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I´m a huge fan of auto tuners so of course I just had to build my own auto tuning shop. The shop is modular, but in a different way than the Lego modular sets in the fact that it includes a front connection for a street. The shop is completed with a working dyno (dynamometer) controlled by a Lego m motor and a lift. It also includes a computer station for data analysis, hydraulic jack, tool box, gas tank, and a whole bunch of tools and parts. The lobby is extremely simple because that´s the only way I´ve ever seen lobbies at auto shops. I also used the Lego Ford GT MKII for the photos just because it´s my favorite car and I thought it fit nicely in the shop.
MOC: Auto Service. A modern interpretation of the classic set 646 by the same name.
Here's the old version parked alongside my updated one - slightly bigger and more streamlined. I have to admit that the stickers on mine had taken a bit more of a beating over the past 30+ years than the ones you see in the picture - these are the best I could find on BrickLink. The old ones weren't really in a condition to display...
It's worth mentioning, too, that the original 646 must have been one of the first LEGO sets I ever owned, and certainly the first car to be able to properly seat a minifig inside. It's almost as old as I am, so it holds a special place in my collection.
The only visit of the Auto-Train to Minehead in the day; Collett '4575' 2-6-2T no.5542 hurries out of Blue Anchor, past the beach, heading for Dunster.
'Manor' 4-6-0 no.7828 ‘Odney Manor’ exhaust can be in the distance, as she leaves Blue Anchor for Washford.
For a month solid whilst I was looking for a new car to replace the dearly departed one my life revolved entirely around Auto Trader. It’s more addictive than Facebook, chocolate fingers and piggling your toenails put together.
There must be monosodium glutamate the website, the more you look for cars the more you have to look for cars, have a quick look and twenty minutes later I am craving more, unable to think about anything other than widening my search parameters.
At the end of three weeks of obsessive searching I knew every single Volkswagen Golf for sale within 100 miles of Windsor. I recognised every depressing photographic backdrop, was familiar with each faded magic tree dangling, could spot every photographer’s reflection in the windows; I was actually considering entering Mastermind.
“And your name is?”
“Lucy Naughton”
“And your specialist subject?”
“Volkswagen Golf TDIs on a 2001, 2002 or (hopefully) 2003 plate for sale within 100 miles of Windsor, or 60 miles of Potters Bar.”
“Ok then, let’s begin: How many miles are allegedly on the clock of the hideous green golf for sale in Hayes?”
“136,000. But I was thinking if it had been really well serviced I might get a year’s use out of it, it’s not worth £2750, but if he would take £2000 it might be a possibility.”
“Please just answer the question.”
“Sorry”
“What didn’t you like about the black golf 18 miles from Windsor that has been on for the last 3 weeks with just 88,000 miles on the clock?”
“It has all the VW badges missing off the alloy wheels which makes me wonder what kind of mecca of criminal activity it resides within and how many times it has been up on bricks and had ‘tosser’ sprayed down the side of it, come to think of it they never did show the left hand side of the car. I also didn’t like the way they worded their advert, too suspiciously personal, I thought they were talking about a pet.”
“What was wrong with the dark grey golf in Greenford?”
“No alloys, gaping wiry hole where the stereo should be, dreadfully blurred photographs and dirty mats.”
“How many Golf TDIs are for sale within 31 miles of Potters Bar that are bright red and photographed outside industrial estates?”
“5, no 7 if you include metallic burgundy too which is an equally un-saleable colour and thus should be ruled out of all future searches.”
“What is wrong with the dark blue one on at just over your budget but with very low miles in Mitcham and says it has a full service history and that the cam belt has been recently done?”
“I don’t know, show me that one, that sounds good….. can I borrow your phone?”