The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

I have a load of washing to do, the weather looks like it might be a good drying day. No rain today.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Morning all

MrsD's decided that she wants another car, so I've been searching on t'internet. I can see this being a cause for arguments.
My concern is that she gets a decent vehicle which is of a known make for reliability, ease of servicing and economy and has a good MOT and service history.
Her concern is that it must be blue.

Blue coloured vehicles tend to lose their colour vibrancy over time. I remember reading that it's something to do with the suns radiation being more energetic at the frequency of light that blue occupies on the spectrum.

 

[Dirk]

Blue coloured vehicles tend to lose their colour vibrancy over time. I remember reading that it's something to do with the suns radiation being more energetic at the frequency of light that blue occupies on the spectrum.

Red cars are the worst for fading, by far.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My car is black. I don't care what colour my next (and probably last car) will be as long as it isn't white or silver.

I have a white car, a Suzuki Swift, I like the colour.

 

[welsh dragon]

Dishes washed and put away. Washing done and on the line ( for now ).
Vacuuming and dusting done.

I now have a mug of ☕️

 

[welsh dragon]

Red cars are the worst for fading, by far.

Totally agree . They are awful

 

[classic33]

Totally agree . They are awful

I want a matt green one.

 

[Mo1959]

Dishes washed and put away. Washing done and on the line ( for now ).
Vacuuming and dusting done.

I now have a mug of ☕️

Just sat down with one too after wandering down to the cemetery with the flowers.

I might do a jigsaw now.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Red cars are the worst for fading, by far.

I suppose that’s because red cars are inherently faster and the increased air flow over the bodywork erodes the paint more quickly 😉

 

[classic33]

Just sat down with one too after wandering down to the cemetery with the flowers.

I might do a jigsaw now.

Was that a real or virtual jigsaw?

 

[classic33]

I suppose that’s because red cars are inherently faster and the increased air flow over the bodywork erodes the paint more quickly 😉

That's why the post office chose red then!

 

[Mo1959]

Was that a real or virtual jigsaw?

On the computer.

Can’t decide if I want another walk or not. The legs were weary this morning and there’s rain forecast.

 

[classic33]

On the computer.

Can’t decide if I want another walk or not. The legs were weary this morning and there’s rain forecast.

Get out before it chucks it down. Even if it's just a walk round the outside of the house.
You know you want to.

 

[mikeIow]

My car is black. I don't care what colour my next (and probably last car) will be as long as it isn't white or silver.

I always find black cars the absolute worst for cleaning & keeping clean!
Used to like silver or ‘gunmetal’….but have discovered white is, surprisingly, the best 🤪
They go dirty slowly, & only when you wash them do you realise how filthy they were 🤣
Also very easy to paint over any stone chips…

A day of hedge & tree-pruning before the deluge comes back tomorrow….

 

[Exlaser2]

Evening all , spent 35+ years working in a car factory and a couple years working on the rectifying line in the paint shop . And the one thing I learned was to stay away from dark coloured cars. Black cars were the worst, they took twice the amount of rectifying as any other colour as it shows ever mark/dink or flaw . It’s probably why every new car I’ve ever had has been silver/light grey or white 😂😂😀