What's made you not grumpy but not smile either today?
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What's made you not grumpy but not smile either today?
The Panda Nut
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That mans got ba**s. I would be so so dead if my daughters heard me say such a thing. I know my place.
I’ve been told off before for using terms derogatory to mental health (and first wife was a psychiatric nurse) and I know I shouldn’t use those terms especially as I’m Bipolar
The Panda Nut
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Im continuously being told off. But as to what they call me, Im sure we are evenly matched. Im mainly the Stupid old man. If it wasnt true it would be easier to take. LOL
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Well which would you go for.
Daughters choice
1] Ruby Panda Lounge VV good condition for year 14 Reg with aircon 42000 miles Dads warranty - will help. New Cambelt £3000 Full service records
2] Black Panda Easy 2015 65 Reg 30000 miles New Cambelt and new battery Tyres very good £4991 3 years warranty
3] White Panda Pop 2017 18000 miles. NO air con. Feels like new New Cambelt £4590 1 years main dealer warranty
4] Fiat 500 Lounge 17 reg 54000 miles New cambelt Glass roof i year warranty. Looks great inside but also looks as if its seen motorway miles as needs some paint
Its D day I need to make a decision.
If daughter takes our Ruby I have to replace it. Im not sure about 500's with the potential hatch problem I will have to pay £1000 more but hopefully will have more than £3000 cash from our car sale, so my out lay
2] £3200
3] £2500
4] £3400
If I have to buy Im leaning to option 2 the black Panda Easy. The newer Pop is a great buy but the lack of air con is a drawback
Daughters choice
1] Ruby Panda Lounge VV good condition for year 14 Reg with aircon 42000 miles Dads warranty - will help. New Cambelt £3000 Full service records
2] Black Panda Easy 2015 65 Reg 30000 miles New Cambelt and new battery Tyres very good £4991 3 years warranty
3] White Panda Pop 2017 18000 miles. NO air con. Feels like new New Cambelt £4590 1 years main dealer warranty
4] Fiat 500 Lounge 17 reg 54000 miles New cambelt Glass roof i year warranty. Looks great inside but also looks as if its seen motorway miles as needs some paint
Its D day I need to make a decision.
If daughter takes our Ruby I have to replace it. Im not sure about 500's with the potential hatch problem I will have to pay £1000 more but hopefully will have more than £3000 cash from our car sale, so my out lay
2] £3200
3] £2500
4] £3400
If I have to buy Im leaning to option 2 the black Panda Easy. The newer Pop is a great buy but the lack of air con is a drawback
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Number 2 looks pricey compared with 3 but, to be honest, I’ve not looked at relative prices recently…drive them all and then make a decision
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
boils down to £700 gets aircon but on a 2 year older car with an extra 12K on the clock. The lack of aircon is something I might regret.
Yup…my Cherokee XJ has aircon (that is known for failing on a regular basis) haven’t bothered fixing it for two years…I certainly miss it, but don’t miss the fag of repairing it just for it to work for two weeks before it breaks again!
For me the practicallity of the Panda wins out every time over the 500 so that eliminates the 500.
So which Panda? I'd probably go with the Panda Pop. "feels like new" which it should with so few miles on it - I'd have a good look down the oil filler orifice and swipe my finger around inside it to see if there's any black sludge or emulsified oil deposits though - with so few miles on it, it may have been used for very short journeys only. I'd also be taking a look at front disc condition which may be quite crusty if only used for short trips. Being near the sea up here I always take a good look underneath as I've found amazing amounts of rust even on quite "young" cars which have lived on the sea front. I'm attracted to "base" models because they often have less "silly" tech to go wrong. No air con I'd count as a bonus, making it simpler to "fiddle" with the alternator and another thing not to go wrong. Our Becky is shedding "aluminium confetti" from her condensor radiator just now. There's not much left except the main pipes themselves now which considerably reduces the performance of the system - can't say either Mrs J or I miss it.
A subject in line with the thread title now - unusual for me that? Yesterday we had our youngest boy's kids with us for the whole day, so up at 06.30hrs and handing them back at around 19.00 hrs! Several hours at the leisure centre swimming in the morning, late lunch but no visit to the play park in the afternoon due to heavy rain so back to our house for the afternoon. We're like zombies today! Anyway, rolling around on the floor roughhousing with the wee lad, he managed to, accidentally, head butt me and put my "bunny teeth" through my lower lip, Damn, but it hurt - and is still nipping after brushing my teeth this morning! Mrs J is showing no sympathy and is actually a bit "cross" with me because I managed to bleed on the pillow last night - better keep a low profile today!
The Panda Nut
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Good points thanks. It is in really dood condition Im tempted.
This came on on my commute today...
It's been 10 years...but I still miss having a sub.
It's been 10 years...but I still miss having a sub.
Our oldest grandson had an 'incident' on the quad we have for him. There were some scrapes and bruises on him and one destroyed bicycle, a damaged hitch receiver and fog light on my Ural, and a bent fender and damaged hard bag on my Honda.
Apparently, he was being an 11 year old daredevil and managed to jam the throttle open. I guess that little 110cc engine has enough balls to override the brakes as he couldn't stop. He said his choices were a tree or the open garage door. No thought about hitting the Big Red Button to kill the engine. He opted for the open garage door.
The bicycle, a 1954 Robin Hood(Raleigh), which was leaning against the back of the Ural, is what he hit first. That was followed by the domino effect of pushing the Ural a few feet ahead and slamming that into the Honda, knocking it over onto the lawn mower.
There isn't a straight tube on the bicycle.
Crank is beyond repair.
Bent and busted U bolts on the Ural.
Bent Honda bits.
The kid is okay, if a bit cautious around me today. I wasn't mad, but I wasn't puppies and butterflies, either. I had him sit on the quad; the cheap Chinese POS was unscathed, and showed me what he did. It was possible to override the limiter on the throttle, so I fixed that and went over the purpose of the Big Red Button with him. I think he has it now.
The receiver is fixed and, thankfully, the sidecar alignment is good. I may get to the fog light tomorrow. A replacement fender for the Honda is on its way from Ohio. The brackets for the hard bag will be bent back into shape. The bicycle is toast. That said, I have a 1954 Huffy(also Raleigh)frameset in the attic that I can swap the good parts over to. My main concern is the rear wheel. The rim is trashed but I hope the hub survived. It's a fifties Bendix 2 speed coaster brake hub I converted to 2 speed fixed gear years ago. Kind of like the uncouth American cousin to Sturmey Archers' really nice TF 2 speed fixed gear hub. Just a hell of a lot cheaper. Replacement parts are as rare as rocking horse poop, though.
Apparently, he was being an 11 year old daredevil and managed to jam the throttle open. I guess that little 110cc engine has enough balls to override the brakes as he couldn't stop. He said his choices were a tree or the open garage door. No thought about hitting the Big Red Button to kill the engine. He opted for the open garage door.
The bicycle, a 1954 Robin Hood(Raleigh), which was leaning against the back of the Ural, is what he hit first. That was followed by the domino effect of pushing the Ural a few feet ahead and slamming that into the Honda, knocking it over onto the lawn mower.
There isn't a straight tube on the bicycle.
Crank is beyond repair.
Bent and busted U bolts on the Ural.
Bent Honda bits.
The kid is okay, if a bit cautious around me today. I wasn't mad, but I wasn't puppies and butterflies, either. I had him sit on the quad; the cheap Chinese POS was unscathed, and showed me what he did. It was possible to override the limiter on the throttle, so I fixed that and went over the purpose of the Big Red Button with him. I think he has it now.
The receiver is fixed and, thankfully, the sidecar alignment is good. I may get to the fog light tomorrow. A replacement fender for the Honda is on its way from Ohio. The brackets for the hard bag will be bent back into shape. The bicycle is toast. That said, I have a 1954 Huffy(also Raleigh)frameset in the attic that I can swap the good parts over to. My main concern is the rear wheel. The rim is trashed but I hope the hub survived. It's a fifties Bendix 2 speed coaster brake hub I converted to 2 speed fixed gear years ago. Kind of like the uncouth American cousin to Sturmey Archers' really nice TF 2 speed fixed gear hub. Just a hell of a lot cheaper. Replacement parts are as rare as rocking horse poop, though.
Our oldest grandson had an 'incident' on the quad we have for him. There were some scrapes and bruises on him and one destroyed bicycle, a damaged hitch receiver and fog light on my Ural, and a bent fender and damaged hard bag on my Honda.
Apparently, he was being an 11 year old daredevil and managed to jam the throttle open. I guess that little 110cc engine has enough balls to override the brakes as he couldn't stop. He said his choices were a tree or the open garage door. No thought about hitting the Big Red Button to kill the engine. He opted for the open garage door.
The bicycle, a 1954 Robin Hood(Raleigh), which was leaning against the back of the Ural, is what he hit first. That was followed by the domino effect of pushing the Ural a few feet ahead and slamming that into the Honda, knocking it over onto the lawn mower.
There isn't a straight tube on the bicycle.
Crank is beyond repair.
Bent and busted U bolts on the Ural.
Bent Honda bits.
The kid is okay, if a bit cautious around me today. I wasn't mad, but I wasn't puppies and butterflies, either. I had him sit on the quad; the cheap Chinese POS was unscathed, and showed me what he did. It was possible to override the limiter on the throttle, so I fixed that and went over the purpose of the Big Red Button with him. I think he has it now.
The receiver is fixed and, thankfully, the sidecar alignment is good. I may get to the fog light tomorrow. A replacement fender for the Honda is on its way from Ohio. The brackets for the hard bag will be bent back into shape. The bicycle is toast. That said, I have a 1954 Huffy(also Raleigh)frameset in the attic that I can swap the good parts over to. My main concern is the rear wheel. The rim is trashed but I hope the hub survived. It's a fifties Bendix 2 speed coaster brake hub I converted to 2 speed fixed gear years ago. Kind of like the uncouth American cousin to Sturmey Archers' really nice TF 2 speed fixed gear hub. Just a hell of a lot cheaper. Replacement parts are as rare as rocking horse poop, though.
Oh the pain
My nephew did similar on an old Honda ATC,
Turns out it was the thumb throttle,
as soon as he felt tense, it got "pinned"
Was heading flat out for a swimming pool, but a block wall stopped it all 1st
Good to hear the boy was relatively unscathed
Sorry the Raleigh suffered though,
Wow that’s some impressive damage to that frame, have you got any bicycle makers in the area who could swap out the tubes?
It was an older Nottingham built Raleigh Sports frame with a Robin Hood badge that isn't worth fixing. If it had been something out of the Worksop works with Reynolds 531 tubes, I'd still be crying.
You can always mount it up on the garage wall like a piece of art work, maybe put a little plaque next to it like you’d get in an art gallery with a title of “quad bike destruction” and your grandsons name next to it.
In the past I seen cars with accident damage and the wife's name painted beside it.
Obviously there are some braver chaps in this world than me!In the past I seen cars with accident damage and the wife's name painted beside it.
I already have one of those, an early 70's Mercier Velux, courtesy of an 18 year old kid in a Mitsubishi Lancer.
