The grumpy thread

[Sloth in a bowl]

I'm really in the mood to go for a drive but I really dislike the Porsche as a thing (not even the pop-up headlights will sway me)

 

There are many things on Autoshite that I disagree with, but few if any have left me feeling so hollow inside as this simple dissing of a Porker.

 

Drive the car, as to reject it without giving it a chance is the kind of behavior that is not worthy of Autoshite.

So drive it and give us an honest critical view, please.

[jakebullet]

I didnt send em recorded or owt else, I just posted em. The lad left positive feedback a few days after I sent them so i assumed all was well. I contacted eBay today, they said contact paypal, I did that and they said 'you've been sent 3 emails asking for tracking details to which you have not replied so the money has been refunded'. I didnt reply to those mesages because I never saw them, but even if I had seen them i have no tracking details. I reckon I've just been scammed 'fair & square'.

 

Before you destroy the blokes life, I've seen this before and it's not him. You've been paypal'd. Every so often they randomly demand tracking for something, even though your happy n buyers happy. I normally upload the royal fail invoice for that day ('cos I don't have tracking on £2 inc post items) and they stop hassling me. Cos you haven't done owt (cos you didn't get the message) they've done a snatch job on you.

 

Wouldn't surprise me if when you ask the buyer he knows nowt about it, and assuming he's a half decent human will see he's got your cash and repay you.

 

Ebay is getting to be a complete bastard though these days.

[jakebullet]

I went on a bus trip to seaside yesterday. Beers n jollies was had until came time to go home, when the bus turns up and it's suddenly 6 seats short. Engage if you've got a little bastard put it on your knee n cram 6 extra people in for a shit time.

 

I complained on bus peeps facebook page, so of course they deleted it. Which pisses me off. Would vosa or similar be interested in bus overloading?

[vulgalour]

Did you ever bother the make the world's dirtiest cooker sparkly clean, or was it a tipped?

Not only is it now sparklyclean, it's also been used in anger. Only issue we have with it is that the hob doesn't appear to want to let any gas out, we've got someone coming to have a look at it. Seems most excellent so far. When I've got less dodgy internets I'll post up some sparkly cooker porn for you.

 

On the rent front, it's difficult to withhold it when it's not due for nearly three weeks and we've had the plumber come out to sort the boiler out twice. I suspect it's Italian, it works marvellously for brief periods between break downs.

[aldo135]

 

Eff off Tapatalk

[aldo135]

Not only is it now sparklyclean, it's also been used in anger. Only issue we have with it is that the hob doesn't appear to want to let any gas out, we've got someone coming to have a look at it. Seems most excellent so far. When I've got less dodgy internets I'll post up some sparkly cooker porn for you.

 

On the rent front, it's difficult to withhold it when it's not due for nearly three weeks and we've had the plumber come out to sort the boiler out twice. I suspect it's Italian, it works marvellously for brief periods between break downs.

Does your cooker have a glass lid? The safety valve at the back that cuts the gas off when you close the lid sticks and causes the lack of gas. You can see it when you lift the lid up and down, this might just need a push/pull into the right position

[Inspector Morose]

I went on a bus trip to seaside yesterday. Beers n jollies was had until came time to go home, when the bus turns up and it's suddenly 6 seats short. Engage if you've got a little bastard put it on your knee n cram 6 extra people in for a shit time.

 

I complained on bus peeps facebook page, so of course they deleted it. Which pisses me off. Would vosa or similar be interested in bus overloading?

Yes. But it depends on the circumstances. Was it a different but that took you there? Six is an odd number to be suddenly over. Usually seating is 49, 53, 57 or the massochists 70 seat school bus for full size motors.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Not only is it now sparklyclean, it's also been used in anger. Only issue we have with it is that the hob doesn't appear to want to let any gas out, we've got someone coming to have a look at it. Seems most excellent so far. When I've got less dodgy internets I'll post up some sparkly cooker porn for you.

 

On the rent front, it's difficult to withhold it when it's not due for nearly three weeks and we've had the plumber come out to sort the boiler out twice. I suspect it's Italian, it works marvellously for brief periods between break downs.

It's what aldo said, because the lid has been shut. Press the small silver button on the top in the back corner. Should click and then work.

 

Can't wait for the cooker Porn!!

[cms206]

Yes. But it depends on the circumstances. Was it a different but that took you there? Six is an odd number to be suddenly over. Usually seating is 49, 53, 57 or the massochists 70 seat school bus for full size motors.

 

 

This. I don't know a bus driver who hasn't been overloaded at some point or another, but on coaches I NEVER overload; the driver should have been given the right vehicle for the job, and as I'm now an allocator at a coach company I'd take a complaint of overloading a coach very seriously. If I've not the right size available, I send bigger.

 

 

(Out of completeness my records were 47 on a 21-seat Dennis Dart, 83 on a 49-seat Volvo B10M and 126 on a 96-seat Dennis Dragon, but an ex colleague of mine managed 48 on a coach-seated Mercedes 608D and 112 on a 44-seat Leyland National, with three including him in the cab - he still has the letter of complaint to prove it)

[Wilko220]

When I was at school (admittedly that was a while ago now), we regularly went three to a double seat on coaches - and were told it was legal at the time if you were under a certain age. Of course, this was before most coaches had seat belts.

[Richard]

When I was at school Fife Scottish bought some Y Types with 3+2 seating, giving (I think) 65 seats instead of 53. I only saw them about three times, I've a feeling they were refitted with conventional seating after about a week of service.

[cms206]

When I was at school Fife Scottish bought some Y Types with 3+2 seating, giving (I think) 65 seats instead of 53. I only saw them about three times, I've a feeling they were refitted with conventional seating after about a week of service.

 

 

The part 3+2 Y-types were 62-seaters, it was a layout specified by Ulsterbus as well up until around 1995; IIRC the ones Fife recieved around 1980/1981 lasted a matter of months before transferring to Highland.

[HillmanImp]

Emailed Porsche 924 seller yesterday ( http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=191271999806 ) . 

 

Hi, is there any chance of coming to look at the 924 this weekend?

Kind regards


Scotty

 

They replied: 

 

yes sunday afternoon would be good for me

 

So I said:

 

That's fine, I am not far away. What time is best for you and where am I going?

 

And they replied:

 

hi where are you from and it wull be late afternoon if thats ok because I'm helping a friend in the morning

 

To which I replied:

 

Coming from Leeds so not far. If you give me a time and location i can work to that. Thanks.

 

and then:

 

Not sure if last message sent as using my phone. I am just in Leeds. If you let me know what time and a location i can work to that. Thanks.

 

That last message was sent at 17.55 yesterday. Still no reply so they can jog on. I am not sitting around all day waiting to see if they might arrange for me to go over there. If they don't bother I will have sat in all day doing nowt on the off change I can go and look at a shit looking 924. No thanks. 

[chaseracer]

The quality of whingeing in this thread is not what it used to be, etc.

 

[purplebargeken]

Oi, Tesco car parkers........ wake the fuck up. 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Cambelts, transverse engines and Renault engineering*. Combined, they pose a serious threat to one's sanity

[TimothyClaypole]

Related to Wilko's post on the grin thread about reducing whiplash claims:

 

One of the replies to the newspaper article:

 

"This is a terrible idea. I am 33 and have successfully claimed 11 times for whiplash. It is a stressful experience being involved in an accident and even the slightest bump can cause nasty injuries

I am worried future genuine claims from people like myself will just be thrown out. This stinks of people not understanding the implications".

 

It's a wonder the guy still has his head attached... 

[vulgalour]

It's what aldo said, because the lid has been shut. Press the small silver button on the top in the back corner. Should click and then work.

 

Can't wait for the cooker Porn!!

Could it be that the silver button is sticking even when pressed? It's reluctant to click/unclick but since it seemed to be doing what it should we assumed the issue was elsewhere on the cooker. I may just have to squirt more cleaner in it or evict smore spiders or something. This was the first oven I'd cleaned in 7 years, I usually manage to make someone else do it, but it wasn't actually that bad, just dusty and spidery for the most part, the plaster just washed off without any scrubbing.

[hairnet]

as an aside to my trains grump

 

went back to chorley to see about whether theyd ok'd me for paying for bike.......

 

in the car as wanted to go preston to look at another

 

got there and blerk wasnt in so spoke to the other sales gadgee who was there when i spoke to them last monday

 

hi i filled in yer form for hp and was told itd take coupla days to see if they say yay or nay

 

ok let me look at computer for details - looks and nowt (!)

 

will ring other bloke and ask - rings him and leaves message

 

we'll ring you when mick speak to me to see what they said

 

ok - and i went to preston = that was at 1130

 

had a look round the other bike which is ok

 

then went to eddys to perv sit in mercury

 

got back home half an hour ago - they still havent rung

 

its been a week

 

fuck them - NEXT!!!

[Cavcraft]

Here at PuchCraft we pride ourselves on customer service. Collection from railway station, brand new number plate, PDi and a lift home because the bastard won't start all part of the service.

[Bobthebeard]

Parking in Manchester whilst at the Bridgewater Hall. Came back to find that I could not get in my car! Cars parked both sides so couldn't open my doors more than a few inches.... Assume the car parked on the offside had no passenger. The car on the nearside had backed in, so no passenger also I assume.

Crawled in through the tailgate, removing dog guard etc.

Grump.

[gordonbennet]

Dog shit wedged under both drivers door handles i hope.

[gordonbennet]

Related to Wilko's post on the grin thread about reducing whiplash claims:

 

One of the replies to the newspaper article:

 

"This is a terrible idea. I am 33 and have successfully claimed 11 times for whiplash. It is a stressful experience being involved in an accident and even the slightest bump can cause nasty injuries

I am worried future genuine claims from people like myself will just be thrown out. This stinks of people not understanding the implications".

 

It's a wonder the guy still has his head attached... 

 

 

 

By the time the twat's 35 he'll have upped his game and brake tested a friggin 44 tonner, it'll be a sight more than bloody whiplash when that happens.

[cms206]

Just been having a nosy on the vehicle enquiry site... this goes part grin, part grump.

The ex Garbaldy £150 Cavalier Classic which I punted as a "parts car" some time ago to fund Pete M's Senator is, amazingly, still taxed and MOT'd. Should've kept that.


On the other hand, the LPG'd Volvo 940 Wentworth I sold back in March has already been scrapped. Wasn't a bad car that, I suspect the bottom end finally went though

[twosmoke300]

Dog shit wedged under both drivers door handles i hope.

Someone did that ( twice ) to the aftersales manager at a dealership I worked at. At least he thought it was dog.😃

[gordonbennet]

Someone did that ( twice ) to the aftersales manager at a dealership I worked at. At least he thought it was dog.

 

S'OK you can confess to us...nice one..

[greengartside]

Just got a stone fly up and hit my windscreen that's now both cars that have got cracked screens....grrrr....

[jakebullet]

Yes. But it depends on the circumstances. Was it a different but that took you there? Six is an odd number to be suddenly over. Usually seating is 49, 53, 57 or the massochists 70 seat school bus for full size motors.

 

Same coach. Dropped us in the jewel* of the east coast cleethorpes, then went and dropped more suckers in skegvegas. I think they gained more people in skegvegas that had been on holiday for a week, so not enough seats when it came back to cleethorpes.

[dugong]

Missing the second day of the Hebden Bridge Vintage Weekend. 

 

I left to go to the show at 11.30, but got stuck in the traffic jam from hell on the M56 eastbound coming down from Junction 7. A bridge was being demolished between 6 and 5 and everyone was being pulled off at J6 and routed round the Hale Four Seasons roundabout. It bottlenecked because everyone had to come down from three lanes into one. Cue umpteen cretins waiting till the very last minute to move over from the middle and left hand lanes, followed by scores of quim faced idiots streaming down the hard shoulder with their hazards on - I must have counted 20 or 25 people doing this. A horrible deadlocked traffic jam was made ten times worse because of these morons.

 

It took nearly two hours to travel between J7 and J6. Faced with at least another hour's journey (the M60 was awful around the Trafford Centre, too), I gave up and went for a pub lunch with DUGONG_MOTHER instead.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

That M56 bridge situation was even worse on Saturday when this happened on the diversion route, closing that road too:

 

 

Amazingly considering the damage to the bus, the only injury was a broken arm.