Dyslexic Viking Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 My dad bought a used van a little over 2 weeks ago and it had then had the timing belt changed less than 1 month before and when he bought it I reacted to the fact that they had not changed the aux belt together with the timing belt something I find completely stupid. And the seller who also owns the workshop that changed the timing belt said that the aux belt does not need to be changed until it becomes necessary really? So one should just drive until it breaks then get the car towed to a mechanic and then replace it? This is the dumbest thing I have heard and one also risks that when the aux belt breaks, it breaks into the timing belt and destroys the engine, I have seen this before. This has also the owner of the local garage we use also experienced and agreed with me that this is stupid and the van got an appointment next Thursday to change the auxbelt. So what happened now while Dad is out with the van trying to make a living? The aux belt has broken and the van is not drivable so he is waiting on a tow to our local garage and since it is over 1.5 hours away from where he is the roadside assistance does not cover everything so this will be expensive and since local garage has much to do it is possible that he will not get the van back until Thursday next week. I'm pissed if those who changed the timing belt had done a proper job this would not have happened. New POD, Remspoor, myglaren and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Great. Look who’s taking over the office carpark again. Looking forward to standing in human shit and getting stuff nicked again. 108, AnnoyingPentium, J W Pepper and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Hire some petrol saws, wait til they all go out on the rob and cut their caravans up. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, Pieman said: Hire some petrol saws, wait til they all go out on the rob and cut their caravans up. you are Jeremy Clarkson AICMFP High Jetter, Tenmil Socket and Dan29 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, Pieman said: Hire some petrol saws, wait til they all go out on the rob and cut their caravans up. They’ve just demanded £2500 to move on. Fuck off. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 If anyone in the Midlands is missing a very large quantity of big monitors, then they’re in our carpark. Two piles like this, left outside in case the cops bother to turn up and ask who nicked ‘em. What’s the blue container for? Looks like acid! This lot are absolutely feral. 😕 twosmoke300, Remspoor and Low Horatio gearbox 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I know someone who had this a while back along with hints about damage, stuff going missing , possibility of a mysterious fire, etc. They where told ooo a fire nasty if it spreads ( confused looks from the holiday makers) yeah said the foreman caravans burn easier than buildings! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Yeah - if they're not too close to your office buildings, set them on fire. motorpunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 4 hours ago, motorpunk said: Great. Look who’s taking over the office carpark again. Looking forward to standing in human shit and getting stuff nicked again. The real issue is how that BMW has parked. Remspoor, Yoss, paulplom and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Lankytim said: The real issue is how that BMW has parked. I'm more bothered by the VW Touran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 25 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: I'm more bothered by the VW Touran Granted, although it could be dropping off more stolen TV,s. The Leon on the other hand? It's owner seems to have found the holy grail of parking spaces. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 9 hours ago, Lankytim said: Granted, although it could be dropping off more stolen TV,s. The Leon on the other hand? It's owner seems to have found the holy grail of parking spaces. I think that’s someone who has returned a rental/lease car to a neighbouring company. It’ll be on bricks by the morning. The cheeky wee scamps have already smashed the fire alarm system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Let me guess -Police not interested / scared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 55 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said: Let me guess -Police not interested / scared? They were parked up the street (residential area) and came to site, but all the filthy fucking vermin travellers hid, and when plod wandered off they all came out again, then a fat kid of about 10 years old but with the face of a 50 year old man, in a skin-tight tracksuit and huge 'diamond' ear-ring tried to punch me when I told him to fuck off trying to trip me up and steal my tools. Won't be going back in a hurry. Remspoor, twosmoke300, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 When I was a trainee solicitor I had the dubious privilege of serving the injunctions on traveller's sites on behalf of the local authority (and some private land owners on occasion). The adults were all verbals which was fine, you could ignore it or give it back depending on your mood or the situation. What I couldn't stand were the kids. They all clearly knew they couldn't be arrested (under 10) and so they'd be unleashed throwing stones, glass, dog shit you name it. I carried a sturdy umbrella which deflected all but the worst, but did make me very conspicuous Remspoor and motorpunk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, motorpunk said: They were parked up the street (residential area) and came to site, but all the filthy fucking vermin travellers hid, and when plod wandered off they all came out again, then a fat kid of about 10 years old but with the face of a 50 year old man, in a skin-tight tracksuit and huge 'diamond' ear-ring tried to punch me when I told him to fuck off trying to trip me up and steal my tools. Won't be going back in a hurry. I see you've already met the kids. You have my sympathy. When I was doing this there were a couple of bailiff squads who specialised in dealing with travellers. Unsurprisingly they all loved a scrap. As a general rule they complied with the injunction and moved on before that was necessary. It was always very messy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 "Not all travellers" etc etc. Not all of em, just every one anyone has ever met grizgut, wuvvum, Timewaster and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Points made, gents. Enough now, please. Tenmil Socket, Dead_E23, Remspoor and 4 others 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, cobblers said: "Not all travellers" etc etc. Not all of em, just every one anyone has ever met How else to survive when you're cast as an unwanted outsider by almost everyone? Rusty_Rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: How else to survive when you're cast as an unwanted outsider by almost everyone? Perhaps they could consider demonstrating by their behaviour that all the clichés about them are wrong? cobblers, wuvvum, GrumpyCat and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 We've made it to that time in the year where we start getting all tropical with daily bouts of heavy rain, interspersed with stiflingly hot sunshine. The net result is any time during the day that is dry enough to do outside work is also like a sauna. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 The joy of resetting passwords, linking accounts and validating (I dont need no validation!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Sciatica is crippling me. Wibble, Low Horatio gearbox, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 My social media feed is making it clear that it's "prom" season, aka turn up to an over-hyped Americanised one-upmanship contest in the silliest vehicle possible just to be desperate for a bit of attention. We had a leaving do from my 6th form which I didn't want to go to but was pretty much bullied into it by the few friends I had. I was driven there by a mate's mum in a maroon Rover 45 (I think) and after I'd had my (rubbish) meal and one bottle of beer I realised I was surrounded by people who had by and large hated me for seven years, so I left and got a taxi home. Thinking about it, I may as well have driven myself there and back as I'd just passed my test. Looking back on that post...I think I just don't like seeing people enjoy themselves. Remspoor, Rusty_Rocket, AnnoyingPentium and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Filled up the pickup. Yay. Mostly a grump because that's over twice the price it was 9 months ago. That sharp a hike when you've been budgeting is a pain in the ass. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 It's nine quid a gallon here right now! Lacquer Peel and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 5 hours ago, PhilA said: Filled up the pickup. Yay. Mostly a grump because that's over twice the price it was 9 months ago. That sharp a hike when you've been budgeting is a pain in the ass. Biden must condemn AnnoyingPentium, sdkrc and chadders 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Car hire, Ireland. In 2018, it cost £350 to hire a car for a week from Knock airport. Quotes for this August are north of €1,300! Apparently they sold the fleet due to covid and are struggling to get new stock. Not sure how we're going to get round this, flights already booked. myglaren and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 26 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Car hire, Ireland. In 2018, it cost £350 to hire a car for a week from Knock airport. Quotes for this August are north of €1,300! Apparently they sold the fleet due to covid and are struggling to get new stock. Not sure how we're going to get round this, flights already booked. Irish AutoTrader? But a shitter for €350. Scrap it at the end ? Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Shitty workmanship really boils my piss, but this is just something else. Car came in having had a clutch elsewhere, awful vibration through the cabin at idle and the car was shaking (when driving) so badly it was undriveable. Had a look, when rotating the left front wheel it was clunking and the engine/gearbox was physically swaying left/right Pulled the inner driveshaft boot off (held on with cable ties and leaking grease, very suspect) and was greeted with a dribble of grease and glitter. Inspected it to find this: One of the roller bearings had popped off and instead of putting it back together properly they just stuffed it in there and hoped for the best 🤦 Clearly they had yanked on the driveshaft, popped it apart and had no idea on how to put it back together It wasn't salvageable as it was as it had been driven on for a number of miles as it was, totally fucking it all up. The engine mount was completed knackered, whilst dropping the engine during a clutch change is part of it, it's not their fault it's knackered, but they should have picked up on it. And yes, they were the guys who could "do it cheaper" 🤦 Coprolalia, meggersdog, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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