The grumpy thread

17,069 · March 22, 2016

I was working on the car, I am incapable of having sex with the kind of aggression/kinkyness needed to inflict these horrendous injuries on my hands.... my cock though has on occasion looked like uncooked liver!

TMI?

Grump.

Yesterday, while working on the car (in case there was any doubt after the above:) ) I had a bit of a run in with a guttering expert. Not a bad 'run in' just he was a real know it all who was determined to show me up for the tosser I am. He was an older, fat bloke and didn't look like he could get up a ladder if his life depended on it, but I digress....

'You broken it then?' He shouts.
'No, just changing the plugs.'
'12 of them in that!' He says...
'N'ah, only 8'
'Oh, so the baby engine'
'Nearly 7 litres so not really a baby!'
'6.9 actually !' he shouts back. 'Poor mans Rolls Royce that, nothing like as good'

Okay..... The fact that the Turbo Bentleys were more (at list) than the equivalent RR is neither here nor there. It's also 6.75 litres if you want to be accurate....

Didn't really annoy me,just... niggled a bit. Not so much what he said as the way he said it. There was a thread somewhere (may have been a RR and B forum) about people going on about how much better RRs are than Bentleys. Until the turbos, they were identical apart from badges!

I hate twats like that - all you can do is say "yeah, your proper Bentley is probably better than my proper Bentley - you do have a Bentley don't you? Oh, it just sounded as if you were an expert on Bentleys such as My Bentley"

24,029 · March 22, 2016

Gentleman drive bentleys. Those who aspire to be such drive rolls royces. But I can't think who said it- may have been Bertie Wooster!

16,923 · March 22, 2016

I hired a Luton van, 2016 Peugeot Boxer I think. Anyway the guys loading onto it, put way too much weight on the tail lift and it doesn't lock at one side, its sits on top and the other side requires a gentle push.

I was going to get the loaders to forklift-bend it back into shape. However the hire people rang at 5:10pm "hi, can you bring back at 8:15am instead of 11am?"

I think my deposit is fucked.

16,454 · March 22, 2016

I hired a Luton van, 2016 Peugeot Boxer I think. Anyway the guys loading onto it, put way too much weight on the tail lift and it doesn't lock at one side, its sits on top and the other side requires a gentle push.
I was going to get the loaders to forklift-bend it back into shape. However the hire people rang at 5:10pm "hi, can you bring back at 8:15am instead of 11am?"
I think my deposit is fucked.

it was like that when you got it.......

3,600 · March 22, 2016

Winter hands and cuts....

Coil Spring change on a BMW z3 was a bastard and I bled everywhere

It hate broken springs

27,244 · March 23, 2016

I have felt like shit for the last 10 days or so.I was Mrs V8 took me to hospital on Saturday afternoon with pains in the chest,unable to find anything but there is a underlying infection.

I went into work Sunday night,got to bed 07.20 Monday morning.Mrs V8 got me up at 17.20,i never sleep for 10 hours.

I got a appointment with the doctors as long as i got there before 18.00.The doctor does some tests and says i am sending you back to hospital,as there is no air flow in the lower part of the right lung,i belive you have Pneumonia.

Back to hospital more scans and tests and yep.I have Pneumonia.

25,808 · March 23, 2016

^ There's a lot of it about, following on from the chest infection spike around and after Christmas. GWS, mate...

16,923 · March 23, 2016

Dropped the van off this morning, he walked around, opened both doors and not the tail lift.

However, i'm back tomorrow for an I-Load. I wanted a Transit.

6,824 · March 23, 2016

Gumtree. Whats the point in the words bit in the advert when no fecker ever reads it

7,140 · March 23, 2016

^ There's a lot of it about, following on from the chest infection spike around and after Christmas. GWS, mate...

This, I'm coughing like a bastard with a chest infection. It can FRO.

13,578 · March 23, 2016

FTP in the Metro this morning.

I have owned some really unreliable shit-heaps in my time, but this Metro is taking the fucking piss. Its literally impossible to keep the coolant inside the engine.

Last time it sprang a small leak when I drove it the 30 meters to its new garage. This turned out to be a drip from where a hose joins the heated inlet manifold. Cleaned up the hosetail, new jubilee clip and it seems ok.

Until today when it shat its coolant AGAIN; pissing from the bottom of the waterpump. Looks like the internal seal has failed - new pump required. I make that five coolant-related failures now.

Low mileage, giffer owned.....fuck all that. Its been nothing but trouble. I abused the hell out of the Minis I have owned in the past and never had this sort of trouble with them.

March 23, 2016

Just requested another couse of steroid from the doctor - if what I have is asthma I cannot control it with an inhaler which is worrying - only prednisilone tablets work but they have serious long term side effects.

Yes they do. I have two elbows with limited movement and a damaged hip to prove it (necrosis of the joints).I was on them for over 2 years.. My two penneth avoid having your joints folded for long periods. I spent a lot of time asleep with my arms on my chest before the problems showed.

12,052 · March 23, 2016

Sneaky bastards, note the camera on a pole so they can catch people unawares

10,252 · March 23, 2016

The job I was expecting to arrive this afternoon didn't, and I think there is something wierd going on.

Last week I got a call out to go look at a pinto engined transit that wouldn't start. It's at a garage but they couldn't fix it, I was put onto it by a customer who recommended me as the guy to go to. When I got there, the garage owner said he thought he got the timing right, but it won't stay running and is hard to start. I had a quick look and found that the distributor was loose, the spade terminal had been ripped out of the starter solenoid (it was in the female end, and the wire was dangling) and also the engine wouldn't turn over at all even with a spanner on the pulley and the plugs out.

Some phone calls were exchanged, it was arranged for the van to be delivered to me today expecting a worst case of changing the engine. I've worked flat out monday, tuesday and this morning getting the last job finished in time and making the necessary space for a dead transit.

It got to about 3pm and I hadn't heard from them, so I rang to see what was up. Apparantly, the other garage have now got it running fine, it isn't siezed and they have fixed it. He hasn't seen it yet, and it still needs a starter motor but they have ordered one. I did ask how they started it without a starter motor but he didn't know. It all seems very suspicious, especially as the van is an auto and therefore not able to be bump started....

I just get the feeling that someone is taking the piss here.

53,448 · March 23, 2016

The Rover has all the MoT fails fixed (bar emissions, which I can't test, so I won't know if fixed until it goes in for retest) but the immobiliser is being a jobsworth and I think the keyfob has died. How fucking annoying.

16,454 · March 23, 2016

Just requested another couse of steroid from the doctor - if what I have is asthma I cannot control it with an inhaler which is worrying - only prednisilone tablets work but they have serious long term side effects.

don't worry too much, I was on them daily for nine years, there are some issues with lowering calcium levels but generally only after a hell of a lot. They are powerful and you need careful monitoring but don't fear them.

24,462 · March 23, 2016

The job I was expecting to arrive this afternoon didn't, and I think there is something wierd going on.

Last week I got a call out to go look at a pinto engined transit that wouldn't start. It's at a garage but they couldn't fix it, I was put onto it by a customer who recommended me as the guy to go to. When I got there, the garage owner said he thought he got the timing right, but it won't stay running and is hard to start. I had a quick look and found that the distributor was loose, the spade terminal had been ripped out of the starter solenoid (it was in the female end, and the wire was dangling) and also the engine wouldn't turn over at all even with a spanner on the pulley and the plugs out.

Some phone calls were exchanged, it was arranged for the van to be delivered to me today expecting a worst case of changing the engine. I've worked flat out monday, tuesday and this morning getting the last job finished in time and making the necessary space for a dead transit.

It got to about 3pm and I hadn't heard from them, so I rang to see what was up. Apparantly, the other garage have now got it running fine, it isn't siezed and they have fixed it. He hasn't seen it yet, and it still needs a starter motor but they have ordered one. I did ask how they started it without a starter motor but he didn't know. It all seems very suspicious, especially as the van is an auto and therefore not able to be bump started....

I just get the feeling that someone is taking the piss here.

Wonder if the starter had fallen apart and jammed the flywheel ?

10,252 · March 23, 2016

^ wouldn't turn backwards either, also there was a small amount (maybe 20 deg) of movement in either direction (but stiff) before it got tighter and stopped. 100% felt like a dead big end locking up.

I suspect that either the garage are telling porkies to save face/make more money or the owner is trying to avoid paying the Â£30 callout for telling him what was wrong. Either way I think I'm going to steer clear of it, seems like trouble.

3,907 · March 23, 2016

I'm after an new (to me) hatchback. Took a test drive in a Focus RS ST Turbonutterbastard with the Volvo engine. Holy fuck! That thing's an animal. Seller admitted it had had the boost turned up, mind. Seats are too hard, the ride nearly had my remaining teeth out and it feels like it wants to kill me.

I'm officially old.

27,182 · March 23, 2016

I'm after an new (to me) hatchback. Took a test drive in a Focus RS ST Turbonutterbastard with the Volvo engine. Holy fuck! That thing's an animal. Seller admitted it had had the boost turned up, mind. Seats are too hard, the ride nearly had my remaining teeth out and it feels like it wants to kill me.

I'm officially old.

when do you get it?

3,907 · March 23, 2016

think I'll pass. There's apparently a 1.6 EcoBoost that's around 150BHP, I reckon one of those might fit the bill. And a tartan rug.

12,052 · March 23, 2016

The 1.0 with a simple remap is 155bhp

32,451 · March 23, 2016

My Focus is the newer 2013 shape and it's bloody lovely, easily the best newer car I've owned to drive, only downside with mine is the slightly gutless 1.6TDCi lump but with a 1.0 I bet it's a great car.

17,473 · March 23, 2016

Stopped at Tebay on the way back from darn sarf. Spotted this in the car park and it made me grumpy, but not as grumpy as the guy sitting in it

9,722 · March 23, 2016

I'm sure they will sell by the bucketload to our towel headed cousins, they are fucking horrible but I'm sure there'll be a few arrive in the carpark at work over summer.

7,078 · March 23, 2016

I'm after an new (to me) hatchback. Took a test drive in a Focus RS ST Turbonutterbastard with the Volvo engine. Holy fuck! That thing's an animal. Seller admitted it had had the boost turned up, mind. Seats are too hard, the ride nearly had my remaining teeth out and it feels like it wants to kill me.

I'm officially old.

Therefore you forget the Ford and buy the car the engine was intended for .. Volvo T5

3,600 · March 23, 2016

Been ill 4 or 5 days in a row, can't breathe deeply because it gives me back ache, can't talk,all my joints hurt and my tonsils feel like they're falling out of my ears.

Thinking I'm going to have to stay at home tomorrow and worry abou all the things I should be doing

7,592 · March 23, 2016

Strange fuckers round here, walk their dog and actually do the pick up the shit in a poo bag bit then carry it around for a bit then randomly drop/throw the bag of shit in the street , They are actually going home with the dog so whats the point of shrink wrapping the turd in the first place?...I'm baffled !

3,907 · March 23, 2016

michael1703, on 23 Mar 2016 - 10:09 PM, said:
Been ill 4 or 5 days in a row, can't breathe deeply because it gives me back ache, can't talk,all my joints hurt and my tonsils feel like they're falling out of my ears.

Thinking I'm going to have to stay at home tomorrow and worry abou all the things I should be doing

I sometimes get similar symptoms to that. Naproxen fixes me right up.

14,783 · March 23, 2016

My Focus is the newer 2013 shape and it's bloody lovely, easily the best newer car I've owned to drive, only downside with mine is the slightly gutless 1.6TDCi lump but with a 1.0 I bet it's a great car.

I found my 1.6tdci ecoconetic is not bad on the flat but show it an incline and it pretty much gives up.

It is the ecoest lowest co2 version so I shouldn't be surprised.

Doesn't have all the toys trigger has either.

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