The grumpy thread

[Lacquer Peel]

What's wrong with the turbo? Is the turbo knackered or is it a false flag symptom of a deeper problem?

[DodgeRover]

Given what you've spent I would put a turbo on it if you are sure it's actually failed.

I never the cost of consider service items as you would need them anyway no matter what you run.

[Hertz]

Bought a replacement alloy off eBay for one on the avensis that has pothole damage

 

Received this piece of shit, did they honestly think I'd fit that to my car, fucking Muppets, return postage is going to be expensive for them as I used the label provided by eBay and it must weigh 10 kilos

 

Jesus that inside rim looks like a 50 pence piece!

[drum]

What's wrong with the turbo? Is the turbo knackered or is it a false flag symptom of a deeper problem?

 

 

I don't know for sure but it's lost all power, making a hair dryer noise above 2000rpm and making lots of smoke.

 

 

Given what you've spent I would put a turbo on it if you are sure it's actually failed.

I never the cost of consider service items as you would need them anyway no matter what you run.

I agree, but they're all brand new.

[SiC]

The basic one is £79 a month. Seventy nine pounds a fucking month for a new warranted car made in a modern factory.

 

This looks okay for £109. You could probably wangle it down to a grand deposit and another 30 quid a month...?

 

Even so: Drive it, clean it, get it serviced.

 

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Few half decent PCH deals about too.

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

Basically £145 p/m amortalised over 24 months. More than the Dacia and no offer to buy it outright, but far less grim. (Sorry to modern Dacia fans, it's the truth!)

 

Seems a lot of money per month but that's new brakes/tyres/warranty. So no real other expenses. 24 month period, so probably no service needed either. I reckon I spend far more than that a month on my modern stuff and they're not even needy at the moment.

 

Pretty sure it's what I'll do if one of my moderns shit themselves. Especially if I move out of the city and have less risk of dentage.

[somewhatfoolish]

I don't know for sure but it's lost all power, making a hair dryer noise above 2000rpm and making lots of smoke.

 

That sounds not unlike a burst turbot hose; check simple before reaching for the chequebook/razorblade.

[Zelandeth]

Have been around rats now for a little over twelve years.

 

This evening managed to get the first nasty bite ever. Have had a few "excuse me, that's my finger not food, thank you very much..." nips, and one we had used to "explore with his teeth" but never actually been bitten before.

 

Had a cracker this evening though. Proper "oh look, I'm leaving a trail of blood running up my arm and dripping on the floor while on the way to the sink to clean this up..." job.

 

That little bugger is getting increasingly aggressive. He's been bullying is brothers too, can see him getting put into a separate cage at this rate.

 

Bloody welding gloves going on if I need to separate them again though...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

The CX stripdown continues, and the workshop has finally managed to extract the engine and gearbox. They also had a slight* problem with the bearing in the middle of this photo:

 

 

Apparently seized solid, they reported, and now - having managed to extract it - they're worried about the availability of a replacement....

 

What else could possibly go wrong? 

 

^^ Wankers

 

Scammers, surely?

[DodgeRover]

There will be a number on the bearing replacement should be simple

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

That sounds not unlike a burst turbot hose; check simple before reaching for the chequebook/razorblade.

No boost, black smoke and whooooosh noise is a major boost leak, hose or inter cooler split. Blue smoke - turboe is fucked. Also fit new intercooler as it’s full of oil and shit, plus remove and wash out downpipe/cat.

[BorniteIdentity]

Few half decent PCH deals about too.

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

Basically £145 p/m amortalised over 24 months. More than the Dacia and no offer to buy it outright, but far less grim. (Sorry to modern Dacia fans, it's the truth!)

 

 

 

Hang on a mo.  We seem to have skipped from spending a grand on an 'appreciating classic' (yes, i'm also twitching) with easy access to spares that's liked by the owner....

 

...to finding a £2,500 deposit for something advertised with floral bluster like

 

 

 the ŠKODA OCTAVIA is the ultimate car for people who demand more. So whether you’re heading for a great day out at the beach or whizzing across town to meet friends, the OCTAVIA is all about comfort with modern flair.

 

Am i trapped in some kind of dystopian parallel universe?!!

[drum]

Here's a quick vid I grabbed this morning before heading to work.

 

Sounds more like a bearing noise this morning. Very limited throttle response.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

d, they reported, and now - having managed to extract it - they're worried about the availability of a replacement....

 

'Because French' aside, France is patriotically metric so...

 

There will be a number on the bearing replacement should be simple

It certainly looks like a bog standard bearing in the pic, no funny bits like being low profile or having flanges(fnarr).

[Snipes]

Hang on a mo. We seem to have skipped from spending a grand on an 'appreciating classic' (yes, i'm also twitching) with easy access to spares that's liked by the owner....

 

...to finding a £2,500 deposit for something advertised with floral bluster like

 

 

 

Am i trapped in some kind of dystopian parallel universe?!!

Yes. Welcome to hell. Oh boy....

[Guest Hooli]

The basic one is £79 a month. Seventy nine pounds a fucking month for a new warranted car made in a modern factory.

 

This looks okay for £109. You could probably wangle it down to a grand deposit and another 30 quid a month...?

 

Even so:  Drive it, clean it, get it serviced. 

 

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Yes but it's fucking awful. I happily pay more not to drive a new car because they are fucking wank.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Here's a quick vid I grabbed this morning before heading to work.

 

Sounds more like a bearing noise this morning. Very limited throttle response.

 

 

 

Definitely in trouble. I'd still check the boost pipes. Black overfuelling smoke is due to insufficient boost pressure. 

[mercrocker]

Yes but it's fucking awful. I happily pay more not to drive a new car because they are fucking wank.

 

Succinctly summarises why I am spending a grand on a 30 year old Merc service.   

 

Plus 2.5K deposit is more than I have spent on all but one of my lifetime's vehicles.

[John F]

^ This. I've never paid more than £2,900 for any vehicle (which I did twice, for a 2-year old Yahaha XJ900F and for a pristine 50,000 mile Lotus Excel with full main dealer history).

 

We've got the cheapest 2nd hand cars in Europe - why pay daft money for some new but soulless box?

[iainrcz]

Why is it someone always has to have done an apocalyptic shit in a public toilet when you just want a quiet piss.

 

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[Hertz]

Why is it someone always has to have done an apocalyptic shit in a public toilet when you just want a quiet piss.

 

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Jim Bell on a collection caper again?

[dozeydustman]

Why is it someone always has to have done an apocalyptic shit in a public toilet when you just want a quiet piss.

 

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And then because someone else is in there, it doesn't want to release, despite busting to go for the last half hour or so.

 

Or is that just me?

[John F]

^ Re. your "Rank" above, the actor that played Zammo in Grange Hill delivered a parcel to a company I was working for in central London in 2001. One of my workmates asked if he was Zammo & he said yes.

[mrbenn]

And then because someone else is in there, it doesn't want to release, despite busting to go for the last half hour or so.

 

Or is that just me?

 

Stage fright!

[Wack]

^^ Wankers

I had one send me an arm for a Subaru, told me it was definitely for my model, wasn't, refused to take it back so I claimed from my credit card company which he wasn't happy about , this was pre DSR , they've been known to send knackered parts out to get the sale hoping they'll have a good one in when the complaint comes

 

A guy on pistonheads bought a fully restored 911S only to find it's a parts bin special, not even an S and they guy doesn't want to give him his money back

 

The motor industry has more than its fair share of scumbags

[dozeydustman]

^ Re. your "Rank" above, the actor that played Zammo in Grange Hill delivered a parcel to a company I was working for in central London in 2001. One of my workmates asked if he was Zammo & he said yes.

 

 

Believe he owns a key cutting and locksmiths shop now.

 

An old colleague of mine from up in Kent - his sister was dating Erkan Mustafa for a short while. She wanted to be his friend, Ro-land.

[xtriple]

Re the diesel above, the noise sounds like an idler/tensioner or alternator up the creak and I second the 'check for boost leaks' post above.

 

But, to be utterly clear, I know the square root of fuck all about diesels.

[w00dy]

So the Espace is likely sold and since I haven't used it in a week or so (it's at the back of the drive), so i thought I'd get it out and use it a bit. To get to it I first needed to move the Probe which blew the brakes as soon as i started it up. I was going to take it out of action anyway since there are a few jobs to do and I want to avoid salty roads, but the entrance to the drive is very steep and the handbrake was one of the jobs I needed to sort. 

 

It's going to be fun* getting it out now.

[Noel Tidybeard]

The proton has just turned up on a low loader. Bet the neighbours love me. Is it a common occurrence to go and buy a spares car to find out it may become the main car instead?!

 

 

yes if your name begins with "D"

[Datsuncog]

FFS.

 

Further to yesterday's grin, I went out to the Forester this afternoon to discover there's now a five-inch hairline crack in the full-length glass sunroof, from  the rear o/s corner towards the centre. It definitely wasn't there a month or two ago, when I last gave the interior glass a good polish.

 

I don't know whether it's been there for some time and I just haven't noticed (quite possible); whether it was hit by something blowing about this morning in all the high winds; or whether it's somehow related to me over-tightening the NEW BARGAIN roof bars.

 

I checked the tension on the bars again and I don't think they're over-tight, but the crack is there - and I suspect it'll cost me rather more than £18 to fix.

 

Fucksticks.

[Tamworthbay]

Twat at RAC tried to convince me an 80% increase over two years was down to inflation, I know things haven’t been great economically the last two years but I must have missed inflation jumping to 40%.