Ticked one off the bucket list today. Was in morrisons, came out to the car, and 2 spaces along was a nearly brand new db11. Took a picture, just as I did, the car unlocked.

Turned out the owner was a lovely guy, encouraged me to take closer pictures, sit in it, start it up and rev the nuts off it.

Fuck me, that's a nice car! Best go stick the euromillions on for tonight.....

GooberTheHat wrote:

Nice!

Does anyone know if you can claim compensation from the council for a puncture caused by a pothole?

You can but only in circumstances where the council have been aware of the pothole for something like 8 weeks and it hasn’t been filled in that time. You can find that out by ringing up your council, mentioning where the pothole was and finding out if it’s already been reported. Think that’s the standard protocol but I’m not sure how easily you could prove that a specific pothole caused your puncture without a dashcam or something like. Hope that helps.

Images of Webbs driving round Bradford screaming PHYSICS!! after each speed bump and pot hole

Lol I did suspect some dodgy physics were at play, turns out it was my springs.

Is that the MR2?

mid-engine probably makes it more labour intensive.

Half-hour drive last night in the pitch dark and pissing rain, to drop the car off at the garage for its new clutch.

I wasn’t sure it would actually make it all the way, and my fears were well founded. I got lucky though. The clutch shat it literally at the top of the street where the garage is. I turned off the last roundabout and the clutch rubber disintegrated, the revs shot up and the wheels stopped turning. I switched the engine off and rolled the car down the hill, into the garage’s car park, and perfectly into a parking space.

poprock wrote:

Just had a call from the mechanics. They used the phrase ‘spectacular damage’. All repaired now though, and apparently the car is damn near concours condition. The fact that they’ve turned it around in one day means it’s less hours of labour than quoted, so it should be cheaper too.

Don't think that didn't get in 20 self employed mechanics to get that labour cost back up to the expected amount

Glad they've fixed it up though, I know that car has a special place, mjust;ve been a bit scary when the clutch went and you might easily have creamed it into a wall

so by 2035 we'll have an infrastructure capable of supporting fully electric or hydrogen powered cars as the Tories announce a ban on all petrol/diesel and hybrid cars.

As mentioned earlier, this weekend I had my first loud noise while driving. Went over a section change on the motorway, not much to it, and something went in my rear driver side wheel. Lots of rattling. Naturally, I'm bricking it, not having a clue what was going on..


Just got a message from the garage dude. It was my "shock absorber top mount" that had broke. £85 and I'm free. Thank fuck it's only that? Aye ill take it.

That sounds bonkers.. so there just not going to operate in the Auz market at all?

Harsh news for Aussie petrolheads. I guess Ford finally beat them for good.

The last Holden factory shut down in 2017 – there is literally no carmaking industry in Aus/NZ any more.

GM are focusing on America, with secondary markets in South America, the Middle East and South Korea. Everywhere else they now consider ‘niche’ – including Europe – and they will only offer their top-end vehicles there as imports. So no more shitty Chevys on sale in the UK, at least (but you’ll probably still be able to buy the big daft Camaros).

Funny you should mention Chinese brands. As part of GM’s withdrawal from Thailand as well, they’ve sold their Thai factory to Great Wall.

I_R wrote:

Same as here isn't it.

no cos essentially gm is vauxhall  no?

Vauxhall are now PSA innit

Daewoo were always making cars built on gm platforms do they sell in Aus? Weiner's if that was how the subdivision Mather might still get the same cars