The grumpy thread

[messerschmitt owner]

Good luck! Don't forget that you don't have to live in London. Even as far away as Huntingdon, Cambs is only 1hr on the train. Which will be packed and horrible. I know people who live a lot closer to London and travel for as much as 2hrs each way! Yuck.

I spent three days in Godmanchester last week at the graveyard - lovely!

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Good luck! Don't forget that you don't have to live in London. Even as far away as Huntingdon, Cambs is only 1hr on the train. Which will be packed and horrible. I know people who live a lot closer to London and travel for as much as 2hrs each way! Yuck.

 

 

Cheers for that! I will be needing some luck- it's been months since even the last time I wore a suit!

 

Of course, the way that the railroads are planned, even the 150 miles from Sheffield to London only take two hours- that's why the 35 miles from here to Huddersfield are 1h25'!

 

However, it's a safe bet that a lot of the long-distance (let's say anything further than Luton/Gatwick/Guildford) commuters barely manage to exceed minimum wage once you've added the travel time and subtracted the travel cost ('travel cost', of course, being about 35-40% more than the 'travel price', as it comes from the money on which you've already paid tax and NI). That's why I have no intention of ever living very far from work (unless there is an accident of fate that propels me to a job with an obscene salary and/or a chauffeur).

[trigger]

Bloody cars, My Mondeo TDCi is as noisey as buggery which turned out to be the bottom pulley "They all do that, Sir, common problem".

 

So I've spend £187 on a new pulley, tensoner and belt kit which my tamed mechainc fitted this this afternoon for me, (£64 labour inc. a oil change - Bargain), the trouble is, there's still a noise, The original rattle has now gone, but it now sounds like a machine gun going off instead from the same area, if you remove the belts the noise stops so it's something connected to this.

 

So my mechainc has to strip it all down again now tomorrow to try and find what's at fault, there is a wear mark on the alternator bracket which might be the problem, he's going to file it down to see if that cures it.

 

Anyone else on here had this problem? It's a Mondeo 2.2 TDCi ST BTW. (< That is the problem)

[George-Roper]

Anyone else on here had this problem? It's a Mondeo

 

Not had that problem but the answer would be to sell it off and buy a older easier cheaper to repair car. You could still get one with a bit of class like a BMW or Mercedes and shopping around the bits are cheap and the knowlege to repair them is out there. Bought right you would have little trouble during your ownership.

[Albert Ross]

The Mondeo noise can be cured with regular application of a Renault Safrane.

[dollywobbler]

Just replace it with another Escort. Preferably a 1.6 Diesel for maximum economy and misery.

[Negative Creep]

Women

 

Attractive, single, stable. Pick any two.

 

 

For fucks sake

[Polystratus]

Women

 

Attractive, single, stable. Pick any two.

 

 

For fucks sake

 

Not been online dating then?

[trigger]

The Mondeo will be going, I'm a bit gutted as I spend a lot of money buying it with the plan to keep it 2 years, It's lasted 5 months, I've been left so impressed with the £700 17 year old Golf I've decided to go back to basics.

 

£2000 on something like a Focus 1.8 Estate would be ideal, Leaving enough money to pay a few bills and to go towards a new classic, like that yellow MK3 Cortina, Mind you the Kadett will be going on ebay in the next week or so once the clutch has been fitted as well, I want a classic that can be used and enjoyed rather than sat in a garage in fear of it breaking or getting hit by a moog in a 4x4.

[Polystratus]

£2000 on something like a Focus 1.8 Estate would be ideal, Leaving enough money to pay a few bills and to go towards a new classic.

 

Thats about the amount I'm going to spend on the next car - given that a typical supermini for the spec i want is now above £10k.

[retrogeezer]

The Mondeo will be going,

 

£2000 on something like a VW Bora would be ideal,

 

EFA..

[Negative Creep]

Women

 

Attractive, single, stable. Pick any two.

 

 

For fucks sake

 

Not been online dating then?

 

 

This time around it was real life. Same thing applies to both though.

[meggersdog]

I seem to have acquired a Renault Laguna.It's a P.reg 2.0 litre and drives alright.The car's been regularly serviced and the last owner had the car for nine years.The problem is the MOT is nearly out and it needs two tyres.It's taxed until the end of September so I could get some part worn tyres and MOT it then sell on.This won't happen as we all know I would only get messed about for weeks on end.Now a couple of my mates have forecourts and they both like to have a few cheap old bangers in their "part ex " section.Knowing you can't buy anything for less than £160 from the auction I offered it to them for £140.First declined because it's a Laguna and the second because of no MOT.I will frag it next week.

Makes me grumpy that I will be sending a perfectly usable car over the bridge because it's worth more as a cube than a car.

[messerschmitt owner]

Makes me grumpy that I will be sending a perfectly usable car over the bridge because it's worth more as a cube than a car.

feel better for the fact that it's a Laguna and you're making the world a more reliable, better place

[Cavcraft]

Makes me grumpy that I will be sending a perfectly usable car over the bridge because it's worth more as a cube than a car.

feel better for the fact that it's a Laguna and you're making the world a more reliable, better place

 

Agreed, but it's madness to frag a useable car. However if the market dictates it's unwanted then alas so be it. Might still be worth a bash testing it though I suppose, twenty quid on a couple of tyres and it's got to be worth £350 to someone with a full MOT?

[chaseracer]

...it's madness to frag a useable car. However if the market dictates it's unwanted then alas so be it. Might still be worth a bash testing it though I suppose, twenty quid on a couple of tyres and it's got to be worth £350 to someone with a full MOT?

I think you've made your own point there, Billy. Small amount of effort = car saved, AND you make more folding.

 

Win/win...

[trigger]

Fucking fuckerty fuck!!!!! My Mondeo still sounds like a machine gun is going off under the bonnet, The garage have spend all morning trying to fix it and now thinks it's the new bottom pulley that's at fault, He's going to take it of to check it now.

 

Fucking ebay and pattern parts, ALL MONDEO TDCIS MUST DIE!!!!!!!!!

 

*Sorry for the language outburst btw.

[meggersdog]

Makes me grumpy that I will be sending a perfectly usable car over the bridge because it's worth more as a cube than a car.

feel better for the fact that it's a Laguna and you're making the world a more reliable, better place

 

Agreed, but it's madness to frag a useable car. However if the market dictates it's unwanted then alas so be it. Might still be worth a bash testing it though I suppose, twenty quid on a couple of tyres and it's got to be worth £350 to someone with a full MOT?

 

It might be worth doing this but I would have to advertise it and having to deal with pennyless cretins would more than likely send me crashing back down into deep depression.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

^^^^^ Agreed - frag it.

[Cavcraft]

Just replace it with another Escort. Preferably a 1.8 petrol estate in white from some knobhead in Chester to spend on ale.

 

EFA.

[trigger]

I take it you've just bought the one Si was offloading then?.

[Cavcraft]

Indeed. There I was just now getting a bit smug as I was cleaning it and I broke the ******g driver's door mirror

[CreepingJesus]

And so it begins. Yet another car used to stop someone's fucking Asda trolley. In my current nicotine-less quasi psychosis, the outcome wouldn't be good. Does it constitute a reasonable defense for excessive violence?

The V70 was pleasingly free of supermarket dents, but despite me parking the thing a long way down the car park, on its' own, with a clear space in every direction for the last 6 weeks....some fucker has scraped something right off the o/s front corner. Bumper, indicator lens and wing top all scraped.

Whoever you are, I fucking hate you, and I hope your next shit's a hedgehog. A hedgehog the size of a watermelon, which has just rolled in chilli, vinegar and salt. And is feeling a bit bitey on the way out. It's what you deserve.

[Station]

I love the summer, but as soon as a new football season starts I feel miserable.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Sorry to hear that, CJ. Can't you ask for some CCTV footage?

[andrew e]

Of the hedgehog?

[Negative Creep]

3 different people phoned up wanting to view the BMW today.

 

 

Have a guess how many showed up. Really, just take a wild stab in the dark

[Station]

3 x 0 ?

[dollywobbler]

Have you tried hammering a socket over them? Ideal twunt technique.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

3 different people phoned up wanting to view the BMW today.

 

 

Have a guess how many showed up. Really, just take a wild stab in the dark

 

If anyone else rings, be sure to get their phone number ("just in case something comes up or you have to dash out or whatever"). Obv then if they dont turn up you can ring them up and ask 'are you f**king coming then or not'. Just having their number will weed out 85% of no-shows.