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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:33:04

Title: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:33:04: (http://i39.tinypic.com/2wh3yu8.jpg)

Even the self levelling couldn't jack the back end up off the ground.. :-[ ;D
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 11:34:17: What was in it? Your porn stash? :D
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:39:25: Quote from: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 11:34:17
What was in it? Your porn stash? :D

;D No that's on the 12TB NAS upst.. I mean.. what porn stash?

Nah, ~400 60cmx60cm carpet tiles.. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: feeutfo on 26 October 2011, 11:41:03: Aw now you've done it. The modders and chavs will be pm'ing you for details. Carpet tiles is all you need. ;D
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:43:27: Quote from: chrisgixer on 26 October 2011, 11:41:03
Aw now you've done it. The modders and chavs will be pm'ing you for details. Carpet tiles is all you need. ;D

;D ;D I did think it looked very similar to another picture posted here recently(ish)... ;D

Ghetto lowering. The ride did suffer a bit, though..
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: Kevin Wood on 26 October 2011, 11:52:20: Quote from: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:43:27
Quote from: chrisgixer on 26 October 2011, 11:41:03
Aw now you've done it. The modders and chavs will be pm'ing you for details. Carpet tiles is all you need. ;D

;D ;D I did think it looked very similar to another picture posted here recently(ish)... ;D

Ghetto lowering. The ride did suffer a bit, though..

.. and as for the 0-60 time.. ::)
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:53:35: I didn't try it! I didn't go over 55, braked like I was towing a caravan behind me, and generally drove like I was carrying the proverbial Miss Daisy ;)
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 11:53:54: Er. Not that I drove it like that, you understand. :-X
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: Matchless on 26 October 2011, 12:09:10: Leave the carpet tiles in there until spring comes and the snows have gone?
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 12:14:57: Quote from: Matchless on 26 October 2011, 12:09:10
Leave the carpet tiles in there until spring comes and the snows have gone?

;D ;D

I've got a set of winter tyres coming for that (I hope.. I ordered them but there's no sign of them yet) :)
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 13:07:42: yeah perfect for traction in that snow :y
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 14:18:45: You can fit a remarkable number of carpet tiles in an Omega, though..

(http://i44.tinypic.com/2ce0q2w.jpg)
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: aaronjb on 26 October 2011, 14:20:05: In lieu of being able to fix my slight picture orientation error, I shall delete the picture and post another:
(http://i52.tinypic.com/14bki76.jpg)

That's better.. ;D
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: millwall on 26 October 2011, 15:11:38: bloody hell aaron top marks for getting that lot in your mig and driving it ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sometimes you should really just hire a van..
Post by: razzo on 26 October 2011, 16:59:33: so no longer a magic carpet ride