The grumpy thread

[brownnova]

Last time I drove the 2CV in the pissing rain the indicators shorted out on the passenger side.

 

Today it’s pissing down rain

 

And I need to drive the 2CV

 

To its MoT.

 

Hoping it doesn’t happen today....

[chaseracer]

Clean/tighten/protect the connections.  Remember how exposed they are way out there!

 

GLWTMOT 

[Tamworthbay]

There is no such thing.

 

 

 

 

Maybe not in a a god firing lightning way, but I am a firm believer in what goes around comes around. People who are arseholes generally have shit lives as people won’t bother with them. It may happen quickly or slowly but it usually does sooner or later.

[mercrocker]

Last time I drove the 2CV in the pissing rain the indicators shorted out on the passenger side.

 

Today it’s pissing down rain

 

And I need to drive the 2CV

 

To its MoT.

 

Hoping it doesn’t happen today....

 

Isn't that what flip-up windows are for?! 

[anonymous user]

Last time I drove the 2CV in the pissing rain the indicators shorted out on the passenger side.

 

Today it’s pissing down rain

 

And I need to drive the 2CV

 

To its MoT.

 

Hoping it doesn’t happen today....

Find an mot station that only requires right turns to get there, or pretend you're driving an Audi/BMW (other stereotypes available) and don't use the indicators on the way. Hopefully there will be enough electric left that they work without shorting out. And give everything a squirt with WD40.

[iainrcz]

Well I've discovered why my driver's side door speaker is making funky noises.
Focal brand, only been fitted since November last year.

.

 

She's done dickered.

Plan A, Mr eBay seller sends me a new one.


Plan b I cut that cable out and bodge in a new one.

 

 

Plan b is already started sssshh

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[brownnova]

Find an mot station that only requires right turns to get there, or pretend you're driving an Audi/BMW (other stereotypes available) and don't use the indicators on the way. Hopefully there will be enough electric left that they work without shorting out. And give everything a squirt with WD40.

Thankfully the rain desisted for a brief spell in time for me to get to the test station. Indicators were working fine when I left guv...

[meggersdog]

For those thinking of buying from copart read on.

 

Today I mot'd (well failed) a car bought from copart in Sandy. They obviously used the big forklift with the really long tines to load the car onto a trailer. The new owner repaired the rear quarter  accident damage before bringing it in for mot. Up on the ramp and it's clear the car had slipped off the forklift. The nearside rear shock is completely off it's mounting and resting hard on the exhaust.The exhaust is flattened and the front anti-rollbar is pushed to the offside and hooked under the subframe. Must have been a pig to drive. It's been left here to be repaired.

Copart just think "well it's damaged anyway" but if the other side had slipped the car like most these days has a plastic fuel tank.

[richardthestag]

fucking brake chassis line has just blown on the daily. Got it back to my dads house without drama

 

I can fix it but am busy on the project.Mrs thestag needs the money desperately!

 

+ the flexi's and rebuilt calipers are 185miles away.

 

fuck it

[Zelandeth]

Yes...I do in fact still hate bloody exhaust work precisely as much as I remembered that I did.

 

Especially cheap rubbish that it takes three hours to beat into submission so it will actually fit.

[Aston Martin]

Scottish Wankers.

 

M8 has a 40 zone... Which everyone ignored obviously. There was a highway maintenance van parked/maybe moving in the outer lane of the roadworks. Two glass back windows and a tiny half peeled off speed camera logo.

 

I was possibly doing 53.

 

Yes I'm a bastard etc. Doesn't explain why his beacons were on... Or if he was even a camera.... He was on the hard shoulder with two high vis guys nearby.

 

Edit: tried watching on dashcam

[New POD]

53 is 3 points but no chance of speed awareness course.

[Aston Martin]

Here's a ropey video, I can't upload properly until I'm home.

 

There was a shagged half a speed camera logo in the top left of the van. But there's also two blokes milling about.

 

https://streamable.com/lzaoo

[Cavcraft]

Someone I have an urgent desire to tell to FRO was in town before earlier and missed my chance.

[barefoot]

... before earlier ...

 

 

Fuck me, that's early!

[Bren]

Phone call from GP this morning - can I come in and see emergency Gp as soon as?

 

I have been having bowel issues that have gotten worse over time - I had provided blood and a stool sample some weeks ago.

 

The stool sample was subjected to a FIT test - blood was present. I now need a colonoscopy.

 

Knackers.

[New POD]

Fuck me, that's early!

As late as now, in a minute?

[Eddie Honda]

53 is 3 points but no chance of speed awareness course.

No chance of a speed awareness course anyway, because Scotland.

[Bobthebeard]

Not having much luck with the fleet of late. With recent HGF on the Chevrolet Tacuma, even more recent HGF on the MG ZT when pressed into service and now the battery has died on the Rover 75. Despite the battery being disconnected over the winter fully functional and charged every so often wont hold a charge at all. The battery on the ZT will fit, but is 150 miles away. The Honda Accord is in use by Mrs Beard with me driving the Prelude. The Prelude has developed a sticky rear brake caliper (hot, smelly) and terrible suspension clunks! The MX-5 is in storage in me mams garage with no MOT.

[MikeR]

F in shops ..  cant people cope , its not even the rush hour and its like zombie city ... but it !

 

F in roads ... cant people cope with a car , it has indicators , it has a go peddle , and a nut holding the steering wheel

 

F in tills ... cant shops cope ..till 4 is opening , till 5 is open , till 5 is hutting , till 4 is shutting , till 4 is opening , till 5 is open ... get a grip !

 

F in people ... some of them , if they were a kid in the play ground , they would be pointed out ....

[Bobthebeard]

Bad day?

[chaseracer]

Blingo's gearbag may be on the way out.  ARSEBISCUITS.

 

Was the 8v 2.0HDi ever available with an autobox?

[mercrocker]

Bad day?

 

Nah, sounds like he just drove to my local Lidl.

[Jerzy Woking]

Spanish subsidiary of DPD (SEUR) couldn't deliver my parcel as the driver couldn't be arsed to ring me, even though it was on instructions. Nor did he leave a card.

I only knew an attempt had been made because of their email to me.

 

So now I've have sent them SEVEN responses to their "resolve problem" link over the last two days, asking for the address I can collect from. No response, even to the ones I wrote in Spanish.

 

Phone number given is that of EVERY SEUR depot in Spain. Ringing it just gets me through to an automated message (in Spanish) that I cannot understand, and no matter what numbers I press during the message, it continues. So it's not a interactive line then.

 

Their website is hopeless, as gives me some details of 4 depots in this region, and my parcel could be at any of them. And of course they all have the same number.

 

I can see them returning the parcel to the sender in Glasgow, when I need the item now.

 

Fuckers.

[reb]

I just put half of my sets of work uniform in the washing machine, made a coffee and walked away. 5 minutes later I go back to the kitchen and the machine is merrily dribbling water from under the door. Bollocks.

[iainrcz]

Pulled a muscle in my back. Yay.

 

Being asthmatic I can only take a few ibuprofen before I start being unable to breathe. Boo.

 

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[chaseracer]

Heat pad and paracetamol?  Domestic Management suffers similarly.

 

GWS.

[dozeydustman]

Pulled a muscle in my back. Yay.

 

Being asthmatic I can only take a few ibuprofen before I start being unable to breathe. Boo.

 

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get your other half to apply a hot compress for 1 minute then swap for an ice pack for 2 minutes. Repeat 5-6 times, the relax from the heat and retract from the cold helps the muscle recover.

 

Voltarol is also sehr gut

[Lacquer Peel]

Blingo's gearbag may be on the way out. ARSEBISCUITS.

 

Was the 8v 2.0HDi ever available with an autobox?

In the facelift Xsara.

What makes you think the gearbox is on the way out? They're usually strong and long lasting.

[Pillock]

Someone I have an urgent desire to tell to FRO was in town before earlier and missed my chance.

Ages since I've seen Giles Brandreth.