The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Grrr Bernard is throwing a wobbly.

Ah, nowt like ol' motors to keep you guessing. What's your choke/throttle routine when starting? I tended to go for slightly less than full choke and not touch the throttle.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

The fucking local post office. I'm a calm, placid kind of guy but I DETEST going down there now. It was run by a wonderful Chinese family when we first lived here but about 5 years ago they moved on and a new family moved in. Its funny how it went from a pleasant experience to one where you are pretty much guaranteed a total jobsworth type experience every fucking time. At least 50% of transactions lead to an argument of some sort and you get to see quite a few as they are so inefficient you will queue for ages. They have absolutely no concept of nice customer service, customer is always right etc. I was waiting just now and a lady in front of me had been mis-sold a huge number of stamps yesterday for invitations. The palaver she had to go through to try and return the extras! And then she was told it was partly her fault. Whether it was or not you just don't say that.

 

Next time they give you a load of hassle, point out that you are counting the days till the PO is privatised!! They will love that.

[trigger]

My garage is making me humpy, The owner before me had it build but the silly twat never quite build it long enough to fit a normal sized car in, 187" from wall to door isn't long enough for most the stuff I've been looking at, Yes i guess i could park it on the rear driveway but I hate the idea of leaving old cars out in all weathers getting rusty.

 

 

My dreams of getting something like Pete's SD1 or any other large family sized classic cars are now shattered because of this, and all the stuff like i like Dolly Sprints and Escorts are just to overpriced for me.

 

I guess the hunt continues, Mind you i might need the money now I've saved to go towards a modern car depending what i get paid out which is another grump...

[Angrydicky]

An Austin A55 would fit at 167"

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Theres plenty of cool motors around that will fit in there if your BMW went in OK.

[trigger]

The BMW fitted nicely, even with the old kitchen work top behind so it's not the end of the world, Just frustrating.

[AnthonyG]

An Avenger is a cheaper equivalent to an Escort and handles just as well, and how about a Dolly 1850 instead of a Sprint?

 

You can always dress it up with Sprint alloys etc. You might even find a 1972 tax exempt one.

[The Moog]

Grrr Bernard is throwing a wobbly.

Ah, nowt like ol' motors to keep you guessing. What's your choke/throttle routine when starting? I tended to go for slightly less than full choke and not touch the throttle.

Fixed now (see happy thread). Mixture of about 3 different things ! Isnt is always.

[Angrydicky]

An Avenger is a cheaper equivalent to an Escort and handles just as well, and how about a Dolly 1850 instead of a Sprint?

 

You can always dress it up with Sprint alloys etc. You might even find a 1972 tax exempt one.

Toledo FTW.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIUMPH-TOLEDO-BL ... 45f44f7380

[wuvvum]

it was uncomfortable with horrible, crashy suspension, hideous blind spots and an engine that you have to rag mercilessly if you want to move

I think you could apply the above statement to pretty much any modern petrol-engined car though.

[cms206]

Bugger... !

 

[greengartside]

Dammit! You gonna get her fixed then?

 

What were the advisories on it?

[retrogeezer]

Honestly, you really wonder why you bother with car insurance. Our main car is a 14 year old Mondeo worth about £700. 2 years ago it cost £206 for a years insurance.

This year renewal comes through at £404!!!

 

I've done a bit of confused.com'ing and the cheapest I can get it is £290...despite having 15 odd years since claiming. The insurers say that although I haven't claimed in 15 years the most I can have is 9 years as thats whats on the renewal (and apparently some only give 5 years)

Also someone hit me on a roundabout nearly 3 years ago.... no claim made but this still puts my premium up as I have 'had an accident'!! So it seems no claims bonus and protected ncd mean pretty much sod all.

 

So here I am, aged 41, no 'at fault' accidents, no points, do less than 5000 miles a year and paying virtually half the cars value for a years cover - and there is fook all you can do about it.

[eddyramrod]

Exactly, retro! It's all a big racket. I don't know what the solution is, as it's something we have to have, by law, so they have us by the s&c's really. Bar stewards.

[dollywobbler]

Is this a bad time to say that I've just renewed the classic policy for my lot for £137 unlimited mileage with class 1 business cover? You do have to shop around though. This is the same company that was charging me £190 a few years ago, then suddenly decided that £250 was a reasonable amount. So I left for a year. Now it's cheap again!

[Angrydicky]

Bugger... !

 

That's not too bad. My A35 had a whole page full of failures and another page full of advisories!

 

What is the rear brake setup on these? How many clicks are there at the handbrake?

 

Could be duff cylinders or stretched handbrake cables. Corrosion doesn't sound too serious, couple of small patches needed I'd imagine.

[barrett]

Last night the Italian students we have staying with us ate all my dinner, so I had to walk to asda in the PISSING rain just so I could eat

 

Today I am blasting some Czech prog VERY LOUDLY. Being 19yr old girls, i'm almost certain that they will hate this more than anything. I hope it puts them off their studies so much they fail and go home to Italy in disgrace.

[retrogeezer]

If I had 19 year old Italian girls staying with me I'd be posting in the what makes you grin thread!

[autofive]

you have two 19 year old italian girlys staying with you and yet your grumpy?

[barrett]

If I had 19 year old Italian girls staying with me I'd be posting from prison

EFA

 

 

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They're rough.

[Cavcraft]

1) Noisy, chavvy scumbag wankers in a cafes. What hope we had of a nice quiet breakfast pre-drive from hell back home lasted all of about seven twatting minutes when the Yorkshire edition of the Jeremy Kyle roadshow descended upon us.

Oddly enough I wasn't especially interested in how if Kale (or whatever the little bastard's name was) wouldn't get to go to the amusement arcade if he didn't eat his breakfast as I was more concerned with how many years I'd get if I threw the snotty little cunt through the window, closely followed by his entire whining, dole-cheat-looking wanker family.

Funny how your big, fat sweaty bastard grandma could scoff food down like it was going out fashion and walk perfectly well to the bog yet still have am electric spac chariot isn't it?

 

I wouldn't vote Tory if they were the last political party on earth but I pray to God Cameron lives up to his word and cuts the benefits of scum like them.

 

 

2) Old duffers in Toyotas. I'd have a fairly epic trip back despite the turbo packing up again. I'd actually overtaken caravans on hills and even caught an Aston driver napping on a roundabout. But you had to fucking spoil it didn't you? You had to pull out in a rush despite there being nothing behind me and then then sit there at 30mph for absolutely fucking miles over the snake pass. I hope you get cat Aids of the eardrum and drive off a cliff you stupid old fucking twat.

[autofive]

2) Old duffers in Toyotas. I'd have a fairly epic trip back despite the turbo packing up again. I'd actually overtaken caravans on hills and even caught an Aston driver napping on a roundabout. But you had to fucking spoil it didn't you? You had to pull out in a rush despite there being nothing behind me and then then sit there at 30mph for absolutely fucking miles over the snake pass. I hope you get cat Aids of the eardrum and drive off a cliff you stupid old fucking twat.

thats my idea of hell

[ChinaTom]

If I had 19 year old Italian girls staying with me I'd be posting from prison

EFA

 

 

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They're rough.

With all due respect, we should be the judge of that. I'm off to the fridge now and I hope to see some pics when I get back and hit refresh.

[HillmanImp]

Honestly, you really wonder why you bother with car insurance. Our main car is a 14 year old Mondeo worth about £700. 2 years ago it cost £206 for a years insurance.

This year renewal comes through at £404!!!

 

I've done a bit of confused.com'ing and the cheapest I can get it is £290...despite having 15 odd years since claiming. The insurers say that although I haven't claimed in 15 years the most I can have is 9 years as thats whats on the renewal (and apparently some only give 5 years)

Also someone hit me on a roundabout nearly 3 years ago.... no claim made but this still puts my premium up as I have 'had an accident'!! So it seems no claims bonus and protected ncd mean pretty much sod all.

 

So here I am, aged 41, no 'at fault' accidents, no points, do less than 5000 miles a year and paying virtually half the cars value for a years cover - and there is fook all you can do about it.

Some places do it on age rather than car type dont they? 1 more year and you will be able to get classic will you not? That should bring it down at least a bit?

 

Anyhow, no matter what car you drive you can still kill someone else in it. Actuarial staff will make risk assessments based upon a load of numbers that they produced from a hat that lunchtime down the pub to make it look like they know what they are talking about when they obviously have no fucking idea. Look at pensions. Destroyed by actuaries.

 

Is this a bad time to say that I've just renewed the classic policy for my lot for £137 unlimited mileage with class 1 business cover? You do have to shop around though. This is the same company that was charging me £190 a few years ago, then suddenly decided that £250 was a reasonable amount. So I left for a year. Now it's cheap again!

Just insured 3 people on the DAF for £91. Brilliant. Rocco is £128, GT6 is £108........Scenic is £350. WTF? Imp is obviously not insured.

 

Irony is, I am more likely to crash the Scenic (ignoring the crash I had in the GT6) as I am liable to drop off out of boredom whilst driving it. The only thing that keeps me awake is the steering wheel vibration because the wheels need balancing.

[HillmanImp]

With all due respect, we should be the judge of that. I'm off to the fridge now and I hope to see some pics when I get back and hit refresh.

 

 

[dollywobbler]

The CX. Made the mistake of tinkering with it. Discovered that lifting the air intake hose raises the idle, pushing it down makes it conk out. Found an air leak. Better hose fit cured it. Now it won't run at all. Great. Oh, and cranking it over flattened the shite battery. Then it started raining.

 

Was going to pull the air filter assembly out but being a big Citroen, this is buried right down below the RH headlamp and I reckon an angle grinder is an essential tool to remove it. Beggars belief that a small Citroen can be easy to work on, and a bigger one is an absolute nightmare.

 

Hate it. Don't want it. Anyone fancy an ENORMOUS estate car? Will exchange for something that just works!

[brammy777]

Got my phone back today from Vodafone all repaired and..... Oh wait they havent bothered to fix it. Well done.

[trigger]

FFS!!! I'm sure someone is out to fuck me over at the moment, Ive just got home in this Astra loan car i got, went to get something out of the boot and found this bloody dent on the top of the tailgate.

 

 

Now how the hell did that get there??!! I've never seen it before, Nothings hit the car since I've had it that i know off but we never saw it when i walked around the car with the lady so I'm now going to cop a £250 excess charge because of it.

 

What a pain in the arse!

[Guest]

Another for fecking robdog insurance companys. My renewal has just come through and its gone up from £280 to £590. Theres no change - no accidents or anything on that Bugger

[Timewaster]

FFS!!!

Now how the hell did that get there??!!

Did you shut the tailgate whilst parked under a tree and caught a branch?

 

Other than that - its a mystery to me, unless it was a break in attempt by the worlds dumbest criminal.