The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

eBay sellers who don't respond. Doing my effing head in now waiting for a response from one seller

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eBay sellers who don't respond. Doing my effing head in now waiting for a response from one seller

 

 

and ebay buyers. Last week I had one make a 'best offer' on an engine i had for sale, I accepted his offer and now he has disappeared off the face of the earth

[skattrd]

The turbo has pretty much stopped working again on the boring

I can occasionally hear it, and do get a bit of boost now and again, so I know it's still there and not completely knackered.

A bit more reading on some VAG forums says it could be sticking vanes in the turbo. Apparently the best way to cure this is fill the turbo up with Mr. Muscle oven cleaner and let it dissolve the crap. If a £3 can of oven cleaner solves my problem then I'll be very surprised/happy.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Sounds like an interesting idea, where do you feed the Mr Muscle in though?

[skattrd]

Apparently you remove the egr connecting pipework and squirt Mr. Muscle through a length of vac hose in to the hot side of the turbo ... details: http://www.scottishvag.net/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=96231

[Wilko220]

End of an era...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23434089

[Station]

I loved the way you could always predict whether the away team had a higher score by the pitch of his voice:

"Yeovil ... One." "West Bromwich (slowly raises pitch) Albion ... Three".

[Cavcraft]

I've just had the misfortune to listen to a Proclaimers CD I found in a car I bought ages ago.

 

If you've not listened to it before, then just imagine a Scottish version of Status Quo singing lullabys via a drain pipe which they wrote after smoking haggis through a crack pipe on Balamorie High Street. Only a bit worse.

[chaseracer]

I would walk 500 miles to get away from that.

[Station]

Proclaimers are proof for the argument that just because a band sells millions of records doesn't mean they're any good.

[autofive]

i disagree

 

sunshine on leith is an amazing track

[vulgalour]

Jane Austen to appear on tenners.  Why?  Her work is just regency Hello! magazine and only of worth for historical footnotes on the upper eschelons of society at that time.  There's far, far more suitable women to put on money on the value of their work and she certainly shouldn't be replacing Darwin whose work has far more importance.

 

Every time I'm faced with a tenner I'm just going to be angry now.  Why don't they just go and put Trotter vans on fivers and Roy Chubby fucking Brown on twenties while they're at it to complete the whole cultural revolution on our paper money?  Wankers.

[RedSparrow]

True! Actually I think David Jason in character as Del Boy would be more appropriate.

[daveb47]

The family of a joyrider who was killed in a police chase have been awarded £20,000 in compensation.

Father-of-one Lee Lewis, 22, suffered multiple injuries when his stolen car hit a wall during a 12-mile chase by four police cars in Port Talbot, south Wales.

The five 'untrained' officers who gave chase had ignored orders from the police control room to stop the pursuit. 

They were given written warnings after an investigation into the fatal crash.

Lewis' family have now been given £20,000 compensation - awarded to his seven-year-old son Iestyn.

They were awarded an out-of-court settlement after a putting in a civil claim for negligence against South Wales Police.

Lewis, who had just become a father at the time of the crash, died after taking a Ford Fiesta from a street in Swansea in May 2008. 

He crashed into the stone wall after leading the two police cars and two vans at speeds of up to 87mph.

 

Lewis' grandfather Peter Howells today slammed the way the case had been dealt by the police force.

He said: 'He was a young man, he had a young baby, and it's ruined our lives.

'These officers didn't even get a speeding fine, they've had nothing, just a slap on the wrist - this isn't justice.'

 

WTF.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I've just had the misfortune to listen to a Proclaimers CD I found in a car I bought ages ago.

 

If you've not listened to it before, then just imagine a Scottish version of Status Quo singing lullabys via a drain pipe which they wrote after smoking haggis through a crack pipe on Balamorie High Street. Only a bit worse.

 

Don't forget the new board has an emoticon for not enjoying the Proclaimers:

 

[RedSparrow]

WTF.

 

 

Fucking hell.

Seriously, I never question if my leaving the UK was a good idea. Best thing I ever did.

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WTF.

 

 

fatty's boys

 

[Cavcraft]

ROFL at the Twin Town picture. I need to watch that again, brilliant film.

 

They do really piss me off at times but I can't be happy if joyriders die.

[Danblez]

ROFL at the Twin Town picture. I need to watch that again, brilliant film.

 

They do really piss me off at times but I can't be happy if joyriders die.

 Happy no, pissed off that the father sees this as the Police officers fault, yes!

[Cavcraft]

Modern blame culture I'm afraid, it's always someone else's fault.

[Spiny Norman]

I loved the way you could always predict whether the away team had a higher score by the pitch of his voice:

"Yeovil ... One." "West Bromwich (slowly raises pitch) Albion ... Three".

"East Fife... (downward inflection) 4,  Forfar... (upward lilt) 5."

 

For years quite a few English people thought the name of Glasgow's third football team was 'Partick Thistle Nil'.

Nowadays it's Rangers...

[Hendry]

i disagree

 

sunshine on leith is an amazing track

Agreed.

[SambaS]

 

Well you've seen the flats I live in...

 

All the same I don't know why the neighbours have to step outside their flat into the car park to shout and scream at each other.

 

I can only conclude they are actively seeking to live up to the stereotype. 

[maxpower]

"East Fife... (downward inflection) 4,  Forfar... (upward lilt) 5."

 

For years quite a few English people thought the name of Glasgow's third football team was 'Partick Thistle Nil'.

Nowadays it's Rangers...

Oi......

[RedSparrow]

There was a roundabout like that near where I used to live. Had a number of near misses when some turd comes wizzing up the right hand lane and tries to cut in at the last minute. I always used to stand my ground.

[maxpower]

Impatient drivers   i will go when the lights turn green, not on fuggin amber when people are still crossing.

 

and instead of blaring your horn and making hand signals, get out your car and come to my window and i will wrap a wheelbrace around that fuckin thick skull of your's.

 

and yes i know me doing 20mph in a 20mph zone all the way down the road really got to you but if i could have i would have turned around and drove all the way home in reverse in front of you  just to prove that being an impatient arrogant road bullying tosspot will get you nowhere!

 

power to the micra

[warren t claim]

Lymm Roundabout. Again.

 

For the last time, you stupid mongs - if you want to come off the roundabout and head on to the A56 YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE LEFT HAND LANE. GO ROUND THE FUCKING ROUNDABOUT AGAIN IF YOU'RE IN LANE 2 BECAUSE I AM NOT LIFTING OFF TO LET YOU IN IF YOU TRY TO CUT ME UP AT THE LAST SECOND. THERE WILL BE AN ACCIDENT AND IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT.

 

No, putting your indicator on does not make it alright. I'm looking at you, flid in the black Lexus hybrid.

That roundabout has always been a great location for a personal injury claim.

[RedSparrow]

That roundabout has always been a great location for a personal injury claim.

 

Perosnalinjur E Claim

[Lankytim]

Bastard Elephant.co.uk automatically renewed my insurance on the Xantia so I had TWO insurances in place at the same time, except I didn't because Octagon insurance ballsed up my new policy and didn't take any money from my account meaning they hadn't insured me. After a long phone call to Octagon they finally got the insurance in place and a surprisingly short call to Elephant had them cancel my spurious policy. Amazingly, they just did it there and then with no financial penalty.

 

Apparently new insurance legislation means they can auto renew your insurance with no contact with the policy holder, no emails, no letters, nothing. Thieving bastards.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

i'm just logging onto 'bastard elephant.co.uk'