The grumpy thread

[dugong]

FWIW I don't do one marque gatherings either. I did the BKV once and it wasn't really my cup of tea. Drank plenty of it, mind. 

[DeeJay]

Arse licking, that's what binds most of them together.

I don't fancy your parties Cav.

[Cavcraft]

You're getting licking and kicking confused.

[TimothyClaypole]

One Christmas do was tonight (at home reading the RR Rolls thread)...

 

A different one is tomorrow, I'll be doing something at home same as tonight.

 

Cav has the best phrase in these situations.

 

It's bad enough spending all day with the bunch of workshy freaks never mind spending non work time with them. 

[ShiteRider]

I'm meant to be in work this morning but went on the pop last night and now feel fucking awful, i'm not even 30 yet, but it seems the days of big nights out are long gone.

So to cheer my self up i've been the shop and got a Practical classics, a viz and a beef pot noodle.........living the dream.

[Cavcraft]

It's bad enough spending all day with the bunch of workshy freaks never mind spending non work time with them. 

 

Whoa there, Neddy. Leave us workshy ones out of it, it's the arse lickers I was on about!

[155V6]

It was Miss155's works do(funeral directors) last night,& it was OK.The music wasn't up to much though.She went up & asked the DJ to play some decent rock music,cue the Bon Jovi

[RedSparrow]

God why does every work party / wedding party have to feature the worst choice of music?

I'll answer my own question - because of people with no personalities.

[Lord Sterling]

I never go to "works do's" or anything like that. I cannot genuinely be arsed, plus I've always worked for agencies, so I needn't bother anyway.

 

Unfortunately, I do have a job tomorrow whereby I need to attend a 'Christmas Party' as I will be working there.

[Mr Livered]

It's Mrs Livered's work Christmas party tonight. She has told me that she'd rather come home and let me cook for her. Sounds good to me.

[vulgalour]

20 miles shy of our destination for a Triumph Club open day we pulled into the services and found the Princess had blown her head gasket.  That's Maidstone off.  That's everything off.  I've got some of the stuff I need to sort this that I bought for the HLS engine but I'm going to have to save up for more oil, a correct valve spring tool (because the stem seals were a job I planned to do next year anyway) and to get the head tested.

 

I am not a happy bunny about this turn of events.

[Mr Livered]

Aw shit, sorry to hear that. That's the sort of thing that really ruins your day.

 

I take it that it was a pretty major blow, for it to become obvious so suddenly?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What happened, has it boiled up?

[vulgalour]

Mayonnaise in the oil filler neck, water out the exhaust faster than you can pour it in.  Car still runs and drives and didn't exceed 3/4 on the gauge so I don't think I've fucked anything up, but it is going to be a head off, oil change type of a job and even if I had the stuff to do it I couldn't get it done in time for Maidstone Meet as I would have to work on the street...  Ah well.  I'll take it as an opportunity to do the valve stem seals at the same time and just give everything a good clean.  I bet I find more bodgery when I take the head off, it's about the only part of the car I haven't investigated.

 

Weirdly, it was only by chance we noticed it.  Temp gauge jumped up from 1/2 to 3/4 on the motorway and we pulled into the services for a pee break.  I opened the bonnet 'just to check' and found the head had blown.  Pretty fortunate, really, because there was no real sign it had gone until then.

[HMC]

UGH sorry to hear VA, depressing, But your quick thinking at least limited any damage. Plus looking over the princess thread and the sheer momentum where other people would have given up, ll id say this is just a blip.

[purplebargeken]

Work have told my colleague that whilst she is working in an additional role they will not cover any hours worked outside the usual as either TOIL or bank. This is despite this being agreed and applicable to every other service/department within the Trust. This means that the normal working hours of 9 to 5pm are all we will get despite often having to work an additional 4 or more hours beyond that, often waiting for things like hospital beds and ambulances. Marvellous.

[Cavcraft]

I'm going on the Cavcraft Christmas Do tonight. He's a right old wanker, but he's buying the drinks all night so I'll pretend to like him. Later on, to get my own back, I'm going to sleep with his wife.

[Rusty_Rocket]

Just had a guy ring up about a car I have for sale currently.  It's a new shape Panda, right miles, spec, condition and colour etc but has a CAT-D insurance marker against it.

I put clearly in the ad, with a * next to it for extra importance- 'this car was subject to an insurance claim at some point in its life and as such has a cat-D marker on it' or words to that effect.

Anyway, this chap was obviously a bit of a barstool expert (15 years of working in the trade and you can spot these types almost straight away) asking me all sorts of silly questions that are really not important on a £1300 car... saying he nearly bought a lower mileage example for less etc etc and then asks me if it had ever been in an accident   I say, yes it has had a cat-d marker put on it at some point; he accuses me of not making that clear..

I ask him to look at the advert properly and he then comes out with the usual defensive stuff- 'you'll never sell it for that, I'll call again when you've halved the price' etc etc.  That's ten minutes of my life wasted when I could have been ogling the CAR'S N GELZ FRED on here!!

 

Such a shame I love buying cars so much- 'cos I sure as hell don't like selling them! 

[The Moog]

I'm going on the Cavcraft Christmas Do tonight. He's a right old wanker, but he's buying the drinks all night so I'll pretend to like him. Later on, to get my own back, I'm going to sleep with his wife.

Bet he drives an xud as well.... what a wanker

[Sigmund Fraud]

Anyway, this chap was obviously a bit of a barstool expert (15 years of working in the trade and you can spot these types almost straight away) asking me all sorts of silly questions that are really not important on a £1300 car...

 

Those types really, really irritate me as well... The kind that ask you if your 30-year-old, £300 car has a 'full service history' or if the tailgate trim is a bit rattly because it is 'a known problem with those cars, innit'.

 

Last time I had one of them on the phone, I cut the call short by telling him that my car would simply not be suitable for him. A bit rude, perhaps, but better than him going on for another fifteen minutes or, God forbid, turning up for a 'viewing' and doing the same outside my house for another hour !

[dugong]

Those types really, really irritate me as well... The kind that ask you if your 30-year-old, £300 car has a 'full service history' or if the tailgate trim is a bit rattly because it is 'a known problem with those cars, innit'.

 

Last time I had one of them on the phone, I cut the call short by telling him that my car would simply not be suitable for him. A bit rude, perhaps, but better than him going on for another fifteen minutes or, God forbid, turning up for a 'viewing' and doing the same outside my house for another hour !

Got  'are the tyres any good' when someone rang up after my GS [that needed completely restoring]. 

 

Yes mate, because you'll be taking it on the road seconds after purchase, undoubtedly. 

[Rusty_Rocket]

Those types really, really irritate me as well... The kind that ask you if your 30-year-old, £300 car has a 'full service history' or if the tailgate trim is a bit rattly because it is 'a known problem with those cars, innit'.

 

Last time I had one of them on the phone, I cut the call short by telling him that my car would simply not be suitable for him. A bit rude, perhaps, but better than him going on for another fifteen minutes or, God forbid, turning up for a 'viewing' and doing the same outside my house for another hour !

 

I think saying that is the most polite way of dealing with them to be honest.  I rarely lose my temper, or even raise my voice but these people get me close to hanging up!  I think it's harder than ever to sell a car these days- how people exclusively do it for a living is beyond me. 

[Cavcraft]

It's not so bad if they e-mail you or whatever, because you just know once someone asks a stupid question, they're a timewaster. No matter how carefully you word an advert there will always be one massive knobhead who asks the one question you didn't mention in the advert. This is usually along the lines of Dugong's one about the tyres, or something equally hopeless about the floor mats. Whatever your answer is the said knobhead will then say that he or she wanted the polar opposite, so they don't wish to buy it now.

 

I do occasionally rack my (very limited) brain as to why people do this and I usually conclude they're just trying to justify themselves, to themselves. I know that sounds mad but I do believe it and they must be sort of window shopping as they haven't actually got the money. Once you add 'social media' or forums into the fray, it becomes far worse because then these tits are sort of trying to impress other people too, either with their imagined 'knowledge' or as if trying to show themselves as a genuine buyer who was put off by something. Sadly that 'something' is usually as fucking stupid as the colour of the mudflaps etc.

 

Anyhow, if you get a daft question just ignore it.

[jakebullet]

I've got a knob jockey complaining about a scratch / chip on an ebay item. Checking his feedback left  there's a problem with 1 in 3 things he buys. You'd think he'd stop buying on ebay.

[r.welfare]

Insurance claim update.

 

The good: assessor says car is a writeoff (unsurprising really given it needs a new wing and bumper) and valued it at nearly £800, which is about twice what I'd say it's worth. I can keep the salvage free as well. It would be CAT C, which may or may not mean a VIC depending on what my insurer says.

 

The bad: my wife can't locate her witness (she didn't take her details) and the other party is disputing liability. Which I believe involves a manufactured witness on their part. Proving that will be difficult, and may not be worth it ultimately.

 

All I can do is submit the forms and see what happens next. At best I suspect it will go knock-for-knock; at worst they'll find in favour of the other driver.

 

I have a secondhand wing on the way and a rattlecan, the bumper will need some buffing and a bit of work with a soldering iron on a small crack.

 

Lesson learned (for my wife) - always take witness details straight away, even if you think the damage is too minor to bother with.

[Cavcraft]

Its a shame it might come to that and I hope it goes your way. Its part of todays society sadly that nobody wants to take responsibilty for their actions anymore. Hopefully karma will come and take a large chunk of his arse off oine day, the spineless twat.

[dollywobbler]

Horrible isn't it? Makes you want to fit one of those sodding dashcams.

[Rusty_Rocket]

I have a dash cam in the Discovery.  It cost less than £20, sits permanently by the rear view mirror and only starts recording when you move off.  Takes hours of footage and then starts again from the beginning.  Quality is pretty good, I'd recommend that everyone has one to be honest! (sadly..)

[r.welfare]

I've just told my wife I'm buying her one for Christmas. I won't print her reply.

[rml2345]

I quite fancy one of those things as well. Might come in handy one of these days.