Tag: cars

  • Its nearly caddy time

    My car insurance runs out on the 28th of this month, and when it does it wont be renewed, neither will my tax which is also due at the end of this month…

    No… i will be insuring a soon-to-be-purchased runabout car and the caddy will FINALLY be going in my garage, only to surface for trips to see Neil (Turners Auto Services) and maybe a paintshop at some point – and when its finished of course! Woo!

    It feels like such a long time coming – Ive had the car 10 years now and after everything i have been through with it, it’s finally having some proper love, care and most importantly MONEY thrown at it.

    I haven’t suddenly come in to money and its not going to be greeted with a garage of parts waiting to go straight on – in fact the only thing i do have for it already is a new set of wings (Thanks Tia!) and that’s it! I do expect the project to take a few years (maybe longer) as i will try and do most of the work myself – calling for help when i really need it (probably daily!)

    My first task is to strip it down to as close to a shell as i can manage by myself – and then remove the engine and gearbox and all the junk that associates with that. I must remember to label and photograph the whole experience – not so i can show people, but so i know where everything goes when i need to put it back together!

    I will of course post a few pics and updates here and there – probably at insane holes or cracks in places i couldn’t previously see!

    This has all of course been made possible to our awesome new house and my awesome new garage!

    All i need to do now is find a cheap runabout and im laughin’ like a bag of budgies.

  • Snow in Mansfield, and lots of it!

    I have lived in and around Mansfield all my life, and its only really snowed (properly snowed) a handful of times. I remember it snowing more when i was very young, and most of my teenage years i cant really remember it snowing at all.

    The last few years have seen a return of the snow and two years ago we had record snowfall, lots to play in – but it went after a day or so! Boo!

    At the beginning of this week/end of last week the snow started falling and it ground teh whole country to a halt. People didnt know what to do, couldnt get in to work and just generally shit themselves.

    It was the first time that bonnie had really seen snow too, and she totally loved it! One of the funniest things in the world is watching dogs trying to catch snowballs!

    It was also the first time we had to drive gems car with its new wheels in the snow, uh oh. We have hit stuff twice wh9ch has marked one of the wheels – ill have to get someone to look at it when i get chance 🙁

    All in all, its been pretty hectic! And just as i thought today was the start of the end of the snow, its started snowing AGAIN!

    Oh well, it could be worse – it could be raining!