igor

Mindless automatons many of them. 

You can guarantee that'll be a fuck up too. 

As is mine mate.

Go for it Alex. 

11 minutes ago, 440bbm said:

I def agree that the old girls that are being used on weekends and such like should have different rules to follow than daily drivers.

Where, and how, would you draw the line? Limited annual mileage traveled or some other criteria?

26 minutes ago, Nominal said:

You can get an MOT exemption (i.e. no WOF) when the vehicle is 40 years old in the UK.

As stated previously I do not believe this is a good idea.

I do not believe so but the opinions of others may vary widely. As stated previously the UK regime of annual inspection for all seems to work quite well.

Many of us daily our old cars.

Four months to Hanmeet Alex. No pressure.

1 hour ago, GregT said:

Not really - but the bean counters love them as you sell more parts.

That was my first thought too. Thieving roguing bastards.

Is there any engineering benefit to the use of TTY bolts?

If little kids def agree don't bring them but thought if late teens they might be okay.

How old are they? Could you bring them?

Sovereign citizen Sungai? Take a chance, you might get away with it. I towed a rusty trailer from Whangarei to Bluff in '94 without getting pulled up. 

How fucked could a Leaf or similar cheap shitbox EV get and still be reasonably expected to make a 10 mile each way daily commute?

Coastal South Otago so quite cool in winter with many frosts and some snowy days expected. Mostly open road with a couple of small hills.

Come anyway Nick. Someone'll give you a ride.

I ran a Mini 1275GT with 12" radials on the front and 10" crossplies on the rear for a while when I young and silly, and too broke to buy two more radials. Never drove it fast thouigh cos it felt too weird.

AM General M818 6X6 tractor unit with its Loadcraft semi trailer loaded with a 1943 International M14 halftrack. Photo taken at the top of Lindis Pass back in the late 90’s.

Thornycroft XB FC, 3-5 ton, 6 x 4, Artillery Portee Lorry carrying gun crew, 18 pounder field gun, limber and Cletrac Tractor. Interwar period.

No pics?

I have just now hit submit on the entry from. See you all there. 

^Love the look of the old square box Clubman.

Seen this VW thing around 'clutha a bit.

Good save Rudi.

8 hours ago, ul9601 said:

supercats dont come in 13"?

They used to. We had them on the Laser for a while. Zero problems with them.

Surprised you even have to ask that question Anton.