The grumpy thread

[HH-R]

Not had any bother with Aldi or Lidl chocolate, don't think I've eaten lidls very cheapest but used it in cakes plenty times.

[Junkman]

Unsafe and prone to kill nuns and kittens:

 

 

Britain rejoyce!

 

Road safety is restored once again:

 

 

 

You can release the nuns and kittens now.

[vulgalour]

I presume you changed the plate only for the MoT and will revert to OMGNUNKILLING plates once the pass is achieved?

[Junkman]

Nah, I'm a lazy bugger.

[dollywobbler]

No rejoicing here. New font grimness. I was forced to hunt down the correct font for my Dyane. Paid to extra for illegal font for a cheap shit heap. Go me.

[EssDeeWon]

Unsafe and prone to kill nuns and kittens:

 

 

Britain rejoyce!

 

Road safety is restored once again:

 

 

 

You can release the nuns and kittens now.

 

Wow what an almighty difference. 

 

11/10 for that MOT tester, your doing a really really great job bro, keep it up. Your the best tester in the land, that is why none of your friends or family let you test their cars. Because they know your a prune.

[oldcars]

Olympic swimming pool in the foot well of the Reliant. That will be the plastic from the doorcards acting up again then. Need to fix that, as my wellies are full of water as they live in the boot of the 75 

[Station]

I want this:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181586/1986-bedford-rascal-pickup-cowdenbeath

 

and this:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181562/1984-honda-jazz-795ono-essex

 

[twosmoke300]

To be fair to the tester of the 405 , its a difficult call to make . Its such a visible item that if vosa were to pull that car over after the test or come on site and ask to see the last car they tested(which they do quite often ) then the tester and site would get points on their mot licence .

 

Would you risk your job/ income for it ?

[320touring]

I want this:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181586/1986-bedford-rascal-pickup-cowdenbeath

 

and this:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181562/1984-honda-jazz-795ono-essex

 

Get a train to Glasgow- I can get ye to the rascal no bother.

 

book mot and bosht

[oldcars]

Nice we rascal. Foad is on here too.

[scaryoldcortina]

To be fair to the tester of the 405 , its a difficult call to make . Its such a visible item that if vosa were to pull that car over after the test or come on site and ask to see the last car they tested(which they do quite often ) then the tester and site would get points on their mot licence .

 

Would you risk your job/ income for it ?

 

It's not a hard call at all. Not only is the size of the gap not measured and therefore open to interpretation there is another rule which says that the gap following a 1 or I can be proportionatly larger without starting any actual dimensions. This makes it a matter of opinion only. If the car had a mini italian style front plate or L81 VRW was writen in times gothic then it's a fail because it's obviously wrong.

 

 

 

Also, if it was inspected, and the VOSA inspector decided the tester was wrong to pass (or fail!) it, as a matter of opinion all he can do is state his opinion on the matter. No points added to anything, that's for serious stuff like ignoring obvious faults. Even if he finds a fail you missed it is a 15 point offence and the rules are that if you get less than 30 points during a visit they don't count either.

 

I personally wouldn't have changed the plate, I'd have argued with him instead.

[Taff]

Unsafe and prone to kill nuns and kittens:

 

 

Britain rejoyce!

 

Road safety is restored once again:

 

 

 

You can release the nuns and kittens now.

 

what, by fitting a GB sticker?

[mk1_4dr]

I too wouldn't have changed the plate and instead would've taken great pleasure in quoting and referencing the manual to the tester.

[garbaldy]

I tried that arguing the point in the past but the tester just dug his heals ii mn, the fail was a rusty hole he poked which was within suspension mounting area, i pissed of and took it to the Mitsubishi main dealer for mot it passed as the hole he poked was in a cover held on with three bolts

[scaryoldcortina]

I tried that arguing the point in the past but the tester just dug his heals ii mn, the fail was a rusty hole he poked which was within suspension mounting area, i pissed of and took it to the Mitsubishi main dealer for mot it passed as the hole he poked was in a cover held on with three bolts

 

Comes down to opinion again - there isn't anything in the corrosion section (appendix C) that says bolted on panels are included in the assesment, but it doesn't say they aren't either. It does mention judgement and benefit of the doubt several times though.

 

 

True fact - I argued with my MoT guy so often that eventually he offered to sponsor me through the training, which is why I'm now a tester. He now calls me if he isn't sure about something.

[garbaldy]

I can under stand bolt on panels that are structural but this was a splash shield, out of the 4 lancer turbos I've had this was the only one that had them still in place as they are just thin tin.

[drum]

I'm up to three no shows now for the gumtree audi sale. The latest one sounded genuine and was to be here at 8 this morning. I like to think I would at least text if I was going to make it to a viewing.

 

I've also had the marine engineer at sea wanting to buy a surprise gift for his son scam email. Does anyone actually fall for that?

[scaryoldcortina]

I know, that's why it is left to the tester to be sensible! Prob is a lot of them aren't. I've also seen cars fail for "rotted brake backing plate" on front discs when the manual is clear it means ON A DRUM BRAKE and a thousand other wtf incidents.

[twosmoke300]

Ive had the disc back plate one !!

Just shows the tester doesnt know what hes doing.

[garbaldy]

That's why I shall be sticking with my present tester as he likes old cars. I have to pay full price £54.85 though no discounts, worth it as only had two fail in 10 years.

[J-Rod]

WTF is a 'pet bond' and why is it £200? That means before fees, it's £900 to start the tenancy BEFORE the first month's rent goes out.  Additionally, why is a 'terrier sized dog' seen as less destructive than our German Shepherd?  Why do I also need to fork out to get all the carpets in the house professionally cleaned at the end of the tenancy?

 

Estate agents in making it the fuck up as they go the fuck along, SHOCK.

Because they're estate agents and that's how they ROLL. I'd not be surprised if they said '...and finally, I'd like your shoes. Yes, the ones you're wearing right now.' 

 

An old boss of mine was going to buy a place and then it turned out he couldn't quite come up with the deposit. He was only short by about 2k but still, if you can't raise the cash, then you can't raise it. End of. He was askedin all seriousness (and not very politely either) by the estate agent he was dealing with to "ask your mates to front up the cash for you," (so he could earn his commission on the sale, no doubt). 

[vulgalour]

At least prospective house #1 appears to have been a bullet dodged.  A couple of days ago there was a spate of burglaries on that street, new tenants are always easy pickings in that situation.  We shall just have to keep looking.  It could be a lot worse too, someone over on Twitter mentioned they're paying £500pcm for a ROOM.  A fucking ROOM!  It's in The South, obviously.

[J-Rod]

At least prospective house #1 appears to have been a bullet dodged.  A couple of days ago there was a spate of burglaries on that street, new tenants are always easy pickings in that situation.  We shall just have to keep looking.  It could be a lot worse too, someone over on Twitter mentioned they're paying £500pcm for a ROOM.  A fucking ROOM!  It's in The South, obviously.

I am ever thankful that my days of having to search for rooms are over. I was paying £650pcm on mates rates in Queen's Park in 2006. Lord knows what it's like now. 

 

What was worse (for me) than the prices, was the 'interviews' you had to attend.. 

 

"Great, you're happy to part with a stupid amount of your hard earned shekkels for a pokey box-room above the water-tank.... but, you see, we need to see if you're worthy..."

 

Oh do fucking DO ONE. 

 

The minute I moved into my own place ON MY OWN was one of the best moments of my life thus far.. 

[mk1_4dr]

My housing situation has been nothing but grief recently and when I move next week it will be for the 5th time in as many years.

The amount of money I've dumped down estate agencies for essentially FUCK ALL when I've been pretty much breadline without a quid to my name is scandalous.

 

They all seem to be smarmy twats aswell, you get the feeling that even the nice ones are only nice to make it easier to squeeze every last drop out of folks who are already in a bit of a financial hole.

[captain_70s]

The unfortunate realities of living under a viaduct hit home today.

 

I'm sat at the PC and I hear something hit the roof of the house, then something else, then something pings off the car outside, then something flies by the window. I dart outside to see a bunch of kids up there lobbing stones at my car.

 

5 mins later I was up there myself, torque wrench in hand, but they'd cleared off. Few stones chips to the bonnet and roof of the 1850 but I'm worried they'll damage the windscreen in the future or damage the 1300. Shitty end to the week, not feeling comfortable parking your car on your own bloody driveway...

[hennabm]

The gap between the numbers and letters must be at least double the gap between the numbers and letters next to each other, if that makes sense.

 

So the original number plate was perfectly acceptable and had been since it was put on, judging by the font.

[J-Rod]

 

They all seem to be smarmy twats aswell, you get the feeling that even the nice ones are only nice to make it easier to squeeze every last drop out of folks who are already in a bit of a financial hole.

 

That's pretty much it, yup. I think the polite term is 'bottom-feeders'

[gordonbennet]

Talking of housing, we entertained buying a farmhouse tucked out the way late last year, we agreed a figure, made the offer, no we want £35k more, nope thats as much as we can go to but thanks anyway.

 

Fast forward about 4 months, phone call from estate agent, they've now accepted your offer....do sod off mate you/they thought we were desperate to move and would grease your palms with another 35 smackeroonies, ours is an unusual bungalow and he'd be able to sell it every day for the next ten years, wouldn't matter if they dropped the other place by 100k once you've pissed my Mrs off thats it.

Why are people, sellers as well as estate agents so effin greedy, be reasonable and we'll all deal amicably, try and pull a fast one and you can fuck right off.

[twosmoke300]

The old plate on the 405 looked shit anyway , there it is I said it !