3VOM Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Carparts4less (aka ECP) just tried adding a 1.99 collection charge on my order. When did that start? chaseracer and Spurious 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 They want you to pay them NOT to deliver it...? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Flipping car! Was out the door before 7am this morning, cleared the morning most off the windows and set off, everything clearing nicely. 6 miles up the road, with the fans still in the entire car suddenly fogged right up instantly. Windows down, air con on full tilt and it eventually cleared, I've not had that happen before! Was watching the temp needle like a hawk, I even felt around the carpets incase the matrix had gone pop. Popped the bonnet when I got to work and all was fine. Was very strange, I guess leaving it parked for 5 days in cooling weather than driving it made the air inside flip out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, beko1987 said: Flipping car! Was out the door before 7am this morning, cleared the morning most off the windows and set off, everything clearing nicely. 6 miles up the road, with the fans still in the entire car suddenly fogged right up instantly. Windows down, air con on full tilt and it eventually cleared, I've not had that happen before! Was watching the temp needle like a hawk, I even felt around the carpets incase the matrix had gone pop. Popped the bonnet when I got to work and all was fine. Was very strange, I guess leaving it parked for 5 days in cooling weather than driving it made the air inside flip out Look under the scuttle grille and make sure there's not a few pints of water sloshing about. beko1987 and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 That'll happen here, usually right before you drive into the rain that the cold air is carrying. Sharp edge weather fronts are rare in the UK but not impossible; a much more common occurrence here, I find, where the air temperature will drop suddenly maybe ten degrees or so. Phil beko1987, Spurious and Minimad5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 hours ago, beko1987 said: with the fans still in the entire car suddenly fogged right up instantly. Sure it was on the inside? I had the same happen to me last night but it was water condensing on the outside of the glass. Giveaways being the wing mirrors fogged at the same instant and I could clear the 'fogging' with wipers and washers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, mintwth said: Sure it was on the inside? I had the same happen to me last night but it was water condensing on the outside of the glass. Giveaways being the wing mirrors fogged at the same instant and I could clear the 'fogging' with wipers and washers. Was both tbh, now you mention that yes the wing mirrors both went foggy in an instant! Screenwash and keeping the wipers on low helped on the outside, aircon on full whack on the windscreen did the inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Specialist who was going to look at the BX is off ill. Damnit. Luckily, I'm home next weekend as well and the car should be seen to by then at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Back to uni (2nd year) tomorrow. Balls. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 On the flipside I guess I'll get to sit down for a day.... my phone reckons I've walked over 30km so far this week at work. Christ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Uni student. Not wanting to get away from home. Again. Does not compute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Crackers said: Back to uni (2nd year) tomorrow. Balls. Are you alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Crackers said: Back to uni (2nd year) tomorrow. Balls. Not freshers' balls, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Why do our local bin men empty our bins and then shove the cunts in to another postcode, so you've got to launch an appeal on TV asking for help finding it? It was sat neatly on my driveway waiting to be emptied. Can't it go back there? Or is it a council ruse to get us out for some exercise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 51 minutes ago, iainrcz said: Why do our local bin men empty our bins and then shove the cunts in to another postcode, so you've got to launch an appeal on TV asking for help finding it? It was sat neatly on my driveway waiting to be emptied. Can't it go back there? Or is it a council ruse to get us out for some exercise? Maybe @dozeydustman has a theory that explains this 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 59 minutes ago, iainrcz said: Why do our local bin men empty our bins and then shove the cunts in to another postcode, so you've got to launch an appeal on TV asking for help finding it? It was sat neatly on my driveway waiting to be emptied. Can't it go back there? Or is it a council ruse to get us out for some exercise? 7 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Maybe @dozeydustman has a theory that explains this 🤔 Because some dustmen don’t want their xmas tips or don’t take pride in their work richardmorris, iainrcz and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w00dy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Stuck on a train that's very late and not moving. It's packed with idiots who are loudly talking over any announcement, since they are happy drinking and aren't trying to make connections. I hate them all and I hate British trains. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I had the opposite when they emptied the bins yesterday, they actually put them back where they were! They never do that, usually leaving them sat in the middle of the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Note to whoever designed the timing chain tensioner used on the Mercedes M.102 engine: I hate you. What a bloody stupidly overcomplicated faff of a setup. Yes, it means there's double redundancy, but jeeez...if you've made it that complicated anyway would it have been too much to ask for some means to reset the damned thing without having to completely dismantle it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 The news. All of them. "News" should be substiuted with " Shitstirring". SKY shitstirring. BBC shitstirring. sheffcortinacentre and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 A V5 arriving with the wrong tax braket 🎻🎻🎻🤦♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 23 hours ago, Crackers said: Back to uni (2nd year) tomorrow. Balls. What are you studying ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: What are you studying ? Mech Eng for my apprenticeship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Christmas is ruined 😡 That's unprecedented... FFS... I managed 2 mins of question time before my blood pressure could be measured in BAR.. thank god someone left their lights on in their Hyundai or I would have bust. Oh, and my local BP has no diesel, normal or HGV pumps.. I have a BP card for the truck and usually fill up once a day. There are 6 BP stations in Fife. This one being the biggest. This could be interesting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Just had the same issue filling my truck up tonight on a bp fuel card. Two motorway services with no fuel, found a garage near base in the end I could squeeze the unit into. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 4 sail - diesel car, some mot, full tank of deisel £4000 ovno... Fucking jokers! Red light was on so I waited until it was less busy to go and become one of the panic buying* sheeple so I can get to work next week Once I got onto the forecourt though I went straight to an empty pump. Fucking idiots in fiestas and golf's blocking the joint up waiting for a nozzle on the filler side... Fucked past all of them, used the convenient hose that's attached to the nozzle to fill up (and yes I adjusted my behavior and brimmed the tank as it should last me until this blows over/the bloody media stop causing panic and alarm) I'm grumpy now as I feel part of the problem but don't have much choice! Remspoor, myglaren, Tickman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Very few seem to realise that the hoses are long enough to reach across the car so it matters not which side of the pumps you go to. I've had quite a number of astonished looks when I have done this - I usually find it easier than being squished between the car and the pump island and can see the display better, not that it matters as I only ever fill it up to the top. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Just driven past 3 supermarkets with fuel forecourts. Every one queued, blocking the main roads. Can't even get to Sainsberrys to do the weekly shop Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I was going to fill up today, son is taking the car over the weekend to do downhill racing somewhere, usually it is Scotland and a 500 mile round trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, myglaren said: Very few seem to realise that the hoses are long enough to reach across the car so it matters not which side of the pumps you go to. I've had quite a number of astonished looks when I have done this - I usually find it easier than being squished between the car and the pump island and can see the display better, not that it matters as I only ever fill it up to the top. Yup, no end of tiny cars doing it! Which made the vans have to wait because they dont have a choice. Once I got to the pump I was under 4 minutes in and out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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