The grumpy thread

[Lord Sterling]

1. CAR! Need to change cars due to the Sterlings head gasket problem, so will need to get Micra out. Thats gonna cost money.

 

2. STORAGE! Micra is stored in mates garage who need it out for the space, hence I need to store it off road somewhere until I can get it on the road. Submitted loads of garage applications to various clowncils around the West Mids only to be told the same thing - Sorry, but we dont have any places available Er, yes you do, you've got load of solid, but derelict garages, stick a fucking door on them and rent them out!

 

3. WORK! I dont have a job anymore due to my car (Cheers 'Rover Sterling' nice one, you fucking elderly bastard) and need to get Micra back on road (This means Insurance, MOT, tax etc...) then take the Sterling off the road, which will mean finding a garage, paying for it, then paying a penalty to stop the insurance as its a classic policy.

 

It all fucking money money money, why cant people understand I DONT HAVE ANY FUCKING MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

4. MONEY! Tax is due up on the Sterling in a few days, again, I have no money.

 

4. MISSED CHANCES! - Mate of mine has just scrapped a pretty good car after being constantly messed about by "buyers". I seriously thought about doing some deal. I'm really wanting to try something else as I'm becoming tired and fed up of Rover Sterlings. Sadly that chance has now gone. I dont blame him to be honest, he did get messed about by many buyers and just wanted the car gone. It just annoys me greatly that I NEVER seem to be in a position to aquire such cars when they are offered.

 

5. LIFE - Is it absolutely imperative that everything MUST go wrong at once? I seem to have this "Midas" type touch where everything I attempt to do, no matter how minor, MUST go wrong.

 

Cheers,

[Alexg]

Chin up son

[Alexg]

FUCK.

 

Some of you may remember I was whinging about the TR7 being rear-ended a few weeks ago.

Just got back from working abroad so decided to chase the bloke up. He actually answered his phone this time. The cunt denied all knowledge so I tell him to expect a visit from the police and hang up.

 

what a total wanker, why are people happy to fuck others over like that!? Post his details on here. Do you have his reg number? If so, get some plates made up online, stick them on a borrowed but identical car and hammer through every speed camera in your area....

[RedSparrow]

He did give me an address, might try it for what its worth.

Plus I know where the car is parked. I feel like giving a couple of the more chavvy lads at work a tenner each to go and chuck a can of gloss over it.

[MK5 Escort]

How can he deny knowledge of what was an obvious bump? Did he expect you to just 'forget it' and believe him or something. That's ridiculous. As you have all his details, I'd quite happily report this to the authorities without a second thought. I wouldn't even bother paying him a visit because you can bet pound to a penny that the police will be then knocking on your door...

 

5. LIFE - Is it absolutely imperative that everything MUST go wrong at once? I seem to have this "Midas" type touch where everything I attempt to do, no matter how minor, MUST go wrong.

I know where you're coming from, Lord Stirling. Every three years or so I go though a patch like that where everything bad seems to happen at once. I was signed off work yesterday afternoon for two weeks (with a possibility of it being extended), suffering from stress, anxiety and mild depression.

 

I'’ve had a couple of rough months in work where things are going wrong (admittedly some minor things are my fault, fair enough) and therefore I'm now becoming the default scapegoat for most issues. It's got to the point in recent weeks where I'm getting 4/5 hours a sleep at night (tops), I'm struggling to concentrate in/out of work, I'm getting relentless headaches and cold sweats and my short term memory is basically non-existent. Basically, I've completely had enough. I get up to get shouted at by the family, go to work to get shouted at for eight hours both in the office and over the phone, and then come home to get shouted at again - and told to "snap out of it" ( ), which doesn’t exactly do anything, or help...

 

I done something this morning which I haven’t done for a while - left the car on the driveway and went out for a long walk. I'm slightly surprised that I actually come back...! Oh yes, it did start to rain when I was at the furthest point away from home (it was quite nice when I set out - no clear signs of rain) so with only a fleece on, I resembled a drowned rat by the time I returned.

[RedSparrow]

Problem is, when he hit me my insurance had expired. So can't really go down the authorities route.

Petty reprisal is the only way I'm afraid!

[Cheggers]

Problem is, when he hit me my insurance had expired. So can't really go down the authorities route.

Petty reprisal is the only way I'm afraid!

Maybe he discovered you were uninsured, so decided to try it on...?

[AnthonyG]

FUCK.

 

Some of you may remember I was whinging about the TR7 being rear-ended a few weeks ago.

Just got back from working abroad so decided to chase the bloke up. He actually answered his phone this time. The cunt denied all knowledge so I tell him to expect a visit from the police and hang up.

So I phone the police and report it, who of course tell me to speak to my insurers and get them to deal with it. Fine, I think.

Can I find my insurance forms? No, but what I do find is a LETTER FROM MAY REMINDING ME THAT MY INSURANCE IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. So yes, when he hit me I was uninsured, so this little episode is going to cost me about £200.

I am angry with the dickhead for denying the ahole thing and I am angry with myself for forgetting the insurance.

 

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!

Its probably just as well the police didn't look into then! He may have put your car reg into the MID database, found it said 'not insured' and though 'fuck it then'. I would just forget it and TBH count yourself lucky for not getting pulled when you were driving it uninsured.

[trigger]

Can you still claim off someones insurance if you haven't got any? I wouldn't of thought that you could.

[RedSparrow]

Its probably just as well the police didn't look into then! He may have put your car reg into the MID database, found it said 'not insured' and though 'fuck it then'. I would just forget it and TBH count yourself lucky for not getting pulled when you were driving it uninsured.

This is what I am starting to think, although I don't recall him showing any interest in my details at the time.

 

Gonna have to take this one on the chin I think, due to my slackness with paperwork.

 

Bugger.

[AnthonyG]

Just changed a K-series engine head, head gasket, etc to cure overheating.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! See what I wrote there = 'cure overheating".

 

Anyway, within half an hour later, the coolant was surface of the sun temperature and spurted the lot out into the air, etc. It's great to think of all the time I've spent wasting my fucking life away, cutting my hands to shreds, getting filthy, in the pissing rain. And now the bottom end is probably cracked or something, or probably not. Maybe the head just doesn't feel like it.

KUNT SERIES

Take it you bought that £150 Rover then !

[trigger]

That really isn't a bad deal Trig. Trust me, as Amazons go, that one looks pretty good.

The lady who owns this emailed me today offering it to me for £1000, as tempting as it is i've just got the wings priced up at brookhouse Volvo, they come out at £412 each! What a bugger!

[Guest]

My plans for Uni died today.

 

SFE have told me they almost certainly won't consider my appeal, even if I sent one.

 

Natwest won't give me a loan. Salford can't \ won't give me a loan.

 

Half the arseache I encountered at work was nullified by the fact that I was moving on, and now this isn't happening.

 

Fuck this. Fuck all of this. I'm off to bastard fucking Partington to spend the rest of my life sponging off the government with my 90,000 mouth breathing kids.

 

Oh, and senior management at work- if you loan me to my old team again after a day like that, I am not being held responsible for my actions when I smash you through a supporting wall with the handle of my trolley jack.

 

OK?

[pogweasel]

This is going to sound harsh but stop bleating about how unfair it all is and look at the other options!

 

You've got 3 motors, all 'paid for', with some value. Whats more important, this education thing to improve your lot or having a nearly-new citroen to mince about in. That gives you a start. Plus you're going to be working part-time which means you won't be entirely destitute, and you are planning to study locally so no digs to pay for, or need for a flash/new/reliable[sic] car.

 

If you're determined, then do it, don't let the opportunity go and blame it on "the system"...

[The Moog]

SFE have always been fine for me.

 

I get £1000 to do my PGCE as a grant and about £2500 loan. Admitedly they keep sending me odd letters but when I speak to them they know what is going on.

[cms206]

Spent a good three hours powerwashing the driveway this afternoon, did a pretty good job and went next door and cleared up my mess from their side. Just been downstairs after a shower and the neighbour's missus is out with a deck scrubber and hose washing down her side again. I went out and got blanked... rather annoyed really, 'cos I could have been a right fucktard and just not bothered tidying up but I'm not like that

[Guest]

This is going to sound harsh but stop bleating about how unfair it all is and look at the other options!

 

You've got 3 motors, all 'paid for', with some value. Whats more important, this education thing to improve your lot or having a nearly-new citroen to mince about in. That gives you a start. Plus you're going to be working part-time which means you won't be entirely destitute, and you are planning to study locally so no digs to pay for, or need for a flash/new/reliable[sic] car.

 

If you're determined, then do it, don't let the opportunity go and blame it on "the system"...

Options?

Pog, it's only because you have some standing here that I don't type what I'm actually thinking right now.

 

If I can't vent in here then what's the point?

 

The fact remains that I AM FUCKING ENTITLED TO A BASTARD LOAN FOR MY TUITION FEES. I should not, not, absolutely not have to sacrifice everything that I have to meet this. I self funded for three years at Lancaster on for my health to fail me. I asked the SFE \ SLC for precisely JACK SHIT in my first and second year.

 

Because I still have debts, I need their help and I am fucking INFURIATED that they refuse to support me. It's a bloody loan anyway, they'll get it back plus a shitload of interest from me. Why I am I being denied it? All I am asking for is what I am entitled to. That's it.

 

I have already explained (many times)why I cannot let the Citroen go at the moment. The Celeste is being picked up by its new owner on Sunday. The Volvo is going nowhere. I'm sorry, but I fought tooth and nail to get it restored and I'm not letting it go. Not when there should be funding to help me. No. Not happening in a million years.

 

Feel free to call me a whining bastard if you want, I'm that fucking sick of the sight of everything and everyone at the moment I'm ready to rip someone's throat out.

 

As this topic seems to be unpopular in here, this is the last I will say on the matter.

[Guest]

I was aggressively tailgated today by a bloke in a blue Golf GTi (MK4) who looked just like Mick Hucknall, I could see him mouthing off as I sat there doing 30, watching him not really being able to overtake due to all the traffic islands. Noticing there was no one behind him and not being in a particular hurry, I gradually slowed down to about 22 to provide a safe braking distance.

 

Lyrics:

Holding back the years

Stuck behind this 626 so long

When somebody hears

That had I not driven like a nob I might have been home earlier

[j-j]

LOL at Hirst^^

 

What is it with fakkin tailgaters? do they think they have some right above anyone else?

 

Volkswagen and Vectra drivers do appear to be the more dickish too.

[brammy777]

Being a learner driver, I get tailgated all the time. I thought it would actually really bother me but I concentrate too much on my own driving to care.....

A P&H lorry tailgating me was pretty concerning though!

[dollywobbler]

I was aggressively tailgated today by a bloke in a blue Golf GTi (MK4) who looked just like Mick Hucknall, I could see him mouthing off as I sat there doing 30, watching him not really being able to overtake due to all the traffic islands. Noticing there was no one behind him and not being in a particular hurry, I gradually slowed down to about 22 to provide a safe braking distance.

 

Lyrics:

Holding back the years

Stuck behind this 626 so long

When somebody hears

That had I not driven like a nob I might have been home earlier

lol! They don't like it when you slow down even more do they? Get sick of twats tailgating me through villages, then disappearing backwards when I gently accelerate in whichever underpowered motor I'm in that day. The '40mph everywhere' brigade really fuck me off.

[eddyramrod]

If we're going to move onto dreary sitcoms (like NPLH), here's something only the Autoshite crew will be able to answer (as it isn't on IMCDB and I can't remember myself):

 

"Bread" featured a character who owned a thoroughly square van with a rainbow painted on the side - what sort of van was it?

As a new recruit, I can't face trawling through 500+ pages to see if anyone came up with the answer, but the character was Jack, played by the excellent Victor Maguire, and his van was a Transit, I suspect a Mk1, with the alloy "parcel-van" body.

 

I'm full of useless shite like this, so just ask...

[ChinaTom]

Wat: I have read enough of your posts to know you're a decent chap who regularly types stuff on here that cheers me up and makes me laugh. You take a mean photo too. So I shan't be bothered if you rip my virtual throat out here - you'll only get covered in Marly light smoke as I'm chain smoking after a smoke-free day of presentations and meetings.

 

What is that you REALLY want here? Do you want more quals? Do you need them? You've little to lose by having them even though they often count for bugger all (that's probably not entirely true, but expect it anyway).

 

Or, [offers up throat] do you just want to feel like you're getting something back after a tough streak that you've obviously had. You want what you believe the system should provide, and I guess you are theoretically right there, but how often do things actually work like that? You are of infinitely higher intelligence than the people you are relying on to make the system work for you, and the systems, as you probably know, don't work anyway. The Revenue owes me plenty due to my off-shore taxed earnings that they STILL tax - the system protects me from this, but the people running the system can't fathom it. Pick your battles carefully.

 

Don't bother with the crusade - now is definitely the wrong time to do this anyway - UK is broke. I bet you're not devious enough to work the system - it takes years of practice, or plenty of nepotism - methods passed down from generations etc.

 

If you want quals - do them on-line. Sacrifice stuff to get them as you are more than likely to be in a position to do the fun stuff later.

 

I put myself through University with no help from the Government (that I voted for!) and made sacrifices (motors, musical instruments - stuff I thought I'd have forever and used money that I'd put in a building society form years of tenners in b'day cards from deceased relatives to get). I sold the bloody lot, broke my own heart, but got myself a Desmond, which helped in a small way to change my career path, but had no relevance for that career path.

 

Mt first wife cleared me out and I fought my way out of £87,000 of debt (this is in the 90's - could have bought a fucking house for that back then). That was painful for a 26 year old! I would have ranted on here at the time had this forum been available. So I truly empathize with you. Other than a decent negotiated interest rate on the debt from a sympathetic bank manager, I had nowhere to go other than to pick the best paying option, no matter how shit it was, and wait for the opportunity that suited me and kicked the depression into touch.

 

But now I'm older and this is sufficiently long enough ago to realize the shit I had to endure was the ONLY option. Then, things started to fall into place - bit of luck, lot of effort, lot of watching peers living normal lives with families and holidays and money left over at the end of the month.

 

I'm sounding patronising - I'm sorry. But if you want something badly enough, then just do it. Whine and moan as much as you like - but just do it.

 

{sits back, lights yet another fag and waits for torrents of abuse)

[greengartside]

I was aggressively tailgated today by a bloke in a blue Golf GTi (MK4) who looked just like Mick Hucknall...

Hirst's rear-view mirror, earlier.

 

[Lord Sterling]

1. CAR! Need to change cars due to the Sterlings head gasket problem, so will need to get Micra out. Thats gonna cost money

Well, headgasket decided to try and pop itself today, had to stop a few times to let car cool down. Felt like a right fool standing beside my 'old' Rover with the bonnet up - Certaibnly doesnt do autoshite image any good, (So I left bonnet down and wondered off for a bit) Wont be driving that car again.

 

My tax is up in a few days, I dont have enough money to cover it, have to wait until I get paid (When? Who knows?) Tried a few so-called "mates" around the local area to see if I could borrow thier drives until I sort my car out, all I get is a barrage of excuses. Mental note taken to "make my excuses" if they ever need help.

 

Chin up son

Cheers

 

lot of watching peers living normal lives with families and holidays and money left over at the end of the month.

Sounds a bit like what I'm doing now.

[Cheggers]

@CT - "Desmond"...took me a while to cotton on but made me lol

[Guest]

@Lord Sterling - where are you based? Storage might be tricky but if you get the 800 to our place we could lay on a bit of outdoor work \ parking space for you to get the Rover running again. Probably.

 

SCTSH_ANDY may have turned the yard into an explosion of Saabs and PSA rammle, so there may be fuck all room. I will check.

 

Any good?

[Lord Sterling]

Thanks Wat, unfortunately I'm in Birmingham, might be a bit tricky as I cant even take it to the end of the road without overheating.

 

I'm hopefully sorting out storage in the local area but I'll have to wait a bit until the keys are found, then I'll have to find someone to tow it up there.

 

I'll sort it out hopefully. But thank you for the offer anyway.

[Polystratus]

My tax is up in a few days, I dont have enough money to cover it, have to wait until I get paid (When? Who knows?) Tried a few so-called "mates" around the local area to see if I could borrow thier drives until I sort my car out, all I get is a barrage of excuses. Mental note taken to "make my excuses" if they ever need help.

 

Shame your not nearer I could have arranged a loan car a Mk3 Escort estate though.

 

ol! They don't like it when you slow down even more do they? Get sick of twats tailgating me through villages, then disappearing backwards when I gently accelerate in whichever underpowered motor I'm in that day. The '40mph everywhere' brigade really fuck me off.

As noted before Vectra's seem to be be driven by this sort of stress monkey, Ive not come across the 40mph everywhere drivers much - they are moaned about on other forums as well, must be a regional thing.

[Albert Ross]

Re: Tailgaters.

I popped out in the Land Rover earlier (Must get a new button sewn on my Jeans) to get some yellow label special dinner. On the way back, at a rather pedestrian 25 in a 30 limit, a twunt in a Astra G was so close, I couldn't actually see the lower half of his windscreen.

Imagine his surprise as a kid ran out after a ball in front of me. I stopped fairly and squarely without incident, as did the Police car coming in the opposite direction. Astra man had to dive to the right to avoid me. Into the path of the plod car Oh how I laughed as Mr Filth stepped out of his car, blue light flashing, to "have a word".... I got a wry smile and a wink off him as I pulled away. 40 year old un-servoed drum brakes can stop 2 tons pretty well on crossplies, yet modern FWD stuff just won't stop for some reason! I think he might keep his distance from now on!