The grumpy thread

[andy18s]

Actual OMGSNOKAOS!!!1! here in WS12. Must be a whole centimetre out there...

Meanwhile,elsewhere in the world.....

[anonymous user]

Meanwhile,elsewhere in the world.....

I think your clock is running slow, you appear to be enjoying a nice day in the 1930s

[alcyonecorporation]

After getting another Volvo after a number of years I've gone back onto the VOC forum and joined the Facebook group and I have to be honest I'm a little disappointed. Years ago you'd chat to time served 240 owners (probably with beard and sandals) who were mostly down to earth, full of good advice and always willing to help. Nowadays The forum and FB group seem to be full of twats dishing out opinion and wild speculation as fact and generally speaking complete bollocks. Not everyone I hasten to add, but it seems to be a sizeable amount.

 

Disappointing.

 

This. Having handed back my membership card after dickheadgate 2017 (storied episode #1819) I can but concur with your findings. 

 

I'll renew next year so I get an insurance discount. The VEC seems hell bent on imploding. 

[LostnotFound]

Key cutting update - Timpsons did 4 keys for 18 quid including the blanks. Saving me well over a score compared to using my local independent. Even better, I asked the bloke in there if they'd been busy. 'Yes which is good as I don't have to talk to customers'    I will definitely be using that at some point on an irritating Saturday at work. 

[Ghosty]

The bastard dumping cars round my town has replaced that Seicento that had the windows put through, with the windows boarded up, and 'CHUCKY'S BACK' painted on them, and 'MOT' daubed on the windscreen (yeah 'cause it'll pass an MOT like that).

 

Seems awfully pikey, and makes me all the more confident the bugger is contravening planning laws.  Hope the council get back to me soon.

[DodgeRover]

Push it into the road so it's causing an obstruction? Somebody will torch it soon...

[Ghosty]

Push it into the road so it's causing an obstruction? Somebody will torch it soon...

Might have to.

 

That, and the five others.

[chaseracer]

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[Guest Hooli]

Push it into the road so it's causing an obstruction? Somebody will torch it soon...

 

Get the fuel cap off & report it, the council will take it within 24hrs as it's in a dangerous state.

[Bren]

At a funeral today of a friend - just 45.

 

Her husband now is left to bring up a 15 year old and a 10 year old.

 

Life is short and really not worth getting stressed about.

[bramz7]

So, I've had a certain (mega early) ZX in my watch list for about 8-9 months, it's always been the wrong time to go and view/buy, but now with an impending house move meaning basically £500 extra a month spare, I thought I'd arrange to see it and hopefully agree a purchase.

Seller takes a few messages to reply. Can't do the date I suggest. I suggest another date, thinking it'd be easy.

 

Seller has now replied saying he wants to keep car himself.

 

AGHHHHH.

 

Seriously though, if anyone sees any ZX Aura Diesels for sale ever, be it on eBay/gumtree/auto trader/local ads whatever, please let me know. I HAVE TO GET ONE OR I'LL EXPLODE

[Aston Martin]

Fucking Cactus, I got a puncture. The space saver is 400 inches smaller than the alloys, so my car just veers right, which means it's now setup perfectly for Nascar... If i go around the wrong way.

[For Fiats Sake]

The fancy orange panda that my mum uses has had a FTP today.

 

 

 The spring cups on the rear axle have rotten through on one side, broken the spring and collapsed the suspension.  She's on holiday with the car in fecking Cleethorpes and the car has been recovered to a garage there.  She's been quoted £1,000 to fix it!  axles are £100 on ebay and a couple of new springs should be about £50 quid though the labour might add up a bit.  As technically it's still my car I have to either source and deliver replacement parts to garage, have car recovered to me (her breakdown gets her home, not the car!), scrap car in Cleethorpes (book price is between 500-1000) which is least favourite option.

She thought the knocking noise was a bottle of wine in the boot.

Oh and she can only afford £300 worth of repairs.

 

Been looking at trading my 4x4 panda in for a 2wd panda she could manage and I could "borrow" for longer trips, though as she's had attempted theft of cinquecento (which was written  off), smashed rear window of tango panda due to dodgy area and on street parking (she could park it around the corner off the road but won't) I'm not sure getting her a better car again at my expense is a good idea.

 

I'll ring the Cleethorpes garage tomorrow and get a better idea of what it actually needs, they used to be able to weld up spring cups or is that another repair nobody wants to do anymore?

 

 

[For Fiats Sake]

Fucking Cactus, I got a puncture. The space saver is 400 inches smaller than the alloys, so my car just veers right, which means it's now setup perfectly for Nascar... If i go around the wrong way.

I thought you was getting a twingo?

[Timewaster]

At a funeral today of a friend - just 45.

 

Her husband now is left to bring up a 15 year old and a 10 year old.

 

Life is short and really not worth getting stressed about.

So sorry to hear that. Thoughts with the family.

[Aston Martin]

I thought you was getting a twingo?

I was going to, but for the spec i wanted it would have been too expensive. Plus the shade of yellow it comes with is awful.

 

 

[alcyonecorporation]

I have some crap skin on my leg which some cream has been treating.

 

Last night I had an allergic reaction to said cream. Some, erm, parts nearby have swelled and are burning as a a result. Like bastards.

Walk in centre was fairly useless but it's painful to walk because of 'stretchage'. Mainlining strong paracetamol and anthistemines [sic] at the moment. Rang my dermatologist mate in agony and she suggested greek yoghurt and / or aloe vera.

 

I am at work listening to vapour wave to distract me from THE UNPLEASANTNESS.

[chaseracer]

Rang my dermatologist mate in agony and she suggested greek yoghurt and / or aloe vera...

 

Jon M9, I think you've pulled!

 

Seriously though, GWS pal.

[Cavcraft]

The fancy orange panda that my mum uses has had a FTP today.

 

 

 The spring cups on the rear axle have rotten through on one side, broken the spring and collapsed the suspension.  She's on holiday with the car in fecking Cleethorpes and the car has been recovered to a garage there.  She's been quoted £1,000 to fix it!  axles are £100 on ebay and a couple of new springs should be about £50 quid though the labour might add up a bit.  As technically it's still my car I have to either source and deliver replacement parts to garage, have car recovered to me (her breakdown gets her home, not the car!), scrap car in Cleethorpes (book price is between 500-1000) which is least favourite option.

She thought the knocking noise was a bottle of wine in the boot.

Oh and she can only afford £300 worth of repairs.

 

Been looking at trading my 4x4 panda in for a 2wd panda she could manage and I could "borrow" for longer trips, though as she's had attempted theft of cinquecento (which was written  off), smashed rear window of tango panda due to dodgy area and on street parking (she could park it around the corner off the road but won't) I'm not sure getting her a better car again at my expense is a good idea.

 

I'll ring the Cleethorpes garage tomorrow and get a better idea of what it actually needs, they used to be able to weld up spring cups or is that another repair nobody wants to do anymore?

 

Can she not just join a breakdown recovery service and suddenly realise it's knackered on the last day of the holiday?

[twosmoke300]

Last time I priced a panda rear axle if was about 450 plus vat iirc from fiat .

[Aston Martin]

Fuck me, £112 for new tyre.

 

Because it's a lease i cant put a Kumwokho tyre on as it'll probably come back to get me when I return the car.

[Bren]

Halfords wet and dry paper.

 

I have never used abrasive paper that has shed it's abrasive media like this - I am going to make envelopes out of the backing paper.

[richardmorris]

One of those days today. Have a cold and can't breath well and didn't sleep so up at 5am. Frosty outside. Leave at 6.30 and get to work in 15 mins to find I've forgotten the keys. Bum hats- I'd checked my pockets and felt the oblong key ring but it turned out this was the one to my parent's house. Drove home and back to work with keys this time. Thought well, I'll still be able to leave early as it was 7.15. But no, damned customers wanting our miracle instant service without notice day. So 11 hours at work with sore throat and a headache. Then stuck in traffic for ages on the way home.

 

And the frost appears to have got to my early rhubarb. Grump, grump.

[coalnotdole]

I was driving down the dual carrigeway this morning and a deer ran out from the central reservation it was spooked by a lorry travelling in the other directon and in a panic it charged out in front of me....

The damage is mostly confined to the top of the drivers side wing, but it has also damaged / bent the suspension which I causing some very unatural camber, but having had a quick look I've not immediately been able to spot the cause.









Damaged OSF



Undamaged NSF

[twosmoke300]

Oh deer !

[richardmorris]

Oh hell. Can the bodywork be repaired?

[DodgeRover]

That wheel does not look good venison in the freezer yet?

[chaseracer]

You would think, would you not, that it should be an act of sublime simplicity for a national car spares chain* to order and supply the correct brake light switch, especially since they had both the car's registration and sight of the original component.

 

Clearly not.

 

Let's see what they turn up tomorrow...

 

 

* Neither of the usual suspects!

[Lord Sterling]

I have some crap skin on my leg...

Sorry to hear of this Jon. Hope you get well soon.

[coalnotdole]

I've had an offer of a donor section so hopefully that will mean it won't take too long to fix.