@asathorp.bsky.social
Does things with cars, Fiat Panda aficionado, shares life with an oldie dog.
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14.02.2026 09:10 — 👍 2976 🔁 879 💬 318 📌 81I’ll be honest, I’ve spent 6 years trying to break it and I’m slightly disappointed with myself 😂 it’s a brilliant little thing, it still drove home mostly on the limiter because 🤌🇮🇹
13.02.2026 21:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Weep not for roads untraveled
Weep not for sights unseen
May your love never end and if you need a friend,
There's a seat here alongside me
(It still fucking sucks about Chester)
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An Alice In Chains cover that just mesmerises me, Dallas Green
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Slow me down
It's getting away from me
(With both Chemical Brothers songs featuring Beck, I should probably give him a listen)
youtu.be/BC2dRkm8ATU?...
When you feel like nothing really matters
When you feel alone
When you feel like all your life is shattered
And you can't go home
I'll come skipping like a stone
youtu.be/nRtxogXp8sY?...
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You know when you have a song that just speaks to your soul? Just stirs something? Not necessarily memories or places or people, it just… hits…
Well, here’s some of mine
Build each other up until we hit the sun
Talk about the shadows that've come and gone
youtu.be/RBguzIJf7wI?...
Turns out I’ve broken the unbreakable car with neglect, head gasket failure. So in Italian style I drove it home at full beans, and will continue to use it until my spare head is built. And ported. With a big cam. And throttle body. Because I’m a single adult and cannot be left unattended. 😁🐼
13.02.2026 18:54 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I’ve been reliably informed that there may be an “open” class in The Silverstone 24 that the racePanda fits into, and it seems I’ve been drafted to run it. Only 12 weekends to prep a car for a 24 hour race that hasn’t seen any maintenance since RoR last November…
12.02.2026 22:08 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Also, “port” and “left” both have four letters. Found this out last year, signed Asa, age 39…
09.02.2026 20:04 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
Aw man, as an owner/friend/guide to this oldie I can say it’s both heartbreaking and oddly beautiful when you know the things they can’t do anymore.
31.01.2026 19:42 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is Zeus. He's 13 and can't howl quite like he used to. But that doesn't stop him from stepping pup when his community needs him. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: zeustheoldiegoldie)
31.01.2026 17:24 — 👍 7295 🔁 633 💬 216 📌 71
Sold the Bid Swede yesterday, and to cheer myself up bought another Panda. Pre rolled, of course…
31.01.2026 15:38 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m begging you, begging you to be as negative to AI as humanly possible.
13.01.2026 15:44 — 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
“Deleting” codes out of the emissions system isn’t fixing anything, it’s not a solution.
09.01.2026 12:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes.
08.01.2026 12:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Seems unfair that somebody can cosplay as a senior military figure and order an invasion of Venezuela whilst Walt here gets a £500 fine, but them's the breaks, eh?
05.01.2026 14:08 — 👍 174 🔁 19 💬 11 📌 3
For the peak/peek debacle
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In the dark depths of the Cheshire countryside the roads aren’t great. They follow every rut, every ridge, every road imperfection and it’s a bit tiresome to try and drive it “normally”, but you could sense it wanted to be home in the Alps
28.12.2025 19:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I was one of the few tech trusted with working on and driving the 4C and Giulia Quadrifoglio, this was mid-cambelt. Lovely things, I’d love to get one on a track.
28.12.2025 18:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0At the Alfa dealership I’ve previously worked at there was a customer with a launch edition, mush the same as this. Not allowed to drive, trailered to-and-from the garage for annual servicing and engine only run as long as necessary. Investment over fun.
28.12.2025 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Abarth BiPosto (two seat)
Fiat Sedici (a 4x4, and 4x4=16 - sedici in Italian)
Skoda Superb, as there’s absolutely nothing superb (or even remotely good) about them
Fiat Good (Bravo/Brava)
Fiat Type (Tipo)
Audi Turd (etron)
See also Anderton Boat Lift
22.12.2025 13:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(Did anyone go aboard the Graf Spee to act as a diplomatic force/translator? It’s a third hand story from at least 25 years ago that I remember..)
18.12.2025 20:57 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1So, a cousin of my grandmother (who would have been 105 years old today) was a translator with the British when they boarded the Graf Spee in Buenos Ares. I wish I’d have delved into the family history more when they were all alive.
18.12.2025 20:49 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Just been to the post office and seen that last UK 2nd class post is Wednesday and 1st class is Saturday, so lets do a flash sale. All Happytoast.co.uk prints from now until Friday night are buy one get one free. If I've got it in stock it should be with you for Christmas.
15.12.2025 14:45 — 👍 30 🔁 35 💬 3 📌 0
Always check the car park at the garage to see what mechanics drive 😁 note that none of us here drive VAG or diesels…
12.12.2025 10:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
