My 2019 Update Thread - My final system I think.

[Gazjam]

Cheers, mate. I'm much better now after 5 years of dealing with the effects of long Covid. Posting here again has helped.

Good to see you're still around. I hope that continues

Marco.

Feel like part of the furniture nowadays, so yeah

Glad your feeling better,
Jeeze 5 years, time flies.

[Marco]

Yeah, 'twas a long time... Ma napper's just about fixed now!

Still got yer Alfa?

Marco.

[Gazjam]

Alfa has gone,
too much of a money pit sadly to keep it on the road.

Sold to a young Car nut, mine was as good an example as you’d find (Prodrive with lots of bespoke work done to it) happy to punt it on.

Next car after the Alfa was a Stage 1 remapped Octavia VRS petrol, 320ish brake.
Went like stink, out torqued all the “usual suspect” boy racer diesels, guess there was a reason the Met chose them as their pursuit Vehicles?

Sadly,
written off by a local Bam who threw a jar of Sherwood’s Curry Sauce at my car out his balcony?

Hit my car at the point where the roof met the windscreen, which is one of the major load bearing structures?
Deemed “Uneconomical to repair” and written off, Private plate and 6K of upgrades and all.

Sometimes in Life,
you just couldn’t make this shit up

[Gazjam]

But as you’ve recently found out Mate,
life goes on.

There’s more important stuff in life

[Marco]

Shit man, that's sad to hear... Like you say though, it's all just 'stuff', which is pretty worthless if you don't have your health.

Anyway, I hope your hi-fi shenanigans provide more joy

Marco.

[Gazjam]

Shit man, that's sad to hear... Like you say though, it's all just 'stuff', which is pretty worthless if you don't have your health.

Anyway, I hope your hi-fi shenanigans provide more joy

Marco.

100% Marco.

Yeah,
enjoying the Hifi,
got my vinyl setup again after a long while away, forgotten how good it could be.

All good in the Hood, as the youngsters say

[Pigmy Pony]

100% Marco.

Yeah,
enjoying the Hifi,
got my vinyl setup again after a long while away, forgotten how good it could be.

All good in the Hood, as the youngsters say

The youngsters that said that will all be in their forties now Sorry to hears about your woes with the Alfa Gaz, I remember you put al lot of time money and effort in, and it looked great. Good that you can put a positive spin on it all

[Barry]

Alfa has gone,
too much of a money pit sadly to keep it on the road.

Sold to a young Car nut, mine was as good an example as you’d find (Prodrive with lots of bespoke work done to it) happy to punt it on.

Next car after the Alfa was a Stage 1 remapped Octavia VRS petrol, 320ish brake.
Went like stink, out torqued all the “usual suspect” boy racer diesels, guess there was a reason the Met chose them as their pursuit Vehicles?

Sadly,
written off by a local Bam who threw a jar of Sherwood’s Curry Sauce at my car out his balcony?

Hit my car at the point where the roof met the windscreen, which is one of the major load bearing structures?
Deemed “Uneconomical to repair” and written off, Private plate and 6K of upgrades and all.

Sometimes in Life,
you just couldn’t make this shit up

As "Joliet Jake" said to "Elwood" in the film 'The Blues Brothers', when he was picked up by Elwood in a used US police car: "its got a lot of pickup".
Certainly more powerful than my Audi, and that at times, can scare the pants off me!

Sorry to hear your car was written off by a 'Bam' (whatever that is).

[Marco]

100% Marco.

Yeah,
enjoying the Hifi,
got my vinyl setup again after a long while away, forgotten how good it could be.

All good in the Hood, as the youngsters say

Good stuff, matey.

Marco.

[Marco]

Barry, "bam' is short for bampot - essentially a wrong 'un.

Marco.