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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 16 August 2024, 23:08:06
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Hey everyone
A year and a bit ago, I bought a 3.2 Elite with a broken cambelt, which had of course trashed the valves - and very slowly rebuilt it with replacement heads, and got it going / through an MOT. More recently, I have done wishbones, brakes all round, track rods, droplinks, etc. Also replaced a knackered lambda, sorted the handbrake.
Goes without saying I did the cambelt kit, water pump, and all the top end gaskets, thermostat and such. I've also just had 4 new matching tyres and an alignment (and it's driving spot on).
In a few hours, in the early hours of this morning, we are setting off to Dover, and boarding a ferry across to Calais. From there, we are spending almost a month driving the Omega to various places, including South of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
We don't have a route / itinerary, nor any accommodation booked. Literally just going to drive and see where we end up 8)
Here is the old girl tonight after I just changed the oil/filter and rear brakes and brimmed the tank. Watch this space for more updates :y
(https://i.ibb.co/0mWxFcr/IMG-3854-1.jpg)
Needless to say I have a box of tools and various spares, including HBV, crank sensor, MAF, throttle body with DBW gubbins, fuel injector, coil packs, water pump, belts, pulleys, gaskets, alternator, crank pulley, sealants. I also have a small jack and a stand.
Getting a decent level of breakdown cover to drive one of these old things abroad is nigh on impossible - but I have faith, I know almost every inch of the car now and it's in fantastic fettle :y
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Sounds like a good day out 8)
Enjoy the whole adventure good and bad. :y
Depending on where you stop, pull Fuse 18 when leaving the car ;)
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Sounds like a good day out 8)
Enjoy the whole adventure good and bad. :y
Depending on where you stop, pull Fuse 18 when leaving the car ;)
Good shout. I actually refitted the locking wheel nuts just in case. Because finding it on bricks would really give me a sense of humour failure ;D
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I have got a set , well six actually, wheels and radiator and some other bits if you run into trouble like wheel theft. ;D
There are some truly excellent villages and towns in Spain. Loads of castles. I look up medieval villages and towns - find them fascinating. Trujillo is my favourite known, Medellin my favourite unknown. The latter was the home village to a conquistador. Has a castle, cathedral splendid buildings and also a Roman amphitheatre and still used Roman bridge. There is a place in the Americas named after it ( has drug cartels)
I would say to have a meet up except we are in sodding congested England at the moment trying to sort a fairly hopeless situation with my very elderly dad. We will have to go back to Spain for meds running out, paperwork, medical appointments and to keep house insurance valid but sadly will be unlikely to be in a position to entertain before returning but you never know. We aren’t far from Loja, near Granada.
Send me a pm for my WhatsApp number.
While I am in UK, I am looking out for a good Atlas. Mine is 2016 and is falling to bits. I have hand annotated it with places of interest and hotels we would use again. It shows scenic roads in green- often worth the deviation if you aren’t on a mission to get from A to B. Plenty of wretched static and some mobile speed cameras around. Unlike in the UK, you can make good progress on roads ( apart from the big cities which do have jams. )
It would be interesting to see a “ blog” on the forum of your holiday
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We use booking.com for accommodation. Just figure out where you will be when you need a room and put in your requirements. Then choose. From 1st Sept on you should be able to easily get a room.
From memory the French go away for all of August ( the Spanish certainly do) and the roads are busy on the coming back day(s) ditto hotels.
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Sounds fantastic, James, and you certainly deserve it. Looking forward to your updates, hope you have a great time :-*
I'm not at all jealous, btw ::)
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Needless to say I have a box of tools and various spares, including HBV, crank sensor, MAF, throttle body with DBW gubbins, fuel injector, coil packs, water pump, belts, pulleys, gaskets, alternator, crank pulley, sealants. I also have a small jack and a stand.
Getting a decent level of breakdown cover to drive one of these old things abroad is nigh on impossible - but I have faith, I know almost every inch of the car now and it's in fantastic fettle :y
Sounds fun but Needless to say... Where's your sense of adventure? And no spare gearbox? ::) ;D :y
The full tank of petrol in this car
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v13hoyxdwpdg0oy9j82x8/CapriinFrance.jpg?rlkey=iattv0fos6wubk6a5g2yyt2kk&raw=1)
cost me £25 two weeks before the photo was taken. You're looking at its best side. I spent another £75 on a replacement engine out of a mk4 Cortina from the breakers, checked the lights, kicked the tyres, added a GB sticker and four of us headed for Dover. The evening put aside to service the new engine was absorbed by several attempts to get the engine in with a misaligned clutch - Ian must have had a knock on the head before he did it - and being to scared to try the monstrously tight spark plugs so close to the departure date. Everything was paid for by tips from my bar job. The plan was to sell it if it made it home, but it didn't miss a beat in over 2000miles in 14 days driven by a twenty year old. That was enough to press it into daily use - 30,000 mile p/a - and many, many passes at the drag strip:
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6zo06m4zvt8zotfh30o6k/Capriracing.jpg?rlkey=1lee0bx5gn5nprq4q1zuyzs9o&raw=1)
see what I mean about the good side?
I collected my Omega three weeks before taking my parents to the same spot(it was their house), and only opened the bonnet to check the fluids. Like the time I drove a borrowed Cortina home on
2cylinders, I didn't want to find something I didn't have time to fix. I can report that an 800cc Cortina with five people in it does about 10mpg :D
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Sounds like a blast - keep thread up to date with your adventures, good and bad. And some nice piccies when time and internet allows :)
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Indeed
what a great "holiday"
I hope you have an issue free road trip :)
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Fantastic Nick.
My first attempt at a round Europe trip failed. Me and my mate Steve initially thought of a 500cc bike and sidecar. Then common sense prevailed and we bought a morris 803 with semaphore indicators from a garage " with guarantee". We quickly found that it was gutless and acquired very cheaply an A35 with a hugely powerful 1000 cc engine and if I remember correctly an extra gear. The transplant and a hoard of spares ( bulbs, hoses etc) and the shell of the scrap car ( it had failed on no brakes) was ready to get rid of. We tossed a coin and I lost. Steve pushed it occasionally on the three mile mostly downhill trip to the village tip whilst I steered it. I did have an emergency brake in the form of a fence stake to ram through the gear change hole. Amazingly despatch was achieved without incident though the turn into the tip was a concern. I guess I would still have been in prison now if the cops had caught me.
Sadly the massive power increase ( you could get the tail out on the skinny crossplies) showed up a massive problem with the chassis that had been covered up with duckhams oil tin and underseal. ten degrees of negative camber on one side wasnt a good look. So we got our purchase price back. The trip never happened.........
Second attempt at round Europe was a success. That was 1980 with my mate John. Viva HB 1100. Miserable car. No power, reasonable handling for a car loaded to the gunwhales.( we even took a suit and white shirt and tie to break the bank at Monte Carlo. The car had an intermittent misfire from the North Circular until we returned home 3 weeks and 2 or 3 thousand miles later. Throttle butterfly spindle bearing was oval shaped. We also lost all braking in the Alps with me cooking the brakes trying to make good progress but found a donor car in a Swiss garage car park a few days later. Swap of pads and we were good to go. That and one other Viva in Belgium were the only ones we saw all trip. Opel pads in those days were all different to Vauxhall. Oh forgot to say. We hit French soil and the rad sprang a leak. We pulled over and bought two cafe au lait and a raw egg. Worth a try in the rad and to my continued amazement to this day, saw the tenure of the car out. John ripped the exhaust off on a mini roundabout that had a large raised metal thing for the centre of the roundabout. We actually effected a repair on a campsite.
Memories - what life is all about ;D
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Back in the eighties, we spent an amusing afternoon on a campsite in Provence drinking beer while watching the neighbours change the propshaft UJs in their Lada Niva using various rocks and copious swearing :y
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Nice trip, car looks great 👍
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Awesome! 8) Have a great time. :y
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Back in the eighties, we spent an amusing afternoon on a campsite in Provence drinking beer while watching the neighbours change the propshaft UJs in their Lada Niva using various rocks and copious swearing :y
On our trip we stayed at a campsite near Cannes. Two blokes with motorbikes picked up two girls. The guy on the Kawasaki Z900 was wearing shorts and the girl a bikini. He dropped the bike. Local hospital scrubbed them and coated their extensive grazing with something pink( Iodine derivative?). They were in so much pain that they deliberately drank themselves into oblivion to sleep. The bike wasnt roadworthy despite them using my hammer to make the threepenny bit front wheel more round. ;D So they hired a small hatchback to take it to Calais on route to Blackpool. A group of us lifted the bike , on its side, into the back and it sat on its bump stops. It immediately spewed out oil in the boot. I would have loved to find out if they made it home and how they fooled the car hire company dropping it off at calais.
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Did a week trip to Sweden with one of the lads from my hot rod club in my Dodge Challenger, ferry took a day to get there. met some folks he had seen the year before, watched some illegal street racing. Alternator packed up and battery died so one of the lads we were seeing took the battery of a brand new Volvo hire car and gave it to us, Volvo ended up with my old Joe Lucas battery. We drove across Sweden to catch the ferry and then from the port to Worcester on that battery, flat as a road side hedgehog the next morning!!
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Superb. ;D
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On our trip we stayed at a campsite near Cannes. Two blokes with motorbikes picked up two girls. The guy on the Kawasaki Z900 was wearing shorts and the girl a bikini…………
If that was a Z1 900 that would be worth some serious money now. :y
When I had bikes I had a golden rule for female passengers. They either wore protective gear or they took the bus, even if it meant lending them my jacket and gloves. :y Anyone who’s been hit by a bumble bee at 140mph 60mph whilst wearing a tee shirt will know that it feels like you’ve been shot. ;D
Anyway, I hope the holiday goes well James. :y
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Best sounding bikes Z900/Z1000 ever made, I’ve played the scene where the biker pulls off after running Mel Gibson over in Mad ???Max over and over again amazing sound especially played through the system at ludicrous decibels. The original Audi S1 five cylinder sound is my class B Rally car favorite.
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Anyone who’s been hit by a bumble bee at 140mph 60mph whilst wearing a tee shirt will know that it feels like you’ve been shot. ;D
In my earlier days of reasonably fast bikes, I had a bee hit me on the underside of chin at around aforementioned speed and it nearly knocked me off. After than, I always wore a padded snood or balaclava under my lid.
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I had a bumble bee fly into the side of my old fashioned crash hat, didn't have full face ones when i was in my teens. :D Actually, when i started riding, helmets weren't obligatory. The bloke who was tending his garden near me when i screeched to a halt, leapt off and whipped of the hat wondered what the hell was going on. ;D Luckily the bee was remarkably patient and never stung me.
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No bees, no wasps, no ladybirds.........nothing again this year.
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Brief update as currently sat in a sunny bar with only my phone
Day one - arrived in Calais from Dover at 9am having been awake all night. Booked the ferry lounge but it was just full of unruly screaming kids running everywhere and parents who didn’t give a toss about controlling them. So instead we stopped at a garage in Calais and had a Power Nap for half an hour.
Drove south on non toll roads and mostly non motorways. We stayed in Tours, arriving after about 8 hours driving.
Nice evening there and nice breakfast at the hotel.
Back on the road yesterday and last night got to Pamplona in northern Spain. Beautiful city - we are spending 2 nights here and will then move on further south tomorrow
So far almost 900 miles. Old Omega hasn’t missed a beat. I reset the trip computer before we left the house and it’s currently reading 30.7mpg.
Not bad for an old 3.2 with a boot full of stuff :y
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I had a bumble bee fly into the side of my old fashioned crash hat, didn't have full face ones when i was in my teens. :D Actually, when i started riding, helmets weren't obligatory. The bloke who was tending his garden near me when i screeched to a halt, leapt off and whipped of the hat wondered what the hell was going on. ;D Luckily the bee was remarkably patient and never stung me.
pudding basin helmet?
Was that pre war times? I know cars had a man with a red flag then. Did motor bikes have one too?
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Great update James.
Glad you are avoiding pay roads where you can. they tend to be bland
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The Omega is the best mile cruncher I've ever driven.
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The omega is still a very handsome car. Less driving and more drinking, James, you know it makes sense ;D
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Great update James.
Glad you are avoiding pay roads where you can. they tend to be bland
I had a bumble bee fly into the side of my old fashioned crash hat, didn't have full face ones when i was in my teens. :D Actually, when i started riding, helmets weren't obligatory. The bloke who was tending his garden near me when i screeched to a halt, leapt off and whipped of the hat wondered what the hell was going on. ;D Luckily the bee was remarkably patient and never stung me.
pudding basin helmet?
Was that pre war times? I know cars had a man with a red flag then. Did motor bikes have one too?
I had a bumble bee fly into the side of my old fashioned crash hat, didn't have full face ones when i was in my teens. :D Actually, when i started riding, helmets weren't obligatory. The bloke who was tending his garden near me when i screeched to a halt, leapt off and whipped of the hat wondered what the hell was going on. ;D Luckily the bee was remarkably patient and never stung me.
pudding basin helmet?
Was that pre war times? I know cars had a man with a red flag then. Did motor bikes have one too?
:P Cheeky sod. ;D No, one of the ones where the shell covered the ears as well and also had snaps along the forehead part to put a visor on. Cutting edge me. :D
I think it was a Centurian open face or something like that.
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I wonder if this will be the last ever continental Grand Tour undertaken in a right hand drive UK Vauxhall Omega? ???
James could be on a historic trip! :y 8)
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Great update James.
Glad you are avoiding pay roads where you can. they tend to be bland
Depends what you want; having done it several times, I know Calais to the Spanish border(via Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Biarritz) on the autoroutes is a comfortable 10 hour trip in an Omega and I'd rather have the extra time at my destination.
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Confucious he say " Its not about the destination its about the journey.
He also say "plant brick and house will grow. :D
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Great update James.
Glad you are avoiding pay roads where you can. they tend to be bland
Depends what you want; having done it several times, I know Calais to the Spanish border(via Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Biarritz) on the autoroutes is a comfortable 10 hour trip in an Omega and I'd rather have the extra time at my destination.
We have done it loads of times. Rouen is a great city in the centre but otherwise a congested hell hole and I believe they have introduced ULEZ that varies with pollution level. Bordeaux is a congested big hell hole but again the old historic centre is beautiful. Having said that, I agree better to get France done with and get to Spain where it is more civilised and cheaper, a lot cheaper.
The run from Bordeaux to the Spanish border is one of the most boring roads on earth and fuel is expensive. Granted you can motor along at 130 kmh since they three laned it.
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Great update James.
Glad you are avoiding pay roads where you can. they tend to be bland
Depends what you want; having done it several times, I know Calais to the Spanish border(via Rouen, Tours, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Biarritz) on the autoroutes is a comfortable 10 hour trip in an Omega and I'd rather have the extra time at my destination.
Unless you're on a time crunch, you'll see more on the back roads and in urban areas you still make decent progress with less traffic...
Incidentally, you know you're in Europe when the beer is served in a wine glass :D
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Moving on from Pamplona today. No toll roads allowed.
Will update later!
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Were you chased out by the bulls? :D
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Six days without an update! Either having a great time or changing an auto gearbox somewhere.
Went for eight days but coming back in Feb 2025.
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Sorry just been having great time. Omega going strong, including the peachy AR35 ;)
2000 miles in now. And lots more to go.
We are at an all inclusive resort now for three nights of doing absolutely nothing (including driving) other than eating and (mainly drinking) too much
I shall post a full update today or tomorrow
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Got overtaken by a prefacelift gay-gold Spanish Omega somewhere between Caravacca and Granada on a dual carriageway. We both exchanged a toot-toot and a knowing grin/wave 😁
So far on this trip we have covered 2000+ miles and have seen two Omegas - the one above, and another (gay gold) prefacelift in France (who also waved!)
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I will update more re travels soon. Just been soaking up the sun and leaving my phone behind a lot (which doesn’t seem to be the norm these days!)
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I will update more re travels soon. Just been soaking up the sun and leaving my phone behind a lot (which doesn’t seem to be the norm these days!)
Glad you're enjoying yourself, James. As I said earlier, you've well earned it :y
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I will update more re travels soon. Just been soaking up the sun and leaving my phone behind a lot (which doesn’t seem to be the norm these days!)
I think that is perfectly normal. But I'm told it ain't ;D
Don't forget to pop up a few photos of the wonderful sights and views you are getting to see :y
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Got overtaken by a prefacelift gay-gold Spanish Omega somewhere between Caravacca and Granada on a dual carriageway. We both exchanged a toot-toot and a knowing grin/wave 😁
So far on this trip we have covered 2000+ miles and have seen two Omegas - the one above, and another (gay gold) prefacelift in France (who also waved!)
Looks like you have already passed through my area. We are still stuck in Scarborough. Back in Spain for two weeks from Sunday1st Sept. if you are still in the locality it would be good to meet up.
How is the air con holding up?
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On the way home now. Drove from Murcia today up to
Tossa De Mar in the north east of Spain. 7 hours on the road plus stops.
Avignon in France tomorrow.
Dijon the next day.
Ypres in Belgium the next (not least for the Meningate service)
Calais to Dover on Friday :'( :'(
We have named the Elite “Colin” and he is still going very strong indeed. A good 2500/3000 miles in now.
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We even drove the old girl into Gibraltar.
Had a result. We were on the red light crossing the border, and “morrisons” fuel there was only a fraction over a quid a litre!!!! Got a tank full for under 70 quid. E5 too.
I am a non smoker myself but also bought some tobacco back as a gift for a friend. £7.40 a pack there - I’m told it’s £38 at home for the same pouch!
Obviously only took the permitted limit of 5 pouches each.
Can’t get over how cheap it all is there!
What is also interesting is that we had to prove stuff on the way out.
“Where is your hotel booking”
“Don’t have one, haven’t booked tonight yet, we are taking it day by day and seeing where we end up”
“Show my your flights home”
“Don’t have any flights, we came on a ferry”
“But your last stamps were France not Spain”
“Yes we drove here from Calais”
“What all the way here, in that”
“Yes officer” ;D ;D
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Will post loads more photos / info about the trip when home.
I’d love to do it as we go but don’t want to spend evenings with SWMBO on my phone ::)
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Cheeky sod ;D
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Will post loads more photos / info about the trip when home.
I’d love to do it as we go but don’t want to spend evenings with SWMBO on my phone ::)
Look forward to the photos.
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Dijon the next day.
Always creates that pit-of-stomach feeling, thats where my crank sensor failed all those years ago before I knew to carry one.
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We even drove the old girl into Gibraltar.
Had a result. We were on the red light crossing the border, and “morrisons” fuel there was only a fraction over a quid a litre!!!! Got a tank full for under 70 quid. E5 too.
I am a non smoker myself but also bought some tobacco back as a gift for a friend. £7.40 a pack there - I’m told it’s £38 at home for the same pouch!
Obviously only took the permitted limit of 5 pouches each.
Can’t get over how cheap it all is there!
What is also interesting is that we had to prove stuff on the way out.
“Where is your hotel booking”
“Don’t have one, haven’t booked tonight yet, we are taking it day by day and seeing where we end up”
“Show my your flights home”
“Don’t have any flights, we came on a ferry”
“But your last stamps were France not Spain”
“Yes we drove here from Calais”
“What all the way here, in that”
“Yes officer” ;D ;D
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Obviously didn't realise who you were..👍
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We even drove the old girl into Gibraltar.
Had a result. We were on the red light crossing the border, and “morrisons” fuel there was only a fraction over a quid a litre!!!! Got a tank full for under 70 quid. E5 too.
I am a non smoker myself but also bought some tobacco back as a gift for a friend. £7.40 a pack there - I’m told it’s £38 at home for the same pouch!
Obviously only took the permitted limit of 5 pouches each.
Can’t get over how cheap it all is there!
What is also interesting is that we had to prove stuff on the way out.
“Where is your hotel booking”
“Don’t have one, haven’t booked tonight yet, we are taking it day by day and seeing where we end up”
“Show my your flights home”
“Don’t have any flights, we came on a ferry”
“But your last stamps were France not Spain”
“Yes we drove here from Calais”
“What all the way here, in that”
“Yes officer” ;D ;D
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Obviously didn't realise who you were..👍
Ha ha yes, James's response should have been " Do you know who I am? " ;D
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We even drove the old girl into Gibraltar.
Had a result. We were on the red light crossing the border, and “morrisons” fuel there was only a fraction over a quid a litre!!!! Got a tank full for under 70 quid. E5 too.
I am a non smoker myself but also bought some tobacco back as a gift for a friend. £7.40 a pack there - I’m told it’s £38 at home for the same pouch!
Obviously only took the permitted limit of 5 pouches each.
Can’t get over how cheap it all is there!
What is also interesting is that we had to prove stuff on the way out.
“Where is your hotel booking”
“Don’t have one, haven’t booked tonight yet, we are taking it day by day and seeing where we end up”
“Show my your flights home”
“Don’t have any flights, we came on a ferry”
“But your last stamps were France not Spain”
“Yes we drove here from Calais”
“What all the way here, in that”
“Yes officer” ;D ;D
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Obviously didn't realise who you were..👍
Ha ha yes, James's response should have been " Do you know who I am? " ;D
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The other one I've seen used is " do you know who my father is ?"
To which the answer is..
" Why didn't your mother tell you?"
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We even drove the old girl into Gibraltar.
Had a result. We were on the red light crossing the border, and “morrisons” fuel there was only a fraction over a quid a litre!!!! Got a tank full for under 70 quid. E5 too.
I am a non smoker myself but also bought some tobacco back as a gift for a friend. £7.40 a pack there - I’m told it’s £38 at home for the same pouch!
Obviously only took the permitted limit of 5 pouches each.
Can’t get over how cheap it all is there!
What is also interesting is that we had to prove stuff on the way out.
“Where is your hotel booking”
“Don’t have one, haven’t booked tonight yet, we are taking it day by day and seeing where we end up”
“Show my your flights home”
“Don’t have any flights, we came on a ferry”
“But your last stamps were France not Spain”
“Yes we drove here from Calais”
“What all the way here, in that”
“Yes officer” ;D ;D
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Obviously didn't realise who you were..👍
Ha ha yes, James's response should have been " Do you know who I am? " ;D
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The other one I've seen used is " do you know who my father is ?"
To which the answer is..
" Why didn't your mother tell you?"
;D
When I was about 16 I worked as a waiter in a posh restaurant. This couple came in one evening and my boss immediately took control and gave them a secluded table in the corner. Later I was clearing their plates and the man clearly seemed irritated about something and when I asked them if they wanted the desserts menu he stared at me and said abruptly Do you know who I am? Well I didn't have a scoobies, but didn't want to hang around so just said that I'd bring the dessert menu.
I told my boss, who rolled his eyes at me and said He's effing Ben Kingsley you idiot! ;D It was just after the film Ghandi was released as well, but in my defence he had grown his hair back, so that's why I didn't recognise him. ::) :)
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We even drove the old girl into Gibraltar.
Had a result. We were on the red light crossing the border, and “morrisons” fuel there was only a fraction over a quid a litre!!!! Got a tank full for under 70 quid. E5 too.
I am a non smoker myself but also bought some tobacco back as a gift for a friend. £7.40 a pack there - I’m told it’s £38 at home for the same pouch!
Obviously only took the permitted limit of 5 pouches each.
Can’t get over how cheap it all is there!
What is also interesting is that we had to prove stuff on the way out.
“Where is your hotel booking”
“Don’t have one, haven’t booked tonight yet, we are taking it day by day and seeing where we end up”
“Show my your flights home”
“Don’t have any flights, we came on a ferry”
“But your last stamps were France not Spain”
“Yes we drove here from Calais”
“What all the way here, in that”
“Yes officer” ;D ;D
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Obviously didn't realise who you were..👍
Ha ha yes, James's response should have been " Do you know who I am? " ;D
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The other one I've seen used is " do you know who my father is ?"
To which the answer is..
" Why didn't your mother tell you?"
;D
When I was about 16 I worked as a waiter in a posh restaurant. This couple came in one evening and my boss immediately took control and gave them a secluded table in the corner. Later I was clearing their plates and the man clearly seemed irritated about something and when I asked them if they wanted the desserts menu he stared at me and said abruptly Do you know who I am? Well I didn't have a scoobies, but didn't want to hang around so just said that I'd bring the dessert menu.
I told my boss, who rolled his eyes at me and said He's effing Ben Kingsley you idiot! ;D It was just after the film Ghandi was released as well, but in my defence he had grown his hair back, so that's why I didn't recognise him. ::) :)
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I've seen a interview with Ben Kingsley on TV , he came across as being a bit of an arsehole.
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I told my boss, who rolled his eyes at me and said He's effing Ben Kingsley you idiot! ;D It was just after the film Ghandi was released as well, but in my defence he had grown his hair back, so that's why I didn't recognise him. ::) :)
I had to Google Ben Kingsley, so he’s not that special. :y I’m still none the wiser now really. When he said “Do you know who I am”, you should have replied “Why, have you forgotten who you are”. ;D
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Doesn't Ben Kingsley like desert then?
I'd have said to him "Did you hear the one about the Indian cloakroom attendant, Ben? Mahatma Coat" and pissed myself laughing.
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Doesn't Ben Kingsley like desert then?
I'd have said to him "Did you hear the one about the Indian cloakroom attendant, Ben? Mahatma Coat" and pissed myself laughing.
He might have clocked me checking out his partners cleavage to be fair. ;D
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I treat the people at the front of the plane exactly the same as the ones at the back. And vice versa. They all get my chicken joke whether they get it or not :D
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Ha ha yes, James's response should have been " Do you know who I am? " ;D
I was about 5 people back in the immigration queue at LHR when some prat (who looked only vaguely familiar) tried that. He ended up being dragged off to the "latex glove treatment" room. ;D
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Ha ha yes, James's response should have been " Do you know who I am? " ;D
I was about 5 people back in the immigration queue at LHR when some prat (who looked only vaguely familiar) tried that. He ended up being dragged off to the "latex glove treatment" room. ;D
Oh....right.....so that's how you get them to do it :-*
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I treat the people at the front of the plane exactly the same as the ones at the back. And vice versa. They all get my chicken joke whether they get it or not :D
Ahh is it the one where you ask why did the pervert cross the road? … because he couldn’t get his - - - - out of the chicken 🐔🐣🤣🤣
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I treat the people at the front of the plane exactly the same as the ones at the back. And vice versa. They all get my chicken joke whether they get it or not :D
Ahh is it the one where you ask why did the pervert cross the road? … because he couldn’t get his - - - - out of the chicken 🐔🐣🤣🤣
Er, no :o
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