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[clemo]

Just had a similar conversation with my Dad.

My only issue is the faffing that Ryanair are doing on purpose. My original cancelation went through 3 weeks ago for 8 seats and luggage.
My parents on the exact same flight got theirs through 2 weeks ago. Point being they are a week behind us.

Ryan air sent an email in error asking me to submit a new claim , then another the next day saying please do not reply to yesterdays email.
Knowing that this was an error then my parents should not have been sent the same email a week later. But have.

I totally understand the situation they are in , and if they were not a bunch of shisters then i think many would be more sympathetic.
But being 1 kg over and getting charged £10 hasn't helped their cause nor is making sure we don't sit together unless we pay extra. Along with all the other annoying things they do. If they came clean and said - look we are in a scrape here ( as you have suggested) next time you fly we will give you a free luggage allowance , sit together and a cup of tea we me might be up for it. The reality of it seems to be buying for time till they wriggle out of paying us back cash and getting the law changed. Honesty would go a long way . Something lacking from Ryan air. I did pay on amex . This may well be my next avenue to explore.

[clemo]

Jonathan and Mark talking about SORNing vehicles .
Just we to do my truck .

I pay my truck on a yearly . I assume they do from the anniversary date taken out not a the end / beginning of the month anymore . Can't even see it on my DD bank schedule to cancel it . hummm where is the cancel button.

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Found it via an email. Has less than 2 months . money taken on the 1st. so i have missed this month. I am not sure they give the final month as a refund . Heres hoping we may well be back to normal ish by 1st of May .... though i am not too confident nor am i in any rush.

[Giniw]

I hope you all guys are more or less fine and healthy (or completely fine for most hopefully)!
As for me I have been confined in my flat for more than 3 weeks already, I took the computers at the office and I work from home ... So far no symptoms and neither my relatives.
Take care of yourselves, there will be better days soon(-ish)!

[clemo]

Highlight of the week all .
Put the bins out . I made an extra conscious effort as to fit all the cardboard into the smallest easter egg box. This took some strategic folding.
I also managed to get all the paper into one envelope , i kid you not. I did however use an A3 envelope and opened the top and tail not the conventional envelope fold. All of the glass bottles standing up ,i wonder if the bin persons notice that our selection of white wine has improved from co-op to the around the world selection from the rather up market local Wine box shop. As for tins nothing to report really.
I hope your bin day is as exciting as mine.

[GeoffSmith]

Oh come on, cheer up. There's lots of things to look forward to like this apparently.

[clemo]

Oh come on, cheer up. There's lots of things to look forward to like this apparently.

I am more worried that you read the daily fail rather than finding out about some posh people spending more money on a wedding when we are all hard up.

[clemo]

Cars i have owned .

1st car = Mk1 cavalier learn't to drive in .

2nd car = Mk4 escort ( was 2 years old , got a car loan , was sensible )

3rd car = Xr2 was fun , insurance went through the roof in the 90's had to sell

Cars in between = TR7 drop V8 , Mk3 1600i Escort , Triumph spitfire , Went for a bit of fun Mk3 escort was reliable compared to the triumphs Cavalier SRI 130 , Cavalier CDI ,Cavalier Estates X3 , Transit van x 3 , Fiat Ducato x2 , Sierra x 2 , Nissan cabstar x4 got sensible and needed works vehicles

BMW 750 E38 , 535 , Mk1 Senator , 325 , Allegro , transit , Renault tragic, Renault E'space , range rover vogue, Mazda e220 cars / vans i have dumped around the world on my banger rallies .

Wooed the other half in = Mk2 Astra GTE the now Mrs Clement in this . It worked .

Favourite shed = Lada Niva cossack . Great car .

First Elan = Silver N/A . and plenty since

Favourite car = Astra GTE and current Elan.

Looking to buy = Lada estate .

[simonbuk]

Cars I have owned.

First car - Vauxhall Viva 1300 GLS - equipped the same as the Magnum just with a smaller engine. Had the seven dial dash, chrome trim, Rostyle wheels, black vinyl roof and bronze paint, and of course golden velour interior ! Far better equipped than all my friends MK1 escorts.

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Then had -

Turquoise MK1 Astra 1200E hatchback,
MK2 Cavalier 1.6 GL hatchback,
Cavalier SRi saloon in silver/anthracite,
Opel Manta GT/J 1.8 gold coupe, Vauxhall Carlton CDi auto in silver.

Droopsnoot Firenza.

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That was the Vauxhall fest over with - mostly.

Other cars included -

Davrian MK8 with a screaming Bevan Imp engine all 998 cc of it.

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Ginetta G27 with a Vauxhall redtop with twin 50's on it.

1998 TVR Chimaera 500 - starmist green with black leather.

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1992 Ginetta G33 with a JE Engineering 4.6 RV8 in it.

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1999 Vauxhall Omega 3.0 MV6.

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Vauxhall Astra 2.0 Turbo convertible.

2005 Vauxhall Monaro CV8 with a few upgrades.

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1999 Jaguar XJR in black with black leather with 20 inch alloys and Bembo brake upgrade.

About 3/4 Mazda MK1 MX5's , one which was an originally BBR version got converted to a track car.

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Mercedes C class 2.3 supercharged owned for about 3 months.

Current Lotus Elan and Ford Mondeo Estate TDCi.

Best car ? God knows...

Fastest accelerating/sh*t yer pants - Ginetta G33.
Biggest grin - Ginetta G33/Monaro.
Most surprising - Jag XJR.
Longest kept - Omega MV6.
Crashed - none of !!

[muley]

Cars I have owned

Triumph Herald 1200 saloon. Bought from a dealer. How was I to kniw there was a hole in the piston? Rebuilt engine and replaced clutch.

Triumph Herald 1200 convertible. Moved house with this. Wardrobe standing up on back seat.

Fist 600. Suicide doors. Great fun.

Austin Cambridge. Early Farina body. 1500 c.c. engine.

MG Midget Mark 2. 1098 c.c. later larger main bearings. Rebuilt this engine twice..

Ford Escort Mark 1 estate 1300 c.c.

Morris Minor 948 c.c. replaced clutch

Ford Escort Mexico. 1600 kermit green

Ford Fairmont (Canada) yawn .

Ford Escort Mark II. Piece of trash bought from a dealer. Tipped STP in sump and sold on promptly

Ford Escort Mark II. Company car in mostly brown.

Ford Escort Mark III. 1300 c.c. base model ~ the only car I have ever driven 'off the clock:

Mitsubishi Sigma

Aussie Spec 1100 c.c. mini (massive oil leaks, sold on sharpish)

UK Spec 1000 c.c. mini.

Holden Commodore VL(?) The one with the georgeous Nissan engine)

Mazda 626

Austin 7 Ruby. Had two of these to tinker with.

MGB roadster. White. It rusted.

Ford Scorpio

Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7 TD What was I thinking! Great for my sons to learn to drive in. Otherwise
a piece of cack

Ford Sierra 2.0. GLS. Great car.

VW Polo. 1043 c.c. 'breadvan' Loved it

VW Polo Bought new, Dealer was shite. My last ever VW.

TVR S 2.8. Not much fun in the wet.

Mazda 323. Cheap and a great drive
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Lotus M100 Elans. Red (2) Blue(2) Black(2) Green(1) Purple ~ still got it

Mazda MX-5. NC 2.0.

Mazda 2 ~ the puddle jumper

Honda Odyssey. Great people mover.

Honda Integra 2.0. VTEC S spec.

[dapinky]

In some sort of chronological order (of purchase, anyway - sometimes I had 4 or 5 at a time)

Mini 850 (didn't have a reg plate, so no idea of it's age - used for driving round farm tracks.... never on a road - probably late 60's version, with soup-stirer gearstick)

Morris Marina Super De-Luxe 1.3 coupe - 1971 car - took/passed my test on 17th birthday in it.

Ford Cortina Mk 3 - 1600XL........ kept for many years and modified a lot - flourescent orange..... wish I'd kept it.

ditto - 2000E

1970 Jensen Interceptor (index plate sold for more than the car - 53 COX)

Lotus Elan S4 SE (1968) - started as a hardtop, but roof removed by Miles Wilkins using proper panels

Lotus Europa Special (1973) JPS colour scheme, but not one of the limited edition ones..... wish I'd kept it, but mortgage rates shot up.....

Capri 3000GT (J plate - signal yellow... purchased for £100 from a kid who got disqualified)

Triumph Dolomite Sprint........ the first of a few... Carmine red 1974 overdrive

Ford Cortina Mk 4 - 2.0 Ghia

Dolly Sprint automatic (for the missus to learn to drive in) - M reg, Mimosa Yellow

Series 2 E-Type jag.... paid £300 for it!!!!!!! - a bit rusty, so needed a bit of work......

.... but once it was fixed up, it got swapped for an Aston Martin DBS (6-cyl version)....... and sold on.......

YES - I KNOW

Fiat 127 - white - what a shed! (fixed the rusty sills with crumpled newspaper and a rattle can of paint).

Mk 2 Escort 1600 Harrier

Re-purchased my first Dolly Sprint....used for a couple of years before being taken off the road for a rebuild.... still a work in progress (26 years so far, and counting!)

Another Dolly Sprint (Delpht Blue) - 1976

Lotus Elite 503 - silver - never really got on with it, so it didn't stay long.

Oh look - a Dolly Sprint - - but a bit special as it is an ex-works rally car.......

A Dolly 1850 - 1971 - purchased as it was tax exempt, and the rules changed, so Sprints would never be..... rebuilt with Sprint running gear, stripped out and turned into a race car after a few years of road use.......

Mazda 323 - the old RWD hatchback - looked like a Vauxhall Shove-It

Ford Fiesta 1100L (another one bough from a kid who got banned!)

Maestro Turbo - aution buy for £15 - with a full tank of fuel - too good to turn down on the day.

Cavalier CDi (Mk 2, 1.8 8v) - many happy years of daily driving in that one

Ford Mondeo - basic 1.8 repmobile - didn't like it, but ex-missus did, so i was stuck with it.

Rover Metro 1.4 (part of the divorce deal for the ex!)

Ford Orion 1.4, BMW 320 (the old 4 cylinder one), Vauxhall Astra mk 3 1.6 8v - all purchased as a job-lot at auction £60 all in!!!! - I wanted the brakes off the Orion for the race car (vented discs), the Astra had a new HG and became Angies Christmas present, BMW sold on and all costs covered.

Vauxhall Sintra 3.0CDX Auto (people carrier) - lovely drive, great for towing - drinks like a fish!

Lotus Elan SE (the red one!)

Vectra Estate 2.0

Vectra Estate 2.5 CDX (bargain car - 11 years of use and purchased for £1400.... only service items ever needed for it - over 100K miles driven)

Lotus Elan SE (the blue one)

Vauxhall Corsas, Astras and assorted 'commuter cars' including Pugs and other cheap things I can't remember with any enthusiasm.......

I know that there are more, but most were so insignificant that they are either not worth typing, or simply best forgotten!


This doesn't include those purchased/used abroad and abandoned.....

[nicowalker1]

Mini 1000, did a load of work to it, went away with school, came home to find my dad had sold it. Still fuming...
Fiat Punto mk1 1.2
Fiat Punto mk2 1.2
Nissan micra
Rover 400
Octavia mk1
Lotus M100 (still have it)
Various vans (worst was the fiat doblo)
Passat mk3?
Octavia mk2
Kia sportage (worst car ever!)
Tiguan
Superb mk2 (fantastic car)
BMW 320 GT (still have it)

[lotustonybassplayer]

vauxhall viva hb
mk3 cortina
bedford ca split windcsreen van ( band Transport )
daimler v8 250
jensen interceptor
yamaha 250 lc my only bike !
mk 1 cortina
mk3 cortina estate
matra bagheera S
lancia beta saloon
escort xr3
vauxhall astra gte
lotus eclat 2.2
bedford astra van
honda integra
mk 2 3.0 capri
westfield widebody rs turbo engine, car built by me
c4 corvette
pontiac fiero
renault clio bought new 2002 still got it
s2 elise
elan se
matra murena [ sold elise to buy it for a running project for my retirement !] I like plastic cars !

[Saltire]

All right then - in chronological order:

- Ford Prefect, 3-speed, vacuum operated wipers. Bought as a non-runner for 15 shillings, completely rebuilt and sold on for £150
- Morris Minor 1000 Traveller
- MG Midget Mk III
- Fiat 128 3P
- Fiat X1/9 1300
- Peugeot 205GTI 1.9
- Triumph TR5
- Fiat Coupe Turbo
- VW Golf GTI Mk 2 8 valve
- TVR Chimaera 4.5
- Subaru Impreza Turbo
- Another 205GTI 1.9
- Lotus Elise Series 2
- Jaguar XJR V8
- BMW M3 E46 SMG
- BMW Mini Cooper (Pauline’s)
- BMW 330d Touring
- Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2000
- BMW 135i coupe
- BMW X1 E84 4x4 (Pauline’s)
- Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder
- BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics
- Lotus Elan M100 S2
- Range Rover Evoque (Pauline’s)
- BMW X1 F48 4x4 (Pauline’s)
- BMW M140i
- Fiat Panda 100HP
- Volvo XC40 AWD
- VW Golf R

Think that’s all of them

Most memorable: the Porsche
Most capable: the 320d
Most disappointing: the M140i
Most fun: the 128 3P
Pleased to see the back of: the Evoque
Wish I still owned: The X1/9 and the Porsche

Still on the wish list:

- Lancia Fulvia coupe
- Lancia HPE Volumex
- VW Corrado VR6
- 2000s Lotus Europa

Finally, the lottery winners: D-type Jaguar and “Ferrari” Dino 246gt.

In my dreams

[david924s]

The ones I can remember in this fog of isolation from first to last:
1978 Mini 1000
1978 Mini 1275GT
1979 MG Midget
1983 Fiesta XR2 Mk1
1984 Peugeot 205GTI 1.6 (105bhp)
1985 Peugeot 205GTI 1.6 (115bhp)
1986 Fiesta XR2 (mk2 for one week worst car ever)
1986 Toyota MR2 (Mk1.5)
1987 Cavalier SRI hatchback
1983 Fantic 240 Professional (Trials bike still got it)
1989 Peugeot 205GTI 1.9
1991 Citroen Volcane (1.9 petrol same as 1.9 205gti)
1993 Citroen Xantia
1993 Toyota Carina (2.0l executive)
1999 Ford Focus Zetec
2000 Citroen Picasso
1996 Kawasaki ZX6R (F1)
2004 Citroen Picasso (Executive)
1985 Porsche 924S
1990 Porsche 944S2 Best car I have owned
2003 Skoda Fabia
2004 Toyota Celica (TSport)
2004 Audi TT (Mk1 upgraded 280bhp) Easiest HP and torque from a 1.8
2004 Mercedes Vito Campervan
2018 Elddis Accordo Motorhome
1990 Elan M100 (Jamie Ns old car)

Plus numerous cars my Wife has had and has.

[rip]

I seem to have had less cars than most, even though I have always owned at least 1 since before I passed my test at 17, even during my time at Uni.

(1990-96) 1982 Mk1 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 (Most fun car I have ever driven & that includes the Elan. A previous owner converted it to manual choke, which had to bet set just right & be adjusted gradually as it warmed up. Many people use to tell me 'just pull it out until the engine gets warm then push it all the way in', so I loved letting them have a go & watching their smug grin wipe off their face when the engine just died!
(1996-98) 1986 Mk2 Cavalier SRi 1.8 (Fun, but a bit less raw than the Astra. EFI made cold starting painless in comparison).
(1998-2003) 1990 Mk3 Cavalier 2.0 CDi (A lot more refined than the SRi with a wide ratio gearbox which made it quiet & economical on long journeys. My first car with PAS, which made me feel a little disconnected & is something I have never liked).
(2003-2010) P10 Nissan Primera SE 2.0 (Nice & reliable, but a little heavy & felt a little sterile)
(2007-) 1990 M100 Elan SE
(2010-2011) Vauxhall Calibra 2.0 16v (A bit like the SRi. It was a bit of a reaction to the sterile drive of the Primera. It had a recently rebuilt engine, but I later found out a piston ring was damaged during the rebuild & fixing it was way above the value of the car).
(2011-2018) 1996 Vauxhall Calibra 2.0 16v (The first was fun & they were cheap by this time so I bought another. I had it a while but I decided it was time for something more practical to partner the Elan & it was worth very little so I stopped any unnecessary maintenance until minor issues mounted up, then I changed it).
(2018-) 2008 Honda Civic 1.8 (Economical, comfortable & practical. It will do fine for now).

[muley]

...and still they come

Warning : Language may offend

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_n2dxsgEL_k

[clemo]

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 723&type=3

well worth a waste of 20 minutes. Read the comments too.

[dapinky]

Have you been leafing through Geoffs vinyl collection again????

[GeoffSmith]

[clemo]

Have you been leafing through Geoffs vinyl collection again????

have you seen his 8 track in the elan?