The grumpy thread

[bub2006]

My wife drives buses in and out of Derby City centre all day and I do worry about her.

[hairymel]

 no-one should be forced to get on a bus every day!

[bub2006]

That's true! Mind you I do a lot of city driving being multi drop.

[hairymel]

fuck - multidrop is worse than bus travel!

 

you have my sympathy* 

[somewhatfoolish]

I did a few weeks of freelance multidrop for a catalogue company; I'd rather rub my knob up a roughcast wall than do that again. Fair play to those who can cope with it and not go postal.

[D Spares & Tyres]

suspected terror attack in london. Folk mowed down by a white van and stabbings. The world is fucked. What is wrong with people?

To be fair, every time I have driven in London I have felt like doing this.....

[EssDeeWon]

This was actually parked!!! Sorry couldn't find the parking thread.

[Chas4545]

BT sport  appear to have dialled down the quality of picture on sky, so am now watching the moto gp (usually pin sharp) like it was recorded onto Betamax in 1980.

 

Gotta sell their hd channels somehow I guess.

[Lankytim]

In law issues again. They've just had their Fusion MOTd but it's developed a weird clonking noise. I had a look and couldn't find anything wrong but there didn't seem to be anything serious, loose heat shield or something. They took it back to the garage who did the MOT and they inspected everything and couldn't find a fault, "wait for it to get worse and bring it back" fast forward a couple of days to today and he's taken it to the most disreputable garage in the city who diagnosed strut tops by just looking at it and quoted £400 to get it done. He's pretty much taken it everywhere until someone agreed to rinse him for some non existent work. I once had a bill from this garage for "headlamp fluid" - anyone with any experience of them never use them again. One born a minute I guess.

[Tamworthbay]

In law issues again. They've just had their Fusion MOTd but it's developed a weird clonking noise. I had a look and couldn't find anything wrong but there didn't seem to be anything serious, loose heat shield or something. They took it back to the garage who did the MOT and they inspected everything and couldn't find a fault, "wait for it to get worse and bring it back" fast forward a couple of days to today and he's taken it to the most disreputable garage in the city who diagnosed strut tops by just looking at it and quoted £400 to get it done. He's pretty much taken it everywhere until someone agreed to rinse him for some non existent work. I once had a bill from this garage for "headlamp fluid" - anyone with any experience of them never use them again. One born a minute I guess.

I am pretty sure headlamp fluid is only used in French cars and Kas. It is fitted at the service for the end of warranty and needs regular topping up. The colour indicates the car age with it going browner the older it gets. The really brown stuff is very expensive I think.

[clayts450]

So frustrated I cannot drive my Streetshite at present as I'm medicated to the max on a mixture of painkillers and antibiotics for my sinusitis (aka 'it's not toothache, sir' NHS Walk in dental clinic diagnosis yday) which are rendering me as alert as Dopey McDope, the dopiest person from Dopesville. 

 

Made a feeble effort to buy some bits for it today, but abandoned ship after buying a taillight lamp from Wilkos and a 12v tyre inflater from B & M - oh and a chamois and microfibre mitt from Poundland...

 

Did buy a full set of authentic Streetwise rubber mats from Rimmers yesterday for £12 but got shafted £10 for delivery turning a bargain into a 'meh'...

[fordperv]

In law issues again. They've just had their Fusion MOTd but it's developed a weird clonking noise. I had a look and couldn't find anything wrong but there didn't seem to be anything serious, loose heat shield or something. They took it back to the garage who did the MOT and they inspected everything and couldn't find a fault, "wait for it to get worse and bring it back" fast forward a couple of days to today and he's taken it to the most disreputable garage in the city who diagnosed strut tops by just looking at it and quoted £400 to get it done. He's pretty much taken it everywhere until someone agreed to rinse him for some non existent work. I once had a bill from this garage for "headlamp fluid" - anyone with any experience of them never use them again. One born a minute I guess.

Which garage is this tim?

[neil1971]

To be fair it's only a 5 minute walk to the kerb from there. Is that Thorpe Bay Broadway?

 

 

This was actually parked!!! Sorry couldn't find the parking thread.

[EssDeeWon]

To be fair it's only a 5 minute walk to the kerb from there. Is that Thorpe Bay Broadway?

 

Yes spot on, it is Thorpe Bay Broadway.

[eddyramrod]

Another episode in the charmless and over-long saga of my hands today.

I thought I'd take advantage of a Sunday of sun and dismantle a pallet I've had taking up space in the back yard for a while.  Yeah, with my fingers...  Handling wood (which I love), hammering, crowbarring... the already paper-thin skin on most of my fingertips has worn away to bugger-all.  I'm in pain every time I touch anything, and of course every fucking thing I do in the course of daily life involves using my fingers.

WHY CAN'T MY SKIN JUST FUCKING WORK??????????

[Lankytim]

Which garage is this tim?

 

 

I'd rather not say as I'm in fear of reprisals but it's Lloyd's in Tunstall.

 

Anyway, there's been an update. After I mentioned my concerns to the MIL she berated the FIL to the extent that he went over and got the car back before they started work on it. I got it up on a jack and checked the strut tops, no wear could be detected but a good kick to the suspended drivers wheel produced a rattle.

 

Anyway, long story short one of the brake pads (That I fitted a month ago) has a clip thing that goes inside the brake piston and this had fallen off and was rattling around. I threw the clip away and the rattle has gone. Inlaws are over the moon as I've saved them £400 and they can now drive to Cornwall this weekend with confidence. They havent figured out that it was an issue with the brakes I fitted last month but hopefully i'll be unbanned from parking chod on their drive and I'll have some hopeless POS parked on it before they do.

[Hendry]

I'd rather not say as I'm in fear of reprisals but it's Lloyd's in Tunstall.

 

Anyway, there's been an update. After I mentioned my concerns to the MIL she berated the FIL to the extent that he went over and got the car back before they started work on it. I got it up on a jack and checked the strut tops, no wear could be detected but a good kick to the suspended drivers wheel produced a rattle.

 

Anyway, long story short one of the brake pads (That I fitted a month ago) has a clip thing that goes inside the brake piston and this had fallen off and was rattling around. I threw the clip away and the rattle has gone. Inlaws are over the moon as I've saved them £400 and they can now drive to Cornwall this weekend with confidence. They havent figured out that it was an issue with the brakes I fitted last month but hopefully i'll be unbanned from parking chod on their drive and I'll have some hopeless POS parked on it before they do.

 

Utter shysters, too many garages who when a customer comes in complaining of a noise see it as easy money because they dont need to convince the punter theres a fault before conning them out of their hard earned, rather than do what a mechanic is supposed to do and thoroughly inspect the car for mechanical faults. 

 

You can bet your bottom dollar if this was a new or used car with a warranty there would be no faults found however!

 

Actually makes my blood boil because I wonder how many old people or people with no mechanical knowledge take their car to a garage for knocks, bangs and rattles and trust the garage to be honest and instead get ripped off to the tune of a small fortune. Honest mechanics are garages are worth their weight in gold which is why i dont mess mine about, complain about prices or make excuses to get the work done later, if hes genuine, honest and good at his job then fair enough whatever he says needs done will get done. 

[fordperv]

I'd rather not say as I'm in fear of reprisals but it's Lloyd's in Tunstall.

 

Anyway, there's been an update. After I mentioned my concerns to the MIL she berated the FIL to the extent that he went over and got the car back before they started work on it. I got it up on a jack and checked the strut tops, no wear could be detected but a good kick to the suspended drivers wheel produced a rattle.

 

Anyway, long story short one of the brake pads (That I fitted a month ago) has a clip thing that goes inside the brake piston and this had fallen off and was rattling around. I threw the clip away and the rattle has gone. Inlaws are over the moon as I've saved them £400 and they can now drive to Cornwall this weekend with confidence. They havent figured out that it was an issue with the brakes I fitted last month but hopefully i'll be unbanned from parking chod on their drive and I'll have some hopeless POS parked on it before they do.

Ahh I know of them, they used to be into some Dodgier stuff years back dont know if it's the same now

[Lankytim]

Yeah. Apparently they didn't make their fortune in the garage trade.

[UmBongo]

Honda back from garage and all sorted but I noticed a little ding with oil mark on passenger door. I know for a fact it was fine when I put it in.

 

Phoned the manager and got the expected response; ''I'm not aware of that and I'll ask all the guys.'' Like anyone will admit to dinging my car by accident with a carelessly placed wrench or spanner.

 

Dicks!

[EssDeeWon]

Of course it wasn't them, they haven't been anywhere near the car, you the customer are making this up entirely.

 

You have more chance of getting the queen over for tea tonight than getting a garage to fess up to causing some damage to a car whilst in their possession. 

[Mr A Lawrence]

Of course it wasn't them, they haven't been anywhere near the car, you the customer are making this up entirely.

 

You have more chance of getting the queen over for tea tonight than getting a garage to fess up to causing some damage to a car whilst in their possession.

 

Years ago, 2003 to be precise we purchased a brand new mgzr and, surprisingly it needed some warranty work doing and, as we both worked the mg dealer said they'd come and collect i, do the work and then drop it off for us.

 

Top service!!

 

When we got it back I found the n/s front wheel curbed quite badly.

 

I told the missus as I was dailing the number of the dealership to complain.

 

On the phone I let rip at the service manager about the damage and demanded that it was sorted out at their cost and asap!!

 

The manager came out to inspect the wheel and then said he'd had a word with the service driver girl who'd denied doing it but would get it sorted if they could have the car again.

 

I said ok as long as she didn't drive it.

 

Car came back with the damage fixed/replaced, washed and polished etc.

 

Fast forward 10 or so years later and, driving past an mgzr like the one we had I commented on the damage they caused to the wheel and if the service driver got to pay for my new wheel or got "gardening leave" when the missus confessed that she'd done it a few days earlier turning round in the street near us and decided not to say anything at the time OR when I was going mental on the phone to mg.

 

Oops.

[clayts450]

First day of a fortnight off from work - pissing it down. Deep joy.

[Lankytim]

I sent a Rover 100 for MOT once, they reversed it into a wall, smashed the rear light and then failed it on said rear light.

[Guest Hooli]

First day of a fortnight off from work - pissing it down. Deep joy.

 

I rode to work today as it seemed a nice morning, not sure I've got any waterproofs either.

[Hendry]

Speaking of garages damaging cars, and in particular wheels, when I had my brand new 15 plate Corsa, on one of the many occaisions it was back in the dealers for yet more warranty work, they repaired a puncture on the OSR wheel, i knew about the puncture anyway, but didnt mention it to see if they actually did their "vehicle visual health check" they always bang on about, anyway i picked it up with warranty work done and puncture repaired, checked when i got home and clearly there was all this white stuff round the tyre and rim from the tyre being on and off, i got a cloth, wiped most of it off, only there was a stubborn white mark which wouldnt budge (the car had standard black alloys so it was very prominent) so i called them up and said their mechanic had scraped the alloy with the tyre machine, they said bring it in next week when your warranty work parts are in stock and we'll have a look, they sent a mechanic whod never been near my car out to look at it, I was expecting the guy to say nah thats been marked by a kerb or something, bear in mind it was a year old 15,000 miles car with perfect wheels, he looked and immediately said aye thats been a tyre machine, its too close to the tyre that theres no way that part of the rim would ever come into contact with a kerb and its too clean, neat and straight to have been caused by anything else, ill let the service reception know and itll get sorted for you.

 

I honestly couldnt believe it, thought it was going to be a big fight with them, especially considering it was Arnold Shark. 

[gordonbennet]

First day of a fortnight off from work - pissing it down. Deep joy.

 

Sounds about right.

I'm off for a week, rustproofed the Landcruiser couple of weeks ago and the underbody guards are still off cos i'm going to change all the transmission oils this week.

That's bollocksed now, it's either raining or blowing a bloody gale or both, gr9.

 

I need a whole day cos it's got to go up on 4 ramps, both diffs and the transfer box are easy enough but changing the autobox oil is gunna be a right arse cos Toyota, in their race to turn the thing into a Range Rover box of electrics have scrapped the dipstick, so now it's short two wires together in the diagnostic socket and run to a temperature when the dash light goes out in order to get the right level via the overflow plug underneath, plus instead of filling via the dipstick tube its got to go in from the side via a filler plug...effin well played Toyota if i wanted a bloody RR i'd have bought an Ewok.

[alcyonecorporation]

Specialist is ignoring my emails re: returning my car. 

Legal advice sought. Not happy. 

[Frogchod]

Changing the oil on the van I noticed diesel dripping off the sump

Looks like it's coming from the front of the pump. Pump sounds bloody rattily too.

Pump and cambelt change next weekend then

Anyone got a Lucas pump for a DW8 ?

[alcyonecorporation]

No more mourning selfies and GE rhetoric for me. 

Facebook, you're turned off until further notice. I can't be arsed with you.