The grumpy thread

[Richard]

Christ, there's judges as well.

[castros_bro]

Last week booked Ibiza FR in for MOT as it hasn;t been used for months and got a job starting Monday so need transport.  Arrived at garage surrounded by chaos as but DVLA system was offline so garage not able to do any MOTs, FR batt light then came on, drove back in day light, steering light came on and steering go a bit heavy, did Charles Atlas parking manoeuvres, turned off engine and now FR is dead. Never-mind - there;s always another car somewhere  nearby.

[MikeR]

I suppose it saves putting a seat belt around the plant ......

 

 

 

[dozeydustman]

I've had 2 weeks of tidying up both my new and my old home, living out of boxes, replacing the cam belt on the Toyota, injuring my shoulder, shampooing carpets (Beko - I have a Vax Rapide Plus, autographed photo available on request) and having hands that smell like various household cleaning agents, I am absolutely shattered.

 

So the Saab decides now is the time to have grindy brakes. Pah!

 

EDIT - It's a Vax Rapid Ultra Mr Beko

[HillmanImp]

GT6 has a seized rear drum still. Can't free it off at all. Decided to just get the car running today as its on a drive wheel but just as I was getting ready to go out the neighbours came round and pointed out the fence had come down in the back garden so spent the day sorting that out FFS. A right pain I could do without.

[Cavcraft]

Don't really know what you're moaning about, tbh.

I was advised to say 'No comment' all the way through my police interview.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never got the job.

[mercrocker]

Likewise I kept quiet about my embarrassing police record during my civil service interview.  (It was only a small matter and happened when I was still in my teens).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wasn't even sure the bloke had even heard "Roxanne" anyway.

[anonymous user]

I brought the Land Rover home this morning. It hates me, it is now as bad, if not worse than before. It really isn't running right it is damp and horrible inside as the window has been left open and to cap it all I snapped the mirror off reversing onto the drive. I was concentrating so much on not colliding with the holly bush on the left that the driver's mirror caught on the rainwater downpipe. The downpipe is cast iron so that won.

I've had enough of it now and refuse to spend any more money on it so will have to take a bigger hit on it to sell it with a dodgy engine.

[Cavcraft]

Just picked my scooter up from being serviced. 'We clean and polish them as part of the service and we have fixed your horn'.

 

It's filthy dirty, 3/4 of the fuel seems to have disappeared and the horn still doesn't work.

[Tenmil Socket]

Hey, GM, if you're stuck for a spout in the future then (an empty) one of these...

 

 

 

...works. Scissors/screwdriver/car keys to roughly cut the bottom off and a steady hand when pouring usually works.

 

Yep, had to do this myself not so long ago whilst nursing a petrol light on the dash... although in the end, after all the faffing, I hadn't actually run out of petrol, it was a dodgy wire to the ECU. 

[Tenmil Socket]

The local Morrisons jet-wash. There's either no shampoo in the thing or when there is, that much comes out, you struggle to get it all off in the remaining time...

[SiC]

More of a sad thing than a grump. But got new contract signed at new place and handed my notice in today at my current employer.

 

Great team and a good employer. Really interesting tech too. Will certainly miss some of my colleagues. Genuinely feel quite sad.

[busmansholiday]

This weather. How the fuck am I going to get the recently purchased TF sorted when it keeps pissing it down. I might have a garage, but the MGB GT is in there still winking at the MiG welder and the MGB Roadster is in front of the garage.

Saying that, since I taxed it on March 1st, I've only been out in it twice, and it pissed it down on one of those days.

Bastard weather...

[catsinthewelder]

The weather just hates me at the moment,  I washed up on Sunday looking out the window at the sunshine then went outside to fix the car and a blizzard appeared out of nowhere.  Today the weather appeared to be lovely until I ventured outside with a basket of laundry.  Fucked it into the dryer and the sun came out.

[gm]

FOUR MILLION VIEWS !

 

 

WHAT A BUNCH OF GRUMPY TWATS

[The Moog]

That means we are roughly 69% as happy as grumpy round here ..... snigger ... 

[willswitchengage]

FOUR MILLION VIEWS !

 

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WHAT A BUNCH OF GRUMPY TWATS

 

Does that mean we can now claim to be 'influencers'?

[mercrocker]

I have a really insignificant grump.  It concerns the view from my lounge.   Normally I can see two cars - Mrs Rocker's Merc and the opposite neighbour's 51-plate Saab.   It was quite a nice view and they looked after the Saab - no scabs, never dirty, nice clean alloys.      

 

Yesterday they came home with a Zanussi-white Kia thing, not new but say 6 months old.   It has ugly great tail lights and is taller than the Merc so it keeps catching my eye.   Seems they have taken advantage of a scrappage-type PX deal at the local dealer leech.    

 

This has upset me.  I persuaded them many times to keep the Saab, the bloke really liked his Saabs and has had nothing else since the 1970s apparently.  It played up a bit in the summer and needed a fuel pump relay but other than that - nothing.  They even used to drive it to their holiday flat in Spain. 

 

Now it's been done in like a faithful old spaniel at the vets and I have to look at this bloody white thing every day.   Sad......

[Cavcraft]

Sort of hard to know what you're complaining about, tbh.

I wanted to marry my English teacher when she got out of prison, but apparently you can't end a sentence with a proposition.

[Sheefag]

Does that mean we can now claim to be 'influencers'?

 

I remain torn between wanting to be an influencer and yet being an 'activist' sounds so much more dynamic.

 

Activists get to smash stuff up in front of their mates but influencers are always surrounded by tits 'n flange. They have the best phones an' all. Difficult choices.

[greengartside]

Went to the local car auctions last night, had a really good laugh with a couple of other guys who turned up as well.

 

There were three budget-y bits of shite going through last night, a Mk6 Fiesta 1.4 LX which went for £500 (one owner car too...)

 

 

A Mk5 Fiesta 1.25 which I think went for about £300..

 

 

And this wonderful 52,000 mile Corolla...

 

 

That went for just under £200 but on a provo.

 

Why the grump do you ask? I took those pictures about an hour before the auction started. As I was looking at the Corolla, a young lad came up to me and said “that’s only gonna go another 20 miles then I’m gonna banger it”

 

Me and my mates went back to have another look at them just before they went round the ring. I was horrified when I saw EVERY PANEL on the passenger side of the Corolla had been scratched to fuck in an attempt to make it worthless. The green Fiesta also had a scratch on the passenger door and the rear quarter, again done deliberately.

 

What the fuck is wrong with people? I just cant understand why someone would do that. It really pissed me off all night after that.

[Kiltox]

That’s just pure cuntery. Criminal damage to save a couple of hundred quid.

[Cavcraft]

Shame you didn't have enough time to drop some sugar in the tank.

[greengartside]

Shame you didn't have enough time to drop the cunt on the head.

EFA.

 

 

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[richardmorris]

Would the yard have cctv to get them banned?

[greengartside]

Would the yard have cctv to get them banned?

I thought this too, would it be appropriate for me to message the auction house to tell them what happened?

[Cavcraft]

100% yes.

[SiC]

I thought this too, would it be appropriate for me to message the auction house to tell them what happened?

Yes. Get the fucktards banned.

[greengartside]

Ok, just messaged my mate who knows the owner of the auction house so hopefully we can get these pricks banned from the site for good. Thanks all.

[mercrocker]

That looks more than a scratch on that Fezzer, too.   Fucking great hoof in the side, more like.   Seeing a nice old Ford like that, still with its dealer sticker, is like watching my Granny get a kicking.   Little twats.  Good man for dobbing the fuckers in my view.