Lacquer Peel Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Why can't I get a DATE? Hey gorgeous, did you know Ssangyong built the MK1 Isuzu Trooper under licence? MrGTI6, BorniteIdentity, Supernaut and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 ‘Would you like to come and have a look at the fog lamps I’ve just installed?’ sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 7 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: My phone did an update earlier, and for some reason they've fiddled with the interface. The keyboard is different, the app icons are bigger. I can live with that, but for some reason text has got this really annoying green/blue hue around it which I can't seem to get rid of. Infact the entire screen sort of does but it's mainly text. 😠 If it ain't broke don't fix it... Etc 😞 Now I'm going to have to either put up with it or waste a load of time trying to find a way to put it back how it was I was going to not update it, but it included a security update so I needed to really Samsung per chance?.Mine has the update paused 'cos it is so massive it was going to take nearly 7 hours!.And was threatening all the stuff you just listed.I think I'm going to leave it be...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 FLT refresher next Tuesday. 8am!! Inhumane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said: Why can't I get a DATE? Hey gorgeous, did you know Ssangyong built the MK1 Isuzu Trooper under licence? I'm free tonight. Fetch some K seal twosmoke300 and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Finished putting the TF back together during my lunch break, then went to take it for a spin. The bastard thing now won't fucking start. I have no idea why - it's not throwing up any fault codes other than a couple of blown bulbs in warning lights, nothing that would prevent it from starting anyway. Amusingly*, the Delphi will talk to the immobiliser on a 2002 or a 2004 TF, but not a 2003 which is what mine is. About the only anomaly I found is that it seems to think the engine bay temperature is 8163°C, which would point to a really quite spectacular case of HGF. I really am getting fed up with this car. MrGTI6 and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Finished putting the TF back together during my lunch break, then went to take it for a spin. The bastard thing now won't fucking start. I have no idea why - it's not throwing up any fault codes other than a couple of blown bulbs in warning lights, nothing that would prevent it from starting anyway. Amusingly*, the Delphi will talk to the immobiliser on a 2002 or a 2004 TF, but not a 2003 which is what mine is. About the only anomaly I found is that it seems to think the engine bay temperature is 8163°C, which would point to a really quite spectacular case of HGF. I really am getting fed up with this car. Can you tell the Delphi its either a 2002 or 2004, instead of it doing the smart scan? I've done similar with a 2018 VW T6, I told the Delphi it was a 2014 T5 and it scanned stuff OK. It refused to talk to it if I let it do the smart scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Tried that, it said "the vehicle is not responding to the diagnostic request". Only for the immobiliser mind - the airbags responded fine if I told the Delphi it was a 2002 car. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Tried that, it said "the vehicle is not responding to the diagnostic request". Only for the immobiliser mind - the airbags responded fine if I told the Delphi it was a 2002 car. Is a connector for the immobilizer (on the car) loose at all? Did it get knocked or unplugged when you were fiddling with the suspension/cat/other gubbinz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I've had the car running (and driven it) several times since I fitted the cat so I don't think that's related. I did have to move some wiring around when working on the suspension, but I didn't actually unplug anything, and I've checked all the connectors in that vicinity and all looks OK as far as I can see. Unless there was a wire somewhere which had become brittle and snapped inside the insulation when I moved it, but if that's the case then the car is basically scrap because I'm fucked if I'm going to spend days trying to trace a broken wire somewhere in the world's least accessible engine bay... Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 This fecking nut. Holding the knackered old drop link in situ with 16 years of rust and what I assume demonic hatred. As you can see it eventually lost, though that's 3 fecking hours of my life I'm not getting back... Dad nearly offed himself in the process, instead of showing me what needs doing he just bloody has to take over. Silly fucker has a pacemaker and a pharmacy of meds! sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 The Zanussi got MOT advisories last week for front tyres, and after nearly 40000 miles surprised I was not. "Proceed without delay to your chosen Lexus dealer", said the leasing company. And so, this morning, I did. Picture the scene... Lexus Wolverhampton Service Bloke: Sorry it's taken us two hours to fit two tyres, Mr Racer. Normally we'd valet the car, but you're already late for your next appointment, so we won't. North of Stoke? Me: Yeeeeeessss... LWSB: Oh, and we broke the tyre pressure warning sensor so the car will be bleating at you until it's fixed. It'll be in tomorrow. Probably. Me: Aha... <Later, following blast up and down M6, on checking new tyres... on the outside of one tyre is the word INSIDE...> Me: <FX: phone ringing... /FX> 🙄 BorniteIdentity, twosmoke300, Coprolalia and 10 others 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Just out of the blue I was contacted by an old mate, who offered me his rather special X1/9 for cheap. I have money saved for my Euro bike tour in 3 weeks. Why do you get things like this flung at you when you least expect it and don't need the sleepless nights 😞 High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I was out on a visit with work and noticed a transit in a side street with no plates on , closer inspection and it was evident there was no engine in it and the exhaust has been freshly cut at the manifold, I took a pic of the VIN from the screen and ran it through isitnicked and sure enough it was stolen in Dec 22. I've reported it to Police. I guess it's been used on false plates for a while then engine raped over the bank holiday then dumped. RATS !! GrumpiusMaximus, PicantoJon, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I popped into town with my OH and our little'un this morning. First time in ages. St Austell town centre was getting bad press due to antisocial behaviour from pissheads/smackheads a while back, although apparently the local constabulary hammered the issue and have 'given the town centre back to the locals'. It's a difficult one as we have an increasing number of large 'dryhouses' appearing on the fringes of our small town and it's clear the residents are getting bored in the daytime with nothing constructive to do. It's a long-running discussion locally that our town increasingly seems to be the hotspot for this type of property use, while Truro, our more affluent neighbour 30 minutes down the road, seems less affected. Anyway, back to my observations. As we waited for my OH in the bank, I observed three chaps openly drinking on the bench just outside, on the main high street. Bear in mind it's supposed to be an alcohol-free zone. As we left along came another of the brethren - this chap was completely smashed. The bloke was instantly intimating to some of the public walking past, shouting at them and generally being a gobby twat. I moved my family along fairly quickly and we headed further along the street. After popping into a couple of shops, we retraced our steps back down the high street only to spot the blokes from earlier again. This time they were milling around the street with gobby twat intimidating a young lass who was trying to escape from a shop doorway. As we continued past, evidence of a few piles of fresh vomit outside of the travel agent's shopfront presented itself. I really felt for the poor sods trying their hardest to keep their businesses going despite the current financial challenges whilst contending with this daily shitshow. I've since done a bit of digging and apparently this is pretty much a daily occurrence, despite the police previously insisting they'd worked hard to stem the problems. I can't see the situation improving any time soon. What a sad state of affairs. Remspoor and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 West country delights*. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 14 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said: Why can't I get a DATE? Hey gorgeous, did you know Ssangyong built the MK1 Isuzu Trooper under licence? take me now BorniteIdentity and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 "You had me at 'Ssangyong'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 13 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: I popped into town with my OH and our little'un this morning. First time in ages. St Austell town centre was getting bad press due to antisocial behaviour from pissheads/smackheads a while back, although apparently the local constabulary hammered the issue and have 'given the town centre back to the locals'. It's a difficult one as we have an increasing number of large 'dryhouses' appearing on the fringes of our small town and it's clear the residents are getting bored in the daytime with nothing constructive to do. It's a long-running discussion locally that our town increasingly seems to be the hotspot for this type of property use, while Truro, our more affluent neighbour 30 minutes down the road, seems less affected. Anyway, back to my observations. As we waited for my OH in the bank, I observed three chaps openly drinking on the bench just outside, on the main high street. Bear in mind it's supposed to be an alcohol-free zone. As we left along came another of the brethren - this chap was completely smashed. The bloke was instantly intimating to some of the public walking past, shouting at them and generally being a gobby twat. I moved my family along fairly quickly and we headed further along the street. After popping into a couple of shops, we retraced our steps back down the high street only to spot the blokes from earlier again. This time they were milling around the street with gobby twat intimidating a young lass who was trying to escape from a shop doorway. As we continued past, evidence of a few piles of fresh vomit outside of the travel agent's shopfront presented itself. I really felt for the poor sods trying their hardest to keep their businesses going despite the current financial challenges whilst contending with this daily shitshow. I've since done a bit of digging and apparently this is pretty much a daily occurrence, despite the police previously insisting they'd worked hard to stem the problems. I can't see the situation improving any time soon. What a sad state of affairs. Did you phone the police ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 38 minutes ago, New POD said: Did you phone the police ? Negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 20 hours ago, chaseracer said: The Zanussi got MOT advisories last week for front tyres, and after nearly 40000 miles surprised I was not. "Proceed without delay to your chosen Lexus dealer", said the leasing company. And so, this morning, I did. Picture the scene... Lexus Wolverhampton Service Bloke: Sorry it's taken us two hours to fit two tyres, Mr Racer. Normally we'd valet the car, but you're already late for your next appointment, so we won't. North of Stoke? Me: Yeeeeeessss... LWSB: Oh, and we broke the tyre pressure warning sensor so the car will be bleating at you until it's fixed. It'll be in tomorrow. Probably. Me: Aha... <Later, following blast up and down M6, on checking new tyres... on the outside of one tyre is the word INSIDE...> Me: <FX: phone ringing... /FX> 🙄 It's bad when you think Kwik-Fit might have been a better bet. chaseracer and mitsisigma01 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 I question my sanity. Have cleaned out the garage and have found used and bad brake parts, an empty tube of toothpaste and a lot of other crap that I don't understand why it is there and why I have kept it. The next challenge is cleaning out the shed, which I know has a broken gearbox, a rusty car door and broken springs and many used oil filters and a lot of cardboard boxes from car/tractor parts delivered to name a few. Rust Collector, somewhatfoolish, cobblers and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 ☹️ https://www.gooieneemlander.nl/cnt/dmf20230531_70723433 Rightnider, Remspoor, wuvvum and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 7:27 AM, High Jetter said: I hate that sort of 'unnecessary' change too. Just a warning though, when I made a similar moan some while back I was told I was getting old! Er, intolerant to unnecessary change, if that counts as getting old! On 5/30/2023 at 7:32 AM, andyberg said: My phone also updated this week. Now the previous white background on emails ect is a kind of piss yellow/green. 😡 What make out of interest? I don't know if it's a fault thats been introduced or whether it's a damn hidden setting where I can change it back. There are colour optimization features but it's already on vivid. If I select standard then it's even worse and washed out.. I did wonder if it was just my eyes imagining things but everyone I've shown it to agrees the colours look off. On 5/30/2023 at 8:30 AM, Dan the van said: Samsung per chance?.Mine has the update paused 'cos it is so massive it was going to take nearly 7 hours!.And was threatening all the stuff you just listed.I think I'm going to leave it be...... No it's actually Xiaomi or however you're supposed to spell it (yes I know all of my information is probably being extracted but I deliberately keep nothing on my phone I'd be unhappy to be breached!) It's MIUI so the same with Huawei. What's also really annoying that I've found is that they've also played with the pin lock screen. They've shifted everything up slightly, including the emergency call icon. So, due to muscle memory, I keep hitting emergency call rather than 0 🤬 Normally I use the finger scanner but when I've got dirty hands (i.e, all the time during the working day...) then I have to enter my pin, so it's not like I can just use the fingerprint all the time. I could use a pattern. But why should I?! Obviously if I change the pin that I've been using since forever then I'll just forget it and lock myself out 😆 Why do they do it!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 22 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: I popped into town with my OH and our little'un this morning. First time in ages. St Austell town centre was getting bad press due to antisocial behaviour from pissheads/smackheads a while back, although apparently the local constabulary hammered the issue and have 'given the town centre back to the locals'. It's a difficult one as we have an increasing number of large 'dryhouses' appearing on the fringes of our small town and it's clear the residents are getting bored in the daytime with nothing constructive to do. It's a long-running discussion locally that our town increasingly seems to be the hotspot for this type of property use, while Truro, our more affluent neighbour 30 minutes down the road, seems less affected. Anyway, back to my observations. As we waited for my OH in the bank, I observed three chaps openly drinking on the bench just outside, on the main high street. Bear in mind it's supposed to be an alcohol-free zone. As we left along came another of the brethren - this chap was completely smashed. The bloke was instantly intimating to some of the public walking past, shouting at them and generally being a gobby twat. I moved my family along fairly quickly and we headed further along the street. After popping into a couple of shops, we retraced our steps back down the high street only to spot the blokes from earlier again. This time they were milling around the street with gobby twat intimidating a young lass who was trying to escape from a shop doorway. As we continued past, evidence of a few piles of fresh vomit outside of the travel agent's shopfront presented itself. I really felt for the poor sods trying their hardest to keep their businesses going despite the current financial challenges whilst contending with this daily shitshow. I've since done a bit of digging and apparently this is pretty much a daily occurrence, despite the police previously insisting they'd worked hard to stem the problems. I can't see the situation improving any time soon. What a sad state of affairs. St Austell the ultimate turdtown in Cornwall. This link starts at St Austell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntiemaryscanary Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said: I question my sanity. Have cleaned out the garage and have found used and bad brake parts, an empty tube of toothpaste and a lot of other crap that I don't understand why it is there and why I have kept it. The next challenge is cleaning out the shed, which I know has a broken gearbox, a rusty car door and broken springs and many used oil filters and a lot of cardboard boxes from car/tractor parts delivered to name a few. That will keep you busy whilst the old taxi is away being welded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said: That will keep you busy whilst the old taxi is away being welded Yes it will if I can find the motivation to start on it. auntiemaryscanary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 22 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: I popped into town with my OH and our little'un this morning. First time in ages. St Austell town centre was getting bad press due to antisocial behaviour from pissheads/smackheads a while back, although apparently the local constabulary hammered the issue and have 'given the town centre back to the locals'. It's a difficult one as we have an increasing number of large 'dryhouses' appearing on the fringes of our small town and it's clear the residents are getting bored in the daytime with nothing constructive to do. It's a long-running discussion locally that our town increasingly seems to be the hotspot for this type of property use, while Truro, our more affluent neighbour 30 minutes down the road, seems less affected. Anyway, back to my observations. As we waited for my OH in the bank, I observed three chaps openly drinking on the bench just outside, on the main high street. Bear in mind it's supposed to be an alcohol-free zone. As we left along came another of the brethren - this chap was completely smashed. The bloke was instantly intimating to some of the public walking past, shouting at them and generally being a gobby twat. I moved my family along fairly quickly and we headed further along the street. After popping into a couple of shops, we retraced our steps back down the high street only to spot the blokes from earlier again. This time they were milling around the street with gobby twat intimidating a young lass who was trying to escape from a shop doorway. As we continued past, evidence of a few piles of fresh vomit outside of the travel agent's shopfront presented itself. I really felt for the poor sods trying their hardest to keep their businesses going despite the current financial challenges whilst contending with this daily shitshow. I've since done a bit of digging and apparently this is pretty much a daily occurrence, despite the police previously insisting they'd worked hard to stem the problems. I can't see the situation improving any time soon. What a sad state of affairs. Same in Sheffield & most of country & the unofficial line is turn a blind eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 30/05/2023 at 11:56, iainrcz said: FLT refresher next Tuesday. 8am!! Inhumane. pah piece of piss! as an instructor we had to refresh every year but half the points and half the time alloted to trainees!😵 Neil clark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 9 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: pah piece of piss! as an instructor we had to refresh every year but half the points and half the time alloted to trainees!😵 I've had my licence nearly 20 years, but they always book the refreshers at ungodly hours of the day. Plus my work is nearly 20 miles away. I work nights for a reason, I hate getting up in the morning 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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