Guy Lacey\'s reference to his classic Archive \"anall day benders\" thread prompts me to ask for other nominations of classic BR threads and posts.
There are plenty of outstanding threads and posts mixed in amongst the mundane – funny, weird, amazing, tragic, outrageous, and even disapointing.
Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order:
Car fires tech report by Steve Hannaford
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=67...4
Stephen Khoo\'s espace engine failure
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=4&t=55...2
659FBE formula for working out when to change a cam belt
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=7920&v...f
Andymc\'s excellent Biodiesel thread
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=9764&v...f
The Nostalgia... thread particularly andymc\'s dreamily romantic hitch-hiking in Ireland
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=10...0
VW diesel misfire with diagnosis by sean
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=14474&...f
with a follow up thread by sean - Who pays?
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=14...0
Steve Paterson\'s extra-ordinary claim that \"Back in the days of the Rover SD1 and 2 a faulty door mirror could prevent the engine from starting\" here:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=708&m=...#
Idris Francis court case
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=51...3
and of course HF explaining how she sometimes gets in and out of her Astra...
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=10480&...f
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I vote for any thread posted by that young whipper-snapper Mr Chris Watson(?) many moons ago.
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The Friday "Edit Button" thread
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You see, my edit button still works.
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Aaaah, those marvelous salad days, when there was NO registration!
I also seem to recall name-swapping pranks, ie "I really like those Freelanders, and am thinking of getting one for my wife" - Mark (Brazil)
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ahhh yes! the name swapping
"I'm really not so sure about this LPG stuff, the funny smell puts the totty off" Guy L
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and me. To this day I'm not sure if he was for real.
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Credit to an anonymous mod for inserting the link to HF's central locking problem. In fact, I deliberately did not include the link in my original posting to afford HF a modicum of modesty. ;-)
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Thank you, CMark, for attempting to allow me some form of dignity.
And thank you, Mods, for making the link. At least now a new generation of Backroomers can share my pain.
CMark, I am also honoured to have been included in your list. Quite an achievement, and I am wavering between pride and utter humiliation!
Cheers
HF
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And thank you, Mods, for making the link. At least now a new generation of Backroomers can share my pain.
I dropped out of the forum nearly a year ago and have recently returned. I had no idea what I'd been missing ;-)
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Wow - pride & embarrassment in equal measures at being mentioned not once, but twice. I've just re-read what I'd written in the Nostalgia thread & it's brought it all back all over again!
Also, although I'd managed to gather more or less what had gone wrong, this was the first time I'd read the "as-it-happened" account of HF's misfortunes - I really have to get to the next BR meet so I can commiserate through the bottom of a glass. In fact, having a swift short on your behalf right now HF!
andymc
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Well I certainly never forgot your Nostalgia moments, Andy, nor the Biodiesel ones!
Blimey that sounds creepycrawly, doesn't it?!
'So glad' my historic misfortunes are now being re-reported. I will have to try and come up with some new ones before you all get bored.
Hope you enjoyed your short, Andy, feel very privileged that it was for no reason but to toast me. ;)))
And I know that being in a different country kind of makes it difficult for you to attend BR meetings, but it would be good if you could. Perhaps if you are ever in London you could tell us, and we could arrange something?
HF
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Pink chieftain tanks
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=1644&v...f
The edit button saga
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=i&t=33...5
Scuttle plates
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=4277&v...#
The \'life outside the back room\' thread
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=6542&v...f
Sorry no time to get the thread URLs....download speed is rather slow just at the moment....stuck up a 14000 foot mountain in Hawaii
Ian L.
I think these are the correct links you were refering to Ian? DD
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Actually DD, I think the original PCT thread is here:
Chris Watson wants to start a protest with his friend's tank
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=1408&v...f
The one you have linked to is the equally classic perpetual motion Volvo. Poor old David W!
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Cheers DD and CMark,
I had forgotten about the perpetual motion thread.
Before this gets too frivolous though, although the threads that stick in the mind are often the less serious ones, perhaps the ones I find the most useful are the detailed technical threads or the legal or insurance threads where a complex problem is well presented and discussed with a detailed solution being the result together with a detailed followup at a later stage.
Whilst not so entertaining these often have the information to save me money or keep me on the road.
keep the back room going!
Ian L.
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The edit button saga was fun, but Martyn's follow up thread all in a panic (believed it all) was the icing. Twas deleted sadly.
Stu.
I still blame DW and Mark (Nuts).
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Stuart,
I seem to remember DW actually working *that* day and it being down to others.
CMark's idea for this thread has given excuse to revisit the archives....some truly brilliant threads which have made me smile. I'm not going to link and then risk having them deleted!!
Stephen's recent Forum Search is absolutely brilliant for finding stuff with just a hazy memory of a couple of words and the Poster's name.
I didn't know about your Espace being stolen Stephen...excellent! Glad you like the Honda. Do remember though now you've signed up to Honda never ever tell anyone if it does go wrong.
;-)
M.M
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Stephen Khoo\'s espace engine failure www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=4&t=55...2
How flattering! Actually what is more amusing that some won't be aware of is that the Espace got stolen from the garage the day before the replacement engine arrived. The garage had put the sump cover back on and filled it with enough oil to get it off the ramp. I think the theives only took our car to put all the garage's tools in as it was the only large car there. Well, maybe it never made it to it's eventual destination.
So with the insurance money we went out and bought a Honda Shuttle HJ spied going through the auction. You can see our car in the photo in the car-by-car as HJ did a once around for me.
Nice to have friends like that isn't it?
Needless to say the shuttle has been v reliable.
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Stephen Khoo
www.khoosys.net
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Hi Stephen, I am sorry if I have caused any embarrassment, it was certainly not my intention.
As an automotive engineer, the reason I found this thread so interesting is that it is a very sobering tale of what can happen to a nice, fairly new car when it all goes horribly and expensively wrong.
You kicked the thread off with well written summary full of facts and go on to describe how you were left high and dry by the manufacturer, the dealer and the warranty company. The tale carries on with plenty of quality reasoned feedback from many of the old guard stalwarts.
And now the piece de resistance. The damned thing got stolen ! Good riddance.
Here is another classic post.
Hawkeye visits a welding specialist in France
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=5698&m...e
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One which was priceless, but sadly deleted ... (I suppose that's better than getting sued, HJ!)
HJ's "The things I have to put up with on a Sunday afternoon" - re - a cyclist complaining about a caption in his weekly column.
PS, how can we forget the thread on Power cleaners and slippers?
Or Randolph Lee's tale of unsticking a Freelander full of models from the mud on Christmas Day?
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Ian CT, happily, the only thing deleted from the thread was the chap's name:
The Nonsense I Have to deal With (20 Jan 02)
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=3558
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