chaseracer Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Talbot said: Their statement was "the entire site needs deep cleaning". "Deep cleaning"??! It's a fucking TIP. Literally. 😳 myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Indeed. And given the state of it, I suspect any covid virus landing on any surface there would die instantly. It's pretty minging, even for a tip. chaseracer and AnthonyG 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Just now, Bren said: There are lots of people - especially in public services - who would happily use the virus as an excuse not to do very much. Not the vast majority of the public service staff I (and @Floatylight) represent. Still, sweeping and inaccurate generalisations are an easy alternative to fact-based argument... loserone and Heidel_Kakao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, chaseracer said: Not the vast majority of the public service staff I (and @Floatylight) represent. Still, sweeping and inaccurate generalisations are an easy alternative to fact-based argument... I did'nt say the majority. And I work in public services as well. chadders, Bradders59, grizgut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 When it comes to the staff at the local tips around here, I can ABSOLUTELY believe that rather than properly risk-assess the situation and do what would actually be helpful, useful and proportional, they would happily use it as an excuse to close the site and "self-isolate" for a couple of weeks. On full pay of course. I've witnessed several incidents of people who asked for some assistance, and the attitude of all the staff there was inexcusable. sheffcortinacentre, Bren, chadders and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 8 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Follow up to my previous leak post... eventually figured out it was actually nothing more than the seal between the far side of the tap and the tub itself having failed... Never, EVER buy a house that has been owned by an interior designer... Or one which has appeared on a daytime tv makeover makeitruined show. Not our house, fortunately. GrumpiusMaximus and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Why is my local eurocrapparts sales counter so sloooow for click & collect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, High Jetter said: Why is my local eurocrapparts sales counter so sloooow for click & collect? TADTS. No idea how they can be so slow when they have already picked the parts, laid them aside and sent you a text. Then there's the queue of folk in front that all think they're Arthur Daley but have no clue what they're in for, spend 15 minutes at the desk asking for loads of parts they don't have, then leave with an air freshener. Hate the place. MrBiscuits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiepj Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Euro Car Parts love those idiots as they don't have to apply any discount for them. Crawley has so many stupid customers they opened up a second place half a mile down the road. Recently saw one walk out with a headlamp cleaning kit asking people in the queue how to use it as his car was right outside the door, everyone turned around looked at the car headlight and immediately told him that's condensation and corrosion you need a new headlight.He marched straight back in because f*ck us and our help he only queues once, to get a headlight. mitsisigma01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh'Eds Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 FFS. Why don't I learn to never let a car sit unused. Just went out to the Tahoe, which was only last used 11 days ago (completing a 420 mile roundtrip with ease) to find the battery completely flat. Was about to take it for a clean before loading up and heading off to the American Auto Club Summer Nationals, bloody looking forward to a weekend of camping and cars. Took an age to find one of the two sodding battery chargers I have too. Anyway charging battery (and a spare from the corvette) and hoping I can make it today still but suspect I will just have to go over tomorrow instead. No doubt whatever I do will result in sitting in a field on Sunday with a flat battery. UPDATE: Less grumpy now. Have fitted half charged corvette battery (smaller than Tahoe but still designed to run a chevy smallblock so should cope). Now have car that will start. Also improved mood from source of battery drain being quickly identified. My delightful* son had left a map light on, he does love to push buttons! At least I don't have the delights of trying to track down a parasitic draw Now to load the filthy car and head off to a show. Will all be good with a beer in my hand later. UPDATE 2 Packed and ready. Camp set up. Now got beer and relaxing. Grumpiness done. Proper battery on charge at home. Wife coming tomorrow and will bring it so all is right with the world. eddyramrod, myglaren, privatewire and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Arguably the worst advert I've ever seen in my 30-odd years of trawling used ads https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/nissan-primera-hatchback-2000-manual-1769-cc-5-doors/1408998287 clayts450, timolloyd, adw1977 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Phil, prince of insufficient light, has turned the prime japanese chod into a fluffy bunny. End of days is beckoning. 🤪 sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 19 hours ago, cobblers said: We need to move house. Been looking for over a year. We can buy, or rent. I'm easy. We have what I would have considered a "generous" budget, 18 months ago. But locally the property market is just fucking ludicrous and anything with a parking space and any kind of garden is just impossible. The last place we looked at was lovely and we immediately said we'd have it and if required pay a whole years rent up front. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to secure it, and someone else ended up with it. This morning a mediocre house came on rightmove, to let. In a mediocre place. shabby decor at what I would have called "too much" money. But it was close to work and would have been fairly practical for us, so I was prepared to pay a bit over the odds and compromise. We rang to book a viewing. It'd been online for 4 hours. "We do 20 viewings a day and have two days solidly booked, sorry. Shall we put you on the waiting list?" ffs! You need to get on a phone list of the agents serving the area you are looking in. Then they will phone you as soon as the property is on the books. Waiting for something on RM when the market is active is just not going to work. cobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 23 hours ago, Zelandeth said: What's that dripping noise I can hear from in the utility room? Sounds like it's coming from under the bath in the main bathroom... let's pull the panel off and look. Oh balls...water dripping from above, hitting the pipework where I've circled. Zero access to that area as it's behind the bath...money is currently on the connection between the supply and the tap on the bath (which is more or less directly above there) is to blame. God only knows how they installed it! How messily installed the plastic pipework is here makes me skin crawl... I'd rip the whole lot out and do a tidy job in copper if I had my way! Seeing that there has already been a whole in the ceiling I would just cut another (larger) hole in the ceiling and repair the leak or sort out that mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Fucking car won't start well at all today, meaning the jets weren't the problem at all. At least it runs better. I'm at my wits' end- I replace that made the car run unreliably (but would start) with one that makes it start unreliably (but runs perfectly). I just don't understand what is the problem. The only two things with the fuelling/ignition system I haven't touched are the pump and the ignition timing. If it consistently was a pig to start then it's be easier to diagnose, but sometimes it starts normally as if there isn't an issue. Unfortunately, it's not like this most of the time. For example, today, like most days, it kind of starts then dies, and won't restart without a good 10 seconds of cranking. Once it's been running for a bit and it's shut off, I can literally turn the key and it fires up immediately. WTAF? I wish I knew what was actually going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 It's being French, that's what's going on. myglaren and Crackers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 52 minutes ago, wuvvum said: It's being French, that's what's going on. It's a rather fitting answer I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Fumbler said: Fucking car won't start well at all today, meaning the jets weren't the problem at all. At least it runs better. I'm at my wits' end- I replace that made the car run unreliably (but would start) with one that makes it start unreliably (but runs perfectly). I just don't understand what is the problem. The only two things with the fuelling/ignition system I haven't touched are the pump and the ignition timing. If it consistently was a pig to start then it's be easier to diagnose, but sometimes it starts normally as if there isn't an issue. Unfortunately, it's not like this most of the time. For example, today, like most days, it kind of starts then dies, and won't restart without a good 10 seconds of cranking. Once it's been running for a bit and it's shut off, I can literally turn the key and it fires up immediately. WTAF? I wish I knew what was actually going on. Brûle le myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, omegod said: Brûle le Give it time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Talbot said: When it comes to the staff at the local tips around here, I can ABSOLUTELY believe that rather than properly risk-assess the situation and do what would actually be helpful, useful and proportional, they would happily use it as an excuse to close the site and "self-isolate" for a couple of weeks. On full pay of course. I've witnessed several incidents of people who asked for some assistance, and the attitude of all the staff there was inexcusable. Sounds like the ones here in Sheffield. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Chocolate Teapot Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 What great timing, got a keen buyer form my ford focus coming round early tomorrow morning, just been out after a week and found it won't start, first time un 11 years this has happened. Battery voltage also seems fine at 12.6v. Strange electrical goings on in the car, i hope i can find a new battery gast tomorrow morning. Fat chance, i live in the sticks in italy ! Would need 6 meter long jump cables. Taking the battery out of wifes company modern will i am sure cause headaches. I will sleep on it. I feel a lost sale coming on. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Can anyone tell me why Motortrend and hotrod magazine are such absolute dick heads? First off they limit the content on available to europe Hotrod magazine have blocked content from the EU (all other US websites have the same issues around GDPR but still allow access) Now motor trend have pulled out the EU so there's no access to some of the good shows the made like RoadKill etc. I can only presume they'll fuck it all up in some way and all those shows will go down the toilet. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 52 minutes ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said: What great timing, got a keen buyer form my ford focus coming round early tomorrow morning, just been out after a week and found it won't start, first time un 11 years this has happened. Battery voltage also seems fine at 12.6v. Strange electrical goings on in the car, i hope i can find a new battery gast tomorrow morning. Fat chance, i live in the sticks in italy ! Would need 6 meter long jump cables. Taking the battery out of wifes company modern will i am sure cause headaches. I will sleep on it. I feel a lost sale coming on. Cancel the sale, and it will run like a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Talbot said: When it comes to the staff at the local tips around here, I can ABSOLUTELY believe that rather than properly risk-assess the situation and do what would actually be helpful, useful and proportional, they would happily use it as an excuse to close the site and "self-isolate" for a couple of weeks. On full pay of course. I've witnessed several incidents of people who asked for some assistance, and the attitude of all the staff there was inexcusable. Horsham by any chance 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 5 hours ago, cort16 said: Can anyone tell me why Motortrend and hotrod magazine are such absolute dick heads? First off they limit the content on available to europe Hotrod magazine have blocked content from the EU (all other US websites have the same issues around GDPR but still allow access) Now motor trend have pulled out the EU so there's no access to some of the good shows the made like RoadKill etc. I can only presume they'll fuck it all up in some way and all those shows will go down the toilet. The US and EU have fallen out big time over data rules, and some US sites are so keyed up to track users they don’t work in the EU. I suspect American corporate lawyers being risk averse for the reason you can’t access certain sites anymore. We have just agreed ‘data equivalence’ with the EU, so basically the U.K. will stick to GDPR and likely keep in step with EU changes in the future. Someone who knows far more about the interest than I will tell you how to set things up so you can pretend to be from outside the EU, people do this to access US streaming networks with region specific content. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 22 hours ago, Bren said: There are lots of people - especially in public services - who would happily use the virus as an excuse not to do very much. True and I was one of them 😀 A decade with HMRC, I was a workshy little fucker haha. myglaren, Bren and beko1987 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 5 hours ago, AnthonyG said: The US and EU have fallen out big time over data rules, and some US sites are so keyed up to track users they don’t work in the EU. I suspect American corporate lawyers being risk averse for the reason you can’t access certain sites anymore. We have just agreed ‘data equivalence’ with the EU, so basically the U.K. will stick to GDPR and likely keep in step with EU changes in the future. Someone who knows far more about the interest than I will tell you how to set things up so you can pretend to be from outside the EU, people do this to access US streaming networks with region specific content. I know GDPR has caused problem for sites outside the EU but I can still visit the new york times website, wired.com etc they just put up the normal cookies tracking prompt you get on every other site. As for motor trend they've been happy enough to take your money but you can't get access to the half the shows on their platform including the ones they make themselves. They're probably pulling the plug as european subscriptions dwindled because of this but they caused the problem themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Fumbler said: Fucking car won't start well at all today, meaning the jets weren't the problem at all. At least it runs better. I'm at my wits' end- I replace that made the car run unreliably (but would start) with one that makes it start unreliably (but runs perfectly). I just don't understand what is the problem. The only two things with the fuelling/ignition system I haven't touched are the pump and the ignition timing. If it consistently was a pig to start then it's be easier to diagnose, but sometimes it starts normally as if there isn't an issue. Unfortunately, it's not like this most of the time. For example, today, like most days, it kind of starts then dies, and won't restart without a good 10 seconds of cranking. Once it's been running for a bit and it's shut off, I can literally turn the key and it fires up immediately. WTAF? I wish I knew what was actually going on. Have you a thread on this that I may have missed? Have you checked the electrics, (now waiting for the usual wise cracks about French form others)🙄 A bad earth or a coil or even a condenser can cause intermittent faults like you describe. I doubt if it is fuel related as they are usually indicated by a more permanent issue. Even an issue with any diaphragm, in the carb, will cause a permanent fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 On 7/1/2021 at 10:20 PM, Barry Cade said: This. I'm going to be replacing the MIL's clutch next week, as no garage in the area will do it, and the ones that would even give a price were in the region of 6-700 quid. This example of an exotic,rare and difficult to work on car to justify this lack of enthusiasm and big price? A 2010 Focus.. 1.6 petrol Had a car on the back of the truck on Saturday, puncture no spare.. rip in sidewall, so transported the old guy and car round the local tyre fitting chains. He was distraught as he was going to hospital to visit his very ill wife. Not one place had a tyre of any brand on the shelf. This rare exotic car which required a tyre to be specially ordered? A 2013 Ford Fiesta Titanium.. I Despair.. I really do. I get similar everytime I drop my car (1999 Mondeo) in at the garage. The bloke who runs it is a nice fella but it's always 'if I can get the parts' even though all consumables are freely available from multiple motor factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Chocolate Teapot Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 14 hours ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said: What great timing, got a keen buyer form my ford focus coming round early tomorrow morning, just been out after a week and found it won't start, first time un 11 years this has happened. Battery voltage also seems fine at 12.6v. Strange electrical goings on in the car, i hope i can find a new battery gast tomorrow morning. Fat chance, i live in the sticks in italy ! Would need 6 meter long jump cables. Taking the battery out of wifes company modern will i am sure cause headaches. I will sleep on it. I feel a lost sale coming on. A little update. Remember i am in italy. My trusty ford is sold, we did 0 to 160000 kms together , a sad day really . The car must have know when i washed it last week for sale, so yesterday wrecked its battery. This morning a fast, pay full price be thankful the one shop round here had one in stock €90 battery later everything was back to normal. So down €90 on deal but still happy. Now the fun bit . 2 ltr petrol 145 hp. The cost of italian bureaucracy to change ownership, bearing in mind i sold 2009 focus for €2500, wait for it cos you will all be shocked. €700 ! Seven hundred euros to change ownership of 12 year old car. ! To be agreed between parties but normally the buyer pays this, in my case they did thankfully. Thoughts ? This is why italians keep their cars a long time and hate their systems. myglaren and mercedade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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