The grumpy thread

[Guest]

I predict that Seat will be the next wanker chariot of choice.

Hope not! I'd really like an Exeo (in about five years once they get cheap).

I actually quite like the new Ibizas.

[Parky]

My daily is a Seat! Although mechanically its a Mark 2 Golf underneath so its kind of rebodied shite....

[Tayne]

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[Parky]

Ha ha, yeah just like a Golf built on a Friday afternoon by uninterested spaniards. I do like Seats though, you dont see that many which my dealer tells me adds to the exclusivity. I'm sure he will retract that statement come part exchange time when suddenly there will be loads about which "has a knock on effect on the prices you know. If only yours was blue/yellow/white/any other colour or spec than your model etc etc etc"

[Albert Ross]

I had that. Bought a 2 year old Focus in 2008, actually a nice car. Tango Red (That Chili Powder colour) and I actaully quite like it! 1.6 Petrol Ghia. Leather, heated electric adjustment, rear park sensors, the biz on options basically. When bought, i was fawned over on how "lucky" I was to have this car. Now? "Ooooh, Leather's a bad choice for the cold weather Sir, That Red's a bit old hat (So why do they still sell them then?) and I'm not sure the full history and parking sensors are worth any more than a standard car." SO WHY THE FUCK DID YOU CHARGE ME MORE FOR THIS THAN A 1.4 STYLE THEN YOU COCKSUCKER?It is a stayer. Where else can I get 40mpg and heated leather chairs?

[Parky]

Got f*cked by the dealer on my Fiesta too. I was emigrating and needed shot of it quick-ish so I spoke to my friendly dealer who offered me the Parkers guide price. That was OK as it covered the finance outstanding. Went down to do the deal and suddenly "Oh its State Blue, oh no we cant give you book on that". WTF, you knew that, I told you that and you sold me the f*cker! Whats wrong with State Blue anyway? Ended up taking a haircut on it from some c*nt in a second hand yard in Chadwell Heath which is now flats. I hope they built them on the blokes head. Happily I saw it two weeks ago at Lakeside so its still running and still looks very smart in its State Blue paint! Was tempted to leave a note on it along the lines of "I was the original owner and source of the fag burn in the driver seat" but then thought f*ck it, Sweeneys on in ten minutes....

[Father Ted]

Car dealers - GR8 for a laugh!I have a budget that I stick to, I have a price for my part ex, that again I stick to. Both are realistic and neither take the piss. If the dealer starts to take the piss I walk (and I had a salesman chase after me to try to get me to do a deal) - there are shit loads of dealers, shit loads of cars. So far (apart from a Nissan dealer in my early years of car buying) I dont think I have been ripped off but then neither do I think I have fleeced the dealer.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I've never dealt with a dealer, unless you count scrap dealers, none of whom have ever tried to rip me off (as far as I am aware).

[Lukas]

I´m having an argument with a german user in an austrian car forum about the german car-chauvinism I hate so much! He´s on the point that only the germans are making quality-cars and everyone who does not drive a german car only doesn´t have enough money to buy one. If everyone had enough money, no-one would buy other cars than german ones. Many people here and in Germany think like this! I think now you know why I´m that grumpy almost everytime I look at german or austrian car forums...

[seth]

Just send him a dose of STFU!

 

[Cavcraft]

eBaY and people who either can't read or are just to bloody lazy

[Lukas]

@ seth: They kicked me out of the forum because I didn´t apologize for saying that the germans are not the only nation who built quality-cars. The better I think!

[Mr H Sceptre]

@ seth: They kicked me out of the forum because I didn´t apologize for saying that the germans are not the only nation who built quality-cars. The better I think!

Everybody knows that the Triumph Dolomite is a far superior car to the BMW 3 series. Ditto the Alfa 6 & Merc E Class.

[Lukas]

Of course! And just think about the Lada Samara. Oh, wait, it´s engineered by Porsche so this one does not count...

[Pillock]

I´m having an argument with a german user in an austrian car forum about the german car-chauvinism I hate so much! He´s on the point that only the germans are making quality-cars and everyone who does not drive a german car only doesn´t have enough money to buy one. If everyone had enough money, no-one would buy other cars than german ones. Many people here and in Germany think like this! I think now you know why I´m that grumpy almost everytime I look at german or austrian car forums...

Utter, utter tripe. German cars all come out of the same design book - dark interiors, hard seats and traditional exteriors. Even the "Wacky" Bangle BMWs weren't that boundary-pushing when you compare it to some of the cars Renault and Citroen have launched.He does know that modern Mercs are unreliable and poor to drive? And Porsche is merely rehashing last years cars with 2 more bhp, or a different colour brake caliper? And Volkswagen/Audi is just concentrating on making as many different models as possible without a thought to what they're useful for (Example: Golf Plus). They're not bad cars, they're nowhere near the worst, but they don't appeal to everyone. My ma test-drove a new Polo and found it horrible to drive compared to a Fiesta, and when I had a last-gen Polo as a courtesy car I found it underpowered, low-specced and flimsy, even compared to a Corsa.Plus - what is "German" these days? A lot of cars are built in Eastern Europe these days so it's only head offices that are in Germany. Can you therefore trust 'German Build Quality' any more?

[Tayne]

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[Mr Lobster]

"Oh its State Blue, oh no we cant give you book on that"

That was known as Doom Blue in my time at Ford. When we registered cars for rental we hardly ever picked Doom Blue ones as they genuinely were difficult for resale.Don't know why though, I thought they looked alright tbh. I even had a Focus TDCi in Doom Blue as a company car for a while - can't remember the reg other than it started MF02.

[Albert Ross]

My local Morrison's..... It's a supermarket. BUT. 1; It's built on a gentle slope, the trolleys have no brakes. 2; It has a daft revolving door, which rotates the wrong way, meaning you have to cross over people waiting to leave the store as you enter.3; The hand baskets are positioned BEHIND the entance to the "sales hall" so you have to walk opposite the flow of leaving customers even further, just to get a basket.4; They just removed the express basket tills, and installed "unmanned" tills, which beep and clonk and talk to you in their robotic voices. 5; The express tills although removed were subsidised with an express till right at the end of the shop, opposite the doors.... So you have to walk miles to get into the shop, to then walk miles to get out.6; I explained this to the complaints desk, who shrugged and said it was "progress". I suggested that they should consider it the opposite to progress, as it had severly pissed me off. (I noticed a few of these things a while back, just the additional shite pushed me over the edge)Oh yes, they also moved the eggs away from the bacon aisle, to put it near bread and cakes.... WHY???? You always look for eggs near the bacon.... Knobheads.

[Guest]

I came close to buying a TDi Golf from the dealer in Altrincham. Until the salesman went on an extended 5 minute rant about how shit my 306 was as a trade in. Admittedly it wasn't the best thing in that day, but if I wanted to close a sale I wouldn't insult a buyer's car.And he wouldn't give me a test drive that day, the prick. Said they were 'too busy' when the showroom was deserted. Bear in mind I had my passport and insurance details on hand. Obviously a 1.9 TDi Golf was a priceless commodity that was irreplaceable should one of the great unwashed get behind the wheel. Clearly business at VW was great, they didn't need £10K in hard cash from me at the time.Later on I had a Maccy's milkshake and decided buying a C4 was a GR8 idea.This treatment is probably why I dislike Golfs with a passion. Never mind eh, Fatha_Wat was going to get Motha_Wat a new Beetle cabrio from there as well. £30K down the shitter, what a bastard.

[brammy777]

South West Trains changed the train timetable for the Ascot to Guildford trains recently so, instead of taking 50 minutes to go from Camberley to Winchfield on a Sunday, it now takes 95. Thats 35 minutes on the train and the rest waiting. Thats only like 12 miles as well, but because its 3 seperate lines I have to change twice. Thanks guys.

[Cavcraft]

Some cockney wanker who has been threatening my relatives and who has hit one of them.There's going to be a 'nice' surprise for him if he doesn't get sent down this week and an even 'nicer' one if he does.

[Parky]

Sodding Road Tax.....Just tried to renew mine online and my new insurance company obviously isnt that close to the DVLA so my car "may not be insured". It bloody is but I now have to go and queue up at a City of London Post Office for about an hour tomorrow get my tax sorted. Last time this happened I got to the front of the queue to find that they had run out of tax discs and were waiting for replacements which might not arrive until after mine had expired. Cant see that washing in court somehow. "yeah, I tried to tax the car but the Post Office had no tax discs in stock" Mmm, Thats going to be believed isnt it?Still cant believe I have to prove my car is insured to buy Road Tax. Surely if I was avoiding paying insurance I'm hardly going to diligently buy my road tax on time am I?

[Guest]

I'm currently trying to escape my job, as I feel to press on with it much longer will conclude in an armed response unit gunning me down. In addition, it requires me to drink to a level which gives me a life expectancy of around 40 at a push.So, job listings. They really are quite something - it's all "You will be expected to have X years experience in blah de blah", "Ideally with strong A-level results and a degree in Business or similar", "Must have drive and focus to succeed". Yeah I'm gonna have the drive and focus to succeed for £6.50 an hour, might as well have a degree too! How about someone who just turns up stony-faced and gets the job done? Someone who couldn't care less about your stupid work structure, working towards qualifications, office politics and ridiculous little work outings. Someone who wants to sit there and work quietly because it makes the time go faster and results in a monthly BACS payment into his account. Someone who never bothered getting an ID badge because he wouldn't wear it anyway. Someone who gets Emails about some random berk winning an award and drags it straight into "Deleted Items" because he couldn't care less, but ultimately gets the job done and is worth the money.I wish they'd just cut the crap. Employers aren't doing you a favour by giving you a job - it's a mutual benefit. So why you have to keep up this false pretense of being enthusiastic, overly willing and overly subservient is beyond me. If a machine could do your job as well for a penny less, they would be bonkers to keep you on. I know and respect that fact, in return they should cut me some slack.

[lancashireclamper]

Can see your point of view 100% Hirst, Saw an ad in my local rag this week, casual bar staff required, as and when wanted so no holidays sick pay regular hours etc must have a 'can do attitude and minimum of 2 a' levels'! WTF?

[pogweasel]

Job listings make me hoot my trap off. I give them a quick browse from time to time. Usually 18 sites all with massive blurb listings like your example offering a 'generous' £12-15 an hour as a contractor, which always gives me a giggle. I can only assume they get 1,000 applicants from the same sackless twits who email me their CV's week in & week out (without doing any research, clearly!). Once in a while something dead tasty will pop up, you know, really vague details but with an exciting bottom line, inevitably I spend months chasing these things up for them to lead to nowt but crushing disappointment. But then again for stupid money I'll put a few hours in, most recent one is offering 60k + package, and it's over 3 months since the first lead but I won't let it go until I know for sure...

[Tayne]

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[pogweasel]

The Lidl across the road from work is looking for a part time cleaner, hourly rate is "dependent on experience".

£5.60 per hour, rising to £5.60 per hour if you have your GNVQ* in floor mopping?*Generally Not Very Qualified?

[Tayne]

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[Timewaster]

It's probably minimum wage depending on age (under 18s get less I believe) but that's discrimination so they can't put that. So they put "experience" instead.As for the "must have 16 A levels and a degree in astro-physics" jobs, if you think you can do it, apply anyway. How many qualified applicants are they going to get?Employing at minimum wage is a giggle! In my last job I received a cv with "trampolining" listed as a relevant skill..... To work in a motor factor

[pogweasel]

The whole work & employment thing is total arse really. I had the misfortune of 12 weeks last year on the nat king cole and it really was a joke, you see the most appalling morons in the job-shop, mostly on the other side of the desk. Pauline: "Have you checked the jobs in the local paper?"Me: "No"Pauline: "Well WHY NOT????"Me: "Because there is only one firm within the newspapers distribution area that does the job I do, and they are the ones who just made me redundant"Pauline: "Don't be smart, we will stop your benefits if you don't make the effort and look in the paper."This is despite me having actually applied for lots of jobs in the wider area.I'm sorry Pauline, but I *think* I know my industry a little better than you, so I will judge the best way to find employment. And I couldn't give a toss really if you cut off the pitiful £60 a week you expect me to feed, clothe and house a family of 5 on. Or do you think like the rest of the dead-eyed brain-dead fucktards you deal with I am here for the 'long haul' and biding my time until the housing benefit, IS, DSA and whatnot kicks in after week 13??? (THAT is the really idiotic part of it! The longer you skive, the more you get). All I want is my NI contributions covered and maybe , just maybe some useful assistance from your government "service". Whole thing is totally arse-about-face and weighted in the favour of the stupid & lazy.[/img]