The grumpy thread

[nebuchenezer]

The problem is there isn't really a market for that sort of TV anymore. People simply aren't out in the drive spraying wings, rebuilding rear axles and the like.

Oh Really?

[mk1_4dr]

Speak for yourself.

 

Lets be honest, we're in a minority of a minority. What we want and expect from mainstream TV as far as our hobby goes is pie in the sky.

There simple isn't the market for it... anyway, there is plenty of that kind of thing on youtube though it you know where to look. 

[AlabamaShrimp]

That Panda 4x4 they've got coming up looks like a fucking disaster area.

 

Opps...

 

Dont the trailers show it being a nice blue one (makes a change from white). I won't say it's a rare car but 4x4 ones were uncommon years ago. Why do that to one now?

 

If it's the attitude of "sod it it's only a panda" then I think a nice off road conversion of a Porsche or something should be next as they're just a car too.

 

Tbh wheeler dealers isn't that bad, you can fast forward through the boring bits see actually stuff get fixed not just always replaced and it's still better than tons of other brain dead crap on other channels

[garbaldy]

I'm just wondering why the lights need a snorkel.

[Station]

Jesus wept!!! Trapped my finger in the car door!!!

 

 

That's blood coming out of my finger nail! Agony!

[Negative Creep]

Ouch!

[beko1987]

Lets be honest, we're in a minority of a minority. What we want and expect from mainstream TV as far as our hobby goes is pie in the sky.

There simple isn't the market for it... anyway, there is plenty of that kind of thing on youtube though it you know where to look.

Or we get shiteTV off the ground properly...

[jakebullet]

Ow, bet that smarts a bit!

[Timewaster]

WD is just a silly light entertainment TV show not an instructional video.

For real, proper sensible advice you should refer to your Haynes manual.

 

 

oh, wait.....

[scaryoldcortina]

MoT computer was broken again today.

 

Not a problem to me, but the amount of OMG and WTF I've had to endure from every other tester in the area is starting to seriously get on my wick. How hard can it be to fill in test paperwork by hand, and keep a record of tests done to input onto the system when it does wake up again? FFS that's how it worked before the computer, I swear they've all forgotten how to write as well.

[xtriple]

I can't watch WD as I absolutely cannot stand Mike Brewer. He is so fake he makes my arse itch.

[twosmoke300]

MoT computer was broken again today.

 

Not a problem to me, but the amount of OMG and WTF I've had to endure from every other tester in the area is starting to seriously get on my wick. How hard can it be to fill in test paperwork by hand, and keep a record of tests done to input onto the system when it does wake up again? FFS that's how it worked before the computer, I swear they've all forgotten how to write as well.

When you have got 10+ shitters booked in a day plus retests I would imagine it gets a bit stressful .

All takes extra time plus putting it all back on the system when it comes back online means late evenings .

[scaryoldcortina]

Yeah, or a bunch of lazy buggers refuse to test at all and blame "the system".

[dave21478]

Im sure I will be one of those unlucky bastards who gets alzheimers in their 40`s. Assuming I havent had a heart attack before then.

 

Was a little sleepy and thinking "must be time for bed" but it was still daylight....only 7pm. Turns out I came home for lunch and forgot to go back to work this afternoon.

Jesus.

[Pillock]

That's just the French way, isn't it?

[michael1703]

That's brilliant, you sound like me, I did that when I lived close to work

[Bone]

Horseshit. What is it with the owners of these giant pets that they let them crap in the road and leave it there. Do they think the rest of us dont mind?

 

Well I do.

 

Out on my bicycle at weekend,and after commiting to a tight right downhill turn on one of the back roads round here the bike dissapears from under me and the road duffs me up..because the whole left hand side of the exit to the bend was plastered in shit, and so was I.

 

Horse riders...should we individually trip you up and butter you in shite to make the message sink in?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

get over it

[richardmorris]

Good for the roses!

[HH-R]

I don't mind Wheeler Dealers TBH, it's nice to see old motors being fixed instead of smashed up by troglodytes or hearing LOL BL SHIT HAHA jokes over and over. It has changed a bit over the years. The later ones are better than the earlier series I reckon, where they were more bodgey and had some WTF moments (like the Suzuki that was scened up and then too rusty to use - LOL). I even found the episode like the Audi TT one interesting. Whereas normally I would have abolutely zero interest in them, and wouldn't touch one with a borked gearbox with someone else's, it was nice to see that the risk paid off for them with a failrly easy fix.

[hairnet]

Im sure I will be one of those unlucky bastards who gets alzheimers in their 40`s. Assuming I havent had a heart attack before then.

 

Was a little sleepy and thinking "must be time for bed" but it was still daylight....only 7pm. Turns out I came home for lunch and forgot to go back to work this afternoon.

Jesus.

LOL

 

thanks dave

[TimothyClaypole]

Woke up Saturday, can't see out 100% of my left eye, ffs.

 

Hospital today, got to go back next week. 

[Bone]

get over it

Bollox.

 

Bruised & cuts with shite in them. Get over it my arse.

 

They should be made to pick it up. Whats wrong with a small rucksack & shovel.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Whats wrong with watching where you're going? Could just have easily been a lump of rock or whatever.

[Station]

I lost control on a corner when I ran through horse poo (in a car obviously).

[cobblers]

I trod a load of dogshit round the spare bedroom earlier, luckily I wasn't riding my bike round there but I did spend half an hour scrubbing the carpet to get it all out.

 

Actually I would probably rather have slipped over on the bike.

[Lankytim]

I think horses should be forced to wear one of those plastic kids garden slides on their arses to any shite is harmlessly directed into the gutter.

[michael1703]

 

 

 

[Pillock]

Horseshit. What is it with the owners of these giant pets that they let them crap in the road and leave it there. Do they think the rest of us dont mind?

 

 

 

The alternative is to have them dismount, scoop it up, dispose of it in some mythical horsepoo bin and then ride on. Don't like the idea of meeting a stationary riderless horse on the road really.

You should always be prepared to stop for a hazard in the road, including a massive pile of dung.

[cobblers]

On the subject of horses on the road. Ignoring the shit.

 

Say I'm riding on the back of a FLIPPING ANIMAL on the road for no reason other than my own pleasure.
I could be 100% safe by just not getting on the back of animal but there's no fun in that, I understand we all have to take risks.

I could be 99.5% safe by just riding the animal around the woods or a field or something, but that's not good enough.

I would rather take this animal out on the roads where there are cars doing 60mph+ and then put my safety in the hands of car drivers who are actually going places for a reason, and then get very upset when they don't slow down to walking pace when they pass me.

I've got a pushbike that I enjoy riding, and a dog I enjoy walking. The dog is terrified of cars, so I walk him in the woods. I don't want to impede car drivers, or get run over, so I ride my pushbike in the woods too.

 

I don't get on my bike, don a "POLITE" hivis and string the dog off the side of my handlebars and go for a trot down the A614 and practically stop rush hour traffic like some tosspots did the other day.