Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Nikkster

I'm not going to get started on my list either.

This year's list is a new front door and getting the external repairs done (including repainting the chimneys and repairing the rendering). I'm removing stuff from the garden at a rate of a wheelie bin a fortnight (+ occasional trip to the tip/ borrowed neighbours bin), so that'll be a standing item on the list for quite some time.

Probably the next thing on the list will be to get the electrics sorted (a few extra sockets and light switches, and some sockets moved), and my project for the winter is going to be building some floating shelves into an alcove in the dining room. I've not thought any further than that yet.

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

It confirmed something I'd already noticed: if your car failing to start is potentially an existential problem then you drive a Toyota, not a Beemer, Lannie or a Merc.

I've been looking for a new car and considering a Yaris. However the new one with its big bold X front is definitely targeted at a younger audience. I do wonder if I will be looked at as rather odd for driving it, particularly if I do my normal and keep it for 10 plus years.

lostinrates

We'll. While walking the dogs we looked at the plums and fir reckons he can lay a pontoon of old carpet over the bramble and barbed wire to get to some of them. Hmmm. His psoriasis holds a lot of potential for this to go a lot worse for him than for most people.

We also leaned kiwi is as happy to go in search for trolls as for rats. He fell in a ditch while we were out. Funnily enough this did not seem to traumatise him in the same way as attempts to go swimming have done, though he was submerged. He rolled like crazy though and ran around grunting. I think the difference was he seemed to realise we had not inflicted it upon him.

lostinrates

I found my defenders reliable. Thirsty, slow, clunky, noisy, basic, but reliable. I had some fun with them. They aren't good for short runs. My series three had a wiring issue twice ( one took a while to get to the bottom of, it kept sparking light lightening on to my lap, which is found a little concerning, both were due to home wiring by previous owner).

I do keep meaning to go to Toyota and have a look though at options for us, after recommendation here. I think simpler cars are better as there is less to go wrong. We had a great Nissan that just did not die. Selling it for peanuts to a friend was a really stupid mistake of mine. Nissan I sometimes drive now is silly, don't like it.


Edit: I'd also say in current landy defence, while its had a few issues, it always stars and its nearing end of life and its limping on stoicly. Its been a tow vehicle which is really what's done ours in I guess. The defenders just cope better with stuff like that.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

I've been looking for a new car and considering a Yaris. However the new one with its big bold X front is definitely targeted at a younger audience. I do wonder if I will be looked at as rather odd for driving it, particularly if I do my normal and keep it for 10 plus years.

We have a Yaris and an Aurion. Love the Yaris and it costs buttons to run.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I found my defenders reliable. Thirsty, slow, clunky, noisy, basic, but reliable. I had some fun with them. They aren't good for short runs. My series three had a wiring issue twice ( one took a while to get to the bottom of, it kept sparking light lightening on to my lap, which is found a little concerning, both were due to home wiring by previous owner).

I do keep meaning to go to Toyota and have a look though at options for us, after recommendation here. I think simpler cars are better as there is less to go wrong. We had a great Nissan that just did not die. Selling it for peanuts to a friend was a really stupid mistake of mine. Nissan I sometimes drive now is silly, don't like it.

Where's Hamish planning to go? I've missed that. It's one thing to be reliable in the UK, where the downside is a wait by the roadside for the AA, and another thing in the middle of a desert.

I know that someone who explored a lot in the Atlas mountains used a Mercedes G-Wagen. Of course, that may be because MB are big in the Atlas mountains. Or he may have spent ten years cursing his choice.

Spirit_2

I have a new little job to add to the list of house repairs.

Get a large chip repaired in our enamel bath:(

This morning OH discovered a chip. Our bath is slightly oversized and we really like it...so we really want to be able to fix it.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

I wonder how Lydia's getting on. Hope she's ok.

I'm fine thanks.

I had hoped that tablet + dongle would provide internet access in the caravan, but it didn't seem to work. Then my phone took exception when I tried to charge it from the caravan battery and decided it wouldn't charge from the car or the mains either. My previous phone did that last summer too. You have to charge it from a computer, and then it goes back to being happy to charge from the mains or car. No idea why. Of course I didn't have a computer in the caravan...

Off to catch up on lots of posts. Beware huge numbers of imminent posts from me each replying to three excessively outdated NPT posts.

Spirit_2

LydiaJ wrote: »

I'm fine thanks.

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Hope you have a had a good week.

How did you get the Caravan there in the end?

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

GDB2222 wrote: »

Where's Hamish planning to go? .

Africa, then Asia.....

Very early stages of planning though, still a couple of years away I reckon.

Be nice to try and do it all in one big trip, but who knows, it may have to be split. It'd be pretty tough to achieve just now anyway given all the various wars, outbreaks, etc, but hopefully some of that will calm down over the next few years.

Mercedes G-Wagen..

Great vehicles. Thought about it. Bit pricey and parts availability can be limited in some parts of the world.