The grumpy thread

[bub2006]

Wheres that ?

[beko1987]

I know wagons in l2. Boils my piss too

[myglaren]

Bastard

Just started here too.  Had a callout

[Eddie Honda]

I know wagons in l2. Boils my piss too

They're in L1, tis Ireland and there isn't much motorway with more than that.

[PhilA]

I live in a new build estate where each house has at least one off-road parking space.  Some have two.  Mine officially has two but I can get three cars on my drive when visitors come by.

 

Why the fuck then, do I have to do a slalom down the road every fucking morning?  Why the fuck can't the twats down the road actually use their assigned parking spaces and driveways?

 

One day one of them will need an ambulance.  On that day, I might remind them that emergency access is a priority.  Not storing a fucking mattress in your car barn.

Roll the clock back to about 1989. Our street was much the same. Empty driveways, cars parked all up along the street (which is wide enough for 2.5 cars).

 

Late one evening my neighbor arrived home in his rather beaten up Toyota.

Via most of the cars on the street. A pint or three too many of scrumpy saw a smattering of scratches, a few missing wing mirrors.

 

Thereafter, the road was surprisingly devoid of cars...

 

 

All I can say is they were lucky it was the Toyota, not his usual steed, a battered JCB.

 

Phil

[Ghosty]

My road's also becoming a slalom, I sympathise. Nobody can see further than the pavement outside their own house, and most of them don't realise you can fit a car in a garage, it's just a waste of space. We keep three cars in the space most of these families keep one or two... it's daft. As a result there are cars constantly parked on the pavement...

[Mrcento]

Finally found a car i'm interested in, in budget....

 

I always do my due diligence on a car, rake through all the available info and see what tallies up and what doesn't.....

 

This is fine........

 

 

The 346,777 one isn't really a concern on its own, that "could" be an error at the MOT station entering it, although quite how they managed that, i don't know, it's not like hitting the key next to the right number or getting the point in the wrong place!, but equally i don't think it's entirely plausible it did near 300,000 miles in one year.... Perhaps some kind of mileage readout failure?

 

The bigger concern for me is the next one, 63,984, almost exactly 10k less than it read 2 years previous... i'm assuming either the dial pack has been changed or engine replaced and mileage reset to replacements (alleged) mileage.

 

Regardless, that car hasn't done the 171,000 it's being sold as. Even assuming a dial fuck up, there's 2 relatively undocumented years where the next ones were doing 15-20k a year, In fact, the year after that, the mileage almost doubled from 63k to 118k (maybe been mileage corrected after dial replacement?) so a guestimate would be that it's done at least 35k more than read, maybe more if you include that -10k or if the 55k plus a year after wasn't a one off..... and that's assuming it didn't drive around the world 10+ times that one year... if it did it could be knocking on for 500k miles! (but it isn't, and condition seems to confirm that, gut feeling is that it's 200k miles).

 

Regardless, too many alarm bells in my head, the search continues.

[hairnet]

Wheres that ?

Portlaoise in Ireland

 

Moved 1.5 km in hour and quarter

[hairnet]

They're in L1, tis Ireland and there isn't much motorway with more than that.

Motorway lmao

[loserone]

They're in L1

I can assure you they are not!

[Rocket88]

Finally found a car i'm interested in, in budget....

 

I always do my due diligence on a car, rake through all the available info and see what tallies up and what doesn't.....

 

This is fine........

 

mileage.PNG

 

The 346,777 one isn't really a concern on its own, that "could" be an error at the MOT station entering it, although quite how they managed that, i don't know, it's not like hitting the key next to the right number or getting the point in the wrong place!, but equally i don't think it's entirely plausible it did near 300,000 miles in one year.... Perhaps some kind of mileage readout failure?

 

The bigger concern for me is the next one, 63,984, almost exactly 10k less than it read 2 years previous... i'm assuming either the dial pack has been changed or engine replaced and mileage reset to replacements (alleged) mileage.

 

Regardless, that car hasn't done the 171,000 it's being sold as. Even assuming a dial fuck up, there's 2 relatively undocumented years where the next ones were doing 15-20k a year, In fact, the year after that, the mileage almost doubled from 63k to 118k (maybe been mileage corrected after dial replacement?) so a guestimate would be that it's done at least 35k more than read, maybe more if you include that -10k or if the 55k plus a year after wasn't a one off..... and that's assuming it didn't drive around the world 10+ times that one year... if it did it could be knocking on for 500k miles! (but it isn't, and condition seems to confirm that, gut feeling is that it's 200k miles).

 

Regardless, too many alarm bells in my head, the search continues.

 

I've long given up buying cars where what the speedo says influences my decision either way. If it drives reasonably well, doesn't chuck fluids out at every opportunity, and has, as the Amerikans say 'clear title", that'll do.......service history doesn't mean that much either.....an old service book off eBay a Letraset , and a bunch of fake invoices......job done.

[DodgeRover]

Roll the clock back to about 1989. Our street was much the same. Empty driveways, cars parked all up along the street (which is wide enough for 2.5 cars).

 

Late one evening my neighbor arrived home in his rather beaten up Toyota.

Via most of the cars on the street. A pint or three too many of scrumpy saw a smattering of scratches, a few missing wing mirrors.

 

Thereafter, the road was surprisingly devoid of cars...

 

 

All I can say is they were lucky it was the Toyota, not his usual steed, a battered JCB.

 

Phil

Somebody was doing it on the street leading to ours just parking without thought and leaving just enough room to squeeze a car through on a diagonal, come back later and the back corner was stoved in where someone had obviously tried and failed, hasn't been there since!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It’s honestly tempting to drive down the road with a bottle of pain stripper, lobbing the contents over each car as I go past at speed. Obviously I won’t but the thought has crossed my mind...

[barefoot]

Somebody was doing it on the street leading to ours just parking without thought and leaving just enough room to squeeze a car through on a diagonal, come back later and the back corner was stoved in where someone had obviously tried and failed, hasn't been there since!

 

 

A similar incident down the cu de sac in which I abide.

Knock on door from owner of the shiny new TT which has been scraped by passing white vehicle.

'Is your loverly Renault also damaged?' he asked.

Nipped out to check, and indeed the O/S/F corner has been scuffed!

 

...some considerable time ago, judging by the self tapper that's holding the trim on.

The hidden joy of old motors eh?

[captain_70s]

There is a woman on my street who drives a white hatch of some sort (Polo, Corsa, fiesta, they're all the same now) with a selection of stickers like "Powered by fairy dust". Always parks at the end of the street at the narrowest point, in a spot you shouldn't really park, always miles from the kerb.

 

At least once a fire engine has had to reverse back up the street due to being unable to squeeze by...

[HillmanImp]

My road's also becoming a slalom, I sympathise. Nobody can see further than the pavement outside their own house, and most of them don't realise you can fit a car in a garage, it's just a waste of space. We keep three cars in the space most of these families keep one or two... it's daft. As a result there are cars constantly parked on the pavement...

 

Yeah, I have 5 cars at my house all of which I generally keep off the road*. Other people have as much room but only put one car on the drive and one on the road, probably as they don't want to have to swap them over in the morning. 

 

I'm forever swapping cars around in the evening, depending on whose going out first or depending on what I'm planning on driving tomorrow.

 

 

*Currently the Visa is on the road as the GT6 is taking up 2 spaces on the drive but it will be rectified shortly.

[Split_Pin]

MALAISE. I am really missing not having a 75 on the fleet, there is a cheap one near by with a potentially* easy non-start fix but because I'm not allowed to move the Audi on, I have nothing to sell.

[PhilA]

That happened on my parents street a few years ago - where the fire brigade found the road blocked by a appallingly parked Citroen AX. They sounded the horn / siren for around a minute then just drove into the side of it and pushed it out the way.

One of the reasons why our police/fire/ambulance vehicles have bull bars.

 

It's not just American blazé.

 

 

Phil

[SiC]

Sad times.

Keith Flint: Prodigy vocalist dies aged 49

[Rocket88]

MALAISE. I am really missing not having a 75 on the fleet, there is a cheap one near by with a potentially* easy non-start fix but because I'm not allowed to move the Audi on, I have nothing to sell.

 

Mine might be up for sale soon...............without non start feature!

[MikeR]

One of the reasons why our police/fire/ambulance vehicles have bull bars.

 

It's not just American blazé.

 

 

Phil

 

 

I did ask that question many years ago ... what if ?    and the reply was " if a life is in danger they just drive on and send the owner of the parked car a bill for the damage "

[sierraman]

MALAISE. I am really missing not having a 75 on the fleet, there is a cheap one near by with a potentially* easy non-start fix but because I'm not allowed to move the Audi on, I have nothing to sell.

Devils Advocate here but if it was a simple fault they’d have fixed it.

[Split_Pin]

Yeah he said he knows nowt about these cars but his mechanic said that the fuel filters are known for gelling up or it could be a £30 MAF.

 

The former is just bullshit and a dodgy MAF would cause it to hold back a bit on acceleration. File 13 for this one

[PhilA]

Sakes. Sister in law calls the wife up, sponging for money because electric bill and groceries and this months check was short etc etc. Will pay you back Friday.

 

(No you won't, I know you).

 

There goes the parts for the Pontiac right now, then.

 

I think I work just to give other people money.

[PhilA]

I did ask that question many years ago ... what if ? and the reply was " if a life is in danger they just drive on and send the owner of the parked car a bill for the damage "

Yeah. Unlike there, here you are not allowed to park your car on anything that is considered roadway. It must be parked in a parking space or on private ground.

 

So, if you impede the emergency services and they have to forcefully remove your vehicle from the way- you get a bill for the repair of the emergency services vehicle, a ticket from the cops, a fine from the cops, towing fees and impound fees.

 

It's quite a deterrent.

 

Phil

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I mean, personally I don't particularly want to live in the States but that is a good rule and definitely in your favour!

 

Issue here is that so many houses were built before cars existed, it's not dreadfully practical...

 

Easy solution?  Autogiros.  Government-issued autogiros.  With rooftop landing conversions on all houses.

[Wack]

Sakes. Sister in law calls the wife up, sponging for money because electric bill and groceries and this months check was short etc etc. Will pay you back Friday.

 

(No you won't, I know you).

 

There goes the parts for the Pontiac right now, then.

 

I think I work just to give other people money.

 

 

I used to think I worked to keep other people in a job , every time I got a bit of money something would go wrong and I'd hand it over to somebody else to fix it

[PhilA]

Issue here is that so many houses were built before cars existed, it's not dreadfully practical...

Therein lies the rub.

 

Outside of some of the oldest cities, the highways here are standardized to be wide enough for all standard, non-exceptional vehicles to pass.

 

Which ultimately makes the highways here boring as hell to drive on.

 

It's a double-edged knife.

 

 

Edit: Though it does lead to places looking like places; if Liverpool was designed by the team that built Milton Keynes, you'd get Philadelphia:

[hairnet]

I can assure you they are not!

 

lol - going your place to drop off pies or cars maybe

[Pillock]

I mean, personally I don't particularly want to live in the States but that is a good rule and definitely in your favour!

 

Issue here is that so many houses were built before cars existed, it's not dreadfully practical...

 

Easy solution?  Autogiros.  Government-issued autogiros.  With rooftop landing conversions on all houses.

 

Oh, I thought the solution was going to be Milton Keynes. 

(where I've just streetviewed a random selection of residential areas and actually, more driveways than I expected)