The grumpy thread

[Bren]

Need a rear tyre for my busa as it loses pressure. That i'll be £165 then.

 

Both batteries I use to start the SD1 are goosed.

 

I have just gone to my kickboxing lesson an hour too early - got mixed up with the times.

 

In my defence I have just finished a weekend of nights, but sometimes you should just stay in fucking bed.

[Bren]

Looks like Practical Performance Car. Oh dear.

 

Anyway, I'm grumpy because I have sod all money yet somehow have to tax the (expensive) Rover and get new tyres fitted to the 2CV. I'd hoped to buy new tyres at the weekend, but couldn't fit them in the car. Will now have to pay for carriage. Needs a full set as well! Fortunately, the cheapo Toyos are pretty good and only £34 each when you buy a few at a time. The 2CV needs taxing at the end of this month too. Cars are bloody expensive! They go completely against our low-income, hippy lifestyle.

I do not like mags that spout shit like " learn to weld in a weekend" and "build a roll cage in your lunch break" etc.

 

They all work in a decent workshop and have all the decent tools. Unlike us, who work on the road side using quality tools by "blackspur" and "neilsen".

 

Sorry for the rant but I am tired and have had a shit day even though I only got up at 3 pm.

[Inspector Morose]

 

 

 

 

Front blow out at 50mph in a double deck bus. A little poo came out.

Tyre managed to wrap itself around the brake chamber. Took the poor tyre fitter an hour and a half with a saw to free the tyre enough to release the wheel. That was after spending an hour trying to jack the thing up as the front axle beam ended up touching the tarmac.

 

Two down one to go.

[twosmoke300]

Ouch. Not surprised there was a little anal leakage !

[chaseracer]

That tyre's flat, Andy.

 

[Lankytim]

A little preemptive grump. I've taken the XM into the local garage to have a ruptured brake pipe replaced, I've even supplied the pipe.

 

Will it be..

 

A) fitted incorrecty

Parts missing on return

C) Jacked up on the sill flanges

D) Not touched at all and left in the street all day.

E) All of the above

F) Something I haven't thought of.

 

PRACE BETS NOW.

 

Doh, I forgot randomly dented and covered in shit!

[Parky]

A little preemptive grump. I've taken the XM into the local garage to have a ruptured brake pipe replaced, I've even supplied the pipe.

Will it be..

A) fitted incorrecty

Parts missing on return

C) Jacked up on the sill flanges

D) Not touched at all and left in the street all day.

E) All of the above

F) Something I haven't thought of.

PRACE BETS NOW.

Doh, I forgot randomly dented and covered in shit!

I reckon the gearbox would have been pinched, seems to happen a lot to PSA stuff.....

[vulgalour]

Check the wheel nuts before driving off too, another common PSA fault.

[Negative Creep]

I still haven't had the confirmation of sale for the Celica or the V5 for the 406 back, and the former is now out of tax. What's the betting I ring them to find it never arrived?

[dollywobbler]

Similarly, I haven't had the V5 for the Rover yet, which is also out of tax. And I couldn't find the MOT certificate. Got a duplicate printed, but the chap at the garage reckoned I didn't need it anyway. We'll see. Off to get a disc this afternoon.

[vulgalour]

The vagaries of car insurance cancellation.  My current policy has now become unaffordable so it has to go.  I got a quote on the same car with the same company and the same details and it's a third of the price for a new policy.  This I do not understand.

 

Strangely, if I return to the same insurer within 60 days for a new policy they remove the cancellation admin fees that are around £150 from the new policy.  So if I've understood things correctly I pay them £215 to cancel the current policy, then immediately set up a new policy of £400 for the year which they then reduce to £250 and I pay very little a month.

 

None of this makes particular sense to me.  Why can't they just make my existing policy £400 quoted instead of having all this nonsense of shuffling money around?  Oh wait, because CAR INSURANCE.

[Negative Creep]

Well apparently the V5 for the 406 never arrive,d although I can believe the dealer not bothering to send it and I still have the green slip so no biggie. Apparently they don't send confirmation of export though, and whilst the Celica still shows on their system as unlicensed it will jsut remain that way and they know I'm not the registered keeper.

 

So what's the betting I'll still get a fine for not taxing it?

[Lankytim]

A little preemptive grump. I've taken the XM into the local garage to have a ruptured brake pipe replaced, I've even supplied the pipe.

 

Will it be..

 

A) fitted incorrecty

Parts missing on return

C) Jacked up on the sill flanges

D) Not touched at all and left in the street all day.

E) All of the above

F) Something I haven't thought of.

 

PRACE BETS NOW.

 

Doh, I forgot randomly dented and covered in shit!

 

 

If you answered D, you win!!

 

FFS, I do NOT know why I bother with cars, machines, work or anything sometimes.

[Timewaster]

Ha. Reminds me of the time I took the Sierra into a body shop for some fettling.

These guys were very good but really slow so to gee them up a bit I told them I must must must have it back for the following weekend...

Thursday afternoon they rang me up and said "you need this by the weekend yeah?"

Yes I replied.

"Best you come and get it then cos we haven't started yet."

so I had to keep up the charade, collect the car and take it back the following Monday. It still took them another fortnight.

[Lord Sterling]

One of the arsehole "Jeremy Kyle contestant family" neighbours around here has returned with a couple of cars and thier attention-seeking daughter, they are also playing with thier car alarms. This is really pissing me off. One of the MANY reasons why I REALLY didn't want to return here. I feel trapped here ffs.

[Cavcraft]

Autoshitefest 2015 at Mo's house? Bring your own brick, pick a neighbours window starts a midnight

[cms206]

Autoshitefest 2015 at Mo's house? Bring your own brick, pick a neighbours window starts a midnight

There was a discussion about SF15 on Sunday, glad to see Mo's stepped up to the plate and been a good sport...

[rml2345]

Autoshitefest 2015 at Mo's house? Bring your own brick, pick a neighbours window starts a midnight

Excellent idea. There's a whole load of bricks here that need clearing and that's a much better idea than taking them to the tip.

[trigger]

Is there any thoughts about a venue for SF15 yet?

[cort16]

My iPhone has gone mental . I've got horizontal lines all over the screen and there's a black blob slowly spreading from the top left of the screen . Get tae fuck the phone blob it's not my fault you're all powerful leader leaked skuddie pictures of celebrities on the internet.

[Micrashed]

eBay advertisers - if you SELL an item then REMOVE your advert rather than leave it advertised but then change the text of the description to

SOLD SOLD SOLD>>>>>DO NOT CALL THE CAR IS NOW SOLD>>>> SOLD SOLD SOLD

 

so just because I am a ladys front bottom, I phoned up and asked if it was sold..... at 00.15hrs.

[Cavcraft]

I entered a blind folded masturbating competition last year, and they still haven't told me where I came.

[The Moog]

Sold all my seats on ebay for a whole 99p. Cash on collection only. Buyers pays PayPal so I now have 76p. And haven't paid ebay fees yet.

[dugong]

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/136711/yorks-meet-shut?page=19

 

A bit gutted that the Retro Rides Sheffield meet at Meadow Farm's closed down. Was a nice gathering, that.
 

[rml2345]

So... Going to the dentist is still a fucking awful experience. Have to go back next week for another session of someone mashing his hands into my face for £Loads.

[Richard]

After being run ragged and generally dicked around at work for as long as I can remember the inevitable happened last week and I dropped a clanger. Literally. Being tired was a major contributing factor. I'm not sure what the result will be but I'm guessing the letter P and numbers 4 & 5 will feature. The way I feel now I would almost welcome that.

[Mr Livered]

How does one drop a clanger, literally? I don't know what a clanger actually is?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

eBay advertisers - if you SELL an item then REMOVE your advert rather than leave it advertised but then change the text of the description to

SOLD SOLD SOLD>>>>>DO NOT CALL THE CAR IS NOW SOLD>>>> SOLD SOLD SOLD

 

so just because I am a ladys front bottom, I phoned up and asked if it was sold..... at 00.15hrs.

 

Have to say I’d be fuppin furious if someone did this to me. I imagine the conversation to be something like this:

 

Ring ring! Ring ring!!

 

Me: What the f…..? Uh….. erm….cough…. Hello?

Caller: Oh, hi there, I’m just ringing about this car that’s for sale on ebay?

Me: oh…. Er…. Well, I’m afraid its sold actually… sold it a couple of days ago… I did update the ad though to say so, did you not see that?

Caller: Er.. well, I checked it a few days back and it was available then, so I just thought –

Me: Ah no, I’m sorry, its sold. Have to say, I would suggest checking that before ringing about any more cars? Might save you a few wasted calls perhaps?

Caller: OK well –

Me: Do you mind me asking… do you often ring up about cars at quarter past midnight? Seems a little late… I imagine most people are in bed then so some folk might not appreciate it too much.

Caller: Yes, well, I’ve just got in from wo-

Me: I see. Well, cheers for the call anyway, hope your entire family dies in a car crash tomorrow <click> <switch phone off>

Caller: Hmm, he has a point, to be fair there was really no need to ring at midnight as I did know before I called him that the car was sold and therefore he didn’t really do anything to mislead me in any way. I admit I am a massive bell end.

[Vin]

I don't know what a clanger actually is?

 

It's a little pink mouse type thing that lives in space. Quite partial to green soup.

 

or it can be,

 

a pastie type thing. I had one in a little chef years ago. Clanger & Chips. lovely.

[Noel Tidybeard]

How does one drop a clanger, literally? I don't know what a clanger actually is?

i'm not sure how one is dropped but i believe they are the same as a bollock, i know a fella who dropped one once- he wasn't very happy about it