The grumpy thread

[captain_70s]

Yes.

 

I believe the comparison sites are programmed to increase the price every time you look. Apparently clearing cookies and maybe changing the email address you use can help.

I remember checking the insurance for my Dolly 1850 on comparison sites when looking to purchase it and finding an agreeable price which was £200 below every other offer. I phoned the guy with the car and agreed to buy it and collect tomorrow then went back online to take out the policy, price had jumped by £400.

 

I phoned the company directly and ended up on the phone for quite some time as they operative tried to work out how the price had been so cheap in the first place. In the end I got the original price by going via their online system using all the same details but my Dad's email address rather than mine, everybody seemed happy with this including the bloke on the phone and that was the final price I paid!

 

 

In non car grumpy news I got stung by a wasp on Friday. In the back. While I was aleep in bed. At 2am. It's now itchy and I'm slightly irritated that this was the manner in that I got my first bee/wasp string rather than the time I assaulted a wasp nest being built in the 1850's engine bay with a garden fork and spray can of Raid....

[dave21478]

Speaking of insurance, my current insurers want nearly £200 extra to cover changing from the Caddy to the Berlingo. Their cancellation fee is £135. Er, get lost. Direct debit cancelled and any letters will be ignored, my credit rating is screwed anyway and I don't give a shit.

"Cheap" insurance companies - AVOID.

Of course the Berlingo is insured by another cheap insurance company now...

 

Yeah, I am really slow to learn this lesson and keep flitting about between bottom of the barrel companies nobody has ever heard of and moaning about the shit service, but am too tight to pay for a decent insurer. Besides, past experience has taught me that the service wont be any better from the big names either.

[cort1977]

I would happily pay a little more for a decent insurer, do any exist?

[Supernaut]

Nope.

[Timewaster]

I would happily pay a little more for a decent insurer, do any exist?

Someone once told me "it's an insurance policy and therfore written by theives"

 

This particular 'bloke in the pub' was an insurance broker!

[fairkens]

I would happily pay a little more for a decent insurer, do any exist?

Yeah Hiscox, but they have quite specific criteria,

[fairkens]

Someone once told me "it's an insurance policy and therfore written by theives"

 

This particular 'bloke in the pub' was an insurance broker!

To misappropriate a phrase; awl brokaz r shyt

[AlsoMike]

Sold my 205 Auto briefly today, I say briefly because the buyer got to the end of the road and it died. Went to jump start it (been stood and the battery was low) and before I could there was a fizzing noise, a smell of hot electrics and it was lights out. Pushed it home and gave the guy his money back. Proper fucked off because that cars been great until today.

[dean36014]

Want to get divorced, been separated over 6 years. £550 quid for court fees!!!! No need for solicitors or anything as been apart so long so at least that will be it. Wonder if i could do a crowd funding lol

[Pillock]

Court fees? How so? I thought if everything lined up and there was no arguing, it was about £60 or summat.

(I wouldn't know as my ex was a lying cheat so it went the distance for £££££)

[dean36014]

Well looking on the government site it says £550. There's sites saying about £60 but not sure if they are scams or not. Need to do some more research

[Pillock]

I think the £60 is what I read, and that's right as long as you both just fill the forms out and send the cash off. That's what I was hoping would happen.

Instead there's a solicitor out there that had a really nice holiday that year; you're welcome.

[dean36014]

Well everywhere I've looked its mentioned the court fees are unavoidable. I think the sites charging £60 are filling the paperwork in for you and that's it. I can do that myself, just can't afford the court fees.

[chaseracer]

...everywhere I've looked its mentioned the court fees are unavoidable...

 

So it seems; cheaper in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but sadly that doesn't help you...

[sierraman]

Son took his car (02 Saxo) to ATS to get the brakes sorted (very little pressure at the pedal and dislocate your shoulder handbrake).

Left it there and an hour later phone call from garage saying come back, it's bad news.

So we scoot back down there and the cars still up on the ramps, all 4 wheels off and both rear drums off.

Go into the garage and talk to the lad working on the car.

Bad news is new front pads, discs, rear cylinder (leaking),rear shoes, drum bearings, track rod ends and a new suspension arm.

All the time shaking his head.

While mech was listing parts needed son was on his phone, Eurocarparts website filling a virtual shopping basket.

Into the office to ask for the quote..............

£1024 I'll say that again,

£1024 on a £2-300 car.

I said that parts were about £150 to £200 tops and showed him the parts list and price.

He gets all sniffy and tells me, "We don't use Eurocarparts, we use a quality supplier".

Timing couldn't of been better, Eurocarparts van pulls into car park, driver gets out loads up a dolly thing, comes into the office and asks our man to sign for the delivery,

which he did with a bright red face (he signed with a pen in the glow from his face)

I asked him about the approx £800 labour when the car was ready for the parts to be fitted after 45mins work.

He just mumbled something and pointed at the computer screen.

Told him to put the car back together and we shall leave.

So they've been my jobs all week, inbetween rain showers (a good portion of the time try to undo the wheel nuts).

 

TLDR. ATS live down to reputation also hire the fattest man in Liverpool to tighten wheel bolts.

I'd have asked him to break down his hourly rate. Are they even qualified as Mechanics at ATS?

[Des]

What surreal version of this site am I looking at where I see mention of decent insurer and divorce with no arguments?

I've always thought that the marriage certificate should be replaced by issuing all women with a V5, former keepers, insurance markers and cert No. to check their history online, what more could you want? And if they still act up, declare sorn, bitch can't leave the house.

[Cavcraft]

My lad is getting right into messing about with shit cars, so it would make sense to get him insured on something cheap to run, rather than using his 13mpg-around-town car. Anyhow found a quite cheap Scenic RX4 (or whatever those 4WD ones are called) which would have been a bit better on juice, plenty of room for parts collecting and probably capable of towing small cars back a short distance.

 

Insurance wanted £1,400 TPF&T! Sod that for a caper.

[The Moog]

 

 

I've always thought that the marriage certificate should be replaced by issuing all women with a V5, former keepers, insurance markers and cert No. to check their history online, what more could you want? And if they still act up, declare sorn, bitch can't leave the house.

Where as all men would be low mileage, no need for MOT and erm any history will be posted on

[eddyramrod]

I'm getting more and more alarmed by the escalation of FFS' fight, as it clearly now is.

 

Also, I've just been on ebay looking at prices of 1/18 scale cars.  What fucking world are these sellers living in?

 

Alternatively, how the fuck did I manage to fall out of my world, where people are reasonable and honest, and into this one where no fecker is?

[tooSavvy]

Alternatively, how the fuck did I manage to fall out of my world, where people are reasonable and honest, and into this one where no fecker is?

Page number is a clue..... you been wandering down Ducketts Passage?

 

TS

[DeeJay]

I'd have asked him to break down his hourly rate. Are they even qualified as Mechanics at ATS?

I did but he just muttered something about "Not company policy" and gave me a receipt, the only legible writing on it was "£1024" and "This car is not roadworthy at present time".

To be honest I was too busy thinking about how we were going to get the car home.

[richardmorris]

My 17 year old jvc TV just died. Turned on just now and all it has to show is some horizontal lines at the top of the screen before turning itself off again. Why now and not last Friday for the special deals!!

 

I have tried banging on the top- - lesson learned from the early 80s of my parents dodgy tv, but all it did was make more lines!

[jakebullet]

I must be a mentalist magnet.

 

Got off the train, started walking home. Got about 30 yards and realised I've got a skanky looking woman following me, and attempting to get my attention. Took earphones out expecting the usual got a pound for a cup of tea bollocks, but no, this one is nuttier than a fruitcake instead.

 

She tells me she's a model, and she's going to be the next big thing any minute now. That's nice, what do you want from me? She wants to go to Leeds! Er, that is a train station there, you can get a train to Leeds. It's too complicated, can I please help her do it? Her film crew that are documenting her life right now won't help her. This could possibly be because they DON'T EXIST!

 

TBH I'm expecting to get stabbed any minute, so I say ok come with me and go back inside the station. That's the ticket office, ask for a ticket to Leeds. She does and starts shovelling £20 notes at the man for some reason. Ok, come with me, as I navigate the very complicated choice of which platform (out of two) you want. She decides to tell me she's a model again, and she's got lots of money because she sells her anti psychotic drugs instead of taking them, and she hopes ITV didn't hear her say that or they'll cancel her trip to Dubai.

 

Sit down there, wait for the next train, bye! ~leg it~ Looking on the bright side at least I didn't get stabbed, or have her follow me home.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Did she tell you to move out??

[Bren]

You should have told her Billy was selling a scenic.

[Bren]

Having a clearout of old toys as we are losing the loft space due to a dormer extension.

I told my other half to give the lot to charity - however she has put some up on one of these bastard facebook pages.

It has been a virtual feeding frenzy - I did'nt know so many people would spend £5 on a robot dog - one even got shitty claiming it was hers first - grabbing something down a phone is fucking impossible as far as I am aware.

The irony is they probably turn up in a 66 plate car to collect the stuff.

The race to the bottom picks up at a pace....

[myglaren]

[fraser.innes.3]

Just had guests leave my villa in Florida. Got a call from my management company, the house looks like a bomb has hit it. Seemingly the family that were booked, were actually 12 American football players attending a competition. Pool and window screens damaged. Marble pool surround broken. Wardrobe doors pulled off. Carpets all stained and damaged. She wouldn't even tell me what the bathrooms were like. They used every towel and piece of bedding in the house. It has 6 bedrooms and we have 3 changes in cupboards. The laundry pile is 5 feet high, 4 feet across and 3 feet deep. Estimated clean time is 3 days. I arrive there on Thursday with 10 of my family. Estimated repair cost is £3k. If you want a laugh, google faderique hall. He is the lead booker. Not much chance of getting my money back. Trip advisor, who they booked through, don't give a flying fuck.

 

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[Timewaster]

Having a clearout of old toys as we are losing the loft space due to a dormer extension.

 

Ooh, tell me more about the extension.

 

I want to do one on our place but I can't get any builder or architect to show any sort of interest in taking it on.

[DeeJay]

My 17 year old jvc TV just died. Turned on just now and all it has to show is some horizontal lines at the top of the screen before turning itself off again. Why now and not last Friday for the special deals!!

 

I have tried banging on the top- - lesson learned from the early 80s of my parents dodgy tv, but all it did was make more lines!

 

I've a (32"?) working Sony crt tv with stand that's going to tip next week. Needs a Freeview box. Yours if you want it.

I'm in Liverpool.