Luke Rainbird Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Evening all, hoping the TF collective may be able to help a brother out. Bit of a short notice one, but I'm off to pick up a car in Cumbria tomorrow/Friday (28/29th) and in need of somewhere roughly in the Preston area or there abouts to crash tomorrow night. A colleague is driving up as far as Preston and time dependent I'll either get a train the rest of the way tomorrow eve or Friday morning. Alternatively, somewhere near Carlisle would be good as I could get the train up to there. Does anyone in the area have a sofa/bathtub/etc that they wouldn't mind being occupied tomorrow night? Happy to supply food and/or drinks as payment Can always stop a little further down the M6 if that extends the likelihood of finding something. Many thanks to anyone who can help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 A few miles before Preston but I can find a bed/sofa for you if needs be boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Cheers Dave, appreciate that. I'm not driving up so ca't detour too far from the drivers' route but if I can't find anything a little closer I may well be in touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Aye that's what I thought but it's a good backup if all else fails! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Sleeping at tartybikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Stack of Tarty Tees for a pillow works for me if it works for Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Can't turn Cap out on to the streets, think of the public! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I would have been all over this normally but it's my birthday tomorrow so we have plans, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Happy to spoon. Edit: Posted whilst I did. It's all good Ads, that's more than understandable. Happy birthday for tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Where about you coming Luke if I hadn't half made plans with the missus I'd pick you up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Leaving here at lunch, if I can get all the way to Workington before 9 I'll collect the car and then sleep somewhere on the way back else I'm stay on the way up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 7 hours after leaving work I am in Preston. M6 Was static for 2 hours and missed my target train by 4 minutes, not ideal! Next train not for another hour and a half, so picking car up at 2130 rather than 2000 which is a bit rubbish. May go for the all nighter home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 If I wasn't on nights you could have stopped off at mine on the way home and gone in the morning. I'm near Doncaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Cheers pal. Next train also running 19 mins late so about to miss connection in Carlisle too. Not amused! All due to signaling - Mr Barratt?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Offer Dan a finger in the bum, guaranteed to get your head down in Leeds tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 "Guaranteed to get head in Leeds" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 My like of Luke's post was for the call out of Dave, not the delay btw, haha. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 If I had my own place all you f**kers could come. If Luke came around now all I'd get in the morning from my mum would be "These tinder dates are getting weirder daniel" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Who are you trying to kid, kid? You know I'd be her favourite yet! Edit: Hope you've had a good birthday, Ads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 It probably is my fault, because I'm off today 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 So I eventually got there a few hours later than originally planned. I'd kept in touch with the seller and fortunately he was more than happy for me to turn up as late as I fancied, though I still felt a bit bad pushing it back so far. Checked the car out thoroughly, all as expected with the exception of the remote fob not working every time (may be as simple as a dead battery, but may be more - yet to play) but otherwise better than I'd hoped so was totally worth the log trip to collect. Squared him away with some funds and left him at around 2300 in the end. Filled the tank, taxed etc and set off through the north west to hunt down the M6 (hopefully with less gridlock by the time I reached it...) 24 hours after leaving work and around 32 hours awake I pulled in to the drive. Now sitting at just short of 40 hours with no sleep so going to cook up some easy scran and crash out early tonight! Car was absolutely faultless on the long drive home. 450 miles without missing a beat and to just a smidge over half a tank - 56mpg total, 58mpg on the motorway section. Can't argue with that! Soph absolutely loves it, which is always a bonus, so in all it's a definite success mission 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I've not posted in here for ages as I have nothing to say... My Micra is awesome, just keeps going and eats up the miles. Too many as it turns out, I told the insurer I would do around 3000 miles per year, and I've already done over that in 2.5 months, if I have an incident and the clock reads much more than that, are they likely to be pissy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I've not posted in here for ages as I have nothing to say... My Micra is awesome, just keeps going and eats up the miles. Too many as it turns out, I told the insurer I would do around 3000 miles per year, and I've already done over that in 2.5 months, if I have an incident and the clock reads much more than that, are they likely to be pissy? Don't worry about it too much. Micras are wicked little cars. Mines been nigh on faultless in the 6 months Ive had mine and it gets abused everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thought this was the car thread, wondered where that reply went. Mine just needs a service at some point, and the front cross member replacing as it's fairly rotten. Other than that it all seems OK though. Been right round it now and inspected pretty much all the running gear. Only bad bit at the moment is that the front crossmember is pretty rotten, but that's not the biggest job ever to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 How's your crossmember mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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