The grumpy thread

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I don't know how much RX-7 bits cost generally but I have to say, I would struggle not to kill myself if I had exchanged £200 for that quarter. I myself am a mega sackless bastard with a wide range of experience of getting thoroughly shafted from a variety of angles, but even I would probably have had a cursory look at what it was I was buying, and the amount I was paying for it....?

[bub2006]

I've been back to bloody hospital today. Leg not great.

Nigel,sorry to hear of your loss.

[gm]

very sad news about Grolsch there, poor wee guy.

[fordperv]

Sorry for your loss NB

 

Rip grolsch

[Tamworthbay]

That's crap news, at least he didn't suffer.

[xtriple]

Just taxed the car, £265 instead of £230, It's on the wrong tax class!

[myglaren]

Almost added this to my post in the C5 thread but it doesn't really fit there -

 

 

It is currently in for an exhaust fix and handbrake fix - called for it last night and still on the lift - new calipers, discs and handbrake cables - all done when I bought it.

 

The guy went to the dealers for the handbrake cables and guide tubes.

They told him they had a pair on the shelf when he phoned and of course there were none when he got there ten minutes later. Someone must have neglected to inform the stock computer.

Naturally none available today.

 

It has been taking me around two hours to get home each evening, walked twice as bus timetables a complete bunch of lies.

 

I decided to take a bus (any bus) last night and missed the only feasible one by two minutes, waited another forty for the next one which took another forty minutes to get to the village next to mine, from where I would walk.

 

About to get off the bus I mentioned to the driver I was going to walk the rest of the way and he said "Oh I go through there next"  Next was another ten minutes of what seemed to be aimless driving around but saved my poor blistered and bleeding feet.

 

No mention on the timetables that it passed within 20 yards of my house

Public transport, just wonderful!

[Rubberman]

St. Helens council have spent the rest of their budget on a fleet of Mercedes Citans. At least the taxpayer will get a few quid back on resale though, I'm thankful they went to a company well known for making high quality vans that don't rust badly so we should get many £££ back!

[Landy Mann]

Landy woMann's Micra K12 has just FTP'd at my house, unforunatly my code reader is sitting about 50miles away, so I'm grumpy about that. She's grumpy about the 214 being reliable!

 

I'll play with it tomorrow and then let the AA gold cover do it's magic if I have no joy...

[xtriple]

Over done it again. Two hectic days.... just triple dosed... feel dreadful hurt so much.

 

Oh well, I hope it rains tomorrow then I wont feel guilty for staying in and doing fuck all!

 

it is soooooo frustrating though. There is so much I want to do, and I can't fucking do it! Everything has to be planned days in advance so if I want to wash my car, nothing else gets planned for that day. Yes, washing a car is a days work, how totally pathetic!

 

Today, I have washed TWO cars, taken the hardtop off (with help), walked the dogs, put the hardtop back on (with help) taxed the car online and.... well that's it! You would not believe the pain and pure fatigue I'm feeling and all for an hours work for an able bodied person.

 

I FUCKING HATE being a cripple!

[Slappy]

St. Helens council have spent the rest of their budget on a fleet of Mercedes Citans. At least the taxpayer will get a few quid back on resale though, I'm thankful they went to a company well known for making high quality vans that don't rust badly so we should get many £££ back!

 

Could be worse, could be a Renault van with a mark up.

[HH-R]

Having worked for a "local authority" for ten years, the best thing any government could do is get rid of this ludicrous thing about pissing the budget up the wall every March.

 

My local council are replacing perfectly good bus shelters and putting in raised mini roundabouts. The knackers wouldn't spend the money on the roads that have sunk around their shitty speed humps though, oh no. Or better still, ripping the bastards out.

[Station]

"What size is the centre speaker?"

 

How many times does he have to ask lol?

 

http://www.rx7club.com/interior-exterior-audio-26/fd-dash-speaker-size-181400/

[Danblez]

The bastads here have just spent thousand on a putting up 20mph signs everywhere even though the residents voted against it. Yet they didn't have the money to sweep the bloody leaves up last autumn which meant all the drains were blocked by December.

 

What happened to common sense?

[chaseracer]

What happened to common sense?

 

 

The 21st century...

 

[purplebargeken]

Whereabouts in St. Helens are you?

[Frogchod]

I arranged to view a van this avo, chap said meet in Lidl car park at 15.00...

Get there and there's three other blokes metaphorically beating each other with sticks to buy it.

Pissed off because I didn't get there mega early and beat them to it.

How fucking hard is it to buy a low mileage Hdi Jumpy (Citroen Dispatch) ?

Fucking bollocking hard coz no fecker wants a Mk2.....

 

Wonder if there's a market in converting Dispatches to LHD Jumpys ?

[Parky]

Do you really want to buy a van off some bloke in a Lidl car park?

 

I know this is Autoshite but that sounds like a recipe for disaster

[gordonbennet]

Yeah it sounds a bit like the pub car park equivalent of relatives upbidding on the bay.

[Frogchod]

Yes, I went fully aware and ready to run away at the slightest wiff of dodgyness.

When selling bikes Ive met potential buyers away from home to avoid nocturnal theiving

Repeat visits so my alarm bells were only slightly tinkeling.

[xtriple]

I have got to spend the rest of today sorting out all the bits of paper the insurance company want for the Mazda. Really? It's fucking pathetic, insured all my cars no problem, ten minutes on the phone, debit card read out, job done.

 

This shower (57 minutes on the phone - should have walked away then) want a copy of the log book for my OTHER car to prove I have two, mileage checked and verified by a garage, drivers licence details, 6 pictures, and something else I have forgotten. They weren't even cheap! Premium choice, give them a swerve in future.

 

Then got to try and get DVLA to understand the tax class on the Mazda in wrong... that should be fun!

 

All this after the worst weekend (health wise) I've had in a fair while (so I feel like death) and I've mis-fitted the hardtop to the car 'cos I'm a mong!

 

Oh, and there's a horrible smell in the flat and I've just discovered it's me! Not had a shower since Friday....

[strangeangel]

Fuckwits who don't do the job you've paid them for.

 

About a month before I got the CJ it had this done:

 

 

So you can imagine how pissed off I was this morning to discover that the contents of the cooling system was 100% water   It's just luck that nothing bad has happened over the recent cold weather (and yes, I should have checked before this).

 

I suppose I shouldn't really be that surprised, though, given that this is their logo:

 

 

[laser wheels]

Sunny* Stanley, in the durham hills. Aim for the TV transmitters at Burnhope and Pontop and you won't be far away.

 

Do you weld Ford Kas?

[daveb47]

What happened to common sense?

 

Brown envelopes involved probably.......

[Alan_Green]

I arranged to view a van this avo, chap said meet in Lidl car park at 15.00...

Get there and there's three other blokes metaphorically beating each other with sticks to buy it.

Pissed off because I didn't get there mega early and beat them to it.

How fucking hard is it to buy a low mileage Hdi Jumpy (Citroen Dispatch) ?

Fucking bollocking hard coz no fecker wants a Mk2.....

 

Wonder if there's a market in converting Dispatches to LHD Jumpys ?

There's a bit of a consensus developing here.  MK1 2.0 HDi Jumpys/Dispatches/Scudos/Experts being the bizness when it comes to vans.  There's a cracker here and it's nearly in France. I'd buy it if it wasn't red (Don't ask, long story): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272158526070?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT  

[xtriple]

Managed to get all the various documents for the insurance company.... eventually. Easiest bit was getting the code from DVLA so they can see my driving licence. Never had to do that before.

 

So I tried to e-mail them all the docs as requested using their 'portal' and... what a farce! Wouldn't accept the attachments for fucks sake! Resorted to finding some one to photocopy the V5 and then using old fashioned post.

 

I have sent them a missive to say that their system is seriously fucked up and I would cancel now if they were not such shysters and will charge me £50 (plus however many days use I've had) even though I'm within the 14 day cooling off period. I HATE insurance companies with a passion.

 

Not had the mental fortitude to attempt to take on the might of the DVLA about the tax class thing, I'll leave that for another day.

[chaseracer]

Not had the mental fortitude to attempt to take on the might of the DVLA about the tax class thing, I'll leave that for another day.

 

 

Form V70, chum: https://www.gov.uk/exchange-tax-disc/when-you-need-to-change-vehicle-tax

 

Tax doesn't have to be taxing.  But it usually bloody is... 

[scaryoldcortina]

Do you weld Ford Kas?

 

As long as there is something to weld to, yes.

[andy18s]

Leon Cupra went all Spanish on me today and spat it's dummy out (literally)....

Pulling out of a junction and stared giving it the beans when there was 1 hell of a Pop noise,and then the slight exhaust blow became a tractor-like roar

EPC light came up on the dash,and the car went into limpy mode.

Pulled over and stopped/started a few times and managed to get it running with no light but very lumpy with a strong petrol smell.

Seems the manifold to turbo gasket has blown,and the escaping exhaust gases is confusing the O2 sensor.

New gasket is already winging it's way to me so should be sorted by the weekend if it stays dry (Ha!)

[D Spares & Tyres]

Grumpy old men....

 

Has anyone else noticed that there seem to be an awful lot of old men out there at the moment with a very bad attitude?

 

For instance today I pulled out of my road which is just on the edge of a 30 zone going to a 20. There was a car around 100 yards away so I pulled out and immediately get up to speed without inconveniencing anybody. This old git then proceeds to flash his lights at me all through town ( its a small town ) I flick him the middle finger and slow down obviously....

 

I head to my destination but notice the old fucker seems to be following me. So I drive round the block 3 times for a laugh. Still there. So I get bored and just go where I was headed anyway and get out.

 

He only accosts me and starts telling me off! His wife was there with her notepad making a big show of writing my number down. Probably shouldn't have but I called them a pair of silly cunts and walked off. That generation don't like that word ☺

 

Silly twats were in their eighties I reckon but old blokes on the road seem to be really uptight lately