Lady Elanore

Not so bad looking in certain colours, even if there will always be many who dislike it. I think like all things, we get used to them. I like the styling except the rear view

I'm hoping to get it detailed in a months time, so maybe after that. Here are a couple of cars that look identical to mine, except the brake calipers on mine are black

Actually, I should go check I still have it outside.....

I have an M3 outside that hasn't gone anywhere in 10 days 😞 I was hoping to have it ready for its first running in service by now, so I could check the carpet depth

I used to use them in broadcast spec (very similar). They were super fast to load and find a track, or a specific part of a track.

Fluorescent meters were very scifi when I first saw them

I love looking at old hifi. I remember a neighbour getting one of those new fangled 'music centres' when I was young and we all went round to stare, gawp and listen to it. The VU meters blew me away with their techy look. I soon found out that VU meters aren't really of much use and of no use at all in broadcasting

Nice treatment

Similar-ish

When we were young, we used to call starlings, 'Stinkers'. No idea why, but wondered if the Scots had a similar name for them?

Makes you wonder if they have a stunt pipe?

I bet that pipeline has acted in other movies now. Once you've done a Bond movie, you can probably write your own cheque too.

There is a Korean film called Pipeline. Does your pipeline act in that movie too?

Colin, if you are going to bury a body in the middle of nowhere, don't post a picture with it in shot. Unless it's a clever double bluff

Why have you a black toilet cistern fill valve?

I love shiny

Haha, I found my first ever radio cassette! Hitachi TRK 5030. lots of very happy memories https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/268289766/1975-hitachi-portable-radio-trk-5030e?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

A bit OT, but I worked with a guy who ran one of those and as the engine got to 8k rpms with his Miltec exhaust, you felt the gates of Valhalla were about to open. Magnificent engine. He now drives a Mustang EV! (although he rebuilds old classic cars as a hobby, so he isn't without some petrol in his blood) I don't like the synthetic noises that the current EVs make, although a Jetsons style wibble might be acceptable. I don't think it will come to pass, but if we were to get power cuts in the next 12 months, is there anything EV people can do? Would a simple mains generator be sufficient for a slow charge, or would the mains not be clean enough for the car?

I was thinking Jag F Type R V8 and nobody would be allowed to drive except perhaps 'George'. It's something we will eventually all miss, that drama of the starting of a special petrol engine. When I started my M4, there was a real sense of occasion, at least for me but I can't see how that would be possible with an EV 😞 We have to change, I get that, but the youngest generation are really going to miss out on something special if they are still 'into cars' that is. I would still happily consider a hydrogen EV though, even if it meant very average performance. I'm getting to an age where I need to slow down anyway, I guess. The Chinese are claiming some very impressive figures for some of their latest EVs however, including some serious range on their advanced and huge batteries.

I think your frog has dropped his/her sunglasses

I think if I had a chauffeur, they would make a lot more money than me unless I changed them to the steering wheel and fed them crisps as payment?

I've just done my mileage claims this evening, starting from August and I'm currently the busiest, in mileage terms as well as jobs done, I've ever been. My mileage is definitely getting higher these days than previously. Which is an irony, in that an EV would save me a lot of money potentially (I could write off the first years corporation tax too) but because I am busier, I can't go down the EV route for the above mentioned reasons I might as well go and get a V8 then

I got the impression that he was in a similar boat to myself. Turn around time is a major problem for me. Mind you, I do like a petrol engine

That's a question for him. Pop it on his YouTube channel. He didn't sound like he was an idiot, but you never know.

Detachable speakers. wow! The first thing I bought when I had my first proper job was a ghetto blaster, a Hitachi TRK 8290 (the link below is from a Boombox wiki, have fun ) Very similar to the one in the link below http://wikiboombox.com/tiki-index.php?page=Hitachi+TRK-8190