I've been Toyota shopping.
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WARNING!
Buying Japanese jalopies of indeterminate age is addictive. I hear Britney Spears in my head singing "F***! I did it again.."
Yes, not content with having a sort of Escort-sized Japanese daily drive to play with, I recently took pity on a cute, smaller - by the Ford scale a sort of KA-size - one with a novel two speed auto transmission, a 3 cylinder engine and what else? Oh yes, it's pink, but a deep, butch metallic pink.
The conversation with the car's owner went something like this:
Me - "So, Ros, does your old ****** **** still work? I might be able to give that a home if you're wanting the kitchen space back for kitchen-related stuff again"
Roisin - "Still works but the battery is as flat as the tyres which, by the way, aren't flat but have atmospheric pressure only. Bring a pump, it's only rim leaks and it's been on stands these past three years so there are no flat spots. How does thirty bar sound? I could get the scrapman to come out for it but they'd charge more than that to take it away.."
Me - "Hold your hand out then, here's some cash."
Must brush up on the bartering skills, I could have had that gratis!
What is it? I'll reveal all soon, I've found a man with a Sprinter van who'll deliver the car to me in the back of that in exchange for some telly work that I'd normally take about £50 to do. Yes, it really is narrow enough to drive directly up the ramps and into the back of a standard width van.
Buying Japanese jalopies of indeterminate age is addictive. I hear Britney Spears in my head singing "F***! I did it again.."
Yes, not content with having a sort of Escort-sized Japanese daily drive to play with, I recently took pity on a cute, smaller - by the Ford scale a sort of KA-size - one with a novel two speed auto transmission, a 3 cylinder engine and what else? Oh yes, it's pink, but a deep, butch metallic pink.
The conversation with the car's owner went something like this:
Me - "So, Ros, does your old ****** **** still work? I might be able to give that a home if you're wanting the kitchen space back for kitchen-related stuff again"
Roisin - "Still works but the battery is as flat as the tyres which, by the way, aren't flat but have atmospheric pressure only. Bring a pump, it's only rim leaks and it's been on stands these past three years so there are no flat spots. How does thirty bar sound? I could get the scrapman to come out for it but they'd charge more than that to take it away.."
Me - "Hold your hand out then, here's some cash."
Must brush up on the bartering skills, I could have had that gratis!
What is it? I'll reveal all soon, I've found a man with a Sprinter van who'll deliver the car to me in the back of that in exchange for some telly work that I'd normally take about £50 to do. Yes, it really is narrow enough to drive directly up the ramps and into the back of a standard width van.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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I've done that with a mini and a transit. Small cars can be fun!
btw, a pink kei car is nowhere as embarrassing as a bedazzled 3 wheeler
btw, a pink kei car is nowhere as embarrassing as a bedazzled 3 wheeler
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Right........JPB wrote: a deep, butch metallic pink.
P45.
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J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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mmmm pink.....
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Deep, butch pink if you don't mind! I'll take some photies of the thing soon.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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OMG if your cars ever end up in the same place there could be an explosion. radioactive orange and Barbie "macho" pink, I don't think the space time continuum could take it.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Loving your long blonde wig John, you may need to buy some new reg plates as I don't think the font on those ones is legal
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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