh, and then there's the illegal Santa's Grotto conducted in a condemned Portaloo. So many gifts! Edited March 30, 2022 by Gert Mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, Gert Mare said: No, just an illegal circus. They tried roulette but all ended up as skint as the original supporters club shop after that woman kept sticking her hand in the till. Wasn't the original supportes club shop up Two Mile Hill next door to Cathy Barrys "studio" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, myol'man said: Wasn't the original supportes club shop up Two Mile Hill next door to Cathy Barrys "studio" ? That's the one. It was called Rovers Port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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