Asa Thorp
@asathorp.bsky.social
Does things with cars, Fiat Panda aficionado, shares life with an oldie dog.
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Asa Thorp
@asathorp.bsky.social
· May 4
The legend, the love bug, the one eared wonder, forever my pup, the magnificent Lola Bear.
Rest easy beautiful
5/9/2010-4/5/2026
Rest easy beautiful
5/9/2010-4/5/2026
Pics from some previous birthdays (5, 8 and 13) she would have been 16 today.
September 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Pics from some previous birthdays (5, 8 and 13) she would have been 16 today.
Doing a public transport. Holmes Chapel, known as the town Harry Styles grew up in, the station is like a mini shrine and there’s a gang of young girls gathering and talking about him non stop.
Haven’t told them he sang at a mates wedding years ago, genuinely nice lad and could sing a bit.
Haven’t told them he sang at a mates wedding years ago, genuinely nice lad and could sing a bit.
August 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Doing a public transport. Holmes Chapel, known as the town Harry Styles grew up in, the station is like a mini shrine and there’s a gang of young girls gathering and talking about him non stop.
Haven’t told them he sang at a mates wedding years ago, genuinely nice lad and could sing a bit.
Haven’t told them he sang at a mates wedding years ago, genuinely nice lad and could sing a bit.
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Trump talks a lot of shit for someone you could easily goad into a fistfight by calling him a chicken and making bwah bok bok bok noises at him
August 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Trump talks a lot of shit for someone you could easily goad into a fistfight by calling him a chicken and making bwah bok bok bok noises at him
Borrowed a van and might have gone too big 😂
In other news, if anyone needs a nice 240bhp 2.0 Ecoboost engine, my brother is getting rid of his dad wagon as the powershift leak has got worse and probably damaged the box. Can confirm engine is healthy though, would be nice in a kit car…
In other news, if anyone needs a nice 240bhp 2.0 Ecoboost engine, my brother is getting rid of his dad wagon as the powershift leak has got worse and probably damaged the box. Can confirm engine is healthy though, would be nice in a kit car…
August 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Borrowed a van and might have gone too big 😂
In other news, if anyone needs a nice 240bhp 2.0 Ecoboost engine, my brother is getting rid of his dad wagon as the powershift leak has got worse and probably damaged the box. Can confirm engine is healthy though, would be nice in a kit car…
In other news, if anyone needs a nice 240bhp 2.0 Ecoboost engine, my brother is getting rid of his dad wagon as the powershift leak has got worse and probably damaged the box. Can confirm engine is healthy though, would be nice in a kit car…
If it’s got numbers on, and it’s in the awning, it’s absolutely a race car
August 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
If it’s got numbers on, and it’s in the awning, it’s absolutely a race car
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I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon.
And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
August 10, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon.
And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
Not even looked at the socials today, been getting stuck into a BMW GT4 engine swap.
Good lord it’s nice to do mechanical work that isn’t another stuffed DPF
Good lord it’s nice to do mechanical work that isn’t another stuffed DPF
August 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Not even looked at the socials today, been getting stuck into a BMW GT4 engine swap.
Good lord it’s nice to do mechanical work that isn’t another stuffed DPF
Good lord it’s nice to do mechanical work that isn’t another stuffed DPF
Every logo design site I can see seems to be AI slop. Anybody know any sites I could use to actually design something, or know a young aspiring designer who’d like some (admittedly low) paid work? (Budget not big yet 😬)
August 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Every logo design site I can see seems to be AI slop. Anybody know any sites I could use to actually design something, or know a young aspiring designer who’d like some (admittedly low) paid work? (Budget not big yet 😬)
No cheating. Post your lock screen
August 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
No cheating. Post your lock screen
Doing a thing. Going self employed. More racing, less diseasels. Mid life crisis mode activated.
August 5, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Doing a thing. Going self employed. More racing, less diseasels. Mid life crisis mode activated.
Car show! Fiats and Friends at the British Motor Museum. First show for a few years, and classing this as the end of the holiday (even though I’ve been in work for a week)
August 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Car show! Fiats and Friends at the British Motor Museum. First show for a few years, and classing this as the end of the holiday (even though I’ve been in work for a week)
Facebook reminds me it’s a year ago I took this, and 12 weeks since she left. Hurts like hell still, not a day goes by I don’t miss her.
July 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Facebook reminds me it’s a year ago I took this, and 12 weeks since she left. Hurts like hell still, not a day goes by I don’t miss her.
Porsche was fantastic, the Loh Collection exceptional. Stavelot Abbey tomorrow, then home 😔
July 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Porsche was fantastic, the Loh Collection exceptional. Stavelot Abbey tomorrow, then home 😔
When in Stuttgart etc etc
July 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
When in Stuttgart etc etc
I now require an Unimog (a Unimog?). Even got a passenger ride (see attached post)…
July 24, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I now require an Unimog (a Unimog?). Even got a passenger ride (see attached post)…
When you pass a sign for the Unimog museum, you stop at the Unimog museum.
July 24, 2026 at 1:44 PM
When you pass a sign for the Unimog museum, you stop at the Unimog museum.
Lil’ Panda did me proud, unexpected award winner, just for doing what I do (helping herd the lost, fix the broken and generally being my usual charming(ish) self). Funball 2026 was a blast, and I’ll be back next year for number 8. Northwards now to Germany.
July 23, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Lil’ Panda did me proud, unexpected award winner, just for doing what I do (helping herd the lost, fix the broken and generally being my usual charming(ish) self). Funball 2026 was a blast, and I’ll be back next year for number 8. Northwards now to Germany.
Switzerland, Italy, Stelvio. Full camera car duties
July 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Switzerland, Italy, Stelvio. Full camera car duties
Well that was quite a 41 hours. Almost 1000 miles driven, but barely any actual distance covered, let me explain…
6.30am leave home in Cheshire to get fuel and meet friends, leave at 7.00 am and head for another friends at Kettering…
6.30am leave home in Cheshire to get fuel and meet friends, leave at 7.00 am and head for another friends at Kettering…
July 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Well that was quite a 41 hours. Almost 1000 miles driven, but barely any actual distance covered, let me explain…
6.30am leave home in Cheshire to get fuel and meet friends, leave at 7.00 am and head for another friends at Kettering…
6.30am leave home in Cheshire to get fuel and meet friends, leave at 7.00 am and head for another friends at Kettering…
521 miles into my European road trip and I’ve made it…
right back where I started. Woo fucking Hoo.
right back where I started. Woo fucking Hoo.
July 18, 2026 at 9:31 AM
521 miles into my European road trip and I’ve made it…
right back where I started. Woo fucking Hoo.
right back where I started. Woo fucking Hoo.
Bluesky, I need you help. Day one of the rally may be the end, the Panda has had its first electrical issue in a decade of ownership and I need a throttle pedal tonight/tomorrow early in the Ashford/Kent area, it’s a 2007 100HP if you could share far and wide, I really need this break 😂😭
July 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bluesky, I need you help. Day one of the rally may be the end, the Panda has had its first electrical issue in a decade of ownership and I need a throttle pedal tonight/tomorrow early in the Ashford/Kent area, it’s a 2007 100HP if you could share far and wide, I really need this break 😂😭
One more day of stress, then tomorrow morning start the holiday, first stop tomorrow is IWM Duxford as it’s sort of en-route and I’ve never been, then early train Saturday into France and wind our way down to Lake Garda on Tuesday for a couple of days. Registration for next years Funball is open.
July 16, 2026 at 6:16 AM
One more day of stress, then tomorrow morning start the holiday, first stop tomorrow is IWM Duxford as it’s sort of en-route and I’ve never been, then early train Saturday into France and wind our way down to Lake Garda on Tuesday for a couple of days. Registration for next years Funball is open.