Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Actually there is, now you mention it - I'll email the B&B. Cheers!

Will it buff out?

Good news. Fingers crossed you nail the cunt.

Will it buff out?

Dent repair guy+paintshop and it'll be sorted, just annoying.

In other news, excellent work from Mr Rally Polo, many thanks:

I think I've seen Jeff linked here a couple of times.

Looks like he's selling up previous projects to finish an Alfa 105. Oh, and then apparently having a bash at fitting a Ferrari 360 engine in it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBVSBxohaGQ&t=1s

Why would you do that to a 105? Might as well find the rustiest 105 you can, then space frame as all the running gear would need upgrading and the shell reinforcing so it isn't flexible when driving.

Remember that there was a a guy fitting a ferrari V8 to something and using bits from a thema 8.32.

It does seem a rather expensive way of getting power...

Bragging rights down the pub.............

for the fuck of it.

see: dammit

Insurance renewal time for my Jeep.

Admiral has gone up slightly from £506 to £539, so some shopping around gets me a quote of £407. I phone Admiral to tell them so they want to run through my details, which leads to confirming my job title:

"You're a Company Director, aren't you sir?"
"No, I'm a CEO"
"That's not on my drop-down list"
"Try Chief Executive"
"No, nor is that"
"How does Admiral's CEO arrange his car insurance then?"
"I've no idea. What's closest to CEO?"
"Managing Director."
"That's not on the list either. Shall we leave it at Company Director?"
"That's not the same though, is it?"
"Isn't it? How about Worker?"
"I'm not a Worker, I'm a CEO."
"OK, let's stick with Company Director."
"Will having the wrong job title affect a claim if I need to make one?"
"I don't know"
"Could you find out for me?"
5 minutes on hold...
"No it won't"
"Could you confirm that for me in writing?"
"Err, OK. Let me check what the system tells me. Ooh, look, by applying a loyalty discount, we can match the other quote you've been given."
"Why didn't you offer the loyalty discount when you issued the renewal quote?"
"We don't do that sir."

By which point I had lost the will to live...

for the fuck of it.

see: dammit

pm'd!

We're at the foot of La Planche des Belles Filles and saw this nice thing on the way to the boulangeri

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beauty. and massive fun to drive. my big brother used to have an Alfa Sud, albeit older version than that

oh and enjoy the racing. taking afternoon to watch it in the pub. could and should be epic

Off to view an auction on Friday for classics.

Going off the supplied photos on the website both cars i like look allright.
However..... after running the plate numbers into the Gov.uk MOT history checker i get a wild story of one car (Healy) being a drive away job. The other car will need trailering away, new tyres, new king pins, brake work, probs lots of welding etc etc so i can rule that one out.
Going to view anyway, might watch the sale and see what they go for as the auction house are not putting guide prices out so far :(
In other words, it appears to be a minefield of getting a lemon or good one.

I always had a soft spot for the baby Alfa's, saw this minter recently that had me pining.

Saw this super stylish Fiat 130 recently. 3.2l proper 4 seat grand tourer.


The glowing orange velour interior is amazing, so cool its like the set of Barbarella. Best seen on this clip here from 12 mins on this review by a monotone German fan. The car also has a kerb crawling feature of hand operated lever by the driver that opens the passenger door.

Also LOL'd at 16 mins at his German incredulity at how a half arsed Italian engineer thought it was a good idea to have a noisy alarm bell ring anytime you turned the ignition when the handbrake was on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSbPCCjYKDc&list=PL-Surk1xjT8sNE53qPcfuZcJggKzSpU73
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This, everyone should own an alfa sud as they are amazing handling cars.

Or a alfa 33.

130 is a rare beast.

Ok in car unappreciation with a happy ending news this happened in the middle of nowhere today, a faint 'pop' followed by a 'pshhhhfwyyeeuiw'.

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No hose clamp. But found a plastic band in the ditch.

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Which got us 10 miles down the road to a petrol station that sold jubilee clips.

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Quality plastic band.

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Now for the big question: what was the thing that blew apart? I feel my man pride story won't be very good unless I can name the hose in question.