Buying a car

JerkMoans

digitalscream said:

thumpingrug said:

Are you not taking Mrs Emp?  she could do a live commentary as you come back up the A30, or she could critique pasties.

No need - just set his phone to livestream it on Facebook (or whatever). If he's anything like me, that journey will basically be a slow descent into buyer's-remorse-induced insanity.

Can we get a couple of drones up to film this odyssey?

TimmyO

How responsive ARE the Cornish constabulary to reports of easily identified "stolen" vehicles travelling a predictable route :-) 

boogieman

Planning to sort out a few sets of temporary lights along the way Emp? 

Sesh

TimmyO said:

How responsive ARE the Cornish constabulary to reports of easily identified "stolen" vehicles travelling a predictable route :-) 

I imagine a good response when they have been informed that the driver has a kilo of coke hidden up his arse.

JerkMoans

Sesh said:

TimmyO said:

How responsive ARE the Cornish constabulary to reports of easily identified "stolen" vehicles travelling a predictable route :-) 

I imagine a good response when they have been informed that the driver has a kilo of coke hidden up his arse.

...or under his Syrup...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/man-held-in-spain-over-attempt-to-smuggle-cocaine-under-his-wig

CHRISB50

Can we have a naming thread?

We could have a whip round and shout you a windscreen sticker with the winning name.

Every lime green car needs a windscreen sticker.

My suggestion... Slimer

thumpingrug

CHRISB50 said:

Can we have a naming thread?

We could have a whip round and shout you a windscreen sticker with the winning name.

Every lime green car needs a windscreen sticker.

My suggestion... Slimer

Snot.

RaymondLin

Bogey.

JerkMoans

'My other car is a Porsche'

Strat_a_tat_tat

JerkMoans said:

'My other car is a Porsche'

... 'My other car is currenlty being researched - I'll get back to you with a decision in 6 months' time.'

digitalscream

CHRISB50 said:

Can we have a naming thread?

We could have a whip round and shout you a windscreen sticker with the winning name.

Every lime green car needs a windscreen sticker.

My suggestion... Slimer

"Boris"

BigBearKris

''Mid life crisis driving...
...don't tailgate or beep OR I WILL start a thread!''

TTony

Windscreen sticker options:



"For Sale"


"It was an impulse buy"


"It was this or a Mercedes soft top or a Hyundai i10 or a Toyota Avensis Diesel Estate or a motorbike or ...."


"On a test drive"


"It's really not as bad as it looks"


"This was all they had left"

Kilgore

"It's either this or the bus"

hywelg

TTony said:

Windscreen sticker options:



"For Sale"


"It was an impulse buy"


"It was this or a Mercedes soft top or a Hyundai i10 or a Toyota Avensis Diesel Estate or a motorbike or ...."


"On a test drive"


"It's really not as bad as it looks"


"This was all they had left"

You forgot 

"My other car is a Reliant Robin"

Revolting1

hywelg said:

You forgot 

"My other car is a Reliant Robin"

      Somebody suggested a Reliant robin with two Olympus engines in another thread,

     

   Not wishing to be a killjoy but for fuel effiency I recon 1 well  set up olympus engine may provide at least adequate 

        perfomance.    

    Worth considering if the Velocipede dosent work out well.     

thumpingrug

Are we nearly there yet?

DiscoStu

What if Emp's train is cancelled? Melted tracks, failed electrics, wrong colour of leaves on the line?

Emp_Fab

Well, I'm fucked if that happens!  I've got one day off to do this and I've just picked up all the train tickets (7 of them!).  Any cancellations or major delays on any of the trains and my cunning plan goes to shit.

octatonic

Emp_Fab said:

Well, I'm fucked if that happens!  I've got one day off to do this and I've just picked up all the train tickets (7 of them!).  Any cancellations or major delays on any of the trains and my cunning plan goes to shit.

Why don't you just have a mate drive you down?