The grumpy thread

58,070 · January 4, 2018

S860A Additional turn indicator lamp

Were those the ones on the outside of the car?

15,087 · January 4, 2018

‘Badge delete’ is common on BMW, Mini, M-B etc. Sometimes it’s referred to as such sometimes other words to that effect, but having it removed is 100% an option on the list in some manner.

I’m sure I heard that badge delete was a cost option on either Bmw or mb

My old 635CSi never had the bootlid badge but none of its old records confirmed that it had been deleted by its first owner. In the end I bought the three badges "635" "CS" and "i" from BMW.....and then couldn't be bothered to stick them on.

26,193 · January 4, 2018

Were those the ones on the outside of the car?

I think that code is for side repeaters, the car was an 84 so they were still optional.

Naturally, they were never used by whichever thrusting executive was driving the thing.

11,036 · January 4, 2018

MOT man is going to be thrilled with that, probably stomp your good foot.

As long as cables are still fitted then the MOT man has nothing to complain about as long as the hydraulic one holds ok.

4,209 · January 4, 2018

Grrr. Breakdown cover is up for renewal later this month. As expected, my reward* for loyalty is a raise in the premium of 24 quid with an arrangement fee of 61 quid. Grand total £315

Forgive me if I don't renew, you piss taking shitehawks. Did I use your service last year? No, as it happens. Do you have my credit card details and will you be auto renewing if I do nothing? Yes. So charging me 61quid for an email and one Bacs transaction seems like a lot.

So, to their competitors, who are able, via their 'first year' offers, to give me the same service for half the renewal price. Great! Except on the cheapest competitor's web site, there's no option to add European cover. I google it. They do offer it. Just not to me. Hmm. Use the Chat window. Get 'Zoe'. After 10 minutes of to and fro (and I can type quite fast) which seems to be getting me nowhere, I happen to mention that I can see the European cover option on screen but it's greyed out. 'Zoe' - "Is there anything about your details that might be causing this?"

Fortunately, she must have sensed my lack of quick response as an indication that this was a really stupid question and my eventual response would be quite terse, so she follows it with...

"What year is your vehicle?"

"2002"

"Ah, we don't do European cover for vehicles older than 16 years"

Kthnxbye

As I'm sure you will have guessed, I now have a large bruise on my head from the surface of the desk in front of me following this chat debacle.

FFS. 16 years. Apart from Mrs CW's driving school eurobox, (which I really don't want to go to Europe in, ever), an 02 is my newest vehicle. It went to southern France last year. But this year, I can't get cover for it.

Don't worry. I took full advantage of the Feedback window that appeared straight after 'Zoe' went back to her other call centre duties, to tell this bunch what a heap of shite their quote site is - all it needs is a popup next to the greyed out Euro cover option saying 'we cannot offer this option for the vehicle you have specified' and I could have been angry sooner, without having tied up one of their staff for 15 minutes first.

I'll save the obvious question for the appropriate thread, as well as posing it on the XM forum which currently is covering the excellent adventure of one of their number, taking a road trip through much of France and deep into Spain. In an XM. Well jel.

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58,070 · January 4, 2018

I've taken some right old heaps down to the south of France and never bothered with breakdown cover - ye'll be rite.

10,138 · January 5, 2018

Grrr. Breakdown cover is up for renewal l.....

15 months for the price of 12 through the link with Autoaid.

http://www.silvertap.com/autoaid/

That covers you for the UK and they have this for europe:

https://www.eurorescue.co.uk/

26,122 · January 5, 2018

Watching this weeks Grand tour.What a load of shit..

5,295 · January 5, 2018

Holy shit, for just over £2k you can do a course in a few weeks that gives you enough to register as a competent person? I don't have any more electrics needing to be notified, but that's effing tempting.

No. That’s about a quarter what you’d need to be a spark and is useless without the rest. Looks more like something for a DIY enthusiast.

25,145 · January 5, 2018

...the XM forum which currently is covering the excellent adventure of one of their number, taking a road trip through much of France and deep into Spain. In an XM. Well jel.

Me too.

Aside from the sad reason for the adventure, I'm pleased that the seats Ray is travelling on came out of my broken '89 XM. They were the most comfortable of any car I've ever had, and I'm glad now that I stored them for so long.

25,145 · January 5, 2018

15 months for the price of 12 through the link with Autoaid.

http://www.silvertap.com/autoaid/

That covers you for the UK and they have this for europe:

https://www.eurorescue.co.uk/

15 year age limit in the small print...

17,065 · January 5, 2018

I've taken some right old heaps down to the south of France and never bothered with breakdown cover - ye'll be rite.

Chodweaver, who do you bank with? Often your Bank will offer an enhanced account which includes travel and breakdown insurance for free. Even if it costs £15 a month, that's £180 a year which sounds cheaper than your current breakdown provider. Plus the free travel insurance is usually worthwhile and there are often other discounts and benefits thrown in (gadget cover, legal protections, etc)

For my holiday this year I got some quotes for the family for a fortnight in the US. The travel insurance alone was about £110 for the two weeks we were there so the costs of the account largely covered themselves. Plus the cover was better. Of course if you don't break down or travel anywhere it's money down the drain but that could apply to any insurance policy. Total waste of money until one day it suddenly isn't.

Here's a Which thing for research purposes:

https://www.which.co.uk/money/banking/bank-accounts/guides/best-bank-accounts/best-packaged-bank-accounts

6,540 · January 5, 2018

Watching this weeks Grand tour.What a load of shit..

Don't watch it then!

9,176 · January 5, 2018

Someone has left a deposit on the AX, but over a week later and nothing to suggest any collection of it soon.

It's not got to the point of annoying me just yet but it's beginning to. Admittedly the guy lives quite some way away but it's insured and MOT'd, just drive it back man.

13,576 · January 5, 2018

Holy shit, for just over £2k you can do a course in a few weeks that gives you enough to register as a competent person? I don't have any more electrics needing to be notified, but that's effing tempting.

It's a stepping stone to getting there. But these qualifications have never been about safety, but making money by allowing the Deanos and Bazzas of the world to buy their "competency".

There are obviously plenty of good tradesmen about, but some of the most mind-bendingly dangerous stuff I have seen was done by folks with their shiny new bit of paper that says they apparently know what they are doing.

13,576 · January 5, 2018

I am generally in favour of making things greener, but not at the cost of the effectiveness of the product.

Todays example is the only decent oven and grill cleaner I have found here. You could tell it was good because it pretty much ripped your lungs out. It is now "new improved formula" With no caustic whatever and smells like mild deodorant. It also does literally fuck all... Aye thanks lads, gotta use the whole fucking tin now where a few squirts used to do it...much greener.

See also...all paint strippers, hammerite, in fact pretty much all exterior and metal paints....all ineffective shadows of what they used to be.

4,209 · January 5, 2018

Aside from the sad reason for the adventure, I'm pleased that the seats Ray is travelling on came out of my broken '89 XM

Good on yer.

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31,462 · January 5, 2018

It's a stepping stone to getting there. But these qualifications have never been about safety, but making money by allowing the Deanos and Bazzas of the world to buy their "competency".
There are obviously plenty of good tradesmen about, but some of the most mind-bendingly dangerous stuff I have seen was done by folks with their shiny new bit of paper that says they apparently know what they are doing.

Yeah I must admit the electrics stuff frightens me a bit - to think you could be legally competent in a few weeks

Not looking for that, just want to be less shite at stuff like tiling and plastering

1.1k · January 5, 2018

This also applies to water based wood preservatives. The whole point of painting things is to protect them from the elements, water doesn't do that very well

31,462 · January 5, 2018

Bastard. Overstayed by 9 minutes when loading my car outside my flat. My bad of course, fair cop but a £40 mistake!

9,637 · January 5, 2018

I've got something similar. I didn't realise the nutall road was actually buses only at certain times and it caught me the other day. Only realised when I got the letter. I'm usually very observant about things like this so upon searching info about it online it turns out to be quite a controversial bus only road and lots have been caught and had it turned over. I haven't got the fight to do it though!

9,637 · January 5, 2018

Third day stuck in the house. I'm going nuts. Need some food for breakfast/dinner but ex wife been doing long shifts this week. Can't get out the bloody door cos the frigging car is off the road.

22,504 · January 5, 2018

I'm a bit late to this party but on the XJS I had last year, the wipers didn't operate with a screenwash prod if the level was low. Sensible when you think about it. I wish all cars did that, so you didn't just end up smearing shit all over the windscreen.

You were right. It started working again when I put a wee bit more water in. I had wondered that myself when it initially didn't work but then I thought, the low level warning light was on for ages a couple of months ago and they always worked. Seems I must have not got down to the level to stop them working. Phew!

Whilst its good that the wipers don't move to avoid smearing shit all over the window when there is no water, why do they do that extra friggin wipe 10 seconds after the last one leaving just enough time for your window to get enough shit on it to smear it across your line of vision again? Drives me mad, Mrs Imps Megane does the same shit.

Anyhow, I have replaced the motor with one from a breakers and I have screenwash again. I have had to screw the undertray to the bumper by drilling some new holes though as when I was undoing them before the clamps just ripped the bumper instead of detaching themselves, hopefully that will hold.

26,122 · January 5, 2018

Don't watch it then!

If I didn't watch it i wouldn't know it was shite.

10,625 · January 5, 2018

Someone has left a deposit on the AX, but over a week later and nothing to suggest any collection of it soon.
It's not got to the point of annoying me just yet but it's beginning to. Admittedly the guy lives quite some way away but it's insured and MOT'd, just drive it back man.

Yes I had the same with the Maestro. Chap turned up, had test drive, drank tea, left deposit. It then took about a month to get him to pick the bastard thing up (he said he'd hurt his left knee so couldn't drive a manual car until it healed). I eventually gave him an ultimatum of the end of the week or he loses his deposit and the car is re-advertised, and he came down shortly afterwards with the rest of the cash, full of apologies, and drove it home. It is very frustrating though. You and I are too polite and lenient with these people, that's the problem.

January 5, 2018

If I didn't watch it i wouldn't know it was shite.

Anything with the hamster in is shit, not shite.

2,105 · January 5, 2018

Someone has left a deposit on the AX, but over a week later and nothing to suggest any collection of it soon.
It's not got to the point of annoying me just yet but it's beginning to. Admittedly the guy lives quite some way away but it's insured and MOT'd, just drive it back man.

I never do the deposit thing nowadays. Pay the whole amount there and then or leave it.

Last time a similar thing happened, the bloke paid in full and then asked if he could collect the car at a later date... sure said I, but it's not staying on my driveway! He parked the car on the road and disappeared. It was still there a week later, sans tax and insurance. It did eventually go, whether he collected it or not is a mystery.

He also regularly texted me, asking if I'd sent the V5 off, could he change the name he'd written on it/ etc.

I wouldn't have minded but it was my sister's old £300 car that we just wanted rid of. Should've just driven it to the fragger and be done with it.

26,180 · January 5, 2018

Anything with Clarkson in is shit.

EFA

1,964 · January 5, 2018

I heard that in Germany it’s common for people to debadge the performance model whereas here we debadge the 316i - could be pub bollocks

Debadged several of my cars but never my bollocks.

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9,262 · January 5, 2018

Does win10 use an algorithm to determine exactly the most inconvenient time to update?

And yes, auto update claims to be off.

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