The grumpy thread

[Datsuncog]

Litre bottle of Castrol Syntrax gear oil has somehow managed to leak all over the boot of the Forester, probably squashed during recent timber-lugging.

Hell's teeth, it bloody reeks. That weird fish-oil smell just catches in the back of my throat and seriously makes me gag. I've been driving everywhere with the windows down since Sunday.

There's not enough Neutradol in the whole world...

[r.welfare]

The only thing that smells worse than new gearbox oil is used gearbox oil.

[xtriple]

Back to feeling like death after a good day yesterday. Bugger as I had lots planned for today but instead spent an enormous amount of time stopping the fairies from pincing the sofa.

[Slowsilver]

17 minutes ago, r.welfare said:

The only thing that smells worse than new gearbox oil is used gearbox oil.

Not the only thing. Try sniffing limited slip diff oil.
New = disgusting. Used = even more so.
 

[LostnotFound]

On 9/13/2019 at 11:51 AM, Kiltox said:

Who are the idiots buying tickets for this bullshit? www.revcomps.com

Roffle style thing but they sell thousands of tickets and draw themselves rather than independently. 

1000 tickets at £16 for a 64 plate Leon diesel with 90k miles. 

What the actual fuck???

I get these adverts as well. Random commuter motorcycle that's about a desirable as a dose of the clap for even half of what the tickets add up to. Obviously it's a business and if people are willing to piss away the money fair enough. Someone on here that is more into gambling would be able to work out how bad the (or good) the value is compared to the lottery.

However I did dig into the terms and conditions and you can enter for free by sending in a postcard.... some of the stuff is close to autoshite enough to be worth a stamp surely.

[Zelandeth]

Hello random RCD trip on the second ring main circuit...guess I'll be spending the next hour hunting for something that's died then.

It's always been a bigger for tripping when disconnecting large inductive loads, but doesn't usually just trip without provocation...so something has probably let the magic smoke out...

[Mrcento]

What is this new trend in car sales locally where if the car isn't selling, they put the price up?

(i'm guessing it's for when they do get some sort of interest from someone who previously hasn't seen it up at the lower price for weeks(, it makes it look more of a bargain when someone tries to get the price down and the seller can suddenly take an extra 2-300 off).

To be honest, when i've already seen a car up for less, i won't go near it if the same seller just sticks the price up. 1- It hasn't sold at the lesser price anyway so can't have been any great shakes to begin with, 2- the seller just looks like a game playing chancer i wouldn't want to deal with.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, r.welfare said:

The only thing that smells worse than new gearbox oil is used gearbox oil.

Ah, but have you sampled fried car battery/hydrogen sulphide?

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Ah, but have you sampled fried car battery/hydrogen sulphide?

Sounds like something you might get late at night from a chipper on the wrong side of Glasgow...

[r.welfare]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

hydrogen sulphide?

I enjoy a fart as much as the next man.

[jakebullet]

Northern rail.

A bit back I'm sat on the 16:08 pacer to hell waiting for it to rattle into life, and maybe stop being an oven. 16:13, and a bloke comes down the train, everybody off, we haven't got a driver. Hmmm, nice. Being a Sunday I can either try and run across the entirety of Leeds station for the 16:17 slow train, or wait an hour. I've got a gammy leg and I'm not Mo Farah normally so I go for the hour later option and a pasty, and spend the rest of the time filling in a delay repay claim form.

Claim form says tell us what happened. So I did, pointing out impossible to get next train within 4 minutes.

Got a response today, we're delighted to be sending you £1.49 compo, as we think you could have taken the 16:17. I can see arguments of reasonable vs possible coming soon.

[xtriple]

6 hours ago, Mrcento said:

What is this new trend in car sales locally where if the car isn't selling, they put the price up?

(i'm guessing it's for when they do get some sort of interest from someone who previously hasn't seen it up at the lower price for weeks(, it makes it look more of a bargain when someone tries to get the price down and the seller can suddenly take an extra 2-300 off).

To be honest, when i've already seen a car up for less, i won't go near it if the same seller just sticks the price up. 1- It hasn't sold at the lesser price anyway so can't have been any great shakes to begin with, 2- the seller just looks like a game playing chancer i wouldn't want to deal with.

Back in the day I used to do this all the time. If a car had been for sale for ages, put the price up (which seems counter-intuitive) and normally, interest will start up. Sold quite a few cars for hundreds/thousands more than I originally wanted for them. I 'think' sometimes people just assume cos it's cheap it's crap when in actual fact, the low price is a realistic vision of its value but the higher price is what people perceive the value to be?

Had an original Range Rover up for £2000 and not a sniff. Took it to the auctions and it topped out at about £1800 so I brought it home and stuck it up for £2800. Sold it a few days later and took back a MINT Landie Safari with the big petrol motor (2.6? I don't like Landies or RRs) for a grand which I proptly sold for £2200. So overall, a decent profit after I nearly gave the original car away!

[MorrisItalSLX]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, DO NOT QUEUE ON ROUNDABOUTS!

[New POD]

2 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, DO NOT QUEUE ON ROUNDABOUTS!

I will if I want. 

[burraston2006]

2 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, DO NOT QUEUE ON ROUNDABOUTS!

You need to come yo Yeovil. They've put traffic lights on them here so you have no choice but to queue. Also if you pull up to the stop line you can't see the lights! 

[Supernaut]

7 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, DO NOT QUEUE ON ROUNDABOUTS!

Try Aberdeen. Loads of roundabouts here have traffic light controlled pedestrian crossings on the exits. You'll be driving round, trying to get clear ASAP then the lights suddenly change and you have to stand the car on its nose and now you're stuck queueing across the roundabout.

[myglaren]

20 hours ago, Slowsilver said:

Not the only thing. Try sniffing limited slip diff oil.
New = disgusting. Used = even more so.
 

Worst I encountered was in the triax driveshaft bearings on my GS.  Disgusterous.

Of course, it went through driveshafts like they were going to be banned.

[cpjitservices]

Fucks sake

 

NIP, 58 in a 50 temporary speed limit.

 

That's £100 down the shitter.

 

[SiC]

10 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, DO NOT QUEUE ON ROUNDABOUTS!

Apart from Auckland, do you ever get traffic jams? Or even rush hour?

[dozeydustman]

The house whose back garden backs onto mine has had the same shitty music CD or playlist going very loudly since half 10 this morning. A mix of Agadoo, some Slavic language pop song featuring an accordion, some happy hardcore and Mariah fucking Carey's "all I want for Christmas is you". About its 5th cycle through now.

[MorrisItalSLX]

7 minutes ago, SiC said:

Apart from Auckland, do you ever get traffic jams? Or even rush hour?

I think you need to brush up on your geography, but yes, we get both in spades.

[SiC]

I think you need to brush up on your geography, but yes, we get both in spades.

I thought you lived in Kwikland?

[somewhatfoolish]

On 9/18/2019 at 2:17 PM, Datsuncog said:

Litre bottle of Castrol Syntrax gear oil has somehow managed to leak all over the boot of the Forester, probably squashed during recent timber-lugging.

Hell's teeth, it bloody reeks. That weird fish-oil smell just catches in the back of my throat and seriously makes me gag. I've been driving everywhere with the windows down since Sunday.

There's not enough Neutradol in the whole world...

Due to being an idiot(rubber hose, positive displacement pump and a shut valve) I gave myself a shower with gear oil, soaking my overalls and a favourite t-shirt; after dozens of hot washes I gave up trying to get the smell out and reluctantly binned them. 

[MorrisItalSLX]

2 minutes ago, SiC said:

42 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I think you need to brush up on your geography, but yes, we get both in spades.

I thought you lived in Kwikland?

Not quite, I’m just to the left with the Kangaroos.

To be fair they did remove the country marker on the profile from this version of the forum software and there are a few legitimate Kiwi shitters.

[Crackers]

On 9/17/2019 at 1:44 PM, Wack said:

Move out of London and you'll be three shitty's better off

I don't even live in London, I live 30 miles away! Rapidly discovering the joy* of commuting in the city. Thank christ it's only a year.

[xtriple]

Driving home (as you do!) and as I turn into my road (not actually mine you understand, just figuratively) a woman in an 02 Focus screams up the road and pulls up at the junction but already about 3/4 of the way through a right turn! She is rather blocking the road and generally made a bit of a tits of it. I looked at her but I must have done it with a bad attitiude or a sneer or a glare or something else I was unaware of 'cos the stream of invective that escaped her gentile and ladylike lips had to be heard to be believed!

There was a time when I used to reply in kind but now I just smile and wave or blow a kiss and wish them a 'good day' all of which seems to insense folk even more than a few well chosen four letter words!    Today, I just smiled. I thought she was going to explode...

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

A mix of Agadoo, some Slavic language pop song featuring an accordion, some happy hardcore and Mariah fucking Carey's "all I want for Christmas is you". About its 5th cycle through now.

Christ, I knew Radio 2 had gone downhill a bit lately, but even so...

[Zelandeth]

Swapped the tyres around on the Xantia in the hope this would have some impact on the odd pulling to the right under power issue.

 

Not made the slightest difference. Balls.

Also found a split CV boot. Yaaaaay! 

Going to be another expensive month isn't it.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

4 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

The house whose back garden backs onto mine has had the same shitty music CD or playlist going very loudly since half 10 this morning. A mix of Agadoo, some Slavic language pop song featuring an accordion, some happy hardcore and Mariah fucking Carey's "all I want for Christmas is you". About its 5th cycle through now.

May I recommend you reply in kind with this set of ditties from my personal collection?

 

[Parky]

I find “Nothing’s gonna stop us now” by Starship makes me want to hang myself.  Why not try it on your neighbours to see if you can make their garden resemble a quiet afternoon round David Koresh’s place?