Rusty Triumphs in Scotland

[Scruffy Bodger]

Have you tried adding an extra earth at the light to make sure it is that that's the problem?

[captain_70s]

Have you tried adding an extra earth at the light to make sure it is that that's the problem?

This shall be attempted.

Today I was just removing the Acclaim's side rubbing strips though, back to L spec!

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No guesses as to which cars on the street are mine...

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[paulplom]

Classy though. I'd be proud anyway.

[captain_70s]

The ultimate in mid 1980s middle class motoring.

Still want to generously* donate the Acclaim to t'girlfriend so I don't have to sell it, but I don't think she's keen...

[paulplom]

What does she drive atm?
I can't think of anything modern that would be better.
I presume it has fm?

[captain_70s]

She doesn't drive naff all, doesn't have a license. She's currently looking into getting her provisional, it's a bit more of a faff because she has type 1 diabetes.

I offered to teach her, but firstly I'm not sure if Lancaster will cover her on my policy as a 24 year old with a provisional license and secondly I fear teaching somebody to drive in 2021 with a Triumph Acclaim is only slightly more relevant than learning in a horse and cart.

[Eddie Honda]

I offered to teach her,

Bad move if accepted.

I once tried teaching a lady-friend* and ultimately it ended in an argument with her being dropped off at Dumbarton Central to make her own way back home.

*She also ran into the back of a car¹ at low speed (no damage to parked car) in the town centre because brake failure² and I could only get so much effort out of the handbrake³. The car⁴ only had fresh wheel cylinders and a MOT⁵ the week before the master cylinder decided to shit itself.

(To answer the obvious questions: ¹) Mini Metro, ²)single circuit, ³) no dual controls obvs, ⁴) Reliant Rebel, ⁵) a proper one, not Stevie Wonder.)

[SubPar]

She doesn't drive naff all, doesn't have a license. She's currently looking into getting her provisional, it's a bit more of a faff because she has type 1 diabetes.

I managed to dodge that by being diagnosed 4 months after passing my test!

All I do now is send some paperwork to the DVLA every three years with my GP's contact details on it. I hear nothing for a fortnight, then receive a shiny new licence in the post.

[paulplom]

I offered to teach her,

Bad move if accepted.

I once tried teaching a lady-friend* and ultimately it ended in an argument with her being dropped off at Dumbarton Central to make her own way back home.

*She also ran into the back of a car¹ at low speed (no damage to parked car) in the town centre because brake failure² and I could only get so much effort out of the handbrake³. The car⁴ only had fresh wheel cylinders and a MOT⁵ the week before the master cylinder decided to shit itself.

(To answer the obvious questions: ¹) Mini Metro, ²)single circuit, ³) no dual controls obvs, ⁴) Reliant Rebel, ⁵) a proper one, not Stevie Wonder.)

When I was learning her I had a gf that actually tried to get out of a moving car we were arguing that much. Quite frightening.

[Drum]

My young lad has been trying to get his theory test since last December. They keep cancelling it and the tests are harder to find than bog roll in a pandemic.