treehugger wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:21 am Thought you had seat covers?

Nope. The MG had squirt resistant leather trim but my current Kia has cloth.

mercrocker wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:12 am As much fun as she sounds I would imagine it to get pretty wearisome after a few days. "Are you fucking do it again? Now?"

I must admit that was the first thought I had.

I'll admit that I've done worse though.

mercrocker wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:04 am You didn't here her shout "Coming!!" the first time you called, then?

The last thing I want is a Norris McWhirter on my back seat!

One of those days. I get sent a job to collect a punter from 17E R*** Lane to take them to the ferry terminal about a mile and a half away. I turn up as instructed and hit the callback to let them know I'm here. A few minutes pass and there's no sign of my passenger which would normally mean that I'...

mercrocker wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 8:51 pm Not van, Combi!

My first ever bailiff van although mine was a 1.8D.

Has anyone else ever had to endure a long motorway journey in a Mk 1/2/3 Luton bodied Transit? Top speed anywhere between 42 and 54 mph.

Here's the view of Death Row Weighbridge from the drivers seat of the doomed Transit.

If you think that Ford vans are unreliable the Fiat Doblo in front was just one of three of the same age from the same company getting weighed in as all three had shat their engines.

In other news, today was the day we bridged our Stars In Their Eyes Transit Supervan. We bought this 56 plate SWB FWD Transit last September with not tax or test for not many £s because it needed work, namely a fuckload of welding. Looking almost tidy from ten yards in its metallic blue paint it was...

One can almost imagine the officer's sheer joy if I had signed up for this and they had to send in the SAS in to rescue Private Ringo after he got lost and rode into enemy territory. Daily pink helmet and No 21 for Ringo... RINGO!!! YOU ARE IN BOTSWANA WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN BOSNIA!!!!!!