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reminds me of an old Yiddish joke, which as usual is a bit long in setting the scene, but the essence of it is about the bigheaded arab chappie who rides around town on his camel wearing his best outfit. BTW the male camel is very well endowed. The crowds see him every day and he hears them complement his beautiful camel and he is so proud to be the owner, until one day a friend advises him that when they are saying look at the d*ck on that camel they actually mean him.

Hah! That's nothing. Here's a picture of me 150 years ago. 4 foot 7 and 300Kg. I recommend pies.

Calling the Forum Moderator. Pleas censor the above as it is putting horrible images in my mind and I am starting to have a nervous fit.

Hey Stephen I hope you are joking. We don't want to lose you. Meths contains 10% methanol ( and other nasties such as acetone ) which will kill you or blind you. The best illegal solution is absolute alcohol which is 99% pure ethanol. Better and cheaper and safer than Vodka. Only sold to industry. Tried it once and it needs diluting otherwise it will remove any skin on contact. A nice accompaniment is a solvol autosol butty with a few prawns. Much nicer than Philadelphia cheese. If you want to be safe just use the above nasties for cleaning things.🤪 BTW I remember the scandal years ago when some Austrian winemakers were prosecuted for putting anti-freeze in their wines ( ethylene glycol ) to improve the "body" of the acidic wines. They do not do it now and Austrian wines can be very good if a bit expensive.

It looks like a harley shovelhead engine that someone has stuck an extra cylinder on. | Harley-Davidson Triple Shovelhead: Tracking Down a Long-Lost Treasure (ironandair.com) Here's another: Brian Keating: It is an oddity for sure, and one that doesn’t jump out at you right away. It sneaks up on you. At first, it looks like a crusty FX Shovelhead. It’s like a queen or king in a peasant’s clothing perhaps. It started out as a 1982 Harley-Davidson FXE model. But with the additional cylinder, the machine work that needed to be done, and removal of the original serial and VIN number, it is considered a custom – a creation by the late, great Bobby Labrie. Alan Millyard is the expert in adding cylinders. Kawa 3 turned into a 5 Kawa 900 turned into a 6

New engine! BTW I have a lexus ISF with a VERY loud exhaust. Two neighbours think it sounds beautiful. The others hate me. Now that I have a harley we are down to one appreciative neighbour ( obviously a man of taste ) likes the sound. The others don't speak to me anymore????

I 've seen the adverts. It's angry lawyers.com. I like the W naval symbol T shirt. I'm sure my wife got me one of those just after we got married?. The bad news is that now it is cats on boats. DOH!

BTW Rant number two: The only transport that is suited to three cylinder engines are motorbikes. Kawasaki KH, BSA Rocket and Triumph Trident etc. The only reason for that is that they take up less space and cost less to make than a four cylinder. But they do sound nice at full belt. Otherwise they are overstressed in a car, especially a heavyweight object. They won't last.

Just been to a lexus showroom today. Most of the new models look like they would be more at home in a tarts bedroom than on the road. Not that I would know what a tarts bedroom looks like.🙄

Many years ago I used to commute to Manchester and park all day in the car park near Salford station until one day the attendant who was there full time warned me that some "people" had been "inspecting" my car and would probably be a good idea not to park here anymore. I kept the Audi 200turbo at home and bought an old green polo for commuting from then on. I think the VW green colour was called exorcist vomit green. Anyway, no-one went near it and even I could not stand the thing, but it was unbreakable.

Miaow!

Just googled boomer and got this. You really do not want to upset him. Apparently he is called Roger. AND he is BIG. Roger the kangaroo: Enormous roo dies aged 12 - BBC News Roger, a kangaroo who won global fame for his enormous size and impressive physique, has died at the age of 12. The roo was rescued as a joey after his mother was killed in a car accident, and grew up at the Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs in Australia. And he grew up a lot - ending up more than 2m (6ft 7) tall and weighing 89kg (196lbs). The sanctuary announced his death from old age at the weekend, saying they had lost their "beautiful boy". Please forgive me boomers - only kidding.🤡

No I'm the one driving - see the glasses? Specsavers £25. The wife is always reminding me of the speed limit when I am doing 41 in a 40 zone. I got her the pink hat for her birthday. This is me on the bike when I was a young tearaway.

I used to see the bedford and transit vans being driven from Southampton to the North up the M6. Bat out of hell comes close to the driving. Then some poor mug tries to run them in at 40 mph. The damage is already done. Good for the dealers though, with oil leaks and bearing/piston ring failure at about 30K.

Like the driving cats images. Here's one of me and the missus going shopping. Typical Lexus drivers.

We are pensioners and have to sit around a pack of these in the evening. When it gets chilly we put on our coats and run around the living room until the men in white coats arrive.

Any relation?🤐

Tried it on my UK dell keyboard and I get € too, but only using the upper numbers. If I try the alt gr ( right alt ) with the number pad 4 I get " Whippet" But that only applies to users in Lancashire and Yorkshire. I just had a closer look at the keyboard and there is actually a € sign next to the 4 below the dollar sign. Never noticed it before. DOH!🤔

Here's piece of classic hard rock. I find the creative chords and subtle counterpoint develops into a moving piece of tremendous depth and complexity.

To quote from blazing saddles: Euros,......we don't need no steeenkin' euros - followed by a spit. € = press ALT then keeping pressed 0128 . Works for me. An easier way is to go to wikipedia site and search for euro symbol and copy paste it. e.g. From Wikipedia. "The symbol € is based on the Greek letter epsilon (Є), with the first letter in the word "Europe" and with 2 parallel lines signifying stability" copied € and pasted €€€€€€€€€€.. Same for any other currency. No-one likes a smart a r s e, as my teacher used to tell me.😙

I have the CTEK charger. It works fine. You can leave it plugged in and connected for days or weeks or just charge up when necessary - in garage not used in winter for example. There are many adaptors for all vehicles. It is "intelligent" and charges safely and at the correct rate for different scenarios. Recommended. It takes about 6 hours to get my 5 yr old battery back to full charge ( green light stage 7 ) after the car has been stood in the garage for three or four weeks. No I don't work for them.😁 12V/5A CTEK MXS 5.0 ADVANCED CHARGING WITH TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION The MXS 5.0 is an advanced microprocessor controlled battery charger with automatic temperature compensation built in providing unrivalled performance on lead-acid batteries from 1.2Ah up to 110Ah. The MXS 5.0 solves a broad range of battery problems and is the ideal charger for the user with high demands.

Think yourself lucky £20,000 pounds insurance!!! From the Independent newspaper. The Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic HSE is virtually impossible to insure in some areas of London. According to one comparison website, only two providers offer insurance for the car - to a 35-year-old woman in zone four, with six years of driving experience and no claims - for no less than £20,000 a year. When moved to a north London address in zone 2, the website QuoteGoat found no insurance available for a 2023 Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic HSE and no car insurance deals appear to be available in London for a 25-year-old man with the same driving qualification and the same car.

Mine went for the fuel pipe recall and, as advised to help the mechanic I ran the fuel into reserve. A bit worrying as the recall was cancelled and re-scheduled so the car was on reserve warning for about 20 miles. They did the job and put back the two teaspoons of fuel that they took out, probably with all the muck from the bottom of the tank included. I had a "buttock-clenching" drive to the nearest petrol station about 4 miles away. I was hoping that they might have put a pint or two of clean new fuel in but times must be hard for them.

Yes it was base and back. I would check your model first just in case there is a hidden fastener, but for me, they just popped out and popped back in. I was searching for a rattling noise. Hope it works!

I doubt if the noise is serious as cars just don't knock like they used to. I had an old ford with a 3 bearing crank that knocked and whined ( bad main and big-end bearings ) that needed replacing every 12000 miles. Fords are still designed to fail after a pre-determined time, usually just after the warranty expires. Here's a good one from youtube.