What made you happy today?

[TdM]

I saw a deer up close. What made me even happier is that I managed to stop before it joined me in the front seat.

[RoflOnMyWaffle]

Went to Salon Prive, not much else to say but wow. 

[DDubya]

Sunny day so a bit of wash n wax for Matilda before hibernation. 

[Mark Blanchard]

Saw the meanest Evora yet, a black 430 with the biggest wing out there driving out of Henley.  Properly cool.

[Mark Blanchard]

Just bid £40,000 on this.  Yes a bit boring but locking down's happening and thought I'd get a bargain.

https://www.tradeclassics.com/auctions/ferrari/2003-ferrari-575-m-maranello/

[Dave Eds]

Snot red tho........

[C8RKH]

8 hours ago, Mark Blanchard said:

Just bid £40,000 on this.  Yes a bit boring but locking down's happening and thought I'd get a bargain.

https://www.tradeclassics.com/auctions/ferrari/2003-ferrari-575-m-maranello/

Looks lovely. Always liked the 550/575 and iirc Eddie Irvine rated it as the best driving Ferrari of its time.

Did the GT40 not happen Mark?

[Mark Blanchard]

3 hours ago, C8RKH said:

Looks lovely. Always liked the 550/575 and iirc Eddie Irvine rated it as the best driving Ferrari of its time.

Did the GT40 not happen Mark?

Unfortunately not.  I was hoping to get it modified so I could fit it in, however the GT40 specialist even if they modified it, I still wouldn't fit as I'm to tall.

[pete]

[comem47]

What about the Gurney bubble?

 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/746330969469096186/

 

[C8RKH]

As some of you will have picked up, I'm not really mechanically minded. However, one of my cordless drills stopped working. Could press the switch, the light would come on, but the drill not go round and round.  Pah, what a pain in the arse.

However, I decided to bite the bullet and take the drill apart!  WTF was I thinking. So eight screws identified and removed. Carefully pulled open the two plastic halves and was confronted with the internals!  Argh...   That looks complicated. However, separated the drill unit from the motor and pulled everything out of the drill.

All wires were connected and none loose. So just assumed the problem was with the "switch" that sat behind the trigger. So removed it and gave it a good clean, a few sprays of WD40 (I believe WD40 can do everything from driving out moisture to putting an astronaut on the moon!).

Cleaned everything up. Greased the motor cogs. Put it all back together. Screwed the two halves together and then with a bit of hope, a prayer and several Hail Mary's spoken, I inserted the battery.

WTF - my broken drill now not a broken drill and I have actually fixed something! F@@k me I thought. Felt like a real hero lol......

Woo hoo...

Probably be on the "what made you unhappy thread" by the weekend when it stops working again! 

[Barrykearley]

Careful @C8RKH - I had a similar issue with a Makita multi tool. The brushes were sparking and it smelt funny. My mate gave me some wd40 lithium spray stuff - which I swiftly sprayed in. Fast forwards a few seconds and the flaming Makita flambé was being kicked across the room 🤪

[C8RKH]

No spark, no funny smell, just a bloody micro switch that was playing up.  If it starts to flambe I'll be fine as i have a bag of Marshmallows hidden under my work bench in the garage - I like them dipped into my Americano! (coffee that is, not woman!)

[mdw]

Yesterday I had the lens in my right eye replaced due to a cateract, l/h eye to be done in 2 weeks.   For the first time in 45 years I have spent the day so far without glasses on full time.   I will need reading glasses once they are both done.     Slightly wierd process espcially the removal of the old lens but no discomfort today  and amazed how much brighter  and more vivid everything is.

[Bibs]

Give it a few months for them to settle in and you'll be amazed mate! Slightly different but I had laser a few years back and it was quite the revelation - your vision corrected new lenses will be very similar

 

[Ali tuck]

1 hour ago, Bibs said:

Give it a few months for them to settle in and you'll be amazed mate! Slightly different but I had laser a few years back and it was quite the revelation - your vision corrected new lenses will be very similar

 

Is it a case of once it’s done that’s it?or will your eyes still deteriorate and need doing again?

[Bibs]

They can be done again, and will sometimes need to be done again (I think it's called Age Related Macular Degeneration) and I was told that having thick corneas mean it wouldn't be a problem if required.

My distance vision is still ace but close up isn't as good as it once was. 

[mdw]

7 minutes ago, Ali tuck said:

Is it a case of once it’s done that’s it?or will your eyes still deteriorate and need doing again?

I think for the biit I had replaced behind the pupil  its done for ever. 

[Mark Blanchard]

I got the Challenger ceramic coated on the weekend.  Does make a difference.

 

[Bazza 907]

@Mark Blanchard Looks really lovely. Mrs Bazza has been asking about getting a ceramic coating putting on her Porker. What would you say is the difference it's made? 

[Mark Blanchard]

Hi Barry, thanks.  The paint seems to have more depth, it's like a mirror finish.  And you don't need to polish the car for a year to two, just use a Quick Detailer.  It's also good for protecting the car against the elements.  I've been told it will take 2 weeks to cure, then the paint will look better still.

[Bazza 907]

Thanks Mark, I'll look into getting it done. Was yours done locally?

[Mark Blanchard]

1 hour ago, Bazza 907 said:

Thanks Mark, I'll look into getting it done. Was yours done locally?

It was done by Tom's Detailing & Valeting in Banbury.

https://www.facebook.com/tomsdetailinguk/

[Bazza 907]

Thanks Mark.

[andydclements]

Started to make some real progress on migrating the stuff from the garage (haven't had a car in there for many years) into the new-ish shed, to such an extent that having moved some of the racking it means I've actually now seen the inside of the garage doors for the first time in ages.