The grumpy thread

[sheffcortinacentre]

You've more chance of winning the lottery than getting any justice.

[Wack]

7 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

You've more chance of winning the lottery than getting any justice.

If they get found whatever the punishment is it won't be enough , they should be paying £20 a week for life 

In the 80s my sister found her car with the door mirror kicked off 

CCTV , guy known to police , charged,convicted ordered to pay her compensation 

She never got a penny , last time she contacted the court they said he's moved and we don't know where to 

You can bet your house everyone involved in prosecuting him got paid though.

[mitsisigma01]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

So you saw them then. In June heading towards the lightest day of the year.

Only because he was a fat cnt sweating like a pig glistening in the sun through a crack in the canopy of the thick tree cover . 🤨

He wasn't the only one , why wear black , does it make them look slimmer , no , just makes them one step closer to hospital , 

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

You've more chance of winning the lottery than getting any justice.

Tie them to the rails and start the train. Not saying kill them but just make them shit themselves.

[hairnet]

tried to be a train wanker

two were ok

couldnt get on the third - only two victorian carriages and have to wait

train lot said yes speak to conductor and should be ok (adv single so pita )

can just show them the conv i had with whatsapp train person and should be ok

ffs wanted to be there earlier

youd think at lunchtime itd be ok (the reason im here)

 

[New POD]

On 11/06/2022 at 12:30, Rocket88 said:

Even if you tell the AA that you have, say, a “ gearbox issue”( I.e. it’s physically fallen out of the car… ) they’ll still send a patrol to “ verify “….. then two hours later recovery truck will turn up

Conversation with  RAC

There's a hole in the side of the block, where the conrod has come out.

Will it start?

No. The CON rod has attacked the starter motor and spread it and all the oil over the Runcorn Bridge.  You Will need to send a low loader, as it's very low although standard. 

...

Van turns up 2 plus hours later. 

What seems to be the problem? My job details says it won't start.

Well...No...it stopped quite violently. 

Opens bonnet. 

Ah, looks like you've lost a bit of oil. And coolant....and the starter motor, and most of the sump. 

And tell me something I don't know...

Looks like you need to be recovered.

Yes...Please tell your call handlers, that they need to send a low loader because its too low for your normal recovery truck. You won't be able to A frame it.  because the rear bumper will scrape the floor.  Like I told them 2 and a half hours ago. 

....2 hours later a recovery truck turns up...

[cobblers]

Yup I had the same with the RAC about ten years ago

4pm I set off from work in my old t25 and when changing into 2nd gear "spiritedly" there was a massive crunch and the van no longer had any drive. Coasted to the side of the road, Looking underneath the gearbox casing had burst and there was metal and oil coming out of it. It wouldn't even roll properly.

Called the RAC and told them it was totally fucking fucked and that there was no point sending someone to try and fix it.

6:45PM a bloke came in a transit to have a look and confirmed by the pool of oil and cogs that it was indeed, fucked, so he booked a recovery.

8:45PM another transit turns up with an A frame which was no use as the van wouldn't roll.

10PM, a 3rd party agent with a tiny flatbed turns up, won't take it because he'd be about a ton overweight.

Finally got it picked up at 11:30PM and was home just after midnight. 

 

[Rocket88]

15 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Yup I had the same with the RAC about ten years ago

4pm I set off from work in my old t25 and when changing into 2nd gear "spiritedly" there was a massive crunch and the van no longer had any drive. Coasted to the side of the road, Looking underneath the gearbox casing had burst and there was metal and oil coming out of it. It wouldn't even roll properly.

Called the RAC and told them it was totally fucking fucked and that there was no point sending someone to try and fix it.

6:45PM a bloke came in a transit to have a look and confirmed by the pool of oil and cogs that it was indeed, fucked, so he booked a recovery.

8:45PM another transit turns up with an A frame which was no use as the van wouldn't roll.

10PM, a 3rd party agent with a tiny flatbed turns up, won't take it because he'd be about a ton overweight.

Finally got it picked up at 11:30PM and was home just after midnight. 

 

I left working for the AA five years ago ( recovery driver) back then, we handled pretty much everything “ in house”, with very little being subcontracted. Not any more….. both RAC and AA increasingly subcontracting work out, members increasingly paying a fortune for very variable standards of service 

[cobblers]

1 minute ago, Rocket88 said:

I left working for the AA five years ago ( recovery driver) back then, we handled pretty much everything “ in house”, with very little being subcontracted. Not any more….. both RAC and AA increasingly subcontracting work out, members increasingly paying a fortune for very variable standards of service 

Yeah I've gotta say I was surprised when this little flatbed turned up - it was only a 3.5 tonner so it's overweight on the rear axle even with a focus on. Bloke said he'd been called in as a backup but his main truck was off the road and he'd told them he could do the job but only collect small cars. Reckoned they had sent him out to 5 vans already that night and he reckoned he wouldn't get paid for any of the failed jobs.

[Rocket88]

45 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Yeah I've gotta say I was surprised when this little flatbed turned up - it was only a 3.5 tonner so it's overweight on the rear axle even with a focus on. Bloke said he'd been called in as a backup but his main truck was off the road and he'd told them he could do the job but only collect small cars. Reckoned they had sent him out to 5 vans already that night and he reckoned he wouldn't get paid for any of the failed jobs.

Most of the issues are caused by totally inexperienced call centre staff…. Not necessarily their fault, as they are taught to ask the same questions of every caller, and under no circumstances use any initiative….

[jakebullet]

The microwave has shat itself. Ma says "well it was working yesterday". V helpful, everything that's ever broken was probably working right up to the point it stopped working.

Had a fun shop tour trying to find one that's simple to operate for the blind. Ended up with a crappy 700W job from asda.

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

The microwave has shat itself. Ma says "well it was working yesterday". V helpful, everything that's ever broken was probably working right up to the point it stopped working.

Had a fun shop tour trying to find one that's simple to operate for the blind. Ended up with a crappy 700W job from asda.

We just got a dead simple one from Morrisons for my Grandparents when theirs shat itself. Two dials, job's a good 'un.

[Back_For_More]

1 hour ago, cobblers said:

Yup I had the same with the RAC about ten years ago......

 

My favourite* was when a mates van blew the engine big style just hitting the M25 from Dover...... I dragged it to the services and we made the call. Gave them the services name and we  were clockwise direction on M25. Van showed up quite quickly actually but of course, no use and called in the cavalry....  7 fucking hours and many calls later - he showed up. The job had been listed for the flatbed with just the services - he'd been on the other side of the fucking motorway hours earlier and hadn't had the sense or inclination to call or check.

We'd rolled over from Germany - the van was worth some coin - but it took 5mths to get it returned to his place and by then it was covered in various dents and scrapes. He was not a heppy bunny,,,,,,,

[Datsuncog]

The last time I used the RAC they sent their* recovery crew to another country.

The time before that they refused to attend because I couldn't give them the exact postcode of a roundabout on the A24 outside Lewes (pre-smartphone era).

I'm not an RAC member anymore.

I understand the AA aren't much better (they left us stranded too because MrsDC's supposedly all-singing Club Toyota AA entire household total-peace-of-mind membership turned out to be nothing of the sort on the one occasion we needed to call on it).

A plague on both their houses.

[JakeT]

A day late admittedly, but yesterday seemed to be ‘treat me like a tosser day’.

 

As a driver of Bavarian Tosser Mobiles, I do understand that people will treat me like a tosser. I try and be more courteous than the usual, in the hope of some mind changing. Yesterday was on another level, probably not helped by it being Sunday.

First instance: following a slow moving vehicle, towing another. Fair enough, my giffermatic 1993 320i probably wouldn’t get a safe overtake in. Neither would the Porsche Uglymera that attempted a poorly timed overtake before diving between i and said slow moving vehicle. Good lady called him a dickhead. I shrugged, these things happen.

 

Second instance: entering the M4 at Jct 12. Two lanes entering. I’m accelerating down the slip road, when an angry man in a modern Citroen SOOV goes for the aggressive undertake. Good lady called him a dickhead, I shrugged. I think many people are still releasing their anger at 90s Bavarian Tosser Mobiles. These things happen.

 

Third instance: Leaving the M4 at Jct 11. Having seen the above SOOV pilot undertake a coach, I’m moving from lane 3 (having overtaken the coach) back to lane 1, this being a filter lane to exit the M4. This chap seems to now take umbrage at the shit old WankerWagon being ahead of him. Proceeds to then undertake me on the hard shoulder. Good lady called him a dickhead. I was quite annoyed now, and thought about giving him what for. Decided against it, as these things rarely go well.

 

Fourth instance: We’ve been to Marks and Expensive, driven back a junction down the M4 (no angry SOOV pilots thank Christ), and I nipped to get some petrol. On the big roundabout at Jct 12 of the M4, someone then proceeded to do a lane change while I’m in passing alongside of them. Good lady calls them a dickhead, I at this point ask “Is there a sign in my forehead that says wanker? Because everyone seems to know something I don’t”.

 

I get that people get it wrong, as we all do, but to any other Shiters face this sort of ‘argh’ behaviour when out on the roads? I don’t know if it’s “Old car = poor wanker” or what.

 

Aaaand breathe. To finish, here’s a couple of a lovely Open Corsa A spotted at ‘Swiss classic world’ I stumbled upon while there a couple of weeks ago. Boxed Arches have a lovely soothing effect.

[Supernaut]

24 minutes ago, JakeT said:

A day late admittedly, but yesterday seemed to be ‘treat me like a tosser day’.

 

As a driver of Bavarian Tosser Mobiles, I do understand that people will treat me like a tosser. I try and be more courteous than the usual, in the hope of some mind changing. Yesterday was on another level, probably not helped by it being Sunday.

First instance: following a slow moving vehicle, towing another. Fair enough, my giffermatic 1993 320i probably wouldn’t get a safe overtake in. Neither would the Porsche Uglymera that attempted a poorly timed overtake before diving between i and said slow moving vehicle. Good lady called him a dickhead. I shrugged, these things happen.

 

Second instance: entering the M4 at Jct 12. Two lanes entering. I’m accelerating down the slip road, when an angry man in a modern Citroen SOOV goes for the aggressive undertake. Good lady called him a dickhead, I shrugged. I think many people are still releasing their anger at 90s Bavarian Tosser Mobiles. These things happen.

 

Third instance: Leaving the M4 at Jct 11. Having seen the above SOOV pilot undertake a coach, I’m moving from lane 3 (having overtaken the coach) back to lane 1, this being a filter lane to exit the M4. This chap seems to now take umbrage at the shit old WankerWagon being ahead of him. Proceeds to then undertake me on the hard shoulder. Good lady called him a dickhead. I was quite annoyed now, and thought about giving him what for. Decided against it, as these things rarely go well.

 

Fourth instance: We’ve been to Marks and Expensive, driven back a junction down the M4 (no angry SOOV pilots thank Christ), and I nipped to get some petrol. On the big roundabout at Jct 12 of the M4, someone then proceeded to do a lane change while I’m in passing alongside of them. Good lady calls them a dickhead, I at this point ask “Is there a sign in my forehead that says wanker? Because everyone seems to know something I don’t”.

 

I get that people get it wrong, as we all do, but to any other Shiters face this sort of ‘argh’ behaviour when out on the roads? I don’t know if it’s “Old car = poor wanker” or what.

 

Aaaand breathe. To finish, here’s a couple of a lovely Open Corsa A spotted at ‘Swiss classic world’ I stumbled upon while there a couple of weeks ago. Boxed Arches have a lovely soothing effect.

E36 320i automatics are lovely.

I may be biased after owning one a couple of years ago. I now have a 323i manual complete with an M-tech body kit. The absolute weapons it seems to attract out on the open road do somewhat ruin my enjoyment of it sometimes. Just the other day I had an E90 in front of me notice me as we entered a tunnel. Cue them dropping into second gear and gunning it. I stayed in fourth at 1,500rpm thinking "alright, whatever..."

In comparison my mk8 Civic blends into the scenery.

[AnnoyingPentium]

24 minutes ago, JakeT said:

I get that people get it wrong, as we all do, but to any other Shiters face this sort of ‘argh’ behaviour when out on the roads? I don’t know if it’s “Old car = poor wanker” or what.

Yep... but I think owning a smaller motor does get you bullied a bit too in my case.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Yep... but I think owning a smaller motor does get you bullied a bit too in my case.

I never got bullied in my Mk1 Ford Ka.  I put this down to the fact that the passenger side was covered in dents...

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I never got bullied in my Mk1 Ford Ka.  I put this down to the fact that the passenger side was covered in dents...

Note to self: go out and take a mallet to the side of the Fabia.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 minute ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Note to self: go out and take a mallet to the side of the Fabia.

Grow a beard and wear your hair long.  Also, a drum kit in the back helps.

I did once overtake a Pagani Zonda in my Ka on the A2 near Dartford.  That was the highlight of my driving life.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Grow a beard and wear your hair long.  Also, a drum kit in the back helps.

I did once overtake a Pagani Zonda in my Ka on the A2 near Dartford.  That was the highlight of my driving life.

I've got short hair, no beard, and just an electric drumkit since I sold the conventional kit... so I can solve two of those three issues. 😂

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Get a slightly rusty Pearl double-braced boom stand and stick it slightly out of the passenger window.  Works well.  There was the time that I'd been playing a show and had so much gear in the car that I could only use 2nd and 4th because of a stand obstructing the gear stick - but that didn't really matter in the Ka...

[JakeT]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

E36 320i automatics are lovely.

I may be biased after owning one a couple of years ago. I now have a 323i manual complete with an M-tech body kit. The absolute weapons it seems to attract out on the open road do somewhat ruin my enjoyment of it sometimes. Just the other day I had an E90 in front of me notice me as we entered a tunnel. Cue them dropping into second gear and gunning it. I stayed in fourth at 1,500rpm thinking "alright, whatever..."

In comparison my mk8 Civic blends into the scenery.

Agreed. Not the fastest, but a nice micro barge. Great noise, too!

The m-tech bits are nice, a set of sport seats would be nice. I find the standard ones are a little too flat for faster corners.

[Bren]

3 hours ago, jakebullet said:

The microwave has shat itself. Ma says "well it was working yesterday". V helpful, everything that's ever broken was probably working right up to the point it stopped working.

Had a fun shop tour trying to find one that's simple to operate for the blind. Ended up with a crappy 700W job from asda.

When I was welding for a living my foreman would state " IT WAS  ALRIGHT YESTERDAY" when I told him my plant had died - which was often.

Eventually I pointed out the titanic was alright when it sailed out of Southampton.

[J W Pepper]

I've been servicing the cooling system on the Ibiza. (Coolant temp sensor, fan switch, thermostat and fresh coolant), one of the bolts snapped so, I tried to get them at my local motor factors, my local hardware store, to no avail, so tried the Seat dealers, last Tuesday/Wednesday, said they would be in at the end of the week, got a call this morning to say they were in, my grandpa collected them while I was at college (last day today), so he took the old one (the other one snapped) in to see if it matched, the guy in the dealers said that the old ones should have never been in (fairly sure they were the original bolts). Went to fit it back together and they were too big, what a good waste of £4.40, so my grandpa found two bolts in a box in his garage that we used instead. Now it is all back together and fixed.

[hairnet]

Today turned into a right fuck on when I couldn't actually get on the train I wanted

The whole.point was not to ride down

Ffs - length of the a49 here now

Refund off train lot tomorrow when I decide to rant at them

3 Carriage trains ffs

It's not 1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

33 minutes ago, J W Pepper said:

I've been servicing the cooling system on the Ibiza. (Coolant temp sensor, fan switch, thermostat and fresh coolant), one of the bolts snapped so, I tried to get them at my local motor factors, my local hardware store, to no avail, so tried the Seat dealers, last Tuesday/Wednesday, said they would be in at the end of the week, got a call this morning to say they were in, my grandpa collected them while I was at college (last day today), so he took the old one (the other one snapped) in to see if it matched, the guy in the dealers said that the old ones should have never been in (fairly sure they were the original bolts). Went to fit it back together and they were too big, what a good waste of £4.40, so my grandpa found two bolts in a box in his garage that we used instead. Now it is all back together and fixed.

At least you managed to get something from a VAG dealer. I've nearly caused a rammy twice in Ingram Skoda in Ayr. First time was the cheeky cunt at parts and service telling me my car was too old for him to care, so scrawled a part number into a bit of paper and told me 'good luck, m9'. Second was the same fucker, but when I needed a part number for an item and he told me they don't give out part numbers...  

Not going back into that bit again. Got the first lot of parts (door card clips) on eBay and the second lot (headrest guide tubes) from a fella on Briskoda, so that was that.

[sheffcortinacentre]

5 hours ago, JakeT said:

A day late admittedly, but yesterday seemed to be ‘treat me like a tosser day’.

 

As a driver of Bavarian Tosser Mobiles, I do understand that people will treat me like a tosser. I try and be more courteous than the usual, in the hope of some mind changing. Yesterday was on another level, probably not helped by it being Sunday.

First instance: following a slow moving vehicle, towing another. Fair enough, my giffermatic 1993 320i probably wouldn’t get a safe overtake in. Neither would the Porsche Uglymera that attempted a poorly timed overtake before diving between i and said slow moving vehicle. Good lady called him a dickhead. I shrugged, these things happen.

 

Second instance: entering the M4 at Jct 12. Two lanes entering. I’m accelerating down the slip road, when an angry man in a modern Citroen SOOV goes for the aggressive undertake. Good lady called him a dickhead, I shrugged. I think many people are still releasing their anger at 90s Bavarian Tosser Mobiles. These things happen.

 

Third instance: Leaving the M4 at Jct 11. Having seen the above SOOV pilot undertake a coach, I’m moving from lane 3 (having overtaken the coach) back to lane 1, this being a filter lane to exit the M4. This chap seems to now take umbrage at the shit old WankerWagon being ahead of him. Proceeds to then undertake me on the hard shoulder. Good lady called him a dickhead. I was quite annoyed now, and thought about giving him what for. Decided against it, as these things rarely go well.

 

Fourth instance: We’ve been to Marks and Expensive, driven back a junction down the M4 (no angry SOOV pilots thank Christ), and I nipped to get some petrol. On the big roundabout at Jct 12 of the M4, someone then proceeded to do a lane change while I’m in passing alongside of them. Good lady calls them a dickhead, I at this point ask “Is there a sign in my forehead that says wanker? Because everyone seems to know something I don’t”.

 

I get that people get it wrong, as we all do, but to any other Shiters face this sort of ‘argh’ behaviour when out on the roads? I don’t know if it’s “Old car = poor wanker” or what.

 

Aaaand breathe. To finish, here’s a couple of a lovely Open Corsa A spotted at ‘Swiss classic world’ I stumbled upon while there a couple of weeks ago. Boxed Arches have a lovely soothing effect.

Try driving a classic ( one with adequate power to cope with modern traffic or worse one that looks like a a competition car).

The reaction seems to be it's old therefore slow which also means it will stop as it's not going fast, also I'm not getting stuck behind that slow old thing.

Or if in the latter I believe the reaction must been hah he thinks that's fast I'll show him ( ensue very dangerous overtaking manovoures)

As both above situations will obviously cause male impotence & /or  penis shrinkage .

[GMcD]

Spent two weeks of awesome honeymoon/holiday in Cape Verde. Felt good. Felt refreshed.

Guts rumbling since we landed at Manchester this morning. CODE BROWN early warning alarm. Hoofted it back up the M6 to get home. 

£2.06 a litre at the services? Fuck it, no time to hunt. In it goes. Every second counts! 

Brown laser and chundering all day just in time for going back to work tomorrow. Fantastic. 😂

Back to reality. Duvet. Couch. Cat. 

[New POD]

5 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I never got bullied in my Mk1 Ford Ka.  I put this down to the fact that the passenger side was covered in dents...

I used to push in like a twat, going over the Runcorn Bridge every day in the rush hour. In a mk2 cavalier. I once wound down the window and said, "Let me in, or find out whether my car is insured and in my name or not. Does it look like it is ? "