The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Fleet reductions are a very good idea. Shit. I did it wrong too. I was meant to be sticking to three.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I know when I get this Seat Ibiza home and can see it, a Maser, an Argenta, a Volvo 760, a Rover 214 SEi, a Laguna, a campervan and a flippin Rover 45 all sat around festering and costing rentz I am going to be on a right downer and will start flogging stuff off, thus does the cycle of shite continue

[scaryoldcortina]

yeah, I suppose you are right. Space plus money equals drunken ebaying. And the cycle continues....

[ruffgeezer]

All your projects are cool though, so you have that going for you, I'd love to get my teeth into a proper old car one of these days.

[Slartibartfast]

Fuck. Me.

 

Where do you put it all?

[garbaldy]

I wish I hadn't read this thread now as I've just realised I have 15 motors and 4 bikes now, the worst part is I'm going to look at another on Saturday and have to collect last weekends purchase on Sunday, that's not taking the next Euro trip into account either

[wuvvum]

Looking at houses for sale on Rightmove.  The only house I can currently afford (unless I buy a complete basket case, and I don't really have the skillz to restore a house) is a 2-bed terrace in Great Yarmouth between a Polish brothel and a Lithuanian drug den.  I could buy a flat easily enough, but the idea of buying a leasehold property seems a bit pointless to me.

 

Oh well, looks like I'll just have to carry on renting.  The stupid thing is, I could afford the repayments on a £150K mortgage (at current interest rates anyway), it's persuading the bank of that fact which is the issue.

[ruffgeezer]

Move to Lincolnshire, twor bed terrace with lots of parking and 18x16' garage for under 100k

[vulgalour]

I'm resigned to the fact I shall never own my own home and have to put up with a succession of landlords until I find one that lets me die in their house.

[strangeangel]

Fleet reductions are a very good idea.

 

Be careful. The last time I tried this I sold one and bought two.

[dugong]

I know when I get this Seat Ibiza home and can see it, a Maser, an Argenta, a Volvo 760, a Rover 214 SEi, a Laguna, a campervan and a flippin Rover 45 all sat around festering and costing rentz I am going to be on a right downer and will start flogging stuff off, thus does the cycle of shite continue

Er, ditto.

 

I have a confession to make. I realise I've been even stroppier and (even) less co-operative than usual recently; it's because of an off-again off-again relationship with a lady. It's finally hit the skids but was amicable, so I can calm down a bit. PEACE etc.

 

So.........I'll be about a bit more.

 

Sorry for any inconvenience. As you were.

[The Moog]

Yesterdays sore throat has turned into full blown cold with achey joints and lost voice. Still I get a day at home which be a bonus if I didn't keep seeing jobs that need doing

[beko1987]

I think the rear calipers have seized on the Meriva. Of course Amy calls me to tell me this after driving 4 miles to her friends house. Displays all the symptoms, and they are in need of a cleanup and new rear pads. Guess that will happen sooner...

 

Any top tips to help a one woman free them off? She's tried forward and back and nothing. She's not going to be able to lay on the floor and smack the caliper though, I'll have to do that later. I did have to explain to her why the handbrake doesnt work and feels loose and floppy though (and told her to put it in gear when parked incase it suddenly releases...

 

I wonder if it's frozen on? She drove it briefly last night but its not seen much action recently

[beko1987]

I'll pour a kettle of water over both tonight then. I've told her to park it in the sun in gear with the handbrake off and see if that helps

[vulgalour]

First FTP in the Rover.  Fired up fine then died and now won't fire up again.  The battery seems very weak so I suspect it's that.  It's like the car hasn't enough strength to start properly, and there's a peculiar smell that I can't describe, sort of sour.  It's not an electrical or fuel smell though you do get the smell of fuel if you sit and crank it for long enough.

 

Just got to wait for Mike to appear with my spare known good battery and/or a battery charger, I'm stuck without them and going nowhere now.

[vulgalour]

Mike returned with batteries.  It is not the batteries.  We suspect it's the arrowed part, you can hear it clicking randomly when trying to start the car and feel it clicking through the housing.  Guessing it's something like an Idle Control Valve which is why the car can't start or idle.

 

[xtriple]

Definitely losing PAS fluid. Under the stick again today and its done about 85 miles since the last top up.

 

Car is booked in for Monday.

 

Need an auto cheapy before then! Anyone?

[messerschmitt owner]

Am getting far too fecking fat! Sat in the Dispatch, heard a bang and a front spring has decided to do a dub boy impersonation but without the angle grinder. Booked in for an MoT tomorrow too - so delivered it to the garage early and told them to fit new spring too!

[anonymous user]

Mike returned with batteries.  It is not the batteries.  We suspect it's the arrowed part, you can hear it clicking randomly when trying to start the car and feel it clicking through the housing.  Guessing it's something like an Idle Control Valve which is why the car can't start or idle.

 

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Cold start sensor type thing? My Polo used to do this, it would eventually start with much popping and banging if you churned it over with accelerator flat to the floor. (as long as the battery didn't die first)

[Louise2cv]

Matt found a replacement for the astra.

 

You lot will never talk to me again. Or at least not for 10-15 yrs then I'm thinking these might be in shite territory.

 

 

Sorry guys.

[cort16]

Matt found a replacement for the astra.

 

You lot will never talk to me again. Or at least not for 10-15 yrs then I'm thinking these might be in shite territory.

 

 

Sorry guys.

 

The first issue is you're supposed to spend at least 37hrs without sleep looking feverishly for your new car. Absolutely decide what you're going to buy then buy something totally different, which then breaks down on the way home.

 

It's a Golf isn't it?

[dome]

Definitely losing PAS fluid. Under the stick again today and its done about 85 miles since the last top up.

 

Car is booked in for Monday.

 

Need an auto cheapy before then! Anyone?

I've got the poor man's Turbo R for sale-w210 300td estate with a burbly exhaust and enough space for many dogs in the back...

[jakebullet]

Discovery has decided it doesn't like cold.

 

Got conned into taking idiot sister to hospital at 8am. Fired it up and started removing ice. bing bing bing! 3 amigos light up. (abs etc). Said sod it and went in her car instead.

 

Came back around noon, drives fine, no abs errors. Went off and did more exciting things, came back at 7pm when it's getting cold again, and abs errors again.

 

Fortunately it's now showing a code, front right sensor wiring intermittent. As I've just had said hub and sensor replaced it's take back to garage and argue toss I think. Joy.

[MrDuke]

This morning I managed to walk head-on into a wall in someone's house (actually the edge of the lintel? over their hobbit-like front door) hard enough to take the paint off. It made a truly horrible noise, which I convinced myself was just my teeth smashing together, but felt more like my skull fracturing. After 2 hours of dizziness and sinus pain, which was weird as I hit the crown of my head and not my nose, it's settled into a dull throb with aching eyes and occasional waves of nausea. I can only imagine how much fun* tomorrow will be.

 

On the plus side, I managed to feign total indifference in front of the horrified house-owner and strode cheerily but erratically out to the van (where I sat for a long time doubled over and moaning softly) so my manliness remained intact. Priorities etc.

 

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[fairkens]

Careful with head bashes, get yourself down casualty if you start to feel worse

[Cavcraft]

Louise2cv, on 20 Jan 2016 - 8:41 PM, said:

Matt found a replacement for the astra.

 

You lot will never talk to me again. Or at least not for 10-15 yrs then I'm thinking these might be in shite territory.

 

 

Sorry guys.

 

 

A VW Golf that's been cut and shut with a Ford Ka with an Iveco diesel engine?

[Louise2cv]

A VW Golf that's been cut and shut with a Ford Ka with an Iveco diesel engine?

It has a 1litre engine, that's got to be worth summat right?

 

Apart from that it's Japanese. And very <whispers> new/modern/boring/etc</whispers>. A little city car type thing

 

 

 

Alto

[wuvvum]

Altos were shite the moment they came out of the factory.

 

In fact I came close to buying a new one a couple of years back when I was pissed off with old motors and they were selling them VAT-free.

 

Is it one of these?

 

[Louise2cv]

Yeah, that's the one. It's not new new but probably the newest car we will ever have.

 

It's an 11 plate but only 13000 miles so hopefully its a good 'un.

 

The Audi is getting tatty and making awful noises so maybe that can be my shite credential soon.

[Pillock]

This morning I managed to walk head-on into a wall in someone's house (actually the edge of the lintel? over their hobbit-like front door) hard enough to take the paint off. It made a truly horrible noise, which I convinced myself was just my teeth smashing together, but felt more like my skull fracturing. 

 

Yeah, you might want to get that checked out. Sounds nasty, and the last thing you want is a mashed up brain dropping out of your nose or something.