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Post by Humph on Aug 4, 2020 15:00:56 GMT
Nah, just a dodgy colour in general for cars. Thought everyone knew?
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Post by Avant on Aug 4, 2020 17:08:37 GMT
But a very good colour for oars in boat races.
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Post by WDB on Aug 5, 2020 6:45:40 GMT
Nah, just a dodgy colour in general for cars. Thought everyone knew? I like light blue cars. Without sunroofs. 😛 I nearly bought a (very) light blue CLS but couldn’t agree a price, so I have my boring grey one instead. I seem to be coping. |
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Post by Humph on Aug 5, 2020 7:43:11 GMT
A light blue CLS would have been, quite literally, beyond the pale. A bit like those striped shirts with plain white collars and cuffs. You just know, beyond any shadow of doubt, when you meet a man who is wearing one of those, that he is not a decent chap. Quite possibly affects a toupee too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 9:17:46 GMT
I agree on the shirts, but I think this light blue car thing is a personal fetish of yours Humph, you're on your own.
This morning I dropped the Civic off for an MOT, and walked the 3 miles back home. First time I'd been outside for a significant amount time for a while, and first time I've been through the town since I-don't-know-when. Saw a chap in a light grey, light check suit, with tan shoes, stubble and a slicked back hair do. Now there's a look that gives me the heebie jeebies.
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Post by Humph on Aug 5, 2020 10:19:33 GMT
Could have put your bike in the boot?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 10:40:30 GMT
Could have but fancied the walk through town. Might well ride down to collect it later. Coming home it's uphill. Do I not like that.
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Post by Humph on Aug 5, 2020 11:22:26 GMT
Thought you'd be like a coiled spring after all that r&r in France. Hundreds of laps of the pool each day and so on I suppose?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 11:48:04 GMT
I'm getting recurrences of that back problem I had a while back, not so much coiled spring as bent goalpost. Your stretching advice is being a lifesaver, I wouldn't be able to move without it. So a bit reticent about cycling, but I'll give it a go today. Loved the pool on hols, spent a lot of time lolling about in it.
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Post by Humph on Aug 5, 2020 12:18:40 GMT
Bad back? Yeah, I used to get that with, well, you know, "budget" cars too...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 12:30:12 GMT
I can't blame the car seats, I'm hardly ever in them. 3k miles in the Civic since November, 1500 of that on the holiday just now. No twinges or discomfort on the long journey for any of us. But the Leaf's seats are better, they're a bit roomier, although the Leaf is a wider, higher car I think. that's how it looks on the driveway next to the Civic, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 14:08:10 GMT
So I have found out the Civic passed its MOT before being contacted by the garage to tell me.  |
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Post by Humph on Aug 5, 2020 14:17:39 GMT
Better get a Ditchfinder ordered though by the looks....or do those advisories relate to last year?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 14:40:01 GMT
Those is last year's advisories which were sorted before I bought it. The dealer healthcheck found a split rubber on the rear wiper, and they kindly offered to fit a new one - but I have some leftover refill rubber from when I repaired the SAAB's rear wiper so I'll use that rather than paying dealer prices for a wiper blade.
I think I'll walk the dog down to the garage rather than ride the bike. Two birds, one stone.
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Post by WDB on Aug 5, 2020 16:12:01 GMT
Cheeseparing already? You’ve just enjoyed your first road trip in a reliable car and you’re trying to turn it into another crumbling, lopsided old heap. 😈
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