I’ve doing some serious painting and running low on Dulux Trade Matt in Brilliant White...
Are you painting the backdrop for a Queen video? Is Magnolia not good enough your you?!
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
28th Dec 2023 4:26 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73089
Got 4 unopened 7.5l Magnolia, way overbought on that but didn’t get enough white. Unfortunately SWMBO is insisting on perfection so multiple coats required.
28th Dec 2023 4:30 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10354
The amount of cars driving round with no lights on, because they have DLR’s on the front and the dash is always lit up, they forget that the rears aren’t on.
When DLR’s first appeared on Volvos back in the 70’s, yes you noticed a car with dlr lights on as they were the exception, but now they all have then on the front it’s lost it’s effectiveness. So maybe they shouldn’t now be on, or DLR’s should be both front and back ( which my D5 had but my Volvo doesn’t 😳)
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
28th Dec 2023 5:16 pm
robsmith
Member Since: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 2401
Whole heartedly agree.
Those, along with the no lights travelling at high speed with no lights on a wet and windy day with blinding amounts of spray, for whom persecution is barely sufficient....
(I do mean persecution as obviously they are immune to prosecution)Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
28th Dec 2023 5:37 pm
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1616
Go to B&Q in the big smoke. Off the top of my head, they stock that paint.
28th Dec 2023 6:20 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73089
They do but not planning to head up there for a while. Well until we (or I) run out.
28th Dec 2023 6:33 pm
DAZ110
Member Since: 12 Jul 2017
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 78
Screwfix ?
28th Dec 2023 11:01 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73089
35 miles away. Not got the time to head up there, esp considering Tesco, B&Q and other assorted retail opportunities that would present themselves. SWBMO has banned me from being more than 10m from a paint brush or roller.
2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
29th Dec 2023 4:47 am
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1616
Tell SWMBO to go and get the paint! She’s wanting you to redecorate, then that’s the least she can do.
Are you a man or a mouse? A rhetorical question I suppose.
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
29th Dec 2023 9:14 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4244
RIP DSL... Thought I'd get in early I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
29th Dec 2023 9:52 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14423
Del's gone quiet.
Dibs on the remaining wood D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
29th Dec 2023 10:18 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73089
DSL’s been painting! And making tea, an integral part of painting.
PS Just had an email from TravPerks entitled “ Let's get to know each other”. Would love to get to know them up the road but that will have to wait until Jan 3rd.
29th Dec 2023 10:32 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8139
Large business vehicles parked on residential road
Local 'man-and-a-van' business parks two very large Luton box vans and a large panel van (LWB Sprinter type) just down from our house, not 'illegally' parked position wise but inconsiderately and creates traffic issues now and then as this is a modern housing estate with windy, narrow, roads and they are near two corners close together.
The business registered address is much further along this road, some 100 houses away and the physical business is located 'round the corner' in the other direction about 1/2 mile away.
Most evenings, every weekend and holiday period these vans are parked in the same spot and due to size and location are a bit of an eye-sore and just look 'wrong' parked in this residential street.
A web based 'report it' link to local council gets response 'nothing to do with us' but given one has no MOT and the panel van has no MOT or tax (local dog-walker who knows most things going on said the 'owner' has abandoned this one and just wants the council to take it away, I assume he has 'paperwork' saying no longer linked to him officially) they have said they will 'take a look'.
One neighbour has threatened to slash the tyres, repeatedly, until they desist from parking there. Approach to the business owner living 100 houses down the road was met with a robust " off" so sympathy to his tyres being slashed waned somewhat at that point...... He obviously doesn't want them parked outside his own house!
I thought large business vehicles of this type were not allowed on residential roads (given house owners can't have a caravan on drive, etc.).
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
Del's gone quiet.
off" so sympathy to his tyres being slashed waned somewhat at that point...... He obviously doesn't want them parked outside his own house!
