Show Us Your Motors!

peterattheboro · 4 Jul 2021 at 09:17

Can't wait to see it Tom

MrRockliffe · 4 Jul 2021 at 09:23

rG-tom said:
Ah need to update my location, now a little bit up the the Thameslink! Was in Highbury but now a tiny village just north of Bedford

There are some blooming nice places around there. I was living in St Neots for circa 6 months and loved it. The only reason I moved away was family - was a bit too far away from everyone

Dup · 4 Jul 2021 at 13:11

I remember when you worked in Jessops Tom, congrats!

Housey · 4 Jul 2021 at 13:42

Amazing how everyone is becoming grown up now isn’t it

I joined in 2006 and I was 38-39 and felt surround by kids. Now all those kids are buying flash cars, nice houses and visiting nice places with families and kids and good jobs or even their own businesses making them successful. Great to see actually.

Now Tom, make sure you get a draw bridge and some gun turrets installed. I use some 15” guns I got from my local army and navy, but you can never have too much defence

panthro · 4 Jul 2021 at 17:01

Nice place Tom, are you still working in London?

GinG · 4 Jul 2021 at 20:02

Finally a decent driveway...

dlockers · 4 Jul 2021 at 21:30

GinG said:
Finally a decent driveway...

He had it resin covered you know...? Rude... :cry:

ShiWarrior · 4 Jul 2021 at 21:40

GinG said:
Finally a decent driveway...

i take it you haven't seen Gibbos ?
in fact that driveway did remind me of his , in the respect of garage/showroom off to the left

rG-tom · 4 Jul 2021 at 22:14

Dup said:
I remember when you worked in Jessops Tom, congrats!

A lifetime ago

panthro said:
Nice place Tom, are you still working in London?

Yeah, though 100% remote still! As is my fiancée, and having to share an office wasn't ideal which was a big catalyst to move now we know we'll have to work from home at least 2-3 days a week forever more. Probably would've stayed central for at least a few more years had covid not forced agile working on our industry!

Cheers all

great to actually be able to get out and drive more, the roads are great around here - does make me keep looking at M4s though

Kenai · 4 Jul 2021 at 23:04

rG-tom said:
- does make me keep looking at M4s though

Do it. Then the car will match the house, which is obviously of primary importance to Motors

Havana_UK · 5 Jul 2021 at 10:10

naefeart said:
So… this was delivered yesterday

You've still got my numberplate!

Chris1712 · 5 Jul 2021 at 10:11

Car doesn't match garage etc.

Congrats that's a hell of a home, what an upgrade from an apartment! I assume even outside London that's a 7 figure property?

Havana_UK · 5 Jul 2021 at 10:13

MrRockliffe said:
I don’t know why you keep saying write off

Why would Aviva write the car off when the car is worth 5K but would only cost 2.5K to repair?

Didn't see if someone already replied but normally the threshold to write something off is around 50% of it's value.

Jez · 5 Jul 2021 at 10:22

rG-tom said:
After c. 10 years of living in apartments and not being able to wash my own car unless I went to a parents etc, today I was able to wash my f36 430i at my own house for the first time !

Pressure washer with snow foam lance etc arrives next week so it was a basic hose + 2 bucket rinse shampoo rinse sealant job:

I was worried the gravel would bog up from the water (after using my in-law's drive which basically became swimming pool after washing!), but it was absolutely fine.

Congrats on completing on the new house mate.

Re the gravel bogging up, think of gravel as per any permeable surface. Ive always had gravel and you could pour water into mine all day as the soil under it drains well. Sounds like you have good soil.

rG-tom · 5 Jul 2021 at 11:09

Kenai said:
Do it. Then the car will match the house, which is obviously of primary importance to Motors

The gran coupe has been INCREDIBLY useful during the move, nipping to get bits and pieces / throwing a mattress in the back, it's one of the most useful cars this side of an estate with the huge hatch loading area! If they did an M4 GC it'd be a no brainer but alas they didn't.

Chris1712 said:
Car doesn't match garage etc.

Congrats that's a hell of a home, what an upgrade from an apartment! I assume even outside London that's a 7 figure property?

Thanks! Our apartment was pretty cool and we did love it, but this is just so much better, you're not wrong! It's taking some adjusting to, but absolutely loving it so far.

Jez said:
Congrats on completing on the new house mate. Re the gravel bogging up, think of gravel as per any permeable surface. Ive always had gravel and you could pour water into mine all day as the soil under it drains well. Sounds like you have good soil.

Thanks - yeah, her parent's drive is actually a bit short on stones too, so it doesn't even disperse the water properly but when it rains you end up with full-on puddles. Here it just drains away nicely

Clearcut · 5 Jul 2021 at 11:59

Tom's fiance probably has her/his own business and he himself works in McDonalds.

I'm telling myself that to ease my jealousy.

grudas · 5 Jul 2021 at 12:05

Clearcut said:
Tom's fiance probably has her/his own business and he himself works in McDonalds.

I'm telling myself that to ease my jealousy.

Yup that. Got lucky with doge coin lol.

dlockers · 5 Jul 2021 at 12:09

Clearcut said:
Tom's fiance probably has her/his own business and he himself works in McDonalds.

I'm telling myself that to ease my jealousy.

That, or a village outside Bedford = Glasgow

Clearcut · 5 Jul 2021 at 12:21

Spleen Sauce · 5 Jul 2021 at 14:00

Traded in the Clubman SD and picked this up on Saturday.

Pro pack and tech pack. I love the Storm Bay colour and the iDrive 7 system in the car is just superb. And it has physical buttons as well as the touch screen still.