The grumpy thread

[scaryoldcortina]

Oh good! I've got 3 spare phones and no cables left.

[Station]

Just watching Hollyoaks, this is the worst thing I've ever seen on TV! Every single drama story in the history of soap operas compressed into a single episode; rape, under age pregnancy, gay marriage, grunting mouth breathing short arse bearded man child with sleeve tattoos. Lolz

[MarvinsMom]

sad to say i watch hollyoaks regularly as i cannot find anything else to watch (jeremy kyle anyone?) but there isn't pone charicter on there that wouldn't be improved with a sudden and fatal case of death.

 

its a dreadful program, but better than midlands today (just).

[hairnet]

 

its a dreadful program, but better than midlands today (just).

local chinese chippy not 500 feet from here has a tv on and at 6 the news came on and it was central WTF??

 

the old fart presenting looked like a cross between bob greaves and fred dineage

[MarvinsMom]

that can only be better than the 2,000 year old bag on East Midland Today.

 

dunno what her name is, but she looks like a cross between Skeletor and Mumm-Ra the ever living in a wig (assuming that i'm not the oly person who's seen Thunder cats?)

[Parky]

Fucking piece of shit Fiat 500 battery failed today. No warning, just dead.

 

Phoned my local friendly efficient (ahem) Fiat dealer only to be told the battery costs £160 and he hasn't got any. And no it won't be a warranty item even if three years is fuck all for a battery. Would you like to bring it in so we can replace it? They should be able to get one in five working days. Changing it only costs £58!

 

Ha ha ha ha ha!!! FFS

 

Well i would like to bring it in, once I have got it well alight and aimed directly into your showroom. Useless shower

[Mr_Bo11ox]

5 days for a pissin battery? What planet do these twats live on.

[myglaren]

5 days for a pissin battery? What planet do these twats live on.

One where they can make it out of gold and diamonds at those prices.

[Pillock]

For fifty eight quid of labour it needs to be in the middle of the gearbox surrounded by twenty seven different types of torx bolt with the heads rounded off.

[320touring]

For fifty eight quid of labour it needs to be in the middle of the gearbox surrounded by twenty seven different types of torx bolt with the heads rounded off.

he did say fiat 500...

[Craig the Princess]

Thought I'd tax the ZX and use it again, DVLA on line and found direct debit so signed up, then found they take the money on the 15th Sept so no tax till then can't use ZX but still have to pay for he full 6 months so try to cancel Direct Debit by calling them and pay by card for instant tax.

 

 

DVLA in strike today fucksticks

I DD'ed the coupé earlier, the payment screen and confirmation email both say the tax starts today even though money isn't taken until the 15th. It is also showing as taxed on their website.

 

You're fine if the dd went through.

[Cavcraft]

Just watching Hollyoaks, this is the worst thing I've ever seen on TV! Every single drama story in the history of soap operas compressed into a single episode; rape, under age pregnancy, gay marriage, grunting mouth breathing short arse bearded man child with sleeve tattoos. Lolz

 

Aye, but have you seen that dippy blonde bird on there? She is smoking hot.

[HH-R]

Fucking piece of shit Fiat 500 battery failed today. No warning, just dead.

 

Phoned my local friendly efficient (ahem) Fiat dealer only to be told the battery costs £160 and he hasn't got any. And no it won't be a warranty item even if three years is fuck all for a battery. Would you like to bring it in so we can replace it? They should be able to get one in five working days. Changing it only costs £58!

 

Ha ha ha ha ha!!! FFS

 

Well i would like to bring it in, once I have got it well alight and aimed directly into your showroom. Useless shower

 

Does the 500 have the bizarre thing where there's two negative battery points? My mate's Punto Evo does, I think one is for us common folk to touch and the other is for the dealership to charge £60 an hour to look at.

[hairnet]

Does the 500 have the bizarre thing where there's two negative battery points? My mate's Punto Evo does, I think one is for us common folk to touch and the other is for the dealership to charge £60 an hour to look at.

exide 45 quid

[robinmasters]

Just tried to use the DVLA website; but it's closed.

 

The supporting systems for this service are currently unavailable.

 

The normal hours of operation are Monday to Saturday - 08:00 to 18:00. Please complete your transaction during these hours.

The DVLA internet only works office hours. Probably on flexi-time, too. It's just a man in a cardboard box, isn't it? Making beeping noises, and pushing handwritten punched cards out through a poorly-cut slot.

[Bren]

 

 

Not the first time either.

Jack Duckworth style repair with sellotape required.

[maxpower]

I am sure we have all experienced the top the car up with £20 of pez... only for the pump to stop at £20.10 or something and all you have is twenty sovs... recently i have been hitting the £20 mark spot on... feeling quite chuffed that i have outwitted the pump, only for it to add 2p when i put the nozzle back?? (imagine basil fawlty with branch and broken down car) well that was me at the pump ... i think that happened 2 or 3 times to me... the extra 2p i mean..not the ranting & cursing at the pump... anyway tonight i went to the garage... put the nozzle in the petrol tank waiting for the guy in the shop to press the button so i can start filling up.. only to see the pump had kicked in and the price showing as 3p of fuel taken... i hadn't even touched the nozzle yet!! so i went over to the guy in the shop with a few choice words... about ripping drivers off etc...he says ok put nozzle back and try again...so i did... sure enough when pump kicked in it was ZERO pence and i still managed to stop bang on the £20 mark... so it just shows that if they did that to say 1000 drivers how much they would skim for themselves...in either stock or free fuel.. as normally drivers are just so desperate to get home they are just wanting the pump switched on so they can fuel up and piss off.. this garage is a very busy garage so i am sure they have milked quite a bit...just so happens i filled up at 11.30pm tonight and it wasnt so busy or i may not have noticed it... i did tell the guy i would be firing off an email to the company (shell) about this practice in the hope that they do something about it...so this is just a little heads up for all you shiters the next time you go to fill up...check the digits on the pump... 3p is not a lot but multiplied thousands of times it sure adds up...and besides we pay through the nose to run these cars as it is... rant over..

 

Maxpower

[Matt]

Had that issue pop up at a local Esso station a while back, it stopped as quickly as it appeared.

[inconsistant]

If you're gonna be angry be angry about some of the other things Shell do. Or what other petrochemical companies do. Or what other multinational companies do, or politicians. Or the media, or anyone else that influences government policy for financial benefit. Maybe get pissed off about TTIP, or human rights atrocities, or the comdification of animals, or sexual inequality, global inequality of wealth, or over consumption, or global warming, or overpopulation, or universal access to education, but paying 3p too much for petr...

 

Hang on, are you Jeremy Clarkson and I've just won £5?

[maxpower]

If you're gonna be angry be angry about some of the other things Shell do. Or what other petrochemical companies do. Or what other multinational companies do, or politicians. Or the media, or anyone else that influences government policy for financial benefit. Maybe get pissed off about TTIP, or human rights atrocities, or the comdification of animals, or sexual inequality, global inequality of wealth, or over consumption, or global warming, or overpopulation, or universal access to education, but paying 3p too much for petr...

 

Hang on, are you Jeremy Clarkson and I've just won £5?

Ok i will pick overpopulation out of the options above.... 3p could be the difference you need on the next packet of 3

[Bone]

All worthy subjects for discussion, but the person operating the pumps is unlikely to reset them on the grounds of,for example,sexual inequality.

 

So a level of raised dander at having ones leg lifted seems reasonable to me.

[twosmoke300]

Does the fiat 500 have battery management on it ? If it does the new one will need to be coded to the car

[Partridge]

I can understand your anger. Just think about what that 3p could buy you...A whole jelly baby, perhaps?

 

 

[stillOrange]

Polish lorry drivers

 

Do they have vastly different rules on roundabouts to us?

Yup. From what I remember the drivers on the inside lane have to give way to anybody in the outside lane.

Basically it's like lanes go around the roundabout continuously so if you're getting off the roundabout from the inside you're changing lanes and need to give way to cars already in it. That's the way it works unless the lanes are painted differently.

[Parky]

Does the fiat 500 have battery management on it ? If it does the new one will need to be coded to the car

I have been told no it doesn't - but that was the dealer who told me that. So I suspect it probably does and by touching it the car will inject me with poison and fry its ECU probably.....will find out tonight as I got a battery from ECP and will put it in when home from work

[dave21478]

Does the fiat 500 have battery management on it ? If it does the new one will need to be coded to the car

 

 

^^^^ One simple line of text that neatly sums up the problem with modern cars.

 

HOW THE FUCK IS THAT IN ANY WAY "BETTER" THAN A NORMAL SYSTEM? Apart from lining a dealers pocket of course.

[purplebargeken]

I watch the damn thing like a hawk with glasses, never had the experience of auto-add on at the pump.

[fairkens]

3p x 1000 = £30 (I think, maths is not my strong point)

 

seems unlikely it would be worth the hassle for them

[carlo]

I always presumed the extra penny or two was because it was difficult to stop the pump in "full flow" exactly when you'd finished with it.  Not quite sure how it would be possible for the cashier to start it at anything above zero?

[bub2006]

Dwp arseholes. Since when have I been a customer? Money from esa not got in yesterday. Hate being on benefits but disability puts paid to a job at the time being. Rang up today and spoke to the most useless "customer service advisor " known to man. She camt tell me when I will get paid due to not receiving fitness for work note from doctor which I sent last week. I was told I should have took it to my local jobcentre to have them fax it over. I've been to 3 different jobcentres to be told they won't fax items over and explained this to her. Car insurance bounced due to not enough in the bank now,rent going to have to be missed too and no fuel in car. Due to my walking being bad I kind of rely on my car which I explained to be told it's not her problem. Fucksticks