The grumpy thread

[Lankytim]

Picked up this brand new Transit today. People at the yard in Widnes were I picked up the van where the most unhelpful bunch of arseholes I had the misfortune to meet. Left me hanging about until they could be arsed to pull the Transit. When I asked them about it 30 minutes after arriving they started moaning at me that they were 'pulling' the van out for me.

 

Eventually I got the bloody thing out there only to run out of fuel in Stockport near to where I was supposed to drop off. To be fair I should have known and kept an eye on the fuel. But 50 minutes and £12 of my own money later I was back in business.

 

Getting fuel into this thing was a right arsehole too. Vans are pissing me off now.

 

Also, just found out I'm taking an Iveco van home for the weekend. Fun

Are you plating? I used to do that,you'll go broke.

[Jazoli]

Are you plating? I used to do that,you'll go broke.

 

Yup, also been there done that.

[doobietoo]

Me too you can make a living if you work 20 hours a day 7 days a week otherwise probably not...as a matter of interest what is the price per mile rate these days?

[sporty-shite]

My grump? Just as I have sold my only car for a tiny bit less than I would have ideally liked... all the nice cars for sale have fucked off! There's nothing on the market within 150 miles that appeals to me at all!

 

Do you fancy a Leon Cupra? Could probably arrange a meet up or delivery.

[LC Torana]

I've hit the bottle

 

 

Get the pot noodle ready, after the bottle level went down it just did this.

 

 

There's other possibilities besides HGF still.

 

If the HG is really gone, if you put your hand out behind the tailpipe after the car has properly warmed up, you will feel moisture on your hand.

 

But if not, the first thing to look at now is that horrible rusty pipe that runs under the inlet manifold.  When that corrodes and clogs up it behaves like a blocked thermostat, only worse, with air locks and surging coolant flow.  You can replace it, at a pinch, with a suitably heat-rated hose.

 

And - ignition timing.  That makes a HUGE difference.  A timing light is the Rover V8's best friend.

 

(It's rather partial to the dwell meter and the UniSyn, too.)

[purplebargeken]

Oi, wanker in the silver Fiesta. Don't expect to sail past the line of traffic turning right and then cut in, forcing me to take avoiding action as I turn. Do not be shocked to be on the receiving end of wanker signs. Do not fucking brake check me either 'cos I am likely to be slightly fucking crazier than you are on any given day. Cunt.

[Cavcraft]

I asked my knobhead neighbour nicely to stop his kid kicking his ball against our fence. In fact, I must have asked him three times today. Didn't make a blind bit of difference, he didn't tell him to stop, he didn't ask him to go inside.

However, he DID tell him to come inside when I went out, pretended to be on my mobile having an argument with someone and shouted 'F*** OFF, YOU F*****G C**T' repeatedly into my mobile.

Now, either he's going to learn to tell his kid to stop being a pain, or the little bastard is going to have a very impressive knowledge of bad language for a 7 year old.

[purplebargeken]

Or he now thinks you are a massive psycho twat. Never a bad thing actually.

[chaseracer]

Lateral thinking.  Good work, Billy 

[cort16]

There's other possibilities besides HGF still.

 

If the HG is really gone, if you put your hand out behind the tailpipe after the car has properly warmed up, you will feel moisture on your hand.

 

But if not, the first thing to look at now is that horrible rusty pipe that runs under the inlet manifold. When that corrodes and clogs up it behaves like a blocked thermostat, only worse, with air locks and surging coolant flow. You can replace it, at a pinch, with a suitably heat-rated hose.

 

And - ignition timing. That makes a HUGE difference. A timing light is the Rover V8's best friend.

 

(It's rather partial to the dwell meter and the UniSyn, too.)

Cheers, no water out the exhaust . I took the budget approach and lobbed a child size bottle of k-seal in it and for now anyway it's not blowing all its coolant out and overheating . Not a permanent solution obvz. It going on eBay tonight.

 

When I was in the motor factors they had a 'this will fix your omghgf or your money back ' bottle of k-seal but it was 35 quid . I went for the £9 cooking k-seal obviously .

[skattrd]

Afternoon wasted, 150 miles driven and car not bought.

When advertising a car please don't use pictures that are 2+ years old and try and sell the car without parts fitted in the pictures.

[Bren]

Had FTP with the audi. Battery gone.

 

Starter sounded like a skeleton wanking in a biscuit tin, multichanger threw a hissy fit, MMI display showed the home screen very faintly.

 

There goes £100.

[andy18s]

Oi, wanker in the silver Fiesta. Don't expect to sail past the line of traffic turning right and then cut in, forcing me to take avoiding action as I turn. Do not be shocked to be on the receiving end of wanker signs. Do not fucking brake check me either 'cos I am likely to be slightly fucking crazier than you are on any given day. Cunt.

So,you let him in then.......?

[Ghosty]

The exception that proves the rule...

 

 

 

Considering we're up to 308 now I have to wonder what Pug's move will be.

 

• 308 1/2?
• Resume 309 production?
• Taint the name with a new 309, causing Euro Car Parts to implode when someone wants parts for either car?
• 310?

[chaseracer]

They're sticking with n08 for traditional markets, using n01 for developing countries.

[Tamworthbay]

Considering we're up to 308 now I have to wonder what Pug's move will be.

 

 

• 308 1/2?
• Resume 309 production?
• Taint the name with a new 309, causing Euro Car Parts to implode when someone wants parts for either car?
• 310?

Based on the fact that ECPs standard way of deciding which parts will fit is to piss into the wind and see which box the drips land on, I don't think it will concern them too greatly.

[purplebargeken]

Didn't have much choice. He was going there, my car or not. Mind you, it was only the i10.

[Lord Sterling]

Are you plating? I used to do that,you'll go broke.

Yup, also been there done that.

Me too you can make a living if you work 20 hours a day 7 days a week otherwise probably not...as a matter of interest what is the price per mile rate these days?

I am indeed plating. It's kinda fun, not being in an office/factory/4 walls surrounded by idiots you pretend to get on with, also, you don't have to deal with the general mouth-breathing public. In this game I've met a huge cross section of people, former top level types, the retired, the young and starting out etc...

 

Yes, the pay isn't great but it is better than shitty £7 per hour jobs currently on offer and I have done most of them.

 

It can be a bit of a piss take/expensive trying to get from job to job, but you get by. Price varies from job to job depending on a lot of factors including: whether your employed or self-employed, the customer, vehicle, distance, what level of inspection the customer wants etc...

 

It works for most people as its reletively easy to get into and you can make money if you have a bit of nouse, but obviously it isn't for everyone. I've seen/heard people quitting because they can't afford the bus fare out from thier home town or they don't feel they're earning what they should. It can be difficult starting out as you really do need a bit of liquid cash to hand but once you've got the money cycle going, and can work out the best way of getting expenses in your favour and understand how to work out whether a job is worth bothering with or not then you shouldn't really find yourself in any bother.

[HillmanImp]

Was thinking about putting some fresh petrol in the GT6 but am wondering if there is any point as I wont get time to work on it and the petrol will just spoil again.

 

Probably best off going and putting the petrol in the Visa, freeing off the brakes and taking it for a spin. Need to speak to someone about doing the clutch and wheel bearing as I wont be wasting any of my time doing them, I will simply be paying someone else to do it.

 

RD motors in Keighley are probably my best bet, has anyone used them before? I popped down there to look at a car a year or so ago but haven't actually had him do any work on a car. He has sold my Visa previously.

[mercrocker]

Mrs Rocker just drew my attention to some cod-1940s shenanigans being performed* on the Television thingy, allegedly for the celebration and enjoyment of Her Majesty's birthday.   Lamenting upon its dross-ness she then informed me that, apparently Pant and Dic are behind it.   Why is anything crap ultimately traceable to these two cheese-heads?

 

If I was HM I would have both of the loathsome fucks straight in the Tower.

[chaseracer]

^ Pretty much, yes!

[myglaren]

It's those blokes you see hitchhiking holding up red trade plates.

They are off to collect a vehicle and bung the trade plates on it to legally drive it to wherever.

[Cleon-Fonte]

It should be the law that if you're a walking lobotomy who can't control your testosterone you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a motorised vehicle. Today's case in point:

 

I was minding my own business in the Sirion when I came up behind a slowly driven Audi A3. Having reached a nice medium-sized straight I decided to nip past him and carry on my way, but as I pulled alongside he suddenly floored it to prevent my overtake. With a 90 degree bend rapidly approaching, and slipping behind him not being particularly viable, I was forced to use all of my fearsome 65lb/ft of torque and cut in rather too close for comfort in front of him to the sound of much horn honking. After a few miles of angry tailgating from his hideous German box I became bored and decided a brake test was in order. Cue more horn, more arm waving, yelling, full beams etc.

 

As we reached a red light on Glossop high street he left his car, walked over to me and nearly pulled off my driver's door. Cue tirade of abuse and much pathetic patter about how his baby daughter was in the car and I was so obviously jeopardising her safety(!). My response was to not move and stare silently at him, even when he threw his first punch (thankfully he stopped short of actually hitting me). So strong was the concern for his child that his next course of action was to rag it down the wrong side of a busy high street and nearly flatten a motorcyclist in the process.

[HH-R]

 

Considering we're up to 308 now I have to wonder what Pug's move will be.

 

• 308 1/2?
• Resume 309 production?
• Taint the name with a new 309, causing Euro Car Parts to implode when someone wants parts for either car?
• 310?

 

They should put the 309 back into production to show them where it all went wrong.

[Lacquer Peel]

It should be the law that if you're a walking lobotomy who can't control your testosterone you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a motorised vehicle. Today's case in point:

 

After a few miles of angry tailgating from his hideous German box I became bored and decided a brake test was in order. Cue more horn, more arm waving, yelling, full beams etc.

 

I was with you til the brake test.

[Cleon-Fonte]

I was with you til the brake test.

 

I know, I regret it now. Either way, it was more likely to harm me in my tin crisp packet than him in his NCAP armoured tank unless I'd reduced him to such a rage that his heart gave out.

[dugong]

Drawer fell out and gashed a hole in my foot.

Private issues. Not good ones. 

Next week is going to be simply glorious.

[Lacquer Peel]

I know, I regret it now. Either way, it was more likely to harm me in my tin crisp packet than him in his NCAP armoured tank unless I'd reduced him to such a rage that his heart gave out.

 

I do a 'fake' brake test with the rear foglights when people are tailgating, but your Sirion probably has a single separate foglight in the bumper

[Lord Sterling]

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​Can you enlighten me what plating actually entails? Is that like picking up cars from somewhere and then delivering them... somewhere?

Bonjour, mon ami!

 

Yes, "plating" actually entails travelling to (often) a dealership/private or leasing company/individuals place, pick up a car and take it to it's next destination which would usually be (often) another dealer/leasing company/individual all around the country.

 

The term "plating" comes from our usage of trade plates which are White plates with Red numbers/letters in them (similar looking to Belgian number plates but with Belgian trade plates being Green lettered and starting with a 'Z'). This allows you to legally drive a car that isn't taxed or insured as you are covered by your trade insurance supplied by yourself or the company who supply you with the plates.

 

The company I work for have a bit more than just jumping in and out of cars. You have to inspect the vehicles, get signed off, fill up with DERV/petrol according to job allowance and so on.

 

Platers are associated with thumbing lifts at the side of the road and sleeping in cars/vans. These are actually few and far between, most platers will simply catch the bus/train or walk to thier next job, some companies like Pro-Drive will plan you a route home every night, others, like my company often keep me away for a few days. I usually have my plates displayed in case another plater happens to be passing and will offer a lift. Hasn't happened yet though.

 

Let me know if you want to know more about it and I'll happily send you a PM.

 

Oh also, are you based in Belgium by any chance? I was partly brought up in Belgium and still have family links (FATHA and UNCLE_Sterling) there, I know the Fantasio comics quite well but was always more of a Spirou lad myself

[oldcars]

When i park at the end of a row near a kerb its to give me plenty room. Not so some misery bus can park into my space and dent my freshly painted 75. It was so fecking close i could'nt even get the wee one in his door. Thanks for the dent you prick!