The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

The twat in the Mazda who decided jumping a red light at Cheshire Oaks yesterday afternoon was more important than being a second or two away from having me off my bike.

[panhard65]

Bollocks just heard from the guy's who are grinding the crank for the cavalier and the bloody crank is bent. Any one know where I can find a 1.6sh or 1.8e vauxhall engine fitted to astras and cavaliers from 81 to 85

[HH-R]

Next door is having their whole place renovated so all I've heard for weeks is workmen braying the shit out of something.

 

Thought it was all over until a double glazing van parked outside when I got home from work, now they're braying the shit out of something repeatedly.

 

Who starts putting windows in at 5 o clock at night? They've had all day to make a fucking racket.

[cort1977]

Took Mercedes to garage today as identified the cause of power steering leak as rotten hydraulic line under the car.   Didn't fancy trying to do it myself as no pipe bender or flaring tool.  

 

Usual garage straight up refused, recommended a merc specialist.   Called them, can't look at it till Monday, wouldn't say if they could fab up a new pipe, just kept repeating they would need to look at it.   I understood that but if they don't have the tools to replace the pipe and are just going to get one from Mercedes then I can find someone else to do it in less than a week.  

 

Took the car to another specialist place, they said they could do it, booked car in, got the keys and then said they wouldn't make up a replacement cunifer pipe because of liability issues so would get replacement pipes from Mercedes.   I said what's the worst that can happen, if I lose power steering then I am no worse off than I am now and I just drove here.  

 

The US liability culture is sometimes exaggerated, you can't sue the council for a dodgy pavement for example, but all these unintended acceleration and ignition switch lawsuits have the whole country running scared.

 

Bets on prices for 6 foot of steel pipe from Mercedes?   I'll go for $328 + tax.   F*cksticks.

[xtriple]

£328 sounds cheap to me   Merc charge like Bentley do.

 

Oh yes. Grump for the day: it is not just the Bentley that people round here use as a bump stop, the Mazda has got a broken number plate plinth now as well. Looks (from the scuff) like a towbar has given it a cuff. Why the fuck can people not park properly without using MY car as their bump stop?

 

At least the number plate itself seems okay (dent in the middle but not worried about that 'cos I can't see it, just feel it) but I bet that stupid plinth is many pounds.

[Parky]

Finally found a silver Leon at a breakers that had a straight, clean front wing!

 

Straight on the phone - "yeah, still got it mate but only selling it as part of the whole front end. So if you want it, you have to take the bonnet, bumper and passenger wing too. £400 the lot"

 

Fucksticks.

[Tamworthbay]

Finally found a silver Leon at a breakers that had a straight, clean front wing!

Straight on the phone - "yeah, still got it mate but only selling it as part of the whole front end. So if you want it, you have to take the bonnet, bumper and passenger wing too. £400 the lot"

Fucksticks.

sneak in at night ninja style and dent the other panels?

[Parky]

Hadn't thought of that!

[fordperv]

Bollocks just heard from the guy's who are grinding the crank for the cavalier and the bloody crank is bent. Any one know where I can find a 1.6sh or 1.8e vauxhall engine fitted to astras and cavaliers from 81 to 85

Just a question would the crank from a 1.8 manta be suitable??

[ruffgeezer]

Was trying to arrange getting some bits from a Wira being broken the next town over, speaking to the seller on Facebook, but now the post has dissapeared with no further replies from the seller.

 

What a complete cockspurt, at least have the decency to tell me if you aren't breaking it anymore!

[vulgalour]

Managed to spin a con rod bearing while putting the Renault's engine back together and completely fucked up the other half of the bearing.  Really not happy with myself because I'm pretty sure I have to take the entire engine apart to put new ones in and today I'd almost finished rebuilding it.  I'd even got the whole thing static timed and turning freely and was going to set the tappets.  Majorly unpleased about this.

[doobietoo]

Why is it always the last fecking bolt? MOT tomorrow so just time to fit the rear anti-roll bar bushes... Only one bolt each side R/H one came out easily enough but about 3 turns in the L/H one snapped off ... fuckstiks...... dropped it off at my local garage which luckily has an engineering place next door hopefully between them they will be able to get the old bolt out....

[Eddie Honda]

Letting agent round today (comes around at least once a year, if not twice). Starts asking me about the number of cars I have (and not in a good way).

 

I've only been here four whole years and always had chod on the drive. There were at least as many on the last two visits. That's the whole point in renting a place with a big back drive and not a big back garden innit?

 

(He counted a mere six)

[Pillock]

Either they've had a complaint from the neighbours, or the owner of the house has asked them to start dropping hints about tidying the place up for when the estate agent board goes up.....

[jakebullet]

Discovered bloke next door but 2 is a tosser. His van has gone off the road and is part blocking the back lane. Hmmm, wonder why? Insurance & tax out on 1st April. Mot out last September. Naughty!

 

Oh, and as proof all vauxhalls are shit, said 02 van has failed every year since 06.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Who or what the fuck is Addison Lee?

I'm sitting in a Macdonald's car park near Heathrow waiting for a flight that was due at 21.00( !!) and I can see about 30 Addison Fucking Lee Galaxys. They've got a fleet of 4,500 , mostly Galaxys but about 500 Priuses and 300 E and S Classes.

Before Galaxys they bought Sharans and before that ! Fiat Ulysees, in fact if ever you see an old shape Uly that's black it was once one of theirs.

And looking at the drivers I can see , I think I've worked out why you don't hear much about Somalian pirates any more..........

[andrew e]

Those Addison Lee Ulysees were all 8 seaters, a lot went through the Great trade centre (Car Giant).

[Eddie Honda]

Either they've had a complaint from the neighbours, or the owner of the house has asked them to start dropping hints about tidying the place up for when the estate agent board goes up.....

Nah, it wasn't a special visit. I don't get them, it was the usual annual one. In fact, I had to phone him up a couple of weeks ago as I received two letters, one address to me and another with our address, but another name on it. Always get it in writing with a couple of weeks notice.

 

This letting agent fella hasn't been round himself for the last couple of times, another bloke did it. It's a five minute check that the place isn't mouldy and I've turned the place into a grow house. The owner I've met in the past is sound and lives quite far away.

 

I just don't think he grasps the concept of having a hobby of having more than two cars.

[Rover414]

Went to a funeral today for one of my uncles, thought that would be the real low point of the day. However, the real low point of the day was going to work and being absolutely broadsided by some knobhead in a Vauxhall Vectra:

 

 

I walked away with just bruises.

[Cheggers]

Shit, that looks nasty, glad you're basically OK. Were you carrying passengers at the time?

[richardmorris]

Glad you're ok. How did he not notice a sodding green bus?

[Cavcraft]

Thank God you're ok, looks horrible that.

[trigger]

That looks really nasty, glad to hear your OK.

[Pete-M]

Went to a funeral today for one of my uncles, thought that would be the real low point of the day. However, the real low point of the day was going to work and being absolutely broadsided by some knobhead in a Vauxhall Vectra:

 

 

I walked away with just bruises.

One less Vectra. Good work fella.

[dollywobbler]

Yikes. Glad you're ok. Do bus drivers wear seatbelts?

[cms206]

Yikes. Glad you're ok. Do bus drivers wear seatbelts?

The big groups tend to fit seatbelts for drivers but they're not actually law; if the vehicle is not capable of exceeding 59mph then it does not by law require any seatbelts. Certainly for PSVs anyway.

[oldcars]

Looks nasty hope your ok and not to sore this morning. Was anyone on the bus called John, since it was going to Prescot?

[Rover414]

One less Vectra. Good work fella.

 

It was a Mk1 Vectra too!

 

There were no passengers on my bus at the time apart from a work mate, I had just started my service and quite unusually for that particular run there was no one waiting for it.

 

Basically going along the road there, which is a 30mph road where you have right of way, when the Vectra come out the side street to my left without slowing down or even looking, he must have been going at least 30mph and I was no more than 10-15 feet away from him when he pulled out so I had no chance to react, I hit him and the bus swerved to the right (I was thrown out the cab by this point) and went into the walk in centre wall. CCTV off my bus stonewall proves he was in the wrong, I was only travelling at 24mph at the point of impact so below the limit for the road.

 

Our buses don't have seatbelts and in some ways I think a belt might have done more harm than good there. One thing I will say is I was glad I was in an Optare Solo and not a Dennis Dart as the structure of the Optare really did well, the damage isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

[Lord Sterling]

Bloody 'ell Rover4, glad your Ok though. Plus with bus CCTV you should be in the clear.

[Angrydicky]

Wow that's quite an impact! Really glad you're ok, being thrown out of the cab you were so lucky not be be more seriously injured.