United States of GRIZZ - Just how random do you want it?

[Eddie Honda]

Bet you never knew that.

IPT? Yeah, I knew that, but I do like to have a good read on the bog of the Budget pdf from the Treasury when it drops.

An old UK budget 2017 report of mine https://autoshite.com/topic/30553-the-n ... nt=1183463


As the beancounter says, not revising upwards the cut-off amounts is the stealthiest cunt's trick going.

[BenHar]

Part of the reason the water prices etc. go up is that they have to pay their foreign shareholders (and bean counters).

EFA

Ben

[LynehamHerc]

Part of the reason the water prices etc. go up is that they have to pay their foreign shareholders (and bean counters).

EFA

Ben

Believe it or not Ben I didn't work for free, I'm not a Southern Trustafarian with a private income like you.

[FatherJack]

When I got divorced I had a choice, we sell and start over with whatever came out the pot.
Or…..
Pay her out the difference between what we started and market growth, that was 68k her way plus what she had put in and start again…. So I started with £240k again.

I missed this bit first time around, we have more in common than I realised.

After a period of pointless messing about, My wife moved in with her work colleague to a two bed flat she bought just half a mile away, this was a massive relief, much like lancing a boil and squirting it up the bathroom mirror.
Messy but very necessary.

I was also "selected" for redundancy at the same time so I chose the only sensible option, buy a Barbie Pink Chevrolet G20 5.0 V8 and do a Charity rally.
For added fun I broke my collar bone on a Mini-Moto, a wheelie in the dark in a pub car park did not end well.
The gem of wisdom from this being, if your collarbone is broke, do NOT try the pull-start!
It hurts quite a bit and makes a funny noise inside you.
Driving home the next day was interesting.

I met my new wife on the rally, bought a 60,000 mile Ford Aerostar and did it all again a year later (minus the broken bones nonsense)
A purple Chevy Astro was bought to have a third run at the rally but that didnt happen due to the first of several family additions.

This left the thorny issue of keeping my house and paying off the Ex
The division of assets absorbed all the redundancy money I hadn't drunk on the rallies and a 50k mortgate extension.
The mortgage extension finished this month.

The end result, My Ex is now a 60 something, currently single because her work squeeze decided she was a bit mental.
My wife is a 40 something and I will be mortgage free in nine years.

My summary : Hang in there, the shit storms will eventually stop and you will wake up with a massive hangover in a hammock in Senegal.

[Grizz]

Been offered a 1994 Camaro 3.4 V6 auto from a deceased estate.


Any experience with them or similar time Firebirds?

No rust evident but not been under it. Sills look good.


It has done 94k miles.


Not been inside, started or driven it.


Tyres or tires are dead too.


[MEDIA=youtube]9biukU4oPo0[/MEDIA]




Thank you for your comments and opinions.


Lets see if this shapes up.

[Grizz]

[paulplom]

Have you bought it yet?

[59Impala]

That Camaro looks to be very nice, you know you need to own it. I think the V6 is a pretty good engine which you probably know, is your Astro also a V6? Camaro looks straight, clean and rot free, check the MOT history, if it's good away you go. Mind you I am biased bearing in mind I own an old Chevy and have a fair few of them over the years.

[Grizz]

I looked through the MOT history.

Very tidy with silly fails and advisories.

I bought the 79 Blazer from the same guy.

Known on RR’s as “NOT A PROJECT” it took £1700.00 in new parts, a load of welding including making up new outriggers.

I had paid £2800.00 for it and sold it effectively for £6000.00 after which it was repainted in “Stranger Things “ sheriff colours with lights etc and then sold iirc for £8000.00 to the guy who originally wanted it from me for £5600.00 (I had sold a spare set of original interior seats and alloys to a buddy for £400.00 that he offered)

It has also featured on “Sandman” with Stephen Fry on Netflix.

I think it is worth £3000.00 as it stands right now.

If you think that just to import it would be £2000.00 today. So a £1000.00 car if you do “man maths”

The Astro van is a 4.3 V6 and derived from the 5.7 V8

This motor is from the 2.8 V6 found in Gen 1 S10 trucks and some other vehicles.


I just like the idea of essentially flipping it.

[Grizz]

Well.

I walked away from the £2k Canaro.

Simply, too many cars on the driveway.