The grumpy thread

[Tayne]

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[barrett]

eugh, throwing up water you've just drunk is horrible.... I've had that many a time after particularly heavy whisky sessions, most recently on my birthday when me and two mates decided to shot-glass our way through a bottle and a half of cheap scotch in about 2 hours..... dont worry though, if it is food poisoning just keep at it, when all the nasties have been ejected you'll feel right as rain. I'd reccomend something nice and greasy like fish and chips and lots of sugary drinks when you're well enough to take solids again, it does wonders!

[Tayne]

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[Pete-M]

All these drunkard posts are making me very happy that I only drink occasionally nowadays. Maybe a couple of pints of Guinness a week.Drinking to get utterly wankered day in, day out is a proper mugs game, and one that I'll never understand. I don't like being pissed, can't stand being around pissed people and just don't understand the whole concept of how being pissed is meant to be enjoyable in any way. Alcohol just turns otherwise decent people into violent / morose / over-friendly arseholes [delete as applicable].This may have something to do with three of my closest friends over the years all becoming alcoholics and all destroying their lives. One of 'em started drinking age 12, drank heavily by the time he was 15, is in monstrous amounts of debt and works all the hours he can get just to stay afloat. He's 41 and can carry everything he owns in a small rucksack. He's a superb chef and tends to get 'live in' jobs in posh hotels and pubs as he can't afford to rent, can't keep away from the ale. I suspect he'll be dead by next year.Another is a lad I went to school with who started drinking early as well, used to drink Tennants with his dad at the age of 11. Full blown alcoholic by the time he was 16 - Doctors told him he'd be dead before he got to 25 if he continued drinking the way he was. Another hard worker, but he'll get through three 3 litre bottles of proper pisshead cheap rocket fuel cider a day whilst working - and then drive home, stopping at Bargain Booze on the way for the nights supply. He's had £40k a year jobs that he's just drank the proceeds of. Never got two pennies to rub together, never been out of the country, never been sober for more than a week since he was 18. Proper shame as he's a bloody good lad when he's not pissed.Then there's 'the cabbie'. Stays sober during the day when he's working, then he's in the pub from 5pm til 11pm, then home for a few cans. Every day. 40 years old, looks 65. Can't work out where all his money goes, why he can't keep a girlfriend for more than a few weeks, and why nobody bothers going to visit him when he's not working. It's simple, he's pissed. He wants to shout at everyone about his problems, but won't listen to anyone.Nah, fuck drinking.

[barrett]

Yeh, I've worked with a couple of alcoholics and it's not a pretty sight. One used to have a high-paying job as a computer analyist for the civil service, ended up stacking shelves in asda, could barely stand up some nights he was so sozzled.Did the binge-drinking thing a lot in the past, usually coupled with a shedload of drugs Been totally straight for 5 months though, and don't plan to go back down that path any time soon. Only took one bad acid trip to end it, probably about time too.... As long as i've got a supply of fags and redbush tea i'm a happy man now.I've been drinking a lot less the last 6 months or so, helps not living in a house with another BIG ale drinker, and I rarely go out to clubs or whatnot. It says a lot that i've had a bottle of cheap 'going out' scotch on my table since xmas.Do need to start working on losing the beer belly though....

[barrett]

oops, just remembered this is AS, not AA

sorry!

[Guest]

Back on the car front, and it's not looking good for our friends at the garage and indeed for my patience.Despite them taking SIX HOURS to get the track rod ends off, apparently due to 'seized ball joints', they've neglected to track it up properly and the steering wheel doesn't sit straight. So the tracking's out. So the wheels jiggle. So it's driving me mad AGAIN, after a relative truce. Oh, and, brilliantly, it needs new front tyres so that'll be another ball ache because no fucker round here can balance them properly. Yet more money going out of my hands to keep that miserable half arsed badly engineered SHOWER OF SHIT on the road.So they better get it right on Monday, or it will be going through the waiting area and into their break room. And then I will set fire to it. I am beyond angry with this car now. Every fucking time it needs some work it takes me to the cleaners. I've also just been told by the FUCKING JOBSWORTH AT OUR STUPID FUCKING CAN'T PARK PROPERLY OKAY YAH DICK HEAD POST OFFICE that the fuel tank I've spent an hour wrapping can't be taken 'for security reasons'.Funny, you were happy to give me a quote on the bastard thing when I brought it down a week ago, weren't you? CUNTS.Right, one more thing goes wrong today, one more thing, I swear someone is getting their head ripped off. And I really mean that.

[Hudsonpie]

Alcoholics....I used to work with a guy who drank constantly. He was known locally a D.O, and his drinking was legendary. He used to come logging with me and I was fucked if I would go near him when he was on the saw, but fuck me did'nt he work. He once got up on to the wood shed as he was being "chased" by little green men....he promply jumped off the roof, about fifteen feet but was ok and carried on working.....he was moaning one day about being thirsty and did'nt have any cider so we gave him some brake fluid in a plastic cup, fucking idiot only drank it straight down....and was fine....he was never allowed near the winch tractor....ever.....Most of the time it was funny, but he could be really agressive and I had to pull him off his wife one night as he was trying to hatchet her to death.....My old man is a heavy drinker and used to beat my mother regularly, fucking shitbag......he also beat his second wife badly, as a result I have nothing to do with him. He is a grade A twat...

[darkfour]

@watanabe

 

Buy this and park it outside the garage while they fix your other car. Should help to focus their attention.

 

 

http://daytona.craigslist.org/cto/1624592427.html

[garethj]

Back on the car front, and it's not looking good for our friends at the garage and indeed for my patience.Despite them taking SIX HOURS to get the track rod ends off, apparently due to 'seized ball joints', they've neglected to track it up properly and the steering wheel doesn't sit straight. So the tracking's out. So the wheels jiggle. So it's driving me mad AGAIN, after a relative truce. Oh, and, brilliantly, it needs new front tyres so that'll be another ball ache because no fucker round here can balance them properly. Yet more money going out of my hands to keep that miserable half arsed badly engineered SHOWER OF SHIT on the road.

Isn't this your newish car? Because I reckon Trabant would be embarrassed by the problems you've had by this stage....

[Rusty Pelican]

Alcoholics , my mate died two years ago though the booze , nothing for him to drink 10 pints of cider every night ,Only 48 , miss you Eddie even though you were a twat for carrying on like that . me , Ive had two pints of guinness since christmas

[Guest]

Back on the car front, and it's not looking good for our friends at the garage and indeed for my patience.Despite them taking SIX HOURS to get the track rod ends off, apparently due to 'seized ball joints', they've neglected to track it up properly and the steering wheel doesn't sit straight. So the tracking's out. So the wheels jiggle. So it's driving me mad AGAIN, after a relative truce. Oh, and, brilliantly, it needs new front tyres so that'll be another ball ache because no fucker round here can balance them properly. Yet more money going out of my hands to keep that miserable half arsed badly engineered SHOWER OF SHIT on the road.

Isn't this your newish car? Because I reckon Trabant would be embarrassed by the problems you've had by this stage....

Yeah, this is my newish car, all of 4 years old, had it from new. I don't want a new car ever again.

[Rusty Pelican]

Talking of newish cars Watanaby my Ashtrays now royaly pissing me off , fine on the way to work but on the way home i kangarooed half the way and it stalled 4 times , following advise on here i can find nout wrong , think il burn the bloody thing

[Polystratus]

Talking of newish cars Watanaby my Ashtrays now royaly pissing me off , fine on the way to work but on the way home i kangarooed half the way and it stalled 4 times , following advise on here i can find nout wrong , think il burn the bloody thing

That could be some sort of camshaft/crankshaft sensor, I did a bit of research and found someone reported a similar prob to yours, you could try plugging into some diagnostic analyser (dirty word on here I know).

[Rusty Pelican]

Talking of newish cars Watanaby my Ashtrays now royaly pissing me off , fine on the way to work but on the way home i kangarooed half the way and it stalled 4 times , following advise on here i can find nout wrong , think il burn the bloody thing

That could be some sort of camshaft/crankshaft sensor, I did a bit of research and found someone reported a similar prob to yours, you could try plugging into some diagnostic analyser (dirty word on here I know).

Dirty word but probably the way to proceed , theres probably eleventymillion of the fugging things on it , i wouldnt know where to start so looks like a big bill to fix something i truly loathEDIT Spoke to a mechanic mate of mine , he recons the EGR valves a strong possibility , theres a mod you can do which basically blanks it off , this then puts the engine managment light on , this can be put out via a software download , The ONLY peopkle who can dianose this is Vauxhall , at £70 an hour plus parts etc , not a happy bunny

[Guest]

You know what, I think this place I'm dealing with is full of shit. They're having the car back on Monday to put right the bollocks tracking they've done. I don't give a flying fuck, the steering wheel isn't straight.The more I think about this, the angrier I'm getting. I went out with a depth gauge and checked my front tyres tonight, and my arse are they borderline illegal. These fuckers are trying it on chronically and I'm so glad me old man had the foresight to tell them that the tyres didn't need doing.Tomorrow they're getting a call first thing and I'm going to ask them to get my old 'seized' balljoints out of the skip. I'm going to photograph them and send them to the Good Garage Scheme, as they're a part of that and have signs up everywhere. If they make any kind of an excuse I'm going to quote it verbatim. They better sort the tracking out first thing on Monday as well, because there's going to be trouble if they don't. If it's my word against theirs I really don't care, I want some of my money back.I am sick to death of bent scumbag bastard garages on the make. SICK TO DEATH OF THEM.

[Guest]

You know what, fuck it, I have some phone recording equipment. War it is.

[Des]

If you're sure that the garage has mugged you, then it's your duty to give them hell, do keep calm though. I'm now fairly out of touch with the motor business, but 'back in the day' dodgy garages were very rare, but they were good at what they did, they could bum rape you sideways and leave you thinking they did you a good turn. What you've said does seem pretty bad, getting the alignment right is pretty basic, but it's also possible they're just a bit hapless and / or not adequately explained the reason for the high bill. Can you put your steering full lock and see your new balljoints, if the old ones put up a fight you should see some evidence of carnage, if the excess labour time saved replacing further parts then it's fair enough, but if all looks barely touched other than the odd spanner mark around your new joints then someone's taking the piss. Do check your wheelnuts are tight as well.

[Timewaster]

You know what, fuck it, I have some phone recording equipment. War it is.

Technically illegal (and therefore inadmissable evidence) unless you inform them at the start of the call.Thats why insurers and banks give you that "may be recorded for training" line.Although maybe telling them you are recording the conversation may have a severe impact on the level of bullshit you recieve.

[Albert Ross]

Herr pelican, I believe I told you about the blanking gasket for the EGr in another thread..... don't go giving the glory to another person eh!!!!(That kind of thing pisses me off) This is the grumpy thread after all!!!!

[Rusty Pelican]

Herr pelican, I believe I told you about the blanking gasket for the EGr in another thread..... don't go giving the glory to another person eh!!!!

 

(That kind of thing pisses me off) This is the grumpy thread after all!!!!

You did indeed , i am very sorry , please forgive me , did i say sorry , you can have ALL the credit / glory and a medal if you want , especially if you come and fix it

[Albert Ross]

If I knew where you lived, I might consider it.....

[wuvvum]

Practical Classics.I used to be a pretty regular reader, but somehow I began to find the magazine less and less interesting so I stopped. Earlier this evening, however, I was in Tesco and saw said magazine proudly displaying a four-way test between four French beauties - Citroën DS, Renault Caravelle, Panhard 24CT and Matra Bagheera, any of which I would be more than happy to give a home to. Well, what a load of old bollocks. Not only was it riddled with spelling mistakes (not just typos either - the coachbuilder that did the Caravelle was mentioned twice as "Frau" rather than Frua), there were factual errors as well - if a Caravelle can get to 60 from a standstill in twelve seconds I'll eat my hat, and the article also stated that the Renault 12 was "the last of the rear-engined Renaults". From where I'm sitting, that's just lazy journalism. The article was also gratuitously insulting of the Peugeot 104, calling it "merde" and "France's Allegro".I don't think I'm ever likely to take out another subscription to PC. What a crock...

[warren t claim]

Sometimes I think PC take people straight out of college and don't bother proof reading anything they write before it goes into print. It's not just lazy journalism but lazy editorship. This never happened with John Pearson at the helm.

[Mr Lobster]

Agreed about PC (and yes I know it's a subject done to death in another thread). I bought it at the weekend thinking it looked like it might be a good read. It's not. French car test had loads of basic errors, was there really any need for ANOTHER MGB buyers guide, and the rest was either stuff I started reading then gave up as it just wasn't interesting (Austin Seven) or annoyed me (letters page - specifically the letter about how 80's and 90's cars are not classic and should not be featured etc etc etc until the end of time)/The only good thing to come out of my purchase was 8 clubcard points...

[warren t claim]

Somebody on here should do a poll for the best era of PC.

[Rusty Pelican]

If I knew where you lived, I might consider it.....

If your in Doncaster then its a no im miles away down in Zummerset , sorry but no medal but you did get it correct it would seem so thanks

[Father Ted]

The only good thing to come out of my purchase was 8 clubcard points...

Meh - I got that from 4 packs of Crunchie round biscuits. Fookin A they are too.

[Mr Lobster]

Oddly I bought some of them at the same time. And they are bloody good

[Guest]

.... if the old ones put up a fight you should see some evidence of carnage, if the excess labour time saved replacing further parts then it's fair enough, but if all looks barely touched other than the odd spanner mark around your new joints then someone's taking the piss. Do check your wheelnuts are tight as well.

Des, I'm taking it to my unit on Thursday and the front wheels are coming off. We'll see if a: they've been changed and b: if they have been changed whether there's any evidence of said carnage.I'm also going to push for the tracking to be done sooner than Monday, because frankly with what I paid, it should be spot on and spot on NOW, or as soon as.