The grumpy thread

[Aston Martin]

Fuck me, ordered tyres from an online company (You know the one.)  on the 15th

Estimated 18th... chased them up and they were delivered on the 16th apparently. To my next door neighbour, whos been on holiday for a week and half.

 

Another neighbour has a key to his house and... nothing, no slip or anything. Awesome.

 

 

Hopefully that will be tyre leader who were superb with me when mine went missing. Two more despatched straight away. The original 2 arrived 3 days later. $$CASHBACK$$

 

 

The customer service has been amazing, two new tyres coming on Monday, unless they find the other two sooner.

the car was booked in today, which is the only annoyance.

 

 

Erm, three tyres just turned up.

 

One is from the lost batch with the wrong address and says 1 of 2... I wonder if that'll show up? I'd like all 4 tyres. 

 

I'm going to wait a couple of days and order 1 more I think. Might as well have a full set.

[The Moog]

Got home from Crail late last night after OMG train kaos (which is solved today) 

Dog had accident and widdled on hall carpet. No scrubbing can get rid of the smell so carpet is going to have to be binned

Toilet flush isnt working

Shower is blocked with hair and so no shower this morning

Work sucks 

Ligaments on ankle are sore and can barely walk... 

 

Happy flipping monday .. 

[UmBongo]

Never thought about using the washing machine taps.... bloody good idea. Unfortunately, no use to me as I couldn't move my washing machine alone if my life depended on it and it is 'built in' so no access.

 

Yesterday, while taking the dogs to Daddyhole plain (really nice spot, windy as fook but pleasant - my son informs me it's the 'dogging site' later at night!) and as I was driving along, a lass in a newish FIAT 500 drove straight at me! She stopped in the middle of the road about a foot or two away, smiled, then drove off!

 

WTF!

 

I actually got out of the car there and then to check there was nothing wrong at the front of the dollop - some bit falling off or something - but no, I have no idea why she did that. She wasn't on her phone or anything, she was looking at me the whole time, so deliberate, not accidental.

 

Daddyhole Plain?

 

I checked and it actually does exist.

 

It sounds somewhat incestuous when related to dogging malarkies.

 

Ooh, Betty, the cat's done a woopsie in me Bentley!

[cobblers]

Bizarre car dealer nonsense deepens.

 

First bloke claimed he would ring me at 11am Sunday. Didn't, but gave me a business card on with his direct line, so I rang it at about 3pm. Someone sounding like him answered, and then put me on to "Jonathan" the Abarth specialist who was very helpful and checked what cars they could get me in.

Jonathan called back this morning where we had a bit of a chat and agreed a monthy cost that I'd be happy with including my Ibiza as PX/deposit.

 

Later this afternoon the first bloke rang me up asking if I'd had any thoughts, and was completely unaware of the conversations I'd had with the other bloke. I told him I'd ring back later, after work and he more or less begged me to ring him.

 

I tried calling the first bloke and couldn't get hold of him, and as the woman was looking for him, Jonathan picked the phone up.

 

So basically there's two blokes fighting over the commission here.

 

But now my "£3k" for my Ibiza all of a sudden turns into 1k and they want £50 a month off me more than originally, and I've no idea what's happened to the first bloke.

Fucking shambles.

[Richard]

That's why I run old shitters, I wouldn't know how to deal with the trade.

[cort16]

That's why I lease cars so I don't have to deal with car dealers. Was it Glyn Hopkins?

[AlabamaShrimp]

 

But now my "£3k" for my Ibiza all of a sudden turns into 1k and they want £50 a month off me more than originally, and I've no idea what's happened to the first bloke.

Fucking shambles.

I'm out....

 

It's balls like this as to why I would never trade a car in with anyone but especially the main dealers

[chaseracer]

^ Yep.  Time to walk away.  That should concentrate their minds...

[jakebullet]

In some posts you lambasted her having left it late before telling anyone, and having to take her to hospital.

Now the issue is she has eye pain and tells people, which is a problem :/

 

Can't have it both ways

 

True, but you'd think she'd know what pain from a cold feels like. Not like it's a unique experience.

 

I'm also irritated because her latest 'game plan' is taking selfies of her eye, and then comparing them to random photos on the internet, and diagnosing assorted eye problems. So basically got a bit of pain from a cold but decided thanks to her high tech diagnosis method her eye was about to explode.

[richardmorris]

Am I the only one who has no idea what "how long did it take me to put your socks on this morning?" means.

 

Why was he putting your socks on?

Well two days after my hernia op it took ten minutes.

[michael1703]

Audi TT 3.2 coil removal

 

Don't ask

[Pillock]

^ Yep. Time to walk away. That should concentrate their minds...

Time to string them along a bit further and then walk away. Bonus points for more than ten missed calls in one day.

[cobblers]

I've gone on an internet website (drivethedeal.com) instructed by Aston Martin off here, basically they seem to just give you a price for the car which already includes all the bartering you'll manage off a dealer (in my case £2.5k off list) however the finance is 1% better and you can just choose whatever car you want rather than pick through the few the dealers are trying to push on you, and I've chosen the same dipper as they would give me for my trade in.

 

I'll wait for the offer to come through but I presume it'll be slightly better, plus I can then sell the Ibiza at my own leisure for halfway reasonable money. I'm all for a deal so I'll take it to the dealers and let them know the score, see if they're interested or not.

 

PS does anyone want an Ibiza cupra?

[cort16]

Car wow is the other site that does similar

[Aston Martin]

I've gone on an internet website (drivethedeal.com) instructed by Aston Martin off here

 

 

I got told by someone, I think off here but I forget who.  

 

If I go ahead with mine then I get the top of the range model with stupid options for base model money.

 

 

 

In semi-related news my Panda 100HP is still for sale.  

[andrew e]

Cobblers Broadspeed are mega dealer chain Inchcape for reference. Main dealer groups will match their prices. I will say the larger the chain the more FFFing useless they become - Jardine motors being a prime example of ineptitude, selling a wheel refurbishment policy that doesn't cover my wheels.

[Split_Pin]

First world problems today, model car Facebook Groups. I actually did a great wee trade yesterday with a fellow member who only lived 10 minutes down the road and as I was so pleased with my new Corrado I wanted to show it in the pages. On one page my post was deleted as it appears to have become a selling only page unless: a) you are showing your custom build thread of a MK2 Escort that costs more than even Messr. Sultan of Brunei could afford or it is an old Nissan Skyline. I read the rules, pages of them and concluded that its not even worth bothering with any more.

[Split_Pin]

However I have been immediately cheered up by showing my complete lack of internet knowledge retention by forgetting that upper case B and close brackets = face with sunglasses.

[LC Torana]

Pardon for asking a stupid question outside the amnesty thread, but what is a radiator switch?

[Richard]

Fan switch I think.

[catsinthewelder]

I was doing a job for my step-son who lives half a mile from the Wickes in Maidstone. I was short of 6 8x4 sheets of foil backed to finish and asked if they could deliver but was told no chance for the next day and no certainty for the day after.

They purported to have 43 sheets in stock so due to being in the Sunbeam I reluctantly booked a man and his van for 9 the next morning. At 8.30 they couldn't find a single sheet in the entire store- computer says they're in stock but can't find them. They must have been damaged! I tried to point out the implausibility of there not being one usuable sheet left but when it finally dawned on me that I'm talking to the hard-of-thinking I persuaded the van man to take me to Jewsons for their slightly more expensive but in-stock alternative. I'll certainly be using Wicked again.

I realise there is probably a typo here somewhere but it made me giggle as I do 'man and van' work for a company called Wicked.

[cobblers]

Pardon for asking a stupid question outside the amnesty thread, but what is a radiator switch?

It's when you fit a new radiator and leave the old one next to a fence

[Cavcraft]

Hats off to the dickhead behind me in the white Focus this morning. I was doing 40 in a 40 zone down the lanes when you're were about 0.1mm off my back bumper.

Still struggling to understand how it's possible to do that on a straight in a 2 year old car but not actually be capable of matching my wheezy old 306 diesel on the corners.

Anyhow I was deliberately aiming for the verges later on when I slowed down so I hope his car is covered in shit now.

[dave21478]

Oh man, the Mazda is superb for that. RWD, knobbly tyres on Carlos Fandango sticky out wheels..... when some nobber sat too close behind I would cut the apex of corners a little too much and a small dab on the gas would kick up a roostertail of mud all over the front of anything behind me.

 

Never failed.

[xtriple]

I have been outbid on yet another MX5 auto. I is sad.... but I could always bid more.... but then it wouldn't be a bargain.... but I want the car.... but that much?

 

Oh it's all a worry

[cms206]

"Can you do a backshift on Saturday?"

"Going out Sunday morning about 9am so a backshift should be okay. When's it finish?"

"Not sure, I'll check and let you know."

 

Job ticket just bounced through on email. 1600 sign on Saturday afternoon, finishing 0700 Sunday after which I need to clean the coach after transporting 70 ravers so I'll be lucky to be physically finished for 9am.

 

Rage Level: off the scale.

 

Not a happy busman tonight.

[Alexg]

The Great Interior Design Challenge BBC2. Who in their right mind would let this bunch of MDF wielding, hastily Duluxing numptys loose in their gaff? "Nice bit of imagination, great design skills" - No it's shit, it's all fucking shit! I've given this show 2 goes to redeem itself, and it's still producing complete toilet.

[plasticvandan]

The Great Interior Design Challenge BBC2. Who in their right mind would let this bunch of MDF wielding, hastily Duluxing numptys loose in their gaff? "Nice bit of imagination, great design skills" - No it's shit, it's all fucking shit! I've given this show 2 goes to redeem itself, and it's still producing complete toilet.

That last line has dampened my pants,and yes,I caught 10 mins of it and totally agree!

[MarvinsMom]

^didn't this used to be called "changing rooms"?

[anonymous user]

But now done cheaper. I'd love to have a go ruining somebody else's house, just to see the look of horror at my carefully chosen decor