The grumpy thread

[bangernomics]

Minor grump.... The heaters packed up in the 75, I expect blocked heater matrix, this week of the year more than any other I am using it everyday and its freezing!!

do they have a manual valve or BMW electric jobbie? Bypass first guess

[EssDeeWon]

Hi Jamie, not sure mate, I need to google and investigate, but you could be onto something here... However I am no good with stuff like this 

[MarvinsMom]

i have decided that i needed some proper dr martin's.

 

setting out for Meadowhall we got caught in the traffic chaos round Northallerton cos the A19 was shut both ways, so, we went to Newcastle instead.

 

it will have been 20 plus year since i was last there. and the intervening time has not improved the place one bit. Its the sort of place a well placed atom bomb would do millions of pounds worth of improvements, what a fuckin' shit hole it is.....

 

£10 to park the fuckin' car for 3 hours, and i think SWMBO may have driven through a bus only lane which seem to surround the city centre. not sure for certain given the miserable signage both into and out of the city.

 

So Newcastle, you can fuck off and die in hell. even if i did actually manage to buy a pair of boots mentioned above, now to get them broken in......

[purplebargeken]

Bloody i10. The car won't open on the fob. The alarm blurts when opened on the key, so sacked that off. It was doing this previously but was fine after I changed the battery about 2 weeks ago. I used the 'unused' fob with no effect. So the bloody thing is just stuck there.

 

I used the 156 instead and had a huge grin. What to do re: i10? Meh!

[MarvinsMom]

fire, 

 

a real fire started with matches, 

 

that is what to do with the i10 thing,

[bangernomics]

Hi Jamie, not sure mate, I need to google and investigate, but you could be onto something here... However I am no good with stuff like this

What's the model? Engine year etc

 

Google will help us. Usually heater would get gradually worse if blocked but a valve is a dead instance.

[EssDeeWon]

^^ year 2000 75 v6

[AlabamaShrimp]

Been in sainsburys tonight.... They have valentines cards...... Wtf......

[robinmasters]

'Make me an offer'.

 

No.  State the asking price in the advert, you cunt bugle.

[BavarianRetro]

'Make me an offer'.

 

No. State the asking price in the advert, you cunt bugle.

One of my current pet hates.

 

It's yours. You're selling it. You tell me what you want for it. That's how it works.

[D Spares & Tyres]

i have decided that i needed some proper dr martin's.

 

setting out for Meadowhall we got caught in the traffic chaos round Northallerton cos the A19 was shut both ways, so, we went to Newcastle instead.

 

it will have been 20 plus year since i was last there. and the intervening time has not improved the place one bit. Its the sort of place a well placed atom bomb would do millions of pounds worth of improvements, what a fuckin' shit hole it is.....

 

£10 to park the fuckin' car for 3 hours, and i think SWMBO may have driven through a bus only lane which seem to surround the city centre. not sure for certain given the miserable signage both into and out of the city.

 

So Newcastle, you can fuck off and die in hell. even if i did actually manage to buy a pair of boots mentioned above, now to get them broken in......

Ah Docs, I rmember the last pair I bought

 

Picture the scene......

 

Vauxhall Astramax dead at the side of the road in Wales with no phone signal ( a recurring theme in my life... )

 

Me walking 16 miles to the next town in BRAND NEW Docs. Slightly too small as well ( they seemed fine in the shop )

 

Could hardly walk the next day

[bangernomics]

^^ year 2000 75 v6

climate?

[jakebullet]

Been in sainsburys tonight.... They have valentines cards...... Wtf......

 

They've got creme eggs too. Jesus has only been born 5 days ago n they're already planning on sticking him in a hole.

[Tamworthbay]

One of my current pet hates.

It's yours. You're selling it. You tell me what you want for it. That's how it works.

just go in at a quid, then when they get arsey point out that they wanted offers.

[Dave_Q]

Warning: this post contains a generic "everyone except me is a shit driver" grump.

 

 

Dear World, 

 

Please stay in the left lane unless overtaking. 

 

It's that simple. 

I know you like lane 2, some of you even like lane 3, but just stop it.

 

 

I actually wish they'd figure out a way to use the endless speed cameras on the M62 to enforce some lane discipline with automatic fines.

[FakeConcern]

Warning: this post contains a generic "everyone except me is a shit driver" grump.

 

 

Dear World, 

 

Please stay in the left lane unless overtaking. 

 

It's that simple. 

I know you like lane 2, some of you even like lane 3, but just stop it.

 

 

I actually wish they'd figure out a way to use the endless speed cameras on the M62 to enforce some lane discipline with automatic fines.

The problem with this is I'm waiting to overtake too. If I go back into lane one every one behind moves up and pushes me back in the que. Really it's that cunt in the Jazz at the front doing 0.0001MPH faster than cars in lane one.

 

(Is this Pissed on heads?)

[Pillock]

Yeah, actually it's more complex than that.

If I'm in Lane 2, following cars at 70mph overtaking trucks, then I should pull back in to lane 1 when I've passed them. Except the car in front probably won't. And neither will the car behind, he'll speed up to 72mph to close the gap I was in. As will the half dozen cars behind him. So because I pulled over, correctly using lanes, I now catch up another truck but have nowhere to go so I'm doing 56mph in lane 1 until a gap opens up in lane 2.

 

It's a great theory, but it needs everyone to do it otherwise there's no point me doing the right thing.

[Dave_Q]

The problem with this is I'm waiting to overtake too. If I go back into lane one every one behind moves up and pushes me back in the que. Really it's that cunt in the Jazz at the front doing 0.0001MPH faster than cars in lane one.

 

(Is this Pissed on heads?)

 

 

I know, it's not an original or constructive grump but hey, that's what the threads for.

 

I would say that if you are in a queue in lane 2 or 3 and the lane to your left is clear for more than a few car lengths, just move to the left.

 

I do this and normally find that I make the same or better progress than the queue in lane 3, particularly as 1 act of panic braking can almost bring lane 3 to a halt.

 

Generally people will let you out when you reach the vehicle in front and need to overtake, obviously the odd arsehole won't but the next person probably will and the impact to your journey time is a second or two at most.

[bangernomics]

I do the M62 every day and lane 1 is by far the fastest these days. Even the trucks hog lane 2 and lane 3 is occupied by the bum sniffers.

[MrDuke]

What would really help, is if trucks were only allowed in Lane 2 for a maximum of 20 secs at a time.

 

Pulling over to let another HGV in = Good.

Overtaking Doris & Fred in their Buccaneer-hauling Fabia = Good.

Overtaking another HGV which is travelling 0.01mph slower than them = Bad, Very Very Bad, here's a £eleventymillion fine to remind you just how bad it is.

 

If GPS is accurate enough to help dock cranes position containers, I'm fairly sure it could be used to police lane use for certain vehicles. If a truck driver reckons they've been unfairly fined, they can use their dashcam footage to prove otherwise.

[FakeConcern]

I know, it's not an original or constructive grump but hey, that's what the threads for.

 

I would say that if you are in a queue in lane 2 or 3 and the lane to your left is clear for more than a few car lengths, just move to the left.

 

I do this and normally find that I make the same or better progress than the queue in lane 3, particularly as 1 act of panic braking can almost bring lane 3 to a halt.

 

Generally people will let you out when you reach the vehicle in front and need to overtake, obviously the odd arsehole won't but the next person probably will and the impact to your journey time is a second or two at most.

Not having a go at you in any way, in fact I agree with you & try to pull in when I won't get pushed right to the back!

The funny thing is that in the last few years whenever I've driven in France on dual carriageways, the lane discipline is great with every one moving over as soon as possible and also anticipating when you might need to come out around a slower vehicle. Why doesn't it happen here?

Also in France if it is raining, the speed limit is automatically 10KPH slower. What a good idea.

[beko1987]

I'm sometimes guilty of this... If I'm doing 67 in l2, keeping with the flow of traffic I'm not gonna pull into LA for 5 seconds then have to pull out again... Some evenings I'm a l2 wanker, but since the traffic in l2 is at 67mph then there's no harm...

 

When the wanker doing 61 in l2 doesn't pull in for a 2 mile gap in l1 though, then it's bad. I've been known to undertake then, l3 usually doing about 80...

[AMC Rebel]

I hate to come away from these things completely empty handed.  I went to Donnington Market a few weeks ago and bought a set of jump leads, £30 but they are a superb set, 5m long and you could jump the starship enterprise.  Not the usual Argos affair which are far too short and start smoking whenever you attempt to start anything more heavy duty than a moped

 

Of course I went home and immediately found them £3 cheaper on Amazon, but it didn't matter, I felt like I'd got a deal at the time.

 

I very nearly bought some similar sounding jump leads at the old Lorry Show at Donno.  Then realised it was ages since I'd needed to jump start anything and I already have 2 sets (one crap, one good).

 

Full marks for testing the Argos ones on a moped though - that's hardcore.

[Negative Creep]

What would really help, is if trucks were only allowed in Lane 2 for a maximum of 20 secs at a time.

 

Pulling over to let another HGV in = Good.

Overtaking Doris & Fred in their Buccaneer-hauling Fabia = Good.

Overtaking another HGV which is travelling 0.01mph slower than them = Bad, Very Very Bad, here's a £eleventymillion fine to remind you just how bad it is.

 

If GPS is accurate enough to help dock cranes position containers, I'm fairly sure it could be used to police lane use for certain vehicles. If a truck driver reckons they've been unfairly fined, they can use their dashcam footage to prove otherwise.

 

don't  even get me started one the ones who do it on dual carriageways

[AMC Rebel]

 

The funny thing is that in the last few years whenever I've driven in France on dual carriageways, the lane discipline is great with every one moving over as soon as possible and also anticipating when you might need to come out around a slower vehicle. Why doesn't it happen here?

 

Generally heavier traffic and the number of wankers who MUST get one car ahead at all times at all costs.

[dollywobbler]

I suggest everyone complaining about trucks on motorways tries driving a truck on a motorway. They're not all limited to the same speed, and are affected by gradients and wind. Driving vehicles with limited speed (be it trucks or 2CVs) on the motorway should be a compulsory experience.

 

Also, I judge whether to move back into lane one on the traffic behind me. If someone is clearly going to pass me before the next truck, I'll move in. If we're all doing that 'same sort of speed' or there's nowt behind me, I'll stay where I am (if I can see another slow vehicle in lane one). People don't use their sodding mirrors. That is the problem.

[Mr A Lawrence]

The haulage company I used to work for had a set of worn out recut drive tyres on rims to be fitted when any truck went for the limiter calibrating.

 

When they got back I'd refit their normal wheels thus improving the +56mph limit.

[bub2006]

I've found in a slower vehicle as dolly says, forward planning can help. The c15 has the aerodynamics of a bungalow and not much power so I plan ahead. Most folk don't and would just go steaming down the a38 to get past me doing 60 and a truck doing 50 then pull-off the slip road causing me to slam on. Took me a few miles to get up to speed and if there is a gradient I'm kippered.

[STUNO]

Because the weather is hot at present I went out and opened the windows of the Mazda this morning, they opened well and at their usual pace. Went out a couple of hours later to go out and there was not enough electricity to start the car. The battery has been slowly dying for the last 6 months but I was hoping it would last the summer. So went and bought another battery. Hold on........why is the terminal sparking a bit while fitting the new battery? Some idiot must have switched on the running/sidelights when I put the windows down earlier. Next time I will do what I was going to do and use the shiny new jump cables in the boot and see what happens BEFORE I buy a new battery.

And I call some other people morons !

[chaseracer]

You now have a spare battery... #bright_side