The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

Fecking CeX: Ordered hard drive, received suspiciously light parcel today, open it, get invoice for hard drive, only to have the contents be a DVD collection of All the Small Things instead of a 500 gigabyte hard drive.

 

Can't blame them for their customer service though. All sorted for now.

My previous experience of hard drives from CeX has made me just buy new when it comes to hard drives.

[myglaren]

Sounds like she needs an MGF

She likes her sister's MX5 but wants more room - the 207 may be a bit small for her.

[loserone]

She likes her sister's MX5 but would need to fit a boot rack and remove the useless spare wheel

FTFY. We used to go camping for a fortnight with no storage issues in my 5, they can store quite a bit on the parcel shelf too if you fit the boot net from a KA to keep it in.

[scaryoldcortina]

The boot is huge on the 207 when the roof is up and there is a nicely upholstered shelf where you'd normally find back seats.

[bub2006]

Wife still in hospital. Lumbar puncture didn't go to plan. She has numerous injection marks up her spine and still no joy. Got to go in theater today or tomorrow to be seen by a spinal surgeon. Feel so lost without her. Feel lonely at home too. Spent 40 quid on petrol in last two days and now in debt with the petrol station as something went out my bank today leaving insufficient funds in the bank when I tried to pay on card after I'd filled up too. Fuck sake. Anxiety issues currently in overdrive

[mercrocker]

Feel for you Bub, its no fun having your loved one banged up, especially with uncertain outcomes, whilst you battle the sheer bloody cost of it....I don't think some folk realise what extra costs mount up in these situations.

[sierraman]

Working upside down in the footwell of a car is the absolute devil on your back.

[Datsuncog]

That's shit city, Bub, and you don't need me to tell you that. Wishing your wife as speedy a recovery as possible, and as MR says, it's bad enough when someone you love is ill without having to cover all these other fringe costs. FFS.

 

Debit cards are all well and good until some shop puts off processing their sales over the weekend; so you buy something on Saturday, check your account on Tuesday, so by Wednesday you think you've still a bit left in the account and then, oh look, suddenly there's a hole where there was some cash earlier. Yoink.

 

Happened to me a few years back where a place waited three months before cashing a cheque for £180. I know, I should have checked it'd been cleared, so it was my bad on that occasion - but I was properly up shit creek off the back of that.

 

[Fumbler]

Not-so-fecking CeX. I've now received the correct package so they must have known about the error before I sent the E-mail. DVD freeposted back and all is well.

[bub2006]

Felt so degrading to be honest. Sent me into a meltdown.

[chadders]

Worry does that to you.

It happens to us all and the petrol stations will be used to it, we've had this when our card was cloned. It's embarrassing but who hasn't been short of cash at some time.

[Guest Hooli]

Wife still in hospital. Lumbar puncture didn't go to plan. She has numerous injection marks up her spine and still no joy. Got to go in theater today or tomorrow to be seen by a spinal surgeon. Feel so lost without her. Feel lonely at home too. Spent 40 quid on petrol in last two days and now in debt with the petrol station as something went out my bank today leaving insufficient funds in the bank when I tried to pay on card after I'd filled up too. Fuck sake. Anxiety issues currently in overdrive

 

That's shit dude.

[barefoot]

That's shit dude.

 

 

Plus eleventy.

 

Thinking of you Bub.

[bub2006]

I know. Another empty house tonight too looking at situation of the hospital

[Craig the Princess]

Fingers crossed for her bub.

You know where all are if you need stuff.

[Rocket88]

 

And I can sort of sympathise as Amy is at Jimmy Saville's playground right now with the boy. He fell out of bed and smacked his head on the floor, then when we bought him downstairs so he didnt wake Eva up crying he was sick... There's no stopping her when that happens so I just got his bag ready. By the time we did all that he put his own shoes on and ran to the car in excitement! Amys face was hilarious, but she still went

 

Zafira is making a clonking noise! Kerry from No13 sat with the kids for 20 minutes earlier and Amy took me for a spin. Hollow rythmic knocking noise at 35/40mph! Bastard! Drives fine though, can't feel it through the body. I spent 10 minutes literally beating the shit out of it to make it knock, jacked each front corner up and hung off the wheels every way I could, grabbed the old trusty shitter fleece and got under, nothing up at all...

 

So fuck it, MOT can be booked any time now, I'll lob it in and see what it fails on. ECP Happy Chinese BubbleGum & Automotive Manufacturer Corp whole lower arms are £20 each withouth the daily end of the world offer, that'll knock 3 likely things off in a strike. The new drop links have either transferred the fucked to the next weakest point, or it's just doing a vauxhall!

 

Gareth wants to change his car soon, I've been offered the Mazda5 for £100 or so...

 

 

Not the exhaust is it? [hollow rhythmic knocking...]

[anonymous user]

Not an out of shape tyre, like I've just had

[chaseracer]

Daughter wants to go see this on Saturday:

 

 

Paugeot 207 cab

 

 In two minds about it. Probably a better bet than her ruined Fiesta.  I'm wary of cabriolets with automatic rooves, so much to go wrong.

 

These are very popular at Cannock auctions, sometimes without the involuntary airbrake.

 

This may not be entirely helpful.

[beko1987]

Not the exhaust is it? [hollow rhythmic knocking...]

It has crossed my mind. Putting it off until the weekend and I'll get it up on ramps and check!

[beko1987]

Not an out of shape tyre, like I've just had

Shouldn't be, the rears are a few years old, fronts have been on a couple of months, plus it's too metallic for that I think

[mrbenn]

Shouldn't be, the rears are a few years old, fronts have been on a couple of months, plus it's too metallic for that I think

 

I don't think the colour of the paintwork has anything to do with it.

[beko1987]

Maybe I should rattle can it red? She hates red...

[AlabamaShrimp]

Aww deleted again. We'll never get any answers now

[plasticvandan]

Good.

[AlabamaShrimp]

But how can we learn and better ourselves if we don't understand?

[chaseracer]

Research & debate in places other than an obscure forum for shite old motors.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Be good to go on a transexual forum and then start a thread about Maestros. That would baffle them.

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

But how can we learn and better ourselves if we don't understand?

Well.. you did try telling people shrimp! Was never gonna end well..

[Jazoli]

No the rot had set in and for once I agreed with the thread being closed, it served no purpose other than fan a lot of flames.

[DoctorRetro]

Fucksake 

 

 

Multi-pack from pound shop or similar. 

 

I know not exactly a major issue, but the shrinkage of well known products has to stop!

 

Ps. I know it's to fool us idiots into thinking we are saving money. I was that idiot.