Thread: Summer fun car! You decide! Jag, Audi or Saab???

Originally Posted by Bogon

You're lucky, it seems I have married Sterling Moss.

She has just gone through a set of 18inch run flats with 30,000km on the clock.
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We took the cheaper Yokohoma option for just under 30k baht for a new set.

--EDIT--

I didn't realise how bald they were, they should have been chucked out well before the 30,000km. Thinking of buying some of those tyre warmer things the F1 guys use before she sets off in the morning.

Whens the last time the alignment was checked

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Tonight it cost me £250 to find out that the ECU is in terminal decline and will need replacing shortly.

Why on god's green earth would you pay anyone to do that when you can buy your own ecu reader for $25? You got scammed chits.

Amazon.com

Originally Posted by Backspin

Whens the last time the alignment was checked

Every 10,000km, when it goes in for Service A and Service B

Purchased it brand new from the showroom.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

A convertible in Blighty? About as useful as a submarine in the sahara.

I read somewhere that UK has the highest proportion of soft top sales in Europe. Must be something to do with the nation's state of optimism.

^ Bets, speaking of summer fun we haven't had one of your solo SE Asia holiday threads in ages

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ Bets, speaking of summer fun we haven't had one of your solo SE Asia holiday threads in ages

I was planning to do one next month (hadn't decided where - maybe Taiwan), but the wife just got Facebook scammed out of 140,000 baht which has left me making immediate cuts to my quality of life. I thought about killing her because this isn't the first time, but she is pretty depressed over her stupidity, so I'm trying to be empathetic (it's really difficult).

So many scams/scammers in Thailand nowadays, it seems. K-bank scammers tried to take some of her money too last week.

I might still get away next month for a little break; if so, I'll do one of my terrible threads...

^ Christ - i never understand just how this happens? its happened to a couple of Mrs Toots friends, not that much though and they always seem vague (deliberately?) on how it happened.

On a brighter note, looking forward to the thread.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

the wife just got Facebook scammed out of 140,000 baht which has left me making immediate cuts to my quality of life.

Damn, that's a bitter pill to swallow.

Good to see you back BTW.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ Christ - i never understand just how this happens? its happened to a couple of Mrs Toots friends, not that much though and they always seem vague (deliberately?) on how it happened.

On a brighter note, looking forward to the thread.

1) Because (some of) them/they are f'kin stupid and gullible (but, not as stupid as me, obviously...).

2) Yeah, I hope so. Maybe into the top of Taiwan, a few days traveling down, then fly back from the bottom? I've heard it's pretty nice, easy to get around, good food, etc.

Originally Posted by Bogon

Damn, that's a bitter pill to swallow.

Good to see you back BTW.

Yeah, no, it's not unusual... There have been 3 or 4 100,000-ish baht scams over the years (about 20?), so a stupidity tax of about 25,000 baht per year isn't that bad. I'm trying to be mellow about it.

I'll add: the wife has been unwell, so on strong medication, hazy memory/thinking, so ripe for a nasty little scamming scumbag.

Thanks, Joe could have bought a nice place in Burriram instead of that car - just a thought.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

I've heard it's pretty nice, easy to get around, good food, etc.

Katie's yer man on Taiwan and Shutree i think - start a thread and we'll sort your itinerary out.

6 hours of preparation etc

Painted and lacquered.

Said gloss Black on the tin, looks more like midnight blue.

What do you think?



I thinking about painting the alloys another colour now...

The more I look at the alloys the more pissed of I get!

That colour is definitely NOT gloss Black!

6 hours grafting in 25oC, jacking, taking off the wheels , rubbing down etc

Fvvk it time for a beer, I might paint them two tone tomorrow .

^ why didn't you take them into work and get a real person to do them

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ why didn't you take them into work and get a real person to do them

Get to fook, I'm a dab hand with a tin of paint and some wet n dry .

Although I fear I may have sunstroke coz I'm pissed on 2 pints.

^ me and a mate have done a 1 ltr Bombay Sapphire watching the sun go down, just on the way out you fooking lightweight

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

but the wife just got Facebook scammed out of 140,000 baht which has left me making immediate cuts to my quality of life. I thought about killing her

Just give her a well-deserved spanking Betty!



What nefarious contraband have you got in the boot to cause her to sit so low on the back wheel Joe? (or is it the ex-wife!)

Originally Posted by Looper

What nefarious contraband have you got in the boot to cause her to sit so low on the back wheel Joe?

Tonights supply of liquid rehydration

Originally Posted by Joe 90

The more I look at the alloys the more pissed of I get!

That colour is definitely NOT gloss Black!

6 hours grafting in 25oC, jacking, taking off the wheels , rubbing down etc

Fvvk it time for a beer, I might paint them two tone tomorrow .

They look wheel black. They look like you bought after market black wheels for it. Which is the look you want imo. You dont want it to look like some arsehole who spray canned his aluminum wheels

The car looks good. The wheels look good.

I prefer a satin finish to a gloss; the finish on these wheels seems to be somewhere in the middle - I like it.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

I read somewhere that UK has the highest proportion of soft top sales in Europe. Must be something to do with the nation's state of optimism.

Waiting for sunny weather? Gotta love the optimism

Originally Posted by Joe 90

What do you think?

low profile tyres are for wankers

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

I was planning to do one next month (hadn't decided where - maybe Taiwan), but the wife just got Facebook scammed out of 140,000 baht which has left me making immediate cuts to my quality of life. I thought about killing her because this isn't the first time, but she is pretty depressed over her stupidity, so I'm trying to be empathetic (it's really difficult).

So many scams/scammers in Thailand nowadays, it seems. K-bank scammers tried to take some of her money too last week.

I might still get away next month for a little break; if so, I'll do one of my terrible threads...

Yeah. I hear you. Mrs bld had a nervous breakdown now known as a phsychotic event , hospitalised for months during this time scammers knew very well how to drain her account, she didnt know what was going on, i think she lost about $4000 aussie pesos, could of been worse