The grumpy thread

[EssDeeWon]

Living on a main road where the traffic often backs up during the day, from my first floor window I can almost constantly spot people creeping along in the traffic and glancing down with their phone in their laps, typically young women in almost new Fiat 500, aldi a1, bini  types.  I mean FFS can these people not put their phones away for 5 minutes? 

Heard a load of revving outside this morning, some young lad with a black 04 clio was billowing smoke out the front, I thought the thing was on fire, low and behold in true modern day “OMG look Insta” fashion the lad first jumps out and films the smoke for a moment BEFORE eventually looking for the bonnet catch.  I was ready to dash outside and help him but thought better of it.  Must have been the first thing that sprung into his mind... omg quick film it. Face and palm. 

[rainagain]

The constant coverage of the US election is doing my head in. By all means report on the winner, but this continuous series of daily updates and discussions is just annoying me. We don’t get this sort of level of coverage for any of the elections of our nearest neighbours, that arguably have more impact on us than the USA. 
 

I’m assuming the journalists are just all trying to spin out how long they get to spend in the states on expenses. 

[MikeR]

more cat shit this morning , everywhere .

pets are supposed to be fun .

[Tadhg Tiogar]

19 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Lion piss scares the cats, poo good for the garden, win win

Not sure lion poo is biodegradable - they're not exactly herbivores....

[Volksy]

Testing the water and placeholder threads. 

If it's for sale, it's for sale. If its not, it's not. 

Not as if the board is that fast moving that the ad will be on page six in ten mins. 

[Jazoli]

48 minutes ago, Volksy said:

Testing the water and placeholder threads. 

If it's for sale, it's for sale. If its not, it's not. 

Not as if the board is that fast moving that the ad will be on page six in ten mins. 

I agree, the only time you test the water is when you bath a fucking baby, 'ooohhh I'm just testing the water' so they get a few interested parties then 'ohhhh I've changed my mind' just fuck off.

Also for sale ads, which when you enquire about the car it takes 3 days for a reply, or when you message and say 'I want to buy this, now' and then they say 'oh its not ready yet as I need it for a few weeks' just fuck off again, this forum isn't too bad really and I've had plenty of no nonsense buys and sales but there is a fair proportion of fuckwits too.

[loserone]

I would agree with that, but I also remember trying to buy a 307.  Twice!

[Wack]

Arse 

my 2.3 ducato is going to need a flywheel soon , spooked to my mechanic today , he said they stop in 2 positions when you turn the engine off , it’s breaking up on one side which explains why sometimes you start it and it rattles for 5 seconds until it finds its balance point Other times it’s fine , all depends where it stopped when you last turned it off.

it’s  still Running and driving ok and hasn’t got any worse in the last couple of months 

the bad news , he priced up a clutch and Dual  mass Flywheel kit , I knew it was bad news when he said fuck me, really 

£800 + vat for LUK parts 

[Jazoli]

5 hours ago, loserone said:

I would agree with that, but I also remember trying to buy a 307.  Twice!

I did you a favour by not selling you it, its been a nightmare for its new owner

[loserone]

1 minute ago, Jazoli said:

I did you a favour by not selling you it, its been a nightmare for its new owner

Oh I agree, actually I think I would have hated it.  Thanks for having my back dude.

[Split_Pin]

Spent a couple of hours yesterday going through the loft and getting some really decent gear together to take to the car boot this morning. I cleaned up and put fresh batteries in a ride on aeroplane that was my son's when he was smaller. I got my trusty car boot pasting table down and loaded the whole lot into the Corsa.

I went out to it this morning and despite being fine on Friday,  the battery was almost totally flat. It wouldn't even take a jump start from the Mini.

After all I spent on it having welding done, even the engine change a couple of years ago, you'd think it could do just the ONE task that I have asked of it in all that time.

Now I've missed the setting up slot at the car boot.

The Corsa is now getting put in the garage until next year. It can just fuck right off.

[twosmoke300]

12 hours ago, Wack said:

Arse 

my 2.3 ducato is going to need a flywheel soon , spooked to my mechanic today , he said they stop in 2 positions when you turn the engine off , it’s breaking up on one side which explains why sometimes you start it and it rattles for 5 seconds until it finds its balance point Other times it’s fine , all depends where it stopped when you last turned it off.

it’s  still Running and driving ok and hasn’t got any worse in the last couple of months 

the bad news , he priced up a clutch and Dual  mass Flywheel kit , I knew it was bad news when he said fuck me, really 

£800 + vat for LUK parts 

What year is it ? Thought the 2.3 didn’t have a dmf ? My 09 one hasn’t anyway 

[Wack]

1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said:

What year is it ? Thought the 2.3 didn’t have a dmf ? My 09 one hasn’t anyway 

2011 , the online checker lists one when you put the reg in so I assume it has , it also has the symptoms he described for a failing dmf, I’ll be leaving it until it goes pop though , not sure how much longer I’ll be doing this job 

[Split_Pin]

Got it started with something slightly meatier.

A British car with a German engine starting a Spanish car with a British badge.

[Mally]

I bought a pair of Cortina uprights on ebay.

As the ad mentioned Locost, I asked if he had any escort bits.

Sorry! I gave a back axle away last week.   You what! I'd have given you £150  for that.

Not sure who's more grumpy, me or him

[Lankytim]

On 8/28/2020 at 9:32 PM, loserone said:

Autoaid were cracking when I said I'd blown a brake line and lost all the fluid.  

I think breakdown companies automatically recover without attempting a repair if the fault is brake related. 

[Wack]

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

I think breakdown companies automatically recover without attempting a repair if the fault is brake related. 

Polish AA men don't 

I burst a flexible pipe on my ducato van in Oldbury 

AA guy turned up, called a supplier who was on the other side of Birmingham,  went to get it , even came back with the right part when they tried to give him the wrong part , fitted it, we bled it between us , I drove home with it 100% fixed

They did have an incentive though , a couple of hours of his time or a 90 mile recovery 

Happy days 

[djoptix]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Got it started with something slightly meatier.

A British car with a German engine starting a Spanish car with a British badge.

 

Is that the mighty 3-cylinder engine in there? We used to have one of those in Mrs Optix's Agila (thankfully now long gone). It was Proper Shit.

[dave j]

Took the camper out for a drive as hardly used it this year. I didnt get very far as I have a sticking front brake! That's what lack of use does to a car! Now it's cooled down i can drive the couple miles home and have a look at it. 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, djoptix said:

 

Is that the mighty 3-cylinder engine in there? We used to have one of those in Mrs Optix's Agila (thankfully now long gone). It was Proper Shit.

It is, and cheers, thanks for that. I've had it 10 years and it's on its second engine, I wouldn't have known that unless you'd pointed it out ?????

[djoptix]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It is, and cheers, thanks for that.

Sorry ?

To be fair it wasn't actually that bad. Just not powerful and it had a tappety rattle that I could never get rid of. But it never FTPd.

[Split_Pin]

Lack of regular oil changes wears out the chain and tensioner quickly causing crappy running and noise.

[mitsisigma01]

On 8/29/2020 at 11:48 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Not sure lion poo is biodegradable - they're not exactly herbivores....

Anyone got a vegetarian Lion I can borrow ?

[Marina door handles]

Went out for a little run in the Scimitar, stopped off for petrol and then it all went a bit tits...  The machine clicked off prematurely I wiggled the filler and got it going again. All of a sudden a man rushes up to me and points out that the Scim is leaking, all over the fore court.....Bugger. I couldnt see were the petrol leak was coming from.

I headed in, paid the cashier explained about the spillage and left. So thats another little job to look at, bloody cars! 

[Fumbler]

21 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Anyone got a vegetarian Lion I can borrow ?

Oh, lion shit is biodegradable, just like cat shit. You just have to wait a long time!

Mowing the stuff really is bad luck though, it gets everywhere and stinks like crazy. Just don't mow it. Never!

[Zelandeth]

Okay, thanks to an idiot in a rusty Merc estate the tyres on the Jag have now been shifted from "ancient, could really do with changing" to "barely drivable" on account of the depth of the flat spots I just scrubbed in them trying to avoid burying 1700kgs of Jag into their boot.

Quiet derestricted dual carriageway.  I was ambling along at 60 or so, saw a car and a bus waiting to turn onto the road a little ways ahead so moved out to lane 2 to allow them to do so.

About 0.5 seconds after this they then immediately moved out to lane 2, straight in front of me.  Dodging left is no longer an option as it's now occupied by the bus that followed the car out.  Only option I had was to stand on the brakes and pray nothing had appeared behind me since I last checked my mirrors.

The resulting cloud of tyre smoke was truly impressive...as was the magnitude of the thud-thud-thud-thud...I could now feel in the car even at walking pace.  I actually pulled over to make sure I hadn't got a puncture before limping home at about 30mph. 

What fun.

I seriously need to get dashcams into the remainder of the fleet...

[eddyramrod]

Fuck fuck fuckity fuck.

1: WTF is up with people?  I've just been watching Police Interceptors, to which, I confess, I'm addicted; they chased a driver until he crashed, at which point he turned out to be very very drunk.  Like, so drunk he couldn't even blow into the machine.  Fucking idiot.  Should be shot.  I had to turn it off, I now have Would I Lie To You on Dave +1 in the background.  This comes hard on the heels of 2.

2: I went upstairs to fire up my desktop computer for a little relaxation away from the soaps that MrsR likes.  Turn it on, wait for it to boot up.... and suddenly it just stops, silent.  I tried to get it to turn on again but it wasn't having it.  Looks like I'll have to replace it.  Great, have you seen the price of these bloody things?   Now see 3....l

3: That's an issue this week particularly as I'm spending £1700 replacing most of the windows at the back of my house.  They're coming on Wednesday.  It's money I don't have, but needs doing because there are draughts getting in.  Also the back door needs replacing with one that opens out rather than in, thereby not fouling the electric meter board.  (The door is part of the window package)  

[DoctorRetro]

Two cars, both with issues. (1.cracked windscreen and gearstick loose. 2. water not staying in and coolant pressurising) and my back being well and truly fucked means I'm not in the best fettle. 

Then went to get up from the bath and my hand slipped, strained my back even further and landed with a splash, bashing my elbow (it was either that or my head) and emptied half the bathwater onto the floor. 

Icing on the cake. ??

[Steve79]

8 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

2: I went upstairs to fire up my desktop computer for a little relaxation away from the soaps that MrsR likes.  Turn it on, wait for it to boot up.... and suddenly it just stops, silent.  I tried to get it to turn on again but it wasn't having it.  Looks like I'll have to replace it.  Great, have you seen the price of these bloody things?   Now see 3....l

 

Might be able to get my hands on a Dell Optiplex Core i3 for smoll money if thats any good to you?

[wuvvum]

2 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Then went to get up from the bath and my hand slipped, strained my back even further and landed with a splash, bashing my elbow (it was either that or my head) and emptied half the bathwater onto the floor.

Could have been worse, you could have slipped whilst half way out and landed on your bollocks on the side of the bath.