The grumpy thread

[panhard65]

I filled up the Range Rover today. Good news: 107.9 ppl (after discount) for boggo unleaded. Bad news: fuel economy over the last tank was 11 mpg.

 

11! That's terrible, even for this car

11 to the gallon ! Welcome to my world the last tank that went through the rolls averaged 11mpg. It is fun though even if a tad expensive.

[fairkens]

Other halfs family coming for Xmas today, which means we've got to take the cat to cat borstal even though we're at home cos they won't leave him alone despite being told. He's a rescue and is a timid soul who is v nervous around people he doesn't know. I don't want him mithered for the next 4 days

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I think in a competition to see who can use the most fuel these are the weapons of choice,

I took my Turbo R for a gentle (ish) drive to Beaulieu from Milton Keynes ,one sunny Sunday. On the way home I had to stop in Oxford to fill up- less than 225 miles,luckily Mrs N didn't know I'd brimmed it on Saturday night !

This is possibly beaten by the time I left the Land Rover dealer in Woburn ,filled up a brand new( not mine) 3.9 Brooklands at J13 of the M1 and drove flat out to Doncaster- the light came on as I came off on to the M18.

Knowing this and also knowing that bloody Bentley contributed in a big way to my bankruptcy and subsequent 12 years of scraping things back together,do I want both an old Range Rover and Shadow before they become too expensive?

[saucedoctor]

OMG ROAD TRAFFIC CHAOS has started already today. Someone has turned a booted Vectra into a hatchback by stuffing a Polo into the back of it. There were 3 other RTAs yesterday alone on a 1 mile stretch of road. A perfectly straight road at that. I've lived here a long time, and I've never witnessed the sheer amount of fuckwittery on the roads that I've seen this year. But, here's the thing: there is FUCK ALL worth buying in this town. It's a few banks and charity shops. Yet, the citizens of Carrickfergus seem to feel the need to drive like arseholes.

 

PEOPLE OF CARRICKFERGUS:

 

• Tesco and Sainsbury's are closed for ONE day. You'll not starve to death.
• Many of you are fat bastards. Not eating for one day will do you no harm. Stay at home today.
• No matter how many times you go down into the town, there'll still be jack shit worth buying.
• Double yellow lines still apply at Christmas. Parking on corners is still dangerous.

The only place I had to go this morning was the tip, which is 1.2 miles from my house. Took 45 minutes to do the round trip.

[nigel bickle]

About 25 years back with first wifey ( designate) I stupidly took my 440ci 67 Buick Riv from Sussex to Preston, for my forthcoming nuptials.

 

Cruising up the M6 at 55 mph, I still averaged 8 mpg. It cost me then , over £200 in fuel , on that trip,alone.

 

Still have the car, never done such a trip again.

[barefoot]

Not quite in the same league, but the T2 once ran out of fuel having covered 196 miles on a full 55 litre tank.

13.6 - from 1594cc & 60 bhp - where does the fucking energy go? Noise?

[UmBongo]

OMG ROAD TRAFFIC CHAOS has started already today. Someone has turned a booted Vectra into a hatchback by stuffing a Polo into the back of it. There were 3 other RTAs yesterday alone on a 1 mile stretch of road. A perfectly straight road at that. I've lived here a long time, and I've never witnessed the sheer amount of fuckwittery on the roads that I've seen this year. But, here's the thing: there is FUCK ALL worth buying in this town. It's a few banks and charity shops. Yet, the citizens of Carrickfergus seem to feel the need to drive like arseholes.

 

PEOPLE OF CARRICKFERGUS:

 

• Tesco and Sainsbury's are closed for ONE day. You'll not starve to death.
• Many of you are fat bastards. Not eating for one day will do you no harm. Stay at home today.
• No matter how many times you go down into the town, there'll still be jack shit worth buying.
• Double yellow lines still apply at Christmas. Parking on corners is still dangerous.

The only place I had to go this morning was the tip, which is 1.2 miles from my house. Took 45 minutes to do the round trip.

 

To paraphrase/misquote The Doors...

 

People are scum when you're a stranger

Faces look ugly when you're alone

Women seem wicked when you're unwanted

Streets are uneven when you're down

 

When you're scum

Faces come out of the rain

When you're scum

No one remembers your name

When you're scum

When you're scum

When you're scum

[purplebargeken]

Went to T*sco yesterday to get the last of the shopping, spuds and so on. People were loading trolleys like it was the end of the world. 

 

Really? Get fucking real people. 

 

I daren't go out in the car now as I will never get a parking space in the road until the 28th Dec as the road is full of multi-occupancy dwellings and all of the feckless fuckers who live in the road have 20, 000 relatives coming to visit. All of whom seem to have Aryan Assault Vehicles or Ford C-Maxii. 

 

Fucking hate christmas.

[purplebargeken]

Well apart from mince pies that is. 

[Richard]

We used to dream of double figure mpg when we had the 626. The only car I've had that approached the Mazda for thirst was a 2200 Princess but at least the Princess went well.

[Rocket88]

About 25 years back with first wifey ( designate) I stupidly took my 440ci 67 Buick Riv from Sussex to Preston, for my forthcoming nuptials.

 

Cruising up the M6 at 55 mph, I still averaged 8 mpg. It cost me then , over £200 in fuel , on that trip,alone.

 

Still have the car, never done such a trip again.

 

I used to get about the same out of my Riv boat tail, although funnily enough,towing a caravan with it used to make no difference to the mpg....................still fun though

[Alan_Green]

We used to dream of double figure mpg when we had the 626. The only car I've had that approached the Mazda for thirst was a 2200 Princess but at least the Princess went well.

Which variant of 626? I think there might have been something wrong with it. I think I have had them all by now and they have been good on fuel. The 1995 LPG one I bought in the Utrecht car market (is that still going?) and imported cost next to nothing to run.

[loserone]

 626? I think I have had them all by now 

 

THREAD REQUIRED PLEASE.

 

Thanks.

[MarvinsMom]

on reading the last couple of posts here, i will never EVER complain of the 21-22 mpg this returns in general use. 

 

however, stick it into "sport" and drive it like a hoon, i have seem the trip computer get as low as 3 mpg....

[Cavcraft]

Going past Cheshire Oaks just now the roads were surprisingly quiet. I have to take Mrs Craft to work soon though and I also have to go to Tesco on another retail park. I predict utter chaos, but we shall see.

 

By the way, for all you fuel consumption suckers out there, I'm on course for an easily achievable 55MPG+ in the 206.

[panhard65]

I feel a right lightweight now getting to the giddy heights of 11mpg. I did have a Thorneycroft airport crash tender some years ago that could beat the single figure fuel consumption. The straight 8 rolls royce lump done a gallon getting it out of my garden and onto the lorry when I sold it. Grand total of 100yards. It was running out of a can as the tank was blocked.

[RobT]

I'm off to Bournemouth later to the sister-in-laws for Christmas.  We're staying in a Travelodge as her flat is small and then paying to go out for Christmas lunch, so not quite sure what she is actually doing for us as 'host'.  She's a lazy bint so it's to be expected really.

 

Atleast I'll be able to go out for a walk chod spotting in the giffer hotspot that is Bournemouth/Christchurch.

[purplebargeken]

Hmm, phonecall from Mrs. PBK's cousin in law. Hi, we're going to pop round later is that ok? Errm, well Mrs. PBK is in bed with a chest infection, Ben is coughing, so seeing as you have two young children, might it not ...... see you later then, we'll text half an hour before we arrive. Bye... be better if we postpone it for a few days. Hello? Hello?

 

We haven't seen or heard from you in a whole year, and you insist on visiting a household full of unwell people on christmas eve. Hope you have a stash of paracetamol/calpol and a prescription for antibiotics at home.  

[AlabamaShrimp]

Sodding Internet is slow again. Did a speed check and it's no faster not then when I first got broadband about 10 year ago. I know its the crappy wires to the house that's doing it

[cobblers]

Yodel.

They have apparently just delivered our lasses xmas present to work 2 days late, and put it "through the letter box". There is no letter box, and the place (along with all the gates to the compound) are shut and locked up until the 5th of January. Great.

[vulgalour]

Christmas suddenly feels all wrong today.  I was okay with it until now, but there's loads of stuff I'd do with Mum that I can't anymore.  I'm not alone feeling like this, but it doesn't make it any better.

[Lankytim]

My Mum was a Jehovah's Witness so just tried to convert everyone at Christmas. It was well annoying.

[Cavcraft]

I braved the Greyhound Park. Parking wasn't a problem, queuing wasn't a problem, people manners weren't even a problem. What was a problem though, was standing between the disgusting BO reeking fucking weirdo behind me, and the (rather jolly, to be fair to him) bloke in front whose aroma indicated he had several thousand acres of greenhouse in his pockets. All of which were taken with the cultivation of weed. 

[chaseracer]

Hmm, phonecall from Mrs. PBK's cousin in law. Hi, we're going to pop round later is that ok? Errm, well Mrs. PBK is in bed with a chest infection, Ben is coughing, so seeing as you have two young children, might it not ...... see you later then, we'll text half an hour before we arrive. Bye... be better if we postpone it for a few days. Hello? Hello?

 

We haven't seen or heard from you in a whole year, and you insist on visiting a household full of unwell people on christmas eve. Hope you have a stash of paracetamol/calpol and a prescription for antibiotics at home.  

 

Text them back with that information.  In CAPITAL letters.  Then turn the lights off and don't answer the door.

[Pillock]

Christmas suddenly feels all wrong today. I was okay with it until now, but there's loads of stuff I'd do with Mum that I can't anymore. I'm not alone feeling like this, but it doesn't make it any better.

Can't even imagine that.... I guess you have to do whatever feels right, and if that's remember the good times and have a quiet Christmas then so be it. Do what would make her happy.

 

I don't do hugs, so have a virtual silent nod of understanding.

[Richard]

Which variant of 626? I think there might have been something wrong with it. I think I have had them all by now and they have been good on fuel. The 1995 LPG one I bought in the Utrecht car market (is that still going?) and imported cost next to nothing to run.

 

It was a 1991 model, last of the GD I think. It had a 12V 2.0 engine with a carburettor a low (obviously clocked but still low) mileage and a full Mazda service history. I think it would have approached 15 on a run but you were lucky to get 10 if a cold start was involved in the journey. The worst car I've ever driven by some considerable margin. Eye watering spares prices too- £240 + VAT for a ball joint sticks in my mind.

[seth]

Richard Madeley has ruined Christmas.

 

I always see him in our local supermarket on Christmas Eve. It has become my traditional 'celeb' spot du jour.  Never see him there on any other day of the year.

 

This year I did not see him. I was there.  He was not.

 

Ruined.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

If you were getting 10-15 mpg there must have been something seriously wrong with it.

[Bren]

Richard Madeley has ruined Christmas.

 

I always see him in our local supermarket on Christmas Eve. It has become my traditional 'celeb' spot du jour.  Never see him there on any other day of the year.

 

This year I did not see him. I was there.  He was not.

 

Ruined.

Richard Madeley and supermarkets are not happy bedfellows......

[MarvinsMom]

It was a 1991 model, last of the GD I think. It had a 12V 2.0 engine with a carburettor a low (obviously clocked but still low) mileage and a full Mazda service history. I think it would have approached 15 on a run but you were lucky to get 10 if a cold start was involved in the journey. The worst car I've ever driven by some considerable margin. Eye watering spares prices too- £240 + VAT for a ball joint sticks in my mind.

 

 

 

and this too put the XJ into perspective, in November i spent £800-odd inc the drat on a full service, a pair of new front springs supplied and fitted, a pair of 2nd hand exhaust manifolds fitting and some other little jobs like tightening up one of the front bearings.... admittedly this wasnt at a main stealer but with a local independent Jag specialist