The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

I posted this in the wrong place

Today is my wedding anniversary . 49 years. Sheesh

Child bride?
Congrats.

 

[welsh dragon]

Child bride?
Congrats.

I was

 

[pawl]

They are great value for money . Dacia are owned by Renault/Nissan , so basically you are getting a old model Renault re shelled with new body. So the transmission/suspension/engine are a little old school but it does mean it’s reliable and spares are cheap .

We ordered the comfort model Delivery expected end of April beginning of May Apparently delivery is starting to improve
The salesman did mention the NCAP rating .He showed us the video of the current the testing procedure which has no included impact with pedestrians No lane warning Apparently four or five years ago Dacia had a four star rating It appears that more areas have been added

Must admit I don’t usually look at the ratings.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Good afternoon all, and congratulations @welsh dragon 🥂

Been a nice day here, spent exploring the woods and byways of Livingston.

 

[Mo1959]

Another walk done. It was too nice not to. It felt positively spring like apart from the cold wind at times.

 

[12boy]

Snow and -6C. Very still and kinda nice outside. I got the cabin fever and will try to be outside for a spell. Congrats Welshie, and your devoted, long suffering husband. We will have only 44 in July. Macpherson struts on FWD cars are spendy, but not so easy to DIY.
Be safe and well.

 

[gavroche]

We ordered the comfort model Delivery expected end of April beginning of May Apparently delivery is starting to improve
The salesman did mention the NCAP rating .He showed us the video of the current the testing procedure which has no included impact with pedestrians No lane warning Apparently four or five years ago Dacia had a four star rating It appears that more areas have been added

Must admit I don’t usually look at the ratings.

When did you order yours?

 

[pawl]

When did you order yours?

Monday this week

 

[welsh dragon]

My car had now passed the MOT so she should be back home tonight

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

It occurs to me that on our Livingston walk today we passed the cricket ground, the football ground, and the rugby ground, does that count as a Macnab ? (Or have I been reading too much John Buchan ).
Also a brief flash of a kingfisher.

 

[PaulSB]

I posted this in the wrong place

Today is my wedding anniversary . 49 years. Sheesh

Congratulations WD 🍾🥂 Here's to many more

Jumped on the rowing machine for a nice steady 5k. Felt ok. I forgot to wear my heart rate strap but according to my Garmin which records all the time it never went higher than 122 so that's fine for the effort. Plenty room for improvement once my body is more used to it. At least I'm not last in the 5K rankings!

5k on a rowing machine? WOW! That is seriously impressive. Chapeau.

 

[PaulSB]

I went on holiday in Scotland with a friend of mine. We took our mountain bikes with us. She had bought her bike new a couple of days before we went up there.

I had been looking at the possibility of cycling along the sides of loch Etive. Online sources suggested that it was possible though we might have to walk some bits. Off we went...

We got most of the way down the North side of the loch when my pal suddenly let out a yelp in front of me and came to a stop. Her new bike's chain had just snapped! She is tiny so wasn't exactly hammering the chain and wasn't even changing gear when it broke.

She was really upset that her new bike had let her down like that. Obviously either a manufacturing fault in the chain, or the mechanic who fitted it had made a mistake. Either way, she thought she was looking at a long, hard push back to the van at Bonawe.

Nonsense! Clearly a job for Bicycle Repair Man... I whipped out my trusty multitool and had her back on the, er, off-road in minutes. We thought better of continuing though. It had been harder than expected and we were only about 1/3 round. We turned and went back the way we had come.

Maintenance and careful riding do help, but s**t can still happen!

Yep, I agree sh*t still happens but a chain breaking is something one should be prepared for. No criticism of your friend intended but she should be carrying a mult-tool and at least one, two in my view, chain links. I'd say a walking mechanical is something which can't be repaired roadside bottom bracket, free hub etc.

 

[gavroche]

Not happy. My wife scratched the car.
I will need to have it seen to ( the car , not my wife) as It is part exchanged towards the new one.
I haven't seen how bad it is yet but will look in daylight.
My wife is not very good at driving in the dark and that's when it happened.

 

[numbnuts]

Jumped on the rowing machine for a nice steady 5k. Felt ok. I forgot to wear my heart rate strap but according to my Garmin which records all the time it never went higher than 122 so that's fine for the effort. Plenty room for improvement once my body is more used to it. At least I'm not last in the 5K rankings!

WoW at this rate you'll soon have the T-shirt

 

[Tenkaykev]

Not happy. My wife scratched the car.
I will need to have it seen to ( the car , not my wife) as It is part exchanged towards the new one.
I haven't seen how bad it is yet but will look in daylight.
My wife is not very good at driving in the dark and that's when it happened.

It's a piece of metal with an engine. it will rust away in time, it doesn't matter a jot if the scratches might adversely affect how much you need to pay for the next shinier piece of metal with an engine that will rust away.
Hope your wife is ok and not too shaken up.