The grumpy thread

[catsinthewelder]

Is it like most cars where you can access the sender from under the boot carpet or back seat squab?  If so pull that out and fill tank through hole to get home.

[clayts450]

I think they're still in a precarious financial position, so probably need cash to come in over the counter, for important things like paying the staff at the end of the month, rather than it disappearing into the black hole of debt at the bank.

 

Nope it was nothing that sinister - the machine really was broken. The Openreach engineer had just finished off sorting it when I rocked up yesterday morning with cash wonga in my mitt. I volunteered to be their guinea pig so they could test it worked. It did, and didn't debit my bank account a gazillion times.

[Fumbler]

Is it like most cars where you can access the sender from under the boot carpet or back seat squab?  If so pull that out and fill tank through hole to get home.

We should be good as the entire switch pulled itself apart when I pulled the dash out. Failed, sticky glue. It smells of solvents everywhere today! Bridging the contacts is a tried and true method of opening it up.

[purplebargeken]

Went down to the garage this morning, was going to Toledo fettle. Mate had parked in front of the garage, bonus! No other cunt could block the access then. 

 

He moves his car, I realise that the key for this garage was on the other keyring. Cue swearing. Oh bollocks. Never mind, I have access to the green Dolly so some small fettling happened. I lock the garage up and get ready to go home. I look at the keyring and see the key to the other garage. I had obviously made it simpler for myself except that I had forgotten completely that I had changed things around. A wasted day. A whole wasted fucking day. Fuck my stupid memory. 

[bangernomics]

Garage tidy fatigue

 

 

 

 

[beko1987]

Your doing tidying wrong...

[Fumbler]

Managed to find the lever to open the filler flap, added some twine to push through the emergency release hole. Methinks Rover knew about this issue!

 

MPG on the dash said 13.2. MPG on the back of the envelope once filled up says ~11. Oh my.

[dollywobbler]

Garage tidy fatigue

 

 

 

 

 

Well this makes me feel better!

[bangernomics]

Glad it does one of us. Ffs

[dollywobbler]

You'll get there. On the rare occasions that I've tidied my garage, it's bloody marvellous. For about three days...

[anonymous user]

I remember the time my uncle tidied the storeroom in the old workshop. He got to the point where he had lovely tidy shelves in front of him, but couldn't get out because of all the stuff he'd piled behind him, between him and the door.

[vulgalour]

That went well.  Princess is already broken and back with SoC.  Stupid car.

[loserone]

Bah, sorry to hear that!

 

Not just selfishly either!

[sierraman]

Christ I thought I’d heard it all. Someone went to look at the in laws car and wanted a discount because there was no proof it had had the head gasket replaced. There’s nothing wrong with the cooling system at all. Next I expect they’ll want a discount because the gearbox has done 90k.

 

Gumtree. As you’d expect.

[scaryoldcortina]

That went well. Princess is already broken and back with SoC. Stupid car.

I'm surprised you aren't more annoyed at the AA...

[vulgalour]

It's okay, it'll sort.  Luckily, I've got two pairs of spare discs to sort the problem and SoC is a leg end so it'll get sorted with as minimal fuss as possible.  AA telling me they wouldn't recover the car because I'd limped it back to the garage for fault diagnose was a cracker.  They also wanted to send someone out to confirm what the problem was before recovering the car.  Absolute farce.  Considering how little I've used the AA I'm just dropping the membership and I'll rely on what the insurance company offers instead, because it's cheaper and I doubt the service will be any worse.

 

EDIT:  I am a *slow* typer today, that was me replying to loserone.

[dean36014]

Autoaid, 45'ish quid a year. XM spring a leak and it was on a recovery truck in an hour

[bangernomics]

Getting there, lots to go on the sales area when I manage to post.

 

 

 

[loserone]

Liked because replying to me and because it will sort. Not because it's broken.

[Zelandeth]

So much for a productive evening.

 

Just smacked my right thumb with a 4lb lump hammer. Didn't actually hurt that much at the time - only realised I should probably pay attention to what I'd done about thirty seconds later when I realised that the "drip...drip...drip...drip" I could hear wasn't water dripping from the pipework I had in bits but was blood dripping off said thumb.

 

Oops.

[Zelandeth]

Oh for the love of...

 

Had to dive out to go grab some Immodium because someone in the family has been having tummy troubles today. Fine. Discovered that our local pharmacy has changed their hours so were closed. Whatever, will go to Morrison's. Only a five minute drive, even if it does mean trying to dodge the idiots doing burnouts away from the traffic lights etc...

 

On the way back I get pulled over by the police. For a "random check as part of a narcotics operation in your area" and "would I mind if they did a quick check of my vehicle?"

 

*Shrug* "Help yourselves...about the most exciting thing you'll find will be an asthma inhaler or three..." Figured that saying "no" isn't likely to make me any friends after all!

 

I wasn't quite prepared for the heavy handedness which then ensued. First thing they did was decent the bag which lives in the boot to contain any random rubbish that occurs from day to day all over the boot. Then the guy went and broke the cord holding the parcel shelf up and jammed the rear windscreen sun shade, when he refused to believe that it wasn't in fact a "hidden compartment" in the parcel shelf. Apparently the concept of a sun shade was completely alien to them.

 

I then got a massive grilling about why did I have a shovel in the boot? Apparently "I've been taking trailer loads of garden waste to the tip all week and it's to help me get the last bits out the trailer into the skip" wasn't a satisfactory answer. I then got another massive grilling about the "appalling condition" of my front tyres. Seriously mate...sod off. They're getting to the end of their life sure enough, but they're nowhere near illegal...not like the plethora of cars you see around here with bloody canvas showing. Not at any part of the tread surface is near the wear bars...

 

They then spent a further twnety minutes going over every damn millimetre of the car, messing with every bloody adjustment of my seat (fair enough you want to move it forward and back to check under it but did you really need to faff about with the lumbar support and height too?)...

 

Half an hour later I was begrudgingly let on my way. Random stop my backside...you saw an older car and wanted to get an easy stop and hand some points out.

 

My uncle is a policeman (and has been for 30+ years) so I have every respect for the majority of them...this particular pair, not so much.

 

So tomorrow I need to clear up a huge mess in the boot, replace a snapped parcel shelf cord...and try to figure out what the heck they've done to the sun blind.

[sierraman]

That’s bizarre. Were I a traffic cop I’d be on the prowl for the real menace, drink and drug drivers.

 

What’s he think the shovel in the boot is all about as well? If you were murdering folks you’d be hardly likely to admit at the roadside to it.

[Zelandeth]

That’s bizarre. Were I a traffic cop I’d be on the prowl for the real menace, drink and drug drivers.

 

What’s he think the shovel in the boot is all about as well? If you were murdering folks you’d be hardly likely to admit at the roadside to it.

No idea. They were totally oblivious to the nutters racing each other at above NSL speeds along the (30mph) road we were pulled over next to as well.

 

Not going to try to read too much in to it, just one of the "joys" of living a stone's throw from the City Centre. Bit like having random parents park in your driveway when they're picking up their kids from the school round the corner. Yay for urban life.

[vulgalour]

Likely just looking for an easy target, gambled and lost.  Way easier to pull over someone in an old car than try and peg down one of the supermarket sillies.  Sad but true.  Take the Invacar next time, doubt they'd pull you over in that (assuming it's fully road legal).

[New POD]

Oh for the love of...

 

Had to dive out to go grab some Immodium because someone in the family has been having tummy troubles today. Fine. Discovered that our local pharmacy has changed their hours so were closed. Whatever, will go to Morrison's. Only a five minute drive, even if it does mean trying to dodge the idiots doing burnouts away from the traffic lights etc...

 

On the way back I get pulled over by the police. For a "random check as part of a narcotics operation in your area" and "would I mind if they did a quick check of my vehicle?"

 

*Shrug* "Help yourselves...about the most exciting thing you'll find will be an asthma inhaler or three..." Figured that saying "no" isn't likely to make me any friends after all!

 

I wasn't quite prepared for the heavy handedness which then ensued. First thing they did was decent the bag which lives in the boot to contain any random rubbish that occurs from day to day all over the boot. Then the guy went and broke the cord holding the parcel shelf up and jammed the rear windscreen sun shade, when he refused to believe that it wasn't in fact a "hidden compartment" in the parcel shelf. Apparently the concept of a sun shade was completely alien to them.

 

I then got a massive grilling about why did I have a shovel in the boot? Apparently "I've been taking trailer loads of garden waste to the tip all week and it's to help me get the last bits out the trailer into the skip" wasn't a satisfactory answer. I then got another massive grilling about the "appalling condition" of my front tyres. Seriously mate...sod off. They're getting to the end of their life sure enough, but they're nowhere near illegal...not like the plethora of cars you see around here with bloody canvas showing. Not at any part of the tread surface is near the wear bars...

 

They then spent a further twnety minutes going over every damn millimetre of the car, messing with every bloody adjustment of my seat (fair enough you want to move it forward and back to check under it but did you really need to faff about with the lumbar support and height too?)...

 

Half an hour later I was begrudgingly let on my way. Random stop my backside...you saw an older car and wanted to get an easy stop and hand some points out.

 

My uncle is a policeman (and has been for 30+ years) so I have every respect for the majority of them...this particular pair, not so much.

 

So tomorrow I need to clear up a huge mess in the boot, replace a snapped parcel shelf cord...and try to figure out what the heck they've done to the sun blind.

Or write to your MP with a copy to the chief cuntstable

[Supernaut]

I just found a really nice Lexus IS200 on autotrader.

 

One problem. It's in Fishguard. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201903306446062

 

Why must all the half-decent cars be so far away?!

[purplebargeken]

Yay I thought, finally found a place that answers my enquiries re: Rover 45 CVT dipstick. Rover specialist breakers in Birmingham.

 

Yes, we have one. Yes, it is absolutely, totally the correct dipstick for the Rover 45 CVT gearbox. Yes, it is the orange one. Package turns up, they sent me the one for the fucking engine oil. Fucking joy.

[Pillock]

To be fair, the Police may or may not have had a genuine reason to stop you but breaking the car is not on. Write to them using the medium of social media and ask if they're paying for the new part. I agree they have a difficult job to do but sounds like these clowns were taking their bad day out on you.

[anonymous user]

Zel's boot contents when stopped by police

[Tamworthbay]

First gig of the year last night, except is wasn’t as my brain decide 5pm was a good time for a migraine, when I should have been playing I was lying in a pitch black room wishing the fucking dust mites would be quieter. The rest of the band did brilliant without me bit I am gutted, noth8ng until the beginning of May now either and still feel shit today.