The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

I have put the dimensions on in mm, the mesaage was "whats the rough size in feet?"

 

 

About right...?

 

[drum]

Belated grump.

I offered to take the family out for tea on Sunday to make up for the fact I'm always busy doing car stuff and have monopolised too many weekends.

 

As a special treat*, we jumped in the allegro and headed off to a prebooked table at a hotel 30 miles away. En-route, and as darkness was falling, I noticed the dash lights weren't on even though I had side lights on. Pulled into a layby to check front lights, and sure enough, they were very dim.

 

Stupidly, I had switched off and now the battery was dead. Managed to bump start it in reverse and headed home before complete darkness.

 

This was a new alternator only last year after an identical problem, ie no warning charge light coming on despite the fact the alternator isn't charging. WTF is going on here?

 

We still went to the hotel, arriving late with many apologies proffered onl for the gits to get their own back by taking ages to serve us in an empty dining room. An hour and half later we were still waiting for our second course to be brought to the table.

[Station]

Have booked the CRX in for a £25 MOT (with no retest fee). Bets now on for it failing on random stuff, I hate MOTs!

[HillmanImp]

Am having IT trouble at work. Does anyone on here have a .fr french email address? I can't seem to receive them at work and just want to check its actually an 'IT issue' and not a 'french person who I am dealing with' issue.

[Des]

Belated grump.

I offered to take the family out for tea on Sunday to make up for the fact I'm always busy doing car stuff and have monopolised too many weekends.

 

As a special treat*, we jumped in the allegro and headed off to a prebooked table at a hotel 30 miles away. En-route, and as darkness was falling, I noticed the dash lights weren't on even though I had side lights on. Pulled into a layby to check front lights, and sure enough, they were very dim.

 

Stupidly, I had switched off and now the battery was dead. Managed to bump start it in reverse and headed home before complete darkness.

 

This was a new alternator only last year after an identical problem, ie no warning charge light coming on despite the fact the alternator isn't charging. WTF is going on here?

 

We still went to the hotel, arriving late with many apologies proffered onl for the gits to get their own back by taking ages to serve us in an empty dining room. An hour and half later we were still waiting for our second course to be brought to the table.

Is it the correct wattage bulb in the warning lamp? And please throw the alternator back at the supplier, don't take any crap about it being a year old, that's nothing for an automotive component fulfilling the fit for purpose and durable quality criteria which they must. We all need to start cracking down on these wankers selling us junk, demand a full refund and hit them with labour costs and taxi receipts, paint a white stripe across your boat and put the alternator through the window of their local.

[fordperv]

is it too much to ask for people to have working brake lights, fair enough one bulb blows and you dont notice, but to have both brake lights out leaving only the high level working is a thing that boils my pee, it takes 2 bloody seconds to do a brake light check and replace the bulbs, all modern driverz dont care

 

heres one i was following earlier, at least they used indicators

 

[andy18s]

Was passed by a newish merc saloon on my weekend run to Somerset. As it was v v lightly raining it obviously had all its LED fog lights on.

As he indicated (true fact) to pass us the fog light on that side turned off, and came back on when he cancelled the signal

When it passed us tho there were no lights at all on the rear of the car.........

[richardmorris]

Was passed by a newish merc saloon on my weekend run to Somerset. As it was v v lightly raining it obviously had all its LED fog lights on.

As he indicated (true fact) to pass us the fog light on that side turned off, and came back on when he cancelled the signal

When it passed us tho there were no lights at all on the rear of the car.........

 

 

Sounds like DRLs not FOGs- for some unknown reason no-one thought to have rear ones so people are now driving along in poor visibility with no rear lights.

[xtriple]

My poor old dog has just slithered out of the back seat of the car and torn the door seal to shreds with her claws. Right mess. Oh well, she's nealy as big a cripple as I am so I can't blame her too much.

[vulgalour]

Dog boots/mittens are the solution to avoid future accidents.

 

 

Also, OMG SO CUTE &c.

 

 

 

EDIT:  This just in, I found the Autoshite version so your car and pooch and self and house can match!

[dugong]

is it too much to ask for people to have working brake lights, fair enough one bulb blows and you dont notice, but to have both brake lights out leaving only the high level working is a thing that boils my pee, it takes 2 bloody seconds to do a brake light check and replace the bulbs, all modern driverz dont care

 

heres one i was following earlier, at least they used indicators

 

There's a chance they didn't know. Did you manage to tell them? I've seen things like that in the past and the drivers didn't realise until I pointed it out.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Sounds like DRLs not FOGs- for some unknown reason no-one thought to have rear ones so people are now driving along in poor visibility with no rear lights.

Yes, I'm using a new C-Class at the moment and the stupid DRL's are as bright as the headlights on some shite I've had, also all the dash lights are on all the time and the auto headlights don't seem to recognise fog or overcast wetness, just darkness. All this combined means I could end up being one of these twats driving in the fog with no lights at the back,if I'm not careful.

[chaseracer]

There's a chance they didn't know.

 

Only if they're very stupid...

 

[saucedoctor]

Some people most likely don't know what that warning means. Is it a perfume bottle? A hand grenade?

[chaseracer]

I refer the honourable member to my previous comment...

 

[HillmanImp]

I have told people 3 times in the last year that their brake lights were not working only to be told 'I know' on each occasion. WNKRS.

[fordperv]

There's a chance they didn't know. Did you manage to tell them? I've seen things like that in the past and the drivers didn't realise until I pointed it out.

 

 

unfortunately today i couldnt inform the driver due to needing to be somewhere and i wasnt going the same way otherwise i would have done, in the past i have informed many drivers of problems on their vehicles also met with i know. my grump is not just of that one vehicle, im using it as an example, its many others like it as well which obviously the owners dont maintain/check. also headlights out and indicator bulbs i mean how do you not notice your indicator flashing at 4 times as fast as the other side, i completely understand that sometimes down to physical problems people cant manage to do things and also some people just dont have a clue but if its just down to them not being arsed thats what annoys me, im a grumpy sod today

[vulgalour]

Reminds me of the day Mum and I were coming back from town and I nearly drove straight into someone because I didn't see their high level brake light through the mucky rear window.. neither did Mum!  We did catch up with him and let him know but he didn't care... he would have had a different opinion if the Princess had plowed into the back of his knackered Peugeot I'm sure.

[hairnet]

Some people most likely don't know what that warning means. Is it a perfume bottle? A hand grenade?

 

aliens on my ps4

[anonymous user]

 

it takes 2 bloody seconds to do a brake light check and replace the bulbs

I agree about the checking, but not on the replacing. On my A35 and Volvo no problem, but on the Suzuki I have no idea how to get to the bulb, I can't see any way to get at it without ripping the trim apart. I'd have to check the handbook and I dare say it will helpfully tell me to take it to the dealer.

[twosmoke300]

If you can change a seat altea brake bulb in under a minute I'd be impressed . Let alone 2 seconds

[fordperv]

I agree about the checking, but not on the replacing. On my A35 and Volvo no problem, but on the Suzuki I have no idea how to get to the bulb, I can' see anyway to get at it without ripping the trim apart. I'd have to check the handbook and I dare say it will helpfully tell me to take it to the dealer.

 

 

i have only just realised i missed out the word then in my post  , in my head it said "it takes 2 bloody seconds to do a brake light check and then replace the bulbs"  

[Cavcraft]

If anyone is behind my daughters Punto, the near side brake light and indicator might not be working. It's not because they've blown, it's because Fiat electrics. If anyone can fix them in twenty seconds (thumping the rear light not included) then bloody good luck to them. 

[saucedoctor]

My Cunto did that too. Got stopped by the cops in Belfast. You need to take out the rear lamps and dry them out properly.

[HH-R]

Someone I used to work with has a Clio that when you're indicating and braking, the indicators stop flashing and all the lights go off/on at the back. I was stopped behind him once and the disco/strobe light show was pretty funny

[HH-R]

A grump: Google Maps was a perfectly easy to use, functional website that worked fine. I can only assume the design brief for the "NEW! IMPROVED!" version was the exact opposite of that.

[Minimad5]

Stupid grump - Other halfs nan seems to pre-cook everything.
Boils my piss.
That is it

[myglaren]

A grump: Google Maps was a perfectly easy to use, functional website that worked fine. I can only assume the design brief for the "NEW! IMPROVED!" version was the exact opposite of that.

Mine just goes black now.

[hairnet]

A grump: Google Maps was a perfectly easy to use, functional website that worked fine. I can only assume the design brief for the "NEW! IMPROVED!" version was the exact opposite of that.

 

that pissed me off so much - if you go in via google.co.uk/maps instead via google homepage for example you can get the old version - i bookmarked the hell out of it cos its much easier than the new version

[HH-R]

I spent about ten minutes trying to get directions somewhere then add a 3rd destination before giving up, I assume it's not possible any more. I get the black screen thing on street view too.

 

That's a good tip, thanks. Sometimes it's possible get the older, better version of Google's websites by changing your browser user agent string to something old like Internet Explorer 7 but it's a right faff.