The grumpy thread

[Richard]

I'm not sure if I'd be in favour of that. The guy who bought my C5 signed up specially to do so and has never been back since as far as I know.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

then that one with the 626 who seemed a bit weird.

 

I thought that was the main criteria for being on here.

[EssDeeWon]

Harlow, in Essex. What a good idea - anyone local? I may go down on the train myself.

 

Bugger it, im in Essex but the furthest opposite corner of the county, Harlow is a good hour away.

 

All the Essex shiters on here seem to be south essex   

[Bobthebeard]

Now then, this topic has probably been discussed at length on here before, but I missed it. Spare wheels, or the lack of them in modern cars. WTF?

Mrs Beards recently acquired Honda Accord estate has no spare wheel. Just a tyre repair kit consisting of an electric pump, some tyre goo and instructions. Plus, oddly, a jack. All of this fitted into what used to be, the spare wheel well in the back. Padded out with some polystyrene stuff to make handy compartments for the above. Why? Removing all the above reveals the original mounting bracket for a spare wheel! Have taken it all out and put a spare wheel in now, plus left the repair kit on top, just in case etc. Am I missing the point here? Confused. What was wrong with just having a spare wheel?

[dave21478]

Save £3.20 per car over many, many cars =even bigger profit.

 

Oh, your sidewall is torn out on the hard shoulder of the M6 ? well, boo hoo hoo for you.

[tooSavvy]

^^^ better even..... I have a local (no racial slurs here M8) with a 'frilly' fiat who has had the 'skinny' on so long it is rusty as fff & off/on BALD!!

 

proppa (dangerous) $hite.....

 

Police look at these things.....??

 

 

TS

[Skizzer]

My Yeti and Cayman both had cans of foam instead of spare wheels and I did sometimes worry about it.  Touch wood, never had a meaningful puncture in either of them - apart from the time when KwikFit (yes yes, I know) managed to split the bead putting a new tyre on, but then I didn't notice until I'd already got to where I was going.  (Another branch replaced the tyre for free, to be fair to KF.)

 

The Charmless Faux Upper Class Shit has runflats.  I hope not to find out how well they run after a proper sidewall blowout.  In any case, it still means the rest of the day is spent looking for tyres instead of 10 minutes changing a wheel then dealing with it at your convenience.  Meh.

 

Which reminds me, does anyone else remember the TV ad for the Citroen GSA that showed it blowing out a tyre while driving between two big American trucks and then braking to a stop short of a cliff edge?  Hydropneumatics + castoring = win.

[Bobthebeard]

Save £3.20 per car over many, many cars =even bigger profit.

 

Oh, your sidewall is torn out on the hard shoulder of the M6 ? well, boo hoo hoo for you.

How does it save money for the manufacturer though? Surely an electric compressor, can of goo and all the polystyrene costs more than a steel wheel and a narrow tyre?

[twosmoke300]

Its so they can claim extra litres of boot space so the specs look better on paper/ internet

[Bobthebeard]

Its so they can claim extra litres of boot space so the specs look better on paper/ internet

Suspected this may be the reason, but it is silly. Most of the extra space is taken up with the polystyrene packaging!

[dave21478]

I havent the foggiest, but you can buy all kinds of electric/electronic shite from china for a couple of quid including postage on ebay, so I would guess the compressor costs a fair bit less to the car manufacturer than a branded tyre?

[Bobthebeard]

A conundrum then..... A bit like why petrol is priced at £1.25.9 for example.... When .9 of a pence is impossible to pay.

[Cavcraft]

I've been sitting here all day trying to think of anagrams of the word 'wired' but I can only think of one.

 

Which is weird.

[dave21478]

Jesus. Ok, I will click "like", but its grudgingly this time.....

[STUNO]

A conundrum then..... A bit like why petrol is priced at £125.99 for example.... When .99 of a pence is impossible to pay.

 

When did you last buy a litre of petrol ? I am fairly sure you fill up with your usual 3 pounds worth anyway.

and....I live in a place where the smallest coin is 10 cents.

Rarely use cash now anyway.

[Sloth in a bowl]

How does it save money for the manufacturer though? Surely an electric compressor, can of goo and all the polystyrene costs more than a steel wheel and a narrow tyre?

 

cos they can then charge £75 for a space saver spare when a full size spare used to be standard kit and that's Skoda price not BMW

[AnthonyG]

Re spare wheels, it makes the car that little bit lighter, and ups economy and lowers emissions on those standardised tests they do to ascertain economy and CO2 emissions.

 

I think various people have finally worked manufacturers have teams of engineers working out how to game these tests, and all resulting figures are complete bollox compared to real world performance.

[SambaS]

Re: Meh.

 

Thanks all. Feeling a bit more calm.

 

Bloke upstairs kept me up again, got 3 hrs kip Las night. Turned my alarm off I was that disheartened, but woke up 23 min before work anyways so got up quick sharp.

 

Got some ear plugs today.

 

Citalopram worked for me. It has sorted ne brain out, I can see a future for myself now with actual fun in it! And I enjoy doing daft stuff again like playstation which I completely fell out with.

 

Can describe how I know I fine, I just do, been good for over 3 months and want a good shot at next year alcohol and medication free. See how it goes.

 

I tapered off the meds over 2 months, have tried to stop cold turkey twice this year resulting in full meltdown and quitting job etc. I'm being very careful at the moment.

 

Apart from wanting to stick the guy upstairs in the neck and watch him bleed out in fairly normal

 

I played 'train horn' sounds to him Las night ad loud as ny system would go. Fexking hurt my ears but got my point across.

[Jim Bell]

Have you tried buying a Mercedes Coupe? I'm a mental health professional doctor and I prescribe a brown one. Taken immediately.

You won't be able to hear him upstairs for all the FANNY you will be litterally drowning in.

[Cheggers]

Have you tried buying a Mercedes Coupe? I'm a mental health professional doctor and I prescribe a brown one. Taken immediately.

You won't be able to hear him upstairs for all the FANNY you will be litterally drowning in.

10/10 for effort

[Inspector Morose]

I played 'train horn' sounds to him Las night ad loud as ny system would go. Fexking hurt my ears but got my point across.

May I suggest a cd entitled "diesels through the decades"?

 

Good to see you tapering. And even goodier to hear you are feeling the benefits and are feeling better in yourself!

 

Keep it up!

[Pillock]

Petrol. I filled up at (checks database, realises he's a sad git) BP in Milton Keynes (you know, the one on the dual carriageway between the two roundabouts) and it was £1.30 for diesel. Not £1.299, but actual £1.30. Freaked me out a little bit.

 

Spare wheels. My new Arstra has an optional spare wheel, just* £97 - otherwise you get the tub of jizz, which makes it impossible to ever get a puncture repair. I shall be doing like I did with the Touran and getting a steelie and OK tyre to leave at home, helps if I come out to it in the morning and it has a flat, or I get a puncture near home the good lady can bring it to me. Admittedly it's no use if I get a puncture 200 miles away, like.

[chaseracer]

This reminds me that, though the 205 now runs 14" wheels the spare is still the original 155x13.  Retro-skinny!!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Under the boot floor of my 5Series estate is a massive spare wheel well that even has a centre locating bolt to clamp the nonexistent spare wheel in. On the top of this bolt is a stupid plastic holder containing the locking wheel nut key.

Looks like I'll be buying a spare wheel,jack and wheelbrace off ebay then.

[purplebargeken]

If I had a quid for the number of patients I have spoken with who said that 'I felt ok so I stopped taking my (insert anti-depressant of choice). I then say, did you stop suddenly or did you reduce the dose gradually? They then say, oh no, I stopped it suddenly. I then think....... and this is why you are here again today. I would have sufficient money to buy a brown Mercedes.

 

Very, very, very glad that you have done it properly. You might want to consider looking at options such as CBT, via Wellbeing services (used to be called IAPT). You can self-refer or go through your GP. It is the gold standard for treating depression via talking therapies. 

 

Or you could just buy a Shitpeas Mercedes Special. 

 

Good luck with things. Wanting to watch an annoying twat neighbour bleed out is perfectly acceptable round my way. 15/10 for the train noise tracks. That has a certain class about it. 

[chaseracer]

15/10 for the train noise tracks. That has a certain class about it. 

 

Knowing Andy, he would be referring to an AEC Routemaster or a Gardner 6LX in the back of a Bristol VR...

 

[HH-R]

Gardner 6LX in the back of a Bristol VR...

 

Phwoar, now you're talking.

[RoadworkUK]

Bugger it, im in Essex but the furthest opposite corner of the county, Harlow is a good hour away.

 

All the Essex shiters on here seem to be south essex   

 

Mistley. Not allowed darn sarth.

[Inspector Morose]

Knowing Andy, he would be referring to an AEC Routemaster or a Gardner 6LX in the back of a Bristol VR...

 

Wouldn't be seen dead listening to Rancemasters if I wasn't paid to do it.

VRs on the other hand...

[oman5]

Ooh no, an RE with a o.680 fitted.