Now I know some German autobahns have been designed to be usable as impromptu runways for F15s

BAC once landed a Jaguar on the M55 back in the 1970’s:

Shortly before the M55 was due for completion, arrangements were made in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence, and the British Aircraft Corporation, for a Jaguar G R Mark 1(XX109) aircraft, from the Warton (Lancashire) Aerodrome, to land on the afternoon of Saturday, 26 April, 1975, on the road base of a section of carriageway near Weeton. After fitting four of the RAF’s latest cluster bombs on the plane, it then took off from the motorway. The purpose was to demonstrate the Jaguar’s ability to land and take off in short distances.

I gave the driver a short blast of full beam

Always makes me laugh when I see drivers doing this. Do they think that their headlights are actually Star Trek style phasers & that the car in front will vanish into a cloud of dust?

Don’t think you’d get very far, with a tail height of 41ft & a wingspan of 112ft, wouldn’t bridges be a problem?

Yes, the Bipper (Nemo if it’s a Citroen) is smaller than the Partner/Berlingo. It uses the Vauxhall 1.3cdti engine believe it or not, whether that’s a good thing or not I don’t know.

Gravity Dropper.

Bought mine in May 2007 & It’s still working perfectly.

How did he do the scene where he puts his goggles on in front on the mirror, without the gopro being shown in the mirror?

The camera doesn’t have to be a gopro though. I reckon it’ll be a small bullet cam under his hat.

Turner.

When you go, you may have just missed the Swedish ladies basketball team that were there the previous week. 8)

7/7 – the alleged perpetrators were more likely just patsies btw.

Oh FFS. Are you jivehoneybunny in disguise ?

A couple near me have BU51MUM and BU51DAD

I’ve seen BU51 COW on an Audi, being driven by a woman in a hurry.

His Golf has the reg LO57 LEG

Err, no. That reg belongs to a Ducati Diavel.

B1KER on a baby blue Rolls Royce convertible.

Audi Q7…

The farmhouse in Last Tango In Halifax, that is supposed to be in Ripponden, is actually in Norden nr Rochdale.

Strava’s just a toy, not to be taken seriously.

😯

Bloody hell! Disgusting excuse for a professional driver.

As for this quote by the poster of the video:

the Iceland lorry tried to push me off the road

Err, no he didn’t.

Wonder what happend to the cars they left behind?

They were moved into storage in an Argentine customs building.

The photo of the landing on BBC news websites seems to show the starboard inner engine shut down.

Watching the 1st video, all four engines are running on landing.

hora – Member
I don’t know much about cars

Quoted from a thread a couple of weeks ago… 😀

Always fumble with & drop the keys when trying to start the car/unlock a door.

we have found a 2010 volvo v70 2.0 diesel d3 model with 77k on the clock with fdsh.

up at 10490

He has just offered me 9k fir my s max against the vovlo which isn’t enough.

If I can get a cost to change of 1500-1600 then I would be happy.

10490-9000= 1490.

💡

When people write ‘of’ instead of ‘have’. 👿

Sounds similar to the Haldex system fitted to some VAG cars.

Watched it earlier & enjoyed that!

Had to laugh at the test with the ‘homemade’ rocket fuel, 3,2,1,FIRE!!
Nothing happening, then small puff of smoke. I thought fail! then…. 😯

He has just offered me 9k fir my s max against the vovlo which isn’t enough.

I was offered 9.5k against a similarly priced mondeo at another garage.

Err, reading your Mondeo thread, that car was up for £10995, £505 more than this V70. So the Volvo will work out £5 cheaper! 🙂

What’s wrong with doing power slides then? Get a bloody life, o.p. FFS.

🙄

Owning a 29er.

Onzadog – Member

Hey, bike industry, are you listening? I like expensive bikes and I’m in a position to buy them. However, you’re not getting any more of my money unless a) you stop this shit or b) my current bike explodes.

(which incidentally has, 26″ wheels, 1 1/8″ straight steerer/headtube, threaded bb shell, 20mm axle up front, 135 x 10 thru bolt rear, 27 gears, 27.2 mm post, coil shocks front and rear, does everything I want).

Have you nicked my bike? 😀

Great acceptance speech from Sir Chris Hoy.

Need more credible and verifiable evidence than that I’m afraid you tin foil loon.

Pot, kettle…

Never go above 2krpm in a diesel.

Eh? So how are you going to do a safe, fast overtake then?

Oh, hang on…

Today’s F1 cars sound crap, not so the AMG medic car though!

Bring back the V12 Ferrari !

I reckon that on the Jaguar XFR video, from the front the main sound you hear is the whine of the supercharger, & obvs from the rear it’s the exhaust note. (Either that of the whine is coming from the stw bedwetters in the ‘Modern cars are too powerful for uk roads’ thread…)

Seeing as Fred has been mentioned:

Hora will be contacting the seller to see if he will sell just the frame. 😀 😉

😯

Err, open rear doors, put bikes in van, close rear doors?

😉 😀

Glad that the dogs have been found safe & well.

Yes, good quality cctv there, lets hope that the police have a positive result in catching the thieves. The Renault Clio is showing as taxed, insured & mot’d on the database so it shouldn’t take too much detective work to track down the owner.

I am also mildly intrigued by the two blanks to the right of the vertical speed indicator.

The two blanks just above the EGT (Exhaust gas temp) dials?

That’s where there should be two red warning lights for a fire in either the left or right engine nacelle.

One of my grandma’s: ‘If he were alive today, he’d be turning in his grave’

Eh?

When talking about someone who’s doing a bad job: ‘I’d not pay him wi’ washers’