Steelies rule yeah!
What's made you smile today?
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100% agree, if you get a ding often you can hammer it out unlike alloy, plus taking into account the amount of older alloy wheels with slow punctures due to alloy corrosion.
When a new wheel costs more than the value of a second hand car it starts getting silly.
Many years ago an elderly lady customer of mine damaged a wheel etc. The new Peugeot steel wheel cost less than the plastic hub cap/wheel trim that I replaced also. I thought that was pretty bad when telling the customer.
Incidentally just to show what a lovely customer she was Christmas time I had a knock on the door from a taxi driver holding out a Christmas card with £30 in it, she had paid the driver to deliver all her cards!
Yep. All three of my vehicles are on steels. The Fabia, when I bought it was on alloys, but Skoda use the steels on the lower spec model, same size, same tyre size. Dealer was happy to swap the wheels with a base model, so I got steels. Better for the learners with kerbs. Just a bit of scraping to the trims.
Many countries make the use of winter tyres compulsory, in winter of course. Rather than swap tyres on rims, many people have a spare set of wheels, usually steel. Many manufacturers selling into those markets will have steel wheels available, despite only supplying alloys on new cars. (I met a guy who's lived in Germany, and had three new BMWs in that time, all supplied on alloys, with a set of four, empty, steels included.)
I haven't posted for a few months ,lost the love and have had some issues .
I smiled today when a bloke from the north east delivered my new old car , it is a FIAT with some very rare modified features .
My first proper drive might be to the last meet this year in Alton on Saturday ,weather forecast looks better for next 3 days .
So far I have reversed it 50 yards into my garage ,very carefully , the bodywork is double precious on this and scraping it would be catastrophic .
I smiled today when a bloke from the north east delivered my new old car , it is a FIAT with some very rare modified features .
My first proper drive might be to the last meet this year in Alton on Saturday ,weather forecast looks better for next 3 days .
So far I have reversed it 50 yards into my garage ,very carefully , the bodywork is double precious on this and scraping it would be catastrophic .
Nothing to see here at all..
You don't see that every day!
That ewe don't...
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
Probably Wales.
Market day for the Ewes?
My daughters used to take the wife's ferrets out for a walk down the road on leads.
The bit I didn't like was when they escaped and neighbour rang me to collect very smelly animals and having to wash my hands well after!
My daughters used to take the wife's ferrets out for a walk down the road on leads.
The bit I didn't like was when they escaped and neighbour rang me to collect very smelly animals and having to wash my hands well after!
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I used live in a small village, one night came out and there was a full flock of sheep in the middle of the road. Went back in to report it to the local police, and by the time I came back out they were gone, nowhere to be seen anywhere. Probably thought I was a hoax caller.
Probably in someones freezer
Ferrets, Stoats, Weasels? I never liked then. Nasty, vicious, sharp teethed, merciless killing machines. I remember, when I was young and, maybe for the first time, taken out shooting rabbits by my dad, seeing one kill a rabbit. Not long after I decided I didn't want to kill anything so took up clay and target shooting to satisfy dad who basically shot anything which moved - rabbits, pidgeons, rats in the stables, etc.Market day for the Ewes?
My daughters used to take the wife's ferrets out for a walk down the road on leads.
The bit I didn't like was when they escaped and neighbour rang me to collect very smelly animals and having to wash my hands well after!
I agree and wouldn't have had them if it was my decision!!!
I see they are reintroducing Pine Martins down our way again which are the same family I believe, time will tell if this is another expensive poor decision.
Probably wipe out any remaining red squirrels the greys haven't already killed off!I did try clay pigeon shooting in the early 70s, my eyesight back then was quite good for "down the line" but my reaction times were not good enough for the other positions and at £5 a session I soon found girls and booze an alternative sport
Aye, I heard about the Pine Martins on the radio earlier this week. Same "family" of nasty wee sods! Lots of "innocent" wee creatures will die unpleasant deaths.I agree and wouldn't have had them if it was my decision!!!
I see they are reintroducing Pine Martins down our way again which are the same family I believe, time will tell if this is another expensive poor decision.
I did try clay pigeon shooting in the early 70s, my eyesight back then was quite good for "down the line" but my reaction times were not good enough for the other positions and at £5 a session I soon found girls and booze an alternative sport
I was really pretty good with a rifle, I shot small bore .22 and .303 for our ACF at school. Made "Marksman". Never so good with a shotgun, seemed strange to shoot with both eyes open - couldn't get used to it after the rifle shooting which I did quite a lot of. One of the clay activities I enjoyed was "running Rabbits" which was when they launched clays horizontaly so they ran along the ground. I was quite good at that. I started with a 20 bore when quite young and remember the first time I shot 12 bore getting a hell of a shock at how much it kicked. The next day, looking in the mirror, I was even more shocked to see the large dark blue bruise on my right cheek! On reflection, Girls and booze were more fun but also much more agro.
When I was a kid, hunting was a way to supplement food for the table. Squirrel, grouse, pheasant, turkey, and deer. I wasn't much good with a shotgun, though I did get my first deer with a 20 gauge slug. I cut way back in hunting and firearm use in my thirties when I was talking with some co-workers about a hunting trip they did. They didn't bag anything but got off a few 'sound shots'. When I asked what the hell a 'sound shot' was, they said they heard something in the brush and shot at it. From what I understand, these guys carried a bottle of Jack instead of a canteen. I wanted no more part of that anymore.
I last went hunting 11 years ago, with my brother, almost brother in law, and his brother, for mule deer in Wyoming. A non resident license, fuel for a 1000 mile one way drive, and meals make it a very expensive piece of meat. It was also a lot more work than I remembered.
So, tits, tires, and booze are the way to go. Costs more sometimes, causes trouble once in a while, but probably won't leave you lying dead in the woods.
I last went hunting 11 years ago, with my brother, almost brother in law, and his brother, for mule deer in Wyoming. A non resident license, fuel for a 1000 mile one way drive, and meals make it a very expensive piece of meat. It was also a lot more work than I remembered.
So, tits, tires, and booze are the way to go. Costs more sometimes, causes trouble once in a while, but probably won't leave you lying dead in the woods.
Yes we were taught to hold the barrel firmly against the shoulder so missed out on the bruising.Aye, I heard about the Pine Martins on the radio earlier this week. Same "family" of nasty wee sods! Lots of "innocent" wee creatures will die unpleasant deaths.
I was really pretty good with a rifle, I shot small bore .22 and .303 for our ACF at school. Made "Marksman". Never so good with a shotgun, seemed strange to shoot with both eyes open - couldn't get used to it after the rifle shooting which I did quite a lot of. One of the clay activities I enjoyed was "running Rabbits" which was when they launched clays horizontaly so they ran along the ground. I was quite good at that. I started with a 20 bore when quite young and remember the first time I shot 12 bore getting a hell of a shock at how much it kicked. The next day, looking in the mirror, I was even more shocked to see the large dark blue bruise on my right cheek! On reflection, Girls and booze were more fun but also much more agro.
Strangely the cheap Baikal Russian cartridges were worse as the gave more of a lick than the controlled burning of good quality cartridges like Ely if I remember correctly, plus they didn't leave so much muck in the barrels.
A fitted gun, I believe makes all the difference re accuracy, a friend had mistakenly cleaned his quality DB with "saddle soap" gumming it up so asked me to look at it and sort it.
It was a lovely gun, part of a pair with engraved stock etc. and once working correctly was as beauty, sadly out of my price range, but by then my interests had changed as mentioned.
As @Cheest indicates there is safer ways to do things for fun, that require a condom rather than a flack jacket!
I didn't say what car I had bought , because I didn't have any pics available .
The big reveal ........
Da da DAH !........
It is an X1/9 ,but it has bodywork in the style of the Dallara Icsunonove Group 5 silhouette race car of the 70s .
My car however does not have the high rear wing that similar cars have ,the more subtle Ducktail is less shouty and I prefer it .
It was on Ebay , some here might have seen it , or was one of the many watchers .
I was the only buyer but not on Ebay .
It will get it's first proper run tomorrow to the Italian car meet in Alton . I will be taking a scenic route to avoid the roadworks at A3 /M25 junction , via Dorking ,joining the A3 nearer Guildford . I will remove the Targa top for the first time too .
On the short run yesterday ,it got some attention...............{understatement of the year }
Photos on Epsom Downs .
The big reveal ........
Da da DAH !........
It is an X1/9 ,but it has bodywork in the style of the Dallara Icsunonove Group 5 silhouette race car of the 70s .
My car however does not have the high rear wing that similar cars have ,the more subtle Ducktail is less shouty and I prefer it .
It was on Ebay , some here might have seen it , or was one of the many watchers .
I was the only buyer but not on Ebay .
It will get it's first proper run tomorrow to the Italian car meet in Alton . I will be taking a scenic route to avoid the roadworks at A3 /M25 junction , via Dorking ,joining the A3 nearer Guildford . I will remove the Targa top for the first time too .
On the short run yesterday ,it got some attention...............{understatement of the year }
Photos on Epsom Downs .
It looks like a mini Stratos. can't be many looking like that around.
I went to the Scottish Italian car day back in 2019 and there was one there:
Or it looked like one? Of course I've seen X1/9 before but never done to look like this.
