DVee8 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 This is a strange one, and lucky it didn't cause any other damage. After the finding, @gm took the Bini for a run up the street, at a reasonable speed, with no problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 minute ago, DVee8 said: This is a strange one, and lucky it didn't cause any other damage. After the finding, @gm took the Bini for a run up the street, at a reasonable speed, with no problems at all. not sure i’ve been accused of “reasonable speed” before the little car does go very well CGSB, myglaren, RoverFolkUs and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 17 hours ago, gm said: Febi, i believe- i thought they were decent quality ? i’ve located the invoice dated 16/8 and emailed the supplier with pics, will be interested to see what they come back with i got an email from the supplier this morning, they’re going to send a replacement out - can’t argue at that service Remspoor, High Jetter, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 hour ago, gm said: i got an email from the supplier this morning, they’re going to send a replacement out - can’t argue at that service That, in itself is a trifle worrying….😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Getting the Kia ready to swap for the Saab at the MoT station. Can I find the new track rod ends for it, which I only had last on Saturday? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebullet Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I'm sick of the arsehole from 10 houses away who lets his dogs out to shit everywhere on a daily basis. Last time I trained* him with a bit of negative reinforcement, aka throwing his dog shite on his focus. I've also seen Alan taking his shovel full of shite for a walk, so he obviously likes a dog shit coated car. Tried a report to council with footage of his dogs roaming n shitting. Zero response / no further way to contact. Any top tips? myglaren and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erebus Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, jakebullet said: I'm sick of the arsehole from 10 houses away who lets his dogs out to shit everywhere on a daily basis. Last time I trained* him with a bit of negative reinforcement, aka throwing his dog shite on his focus. I've also seen Alan taking his shovel full of shite for a walk, so he obviously likes a dog shit coated car. Tried a report to council with footage of his dogs roaming n shitting. Zero response / no further way to contact. Any top tips? Post it through his letterbox myglaren, Pieman and 108 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Erebus said: Set fire to it, then Post it through his letterbox FTFY Rust Collector and Erebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 4 hours ago, jakebullet said: I'm sick of the arsehole from 10 houses away who lets his dogs out to shit everywhere on a daily basis. Last time I trained* him with a bit of negative reinforcement, aka throwing his dog shite on his focus. I've also seen Alan taking his shovel full of shite for a walk, so he obviously likes a dog shit coated car. Tried a report to council with footage of his dogs roaming n shitting. Zero response / no further way to contact. Any top tips? "Hocus pocus, there's dog shite on your Focus" in a Scottish accent. Sorry, probably not all that helpful 😂 AnnoyingPentium, timolloyd, GrumpiusMaximus and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Enterprise. I have a big work meeting tomorrow. Its basically the end of two years worth of work, so I'm under strict instructions to wear a suit and tie, and get to Luton for 8am. I'm also in meetings until 10pm tonight to prepare for it. Now, my company has a policy where if we need to drive for work and its more than 100 miles or so, we rent a car through them. Current provider is Enterprise, and I get booked a 'Focus or similar'. In theory this is great - they're happy to drop off and pick up cars at the office or to your house at a specific time. The problem is, last time I asked for it to be dropped off at home at 6:30pm and eventually, at quarter to ten, someone dropped off a 1.0 base spec Fabia (59bhp!), with the service light on. So, this time I've got a 2 hour gap in meetings so I'll go and pick it up on the way to get the kids from school. I turn up, and the car park is pretty empty. I go in, give them my name and driving licence. 'That's great, thanks very much. Um - would you mind waiting a second until my manager gets off the phone?' Oh balls. Manager comes over. 'Hi angle! I was just wondering, where are you going?' Luton. 'Oh, OK. Where's that?' North of London. 'So...about 150 miles away?' Yeah, that's about right. 'Riiiiight. Its just that, we've only got one car left and its electric (she points to an e-Corsa outside). Its only half charged, so its only got about 70 miles of range. There's a rapid charger at the Shell on York Road (a couple of miles away), if you left it on charge for a couple of hours that should be enough to fill it up?' OK, but if its half full with a range of 70 miles, then a full charge still won't get me to Luton? And I don't have time to charge it tonight and I'm already leaving at half five. 'Yeah. Yeah, OK. Um - what about a van?' She gestures to a LWB high-top Movano outside. *uncomfortable silence* 'No, no, OK. Um, let me make some calls.' Which is how I found myself waiting outside a backstreet garage in Hartcliffe for a Nissan Juke to be MOTed, with the Corsa lurking around the corner with the Enterprise manager inside, like one of those Clarkson-era Top Gear episodes where they get followed round Bolivia by a Marina or an AMC Gremlin or, um, a Nissan Juke or something in case their Porsche breaks down. tldr; I've got to drive to Luton in a Nissan Juke. With the service light on. Fuck my life. Supernaut, Craig the Princess, mercedade and 8 others 2 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 umm meetings until 10pm start at 8am 150 miles away- what about the 11 hours rest rules? adw1977, Remspoor and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, angle said: Enterprise. To Boldly Go... myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, angle said: Enterprise. I have a big work meeting tomorrow. Its basically the end of two years worth of work, so I'm under strict instructions to wear a suit and tie, and get to Luton for 8am. I'm also in meetings until 10pm tonight to prepare for it. Now, my company has a policy where if we need to drive for work and its more than 100 miles or so, we rent a car through them. Current provider is Enterprise, and I get booked a 'Focus or similar'. In theory this is great - they're happy to drop off and pick up cars at the office or to your house at a specific time. The problem is, last time I asked for it to be dropped off at home at 6:30pm and eventually, at quarter to ten, someone dropped off a 1.0 base spec Fabia (59bhp!), with the service light on. So, this time I've got a 2 hour gap in meetings so I'll go and pick it up on the way to get the kids from school. I turn up, and the car park is pretty empty. I go in, give them my name and driving licence. 'That's great, thanks very much. Um - would you mind waiting a second until my manager gets off the phone?' Oh balls. Manager comes over. 'Hi angle! I was just wondering, where are you going?' Luton. 'Oh, OK. Where's that?' North of London. 'So...about 150 miles away?' Yeah, that's about right. 'Riiiiight. Its just that, we've only got one car left and its electric (she points to an e-Corsa outside). Its only half charged, so its only got about 70 miles of range. There's a rapid charger at the Shell on York Road (a couple of miles away), if you left it on charge for a couple of hours that should be enough to fill it up?' OK, but if its half full with a range of 70 miles, then a full charge still won't get me to Luton? And I don't have time to charge it tonight and I'm already leaving at half five. 'Yeah. Yeah, OK. Um - what about a van?' She gestures to a LWB high-top Movano outside. *uncomfortable silence* 'No, no, OK. Um, let me make some calls.' Which is how I found myself waiting outside a backstreet garage in Hartcliffe for a Nissan Juke to be MOTed, with the Corsa lurking around the corner with the Enterprise manager inside, like one of those Clarkson-era Top Gear episodes where they get followed round Bolivia by a Marina or an AMC Gremlin or, um, a Nissan Juke or something in case their Porsche breaks down. tldr; I've got to drive to Luton in a Nissan Juke. With the service light on. Fuck my life. And I had Enterprise as one of the better suppliers, fuck me that’s shit! Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 14 hours ago, angle said: my company has a policy where if we need to drive for work and its more than 100 miles or so, we rent a car through them. Current provider is Enterprise, and I get booked a 'Focus or similar'. In theory this is great - they're happy to drop off and pick up cars at the office or to your house at a specific time. The problem is, last time I asked for it to be dropped off at home at 6:30pm and eventually, at quarter to ten, someone dropped off a 1.0 base spec Fabia (59bhp!), with the service light on. It's at that point you make your line manager aware of the fact that they are not providing an appropriate vehicle for the journey being made. Company policy be dammned, I'd be using my own car for that and claiming the 45p/mile for the entire journey. I sometimes forget how good it is to work for a smaller company where we don't have "company policies" like this bollocks. Posts like this remind me not to complain too much. (he says, with a 300 mile round-trip to do tomorrow, which is both 45p/mile claimable, and being fuelled by waste veg....) Rust Collector, puddlethumper, myglaren and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Facebook marketplace. You are lucky to get a single word response should you have the audacity to enquire if a vehicle is actually for sale. Market place is full of end of life shit that should be getting taken away by the likes of redcorn but definately not priced to reflct this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Trying to persuade a family member that a particular car is a better fit for them than an end-of-life Alfa with 'severe underbody corrosion' listed at the last MOT when they won't listen and really want an Alfa, despite having a very limited budget and not being able to go and see said car before purchase. Like pulling fucking teeth. Remspoor, Tenmil Socket, myglaren and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: Trying to persuade a family member that a particular car is a better fit for them than an end-of-life Alfa with 'severe underbody corrosion' listed at the last MOT when they won't listen and really want an Alfa, despite having a very limited budget and not being able to go and see said car before purchase. Like pulling fucking teeth. Is it because they want to be a true Petrol head or something like that? GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 minute ago, goosey said: Is it because they want to be a true Petrol head or something like that? They've owned Alfas in the past and 'know the make'. Or rather, they'll try and irritate the local Alfa specialist garage with constant innane questions again. In fairness, they've owned a 164, at least two 156s, a 147 so they do have experience with them. But an Alfa GT with 'severe underbody corrosion' is ridiculous even by their standards. What they need is something cheap, sensible, reliable and has good parts availability. The Alfa GT is insurance group 32E... goosey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I've broken the Rover. I went to do an injector leak off test this morning, to try and find the source of the intermittent diesel knock. Didn't get very far though, as one of the return pipe nozzles in the top of the injectors snapped off as I was prising it out. It's just the very tip that's snapped, with the rubber sealing ring round it, and it's deep down inside the top of the injector with no feasible way of getting at it to remove it. So the car is now pissing out diesel whenever the engine is running. And it's the nozzle on #1 injector which snapped, so it has the return fuel from the other three injectors running through it as well as its own - so it really does piss out. So the car is now basically immobile until I buy and fit a replacement injector. FML. myglaren, ProgRocker, Coprolalia and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: they won't listen and really want an Alfa Then let them buy an alfa. When it causes issues, it won't be your problem. If, however, you steer them to purchasing a sensible-o-box and it then needs a set of brake pads and the screenwash filling up, that will be your fault and "that Alfa would never have needed all this work" Avoid the issue. Not your problem. Etc. myglaren, paulplom, GrumpiusMaximus and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoysty Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: I've broken the Rover. I went to do an injector leak off test this morning, to try and find the source of the intermittent diesel knock. Didn't get very far though, as one of the return pipe nozzles in the top of the injectors snapped off as I was prising it out. It's just the very tip that's snapped, with the rubber sealing ring round it, and it's deep down inside the top of the injector with no feasible way of getting at it to remove it. So the car is now pissing out diesel whenever the engine is running. And it's the nozzle on #1 injector which snapped, so it has the return fuel from the other three injectors running through it as well as its own - so it really does piss out. So the car is now basically immobile until I buy and fit a replacement injector. FML. small self tapping screw might get it out wuvvum and CGSB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, Talbot said: Then let them buy an alfa. When it causes issues, it won't be your problem. If, however, you steer them to purchasing a sensible-o-box and it then needs a set of brake pads and the screenwash filling up, that will be your fault and "that Alfa would never have needed all this work" Avoid the issue. Not your problem. Etc. Unfortunately due to various mobility issues it’s very much our problem as we’ll be the ones picking up the pieces. I won’t go into specifics on a public forum but it’s a very complex situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 As in maintaining the vehicle for them, or having to come to their help when the Alfa shits its gearbox out through the rotten floorpan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Insurance last year 225, renewal this year 1200. WTF? I know insurance has gone up but not that much. No, I will not be renewing with you. Remspoor, Conrad D. Conelrad and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Talbot said: As in maintaining the vehicle for them, or having to come to their help when the Alfa shits its gearbox out through the rotten floorpan? Having to come to their help with practically everything, including when the Alfa shits its gearbox through the rotten floorpan. It's in our interest to get a decent car for him. Believe me. Repairs he can sort himself, fortunately enough. But currently he has a Focus with a fucked starter motor that he's not getting repaired because 'it won't pass the next MOT', despite said MOT being 5 months away. Sadly, this isn't a rational situation. Doctormop and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 7 hours ago, Talbot said: It's at that point you make your line manager aware of the fact that they are not providing an appropriate vehicle for the journey being made. Company policy be dammned, I'd be using my own car for that and claiming the 45p/mile for the entire journey. I sometimes forget how good it is to work for a smaller company where we don't have "company policies" like this bollocks. Posts like this remind me not to complain too much. (he says, with a 300 mile round-trip to do tomorrow, which is both 45p/mile claimable, and being fuelled by waste veg....) Yeah, heck with that. Recently the baseline here got put up to 65.5¢/mile which just about covers the car running at 11mpg... Enterprise are a large enough company that they should have enough suitable cars available. No arguments. If they don't, it's easy enough to go to Avis or National once the contract is up. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 6 hours ago, wuvvum said: I've broken the Rover. I went to do an injector leak off test this morning, to try and find the source of the intermittent diesel knock. Didn't get very far though, as one of the return pipe nozzles in the top of the injectors snapped off as I was prising it out. It's just the very tip that's snapped, with the rubber sealing ring round it, and it's deep down inside the top of the injector with no feasible way of getting at it to remove it. So the car is now pissing out diesel whenever the engine is running. And it's the nozzle on #1 injector which snapped, so it has the return fuel from the other three injectors running through it as well as its own - so it really does piss out. So the car is now basically immobile until I buy and fit a replacement injector. FML. Diesel knock is more likely to be dodgy spray patterns. If I were you I'd whip them all out whilst you're at it and pop them over to a diesel specialist to be rig tested, then you know for sure whether they are good or not. wuvvum and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Haven't had a "count down the 2 weeks" for a while... It's only a bus lane, but I found myself in one earlier for a few seconds There was a left arrow in the bus lane, and a left/straight on for the middle lane Trying to plan ahead, I reacted to the left turn only and signalled into there. Then I noticed the [very badly faded, in my defense] solid white line and encountered a "BUS LANE" marking a few seconds later Quickly got out, there probably wasn't a camera in such a short space of time but I'll find out in 2 weeks. Fucking annoying, because faded road marking really piss me off. Maybe it would be contestable because of that but a bus lane fine is usually £30 or so, therefore I can't be bothered with the aggro if it comes to it. Just one of those things. Still grumpy though... coachie, GMcD, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 How's everyone's evening going? PicantoJon, warch, paulplom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: How's everyone's evening going? Lidl’s own label tins are the worst for that. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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