The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

Good to see Sav on form.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Filled up the Acclaim tonight, averaged just 36.8mpg over the last tank. That's 3mpg less than usual and only 1mpg better than the Doloshite.

 

Bah!

Nearly as economical as a 200PS Rolf GTI, such is progresss!

[5speedracer]

Except you are. You're just not allowed to whale the shit out of them with a belt any more.

Parents from Dumfries have to drive their kids to Carlisle to give them a smack as it is illegal in our enlightened country.

Of course this implies the rest of you are nuckle dragging barbarians with the empathy of a Tunis Islam follower.

No offence like!

 

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[tooSavvy]

^^^ drag them from Dumfries... Behind the car

[SiC]

Nearly as economical as a 200PS Rolf GTI, such is progresss!

The same 200PS VAG engine in my TT does the same MPG but also gets through the same quantity of oil as his Dolomite. About just under a litre every 1000 miles or so.

 

Normal usage I'm told. Normal...

[Guest Hooli]

^^^ drag them from Dumfries... Behind the car

 

Makes it a more peaceful trip for the driver too.

[mrbenn]

Thank goodness. Top work whoever changed the thread title - perfecto.

 

Now, let's all have a cup of tea.

[dollywobbler]

Sodding DART charge. I was a few hours late making a payment, and now they want £107. Arseholes. If they want it, they'd better be ready for a fight. I think I shall stick to my preferred technique of avoiding the sodding thing altogether. 

[Guest Hooli]

Thank goodness. Top work whoever changed the thread title - perfecto.

 

Now, let's all have a cup of tea.

 

But what if the thread self identifies as a happy thread?

[timolloyd]

Sodding DART charge. I was a few hours late making a payment, and now they want £107. Arseholes. If they want it, they'd better be ready for a fight. I think I shall stick to my preferred technique of avoiding the sodding thing altogether. 

 

When I rang them about a similar-sounding set of circumstances, I was pleasantly surprised at how much discretion the call handler had. It's worth apologising, claiming a first offence etc. and see what happens.

[wuvvum]

/\ This.  They're actually quite reasonable compared to, say, DVLA.

[New POD]

Snowflake ? It's a word I use to insult * my daughter's white middle class (mainly female,) 20 something, friends, when she recounts a tale about their behaviour and feelings that they have been wronged.  We both agree that most of them have been given ** obscene amounts of privilege growing up, and need to (wo)man the feck up.   Or as she puts it "grow a pair, love"  

 

* by insult I mean share my thoughts with my family in the privacy of my own home, where typically I'm told to keep my opinions to myself when I am out in the community. 

 

** Obscene amounts of Privilege, means having whatever you want, going on 5 Proper holidays (to the far east or on Safari or skiing) on a yearly basis, and only going to the villa in Tuscany for long weekends and at Easter.  So maybe only once every 2 months.  And once you leave home, renting a Flat in Leeds City Centre for only £1200 a month, with your boyfriend, because despite being adults you both get an allowance off your parents still. (They wouldn't want you to live anywhere shit)  

[dollywobbler]

When I rang them about a similar-sounding set of circumstances, I was pleasantly surprised at how much discretion the call handler had. It's worth apologising, claiming a first offence etc. and see what happens.

 

They just brushed me off and said I'd have to make a Representation (fill in an online form and wait for 56 days!). Couldn't have been less helpful really. I shall stick to trying to avoid the crossing at all costs. Has generally worked fairly well over the years.

[John F]

Recent developments on this thread remind me of Armstrong & Miller's "RAF pilots" sketch

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGp4DvFEgh8

[alcyonecorporation]

Are we the baddies?

[John F]

Are we the baddies?

 

Probably, to someone.

[AMC Rebel]

I thought generalisations were really,really wrong.

 

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance

[AMC Rebel]

Recent developments on this thread remind me of Armstrong & Miller's "RAF pilots" sketch

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGp4DvFEgh8

 

"We is better at war and flying and shit than they is"

"ooooo look at me flying a Hurricane it's a shit plane and my Mum goes chippy in her slippers"

 

Fantastic and made me think of history today -

 

[Supernaut]

Are we the baddies?

 

 

I do actually have little skulls on a couple of my hats. Damn.

[AlabamaShrimp]

What a proper cock

 

 

 

No damage underneath

[alcyonecorporation]

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance

And the Dutch.

 

 

 

I do actually have little skulls on a couple of my hats. Damn.

IMHO the Linden trees sketch was the funniest thing M&W did. That or Cheesoid.

[AMC Rebel]

And the Dutch.

 

 

IMHO the Linden trees sketch was the funniest thing M&W did. That or Cheesoid.

 

Avocado bathroom for me

[mrbenn]

But what if the thread self identifies as a happy thread?

 

Shit. Hadn't thought of that. Everyone return your cup of tea, immediately.

[John F]

That or Cheesoid.

 

Cheesoid was ACE.

[xtriple]

To go with my new status as a 'giffer' I have just eaten Chinese food at 3:30 in the afternoon.

 

It was really good and now I shall go and have a nap....

 

Oh, and a new 'friend' Kath has just given me an MandS card, very posh and lovely but it is proudly emblazoned with '60' on the front. I am not happy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So which one are you then I hear you cry

[reb]

Congratulations to Renault for designing rear seats that have taken me 2 hours (and counting) to remove.

First was the isofix bar, which is of course fairly chunky and understandably bolted directly through the floor. Provided with both T45 and 17mm hex head on the bolts I thought it wouldn't be too bad. It took lots of wd40 and all of my (admittedly insignificant) strength on a 600mm breaker bar to remove.

Once that was out of the way, it was onto the one bolt holding the middle seat mount in. Only provided with a T40 head this time, how hard can it be? It turns out this bolt protrudes out under the car, so has been subjected to 15 years of salt and other shit. The head is also soft enough that it immediately stripped, but not so soft that I could drill it with an Argos battery drill with no charge left. The seats don't need to go back in, so I think the acquisition of a grinder on my next day off should fix the problem.

 

Also the exhaust has started blowing and the bumper lip is hanging off. Unfortunately we can't blame either on it being french, and have to concede that it may be our fault.

 

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[Lacquer Peel]

Converting Ms_Peel's Clio van into a car I didn't find it too bad to take the rear seats out of a scrapper and fit them into the 'van'.

Is the Clio now breaking for spares? I'm trying to think if we need any parts - maybe headlights if they haven't developed cataracts.

[reb]

Converting Ms_Peel's Clio van into a car I didn't find it too bad to take the rear seats out of a scrapper and fit them into the 'van'.

Is the Clio now breaking for spares? I'm trying to think if we need any parts - maybe headlights if they haven't developed cataracts.

We didn't crash it that badly! Just overdid a handbrake turn on grass... We're removing unnecessary weight, so lots of interior shit going spare that if nobody wants it will be going in the skip. It's MOT is up in June so the rest may be available then depending on how badly it goes!

 

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[Pieman]

Sodding DART charge. I was a few hours late making a payment, and now they want £107. Arseholes. If they want it, they'd better be ready for a fight. I think I shall stick to my preferred technique of avoiding the sodding thing altogether. 

 

Had to suffer this when going to Brands Hatch last weekend.  What the hell was wrong with throwing a couple of coins into a bucket as you pass through the toll?  It's not like the online payment crap makes the traffic move the slightest bit quicker - from the few times I've used it, the traffic seems to be even worse now than with the old system.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Had to suffer this when going to Brands Hatch last weekend.  What the hell was wrong with throwing a couple of coins into a bucket as you pass through the toll?  It's not like the online payment crap makes the traffic move the slightest bit quicker - from the few times I've used it, the traffic seems to be even worse now than with the old system.

 

 

It is.

 

They removed the people and just made the traffic flow one set of four lanes, the other set of four lanes, both or neither.  Back when they actually employed people, they had much finer control of the traffic into the tunnel and could keep it moving much more smoothly.

 

Frankly, our tolls are a joke.  The US has a lot of tolls (disagree with the idea) but they generally implement it well.  Even automated tolls have individual lanes for each vehicle and you go when it tells you to, rather than just waiting in a bloody great queue.