That mpg wasn't under my right foot. I hadn't reset the trip computer until I left it with Major Tom. (Because the legend had worn off the end of the indicator stalk and hadn't Googled how it worked )

MPG report in on the Jaaag: 27.6mpg (the computer must have been lying to Major Tom.)

I've got a load of updates I can't be arsed writing up at the minute, so I'll try and do this bit by bit, in no particular order. The other day I looked at my two drill tins (both 1mm - 10mm in 0.5mm steps) which have cobalt steel bits in. A lot of the smaller sizes had broke, so I had loads of empt...

SiC wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 9:52 pm So far the mileage since coming out the garage has rolled over 70 miles.

........................................................... fucking hell!

captain_70s wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 12:27 pm ...which isn't exactly great for gripping during spirited driving,

...which is even bigger, narrower and slippier.

dean36014 wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 2:40 pm I present the giffer parking aid.

My granddad used to always reverse into his garage and had a wooly pom pom instead of a tennis ball on a string that was positioned to contact the rear window.

I think he saved his tennis ball for a tow ball cover.

cros wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:16 pm I'd prefer to apply the occasional squirt to a pair of nipples myself

So do I

Amazing what the threat of borrowing a French car can do...

AlabamaShrimp wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 1:46 pm 'scrap'

Whenever someone says that (or makes a pile of shit reference to vehicles) I automatically think "quality used spares"

I quite fancy a '40 and even thought of having an unthinkable clear out to enable it.