The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

If you wear a big fat grin and move slightly towards them that helps a lot. The thought that an insane (and therefore probably uninsured) nutter is heading towards their precious soft roader usually does the trick. As for 4x4s not wanting to get dirty, I used to go shooting at a range in Sennybridge, the access road up the side stopped and you had to turn down the hill and allow gravity to do its thing, then at the end of the day you just roll down to the bottom road. Easy as long as it wasn't soaking wet. I normally went in a Passat estate and never had problems, went once with my mate in his disco and he flatly refused to 'risk it', the same day an old Bedford van and a metro went down. FFS why have one and then be afraid to use it? I had to lug a load of crap down a hill for no reason.

[Supernaut]

I don't mean to keep going on about my attempts to sell the OMGa, but this one really fucked me right off.

 

I have it advertised on a certain Vauxhall-dedicated page on facebook (I know, I feel dirty). I got all of one comment on it, which went nowhere.

 

 

 

Today, somebody advertised a Nova. The description of it featured such gems as:

 

"Nova 1.5td izuzu engine, mot till september, 116k miles"

 

"Working Gte digi clocks( except rev counter)"

 

"Cone air filter is missing

Steering wheel sits squint when driving

No radio/cd player

Fromt grill has a crack thats been repaired.

Small oil leak. Nothin major with these faults just being honest.

This nova has seen a welder a good few times as a few people know but which one hasnt these days. All welding done to a good standard and has been undersealed."

 

So basically it's a barried, slightly fucked, diesel Nova.

 

They're asking £2,000 for it. TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.

 

Within 10 minutes of the ad going live, the comments / replies had soared well into double figures.

 

FUCKING PHILISTINES.

[Cavcraft]

Yes, but I bet the majority of those comments are 'swop 4 xbox/best price/wel wurf da munny/I wud av it if you weren't not sofar away' (this will be about 4 miles)

 

 

Tell you what's pissing me off, trying to book a holiday. How about if your bastarding website says it's dog friendly and I spend what feels like hours going into all kinds of details to find at the end you don't allow dogs, that maybe, just fucking maybe, you shouldn't advertise as dog friendly?

Also, 'the price of your holiday will be £280, please go to the booking form' yet when you do it's not two £280 at all, it's £490. FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS. Not £280. I wish I was Danny Dyer, I'd tell you to jog on and threaten to come down with a tasty firm.

[Supernaut]

Yes, but I bet the majority of those comments are 'swop 4 xbox/best price/wel wurf da munny/I wud av it if you weren't not sofar away' (this will be about 4 miles)

No, the worst part is that none of the comments were like that at all.

 

I find myself considering posting a new ad when I get back from my holiday, but full of utter bullshit to appeal to these mouth-breathers. Things like 'modern classic, getting rare, great drift project, pulls like a train, starts every time' etc. etc.

[cros]

Just to reset the twatted mirror equilibrium, some time ago I had a wide load on a trailer which caught the mirror on a scabby 11 year old Renault 21 that had stopped to let me squeeze past. I gallantly offered to pay and was rewarded by the driver later asking for 80 quid, double what the car was worth.

[Tamworthbay]

No, the worst part is that none of the comments were like that at all.I find myself considering posting a new ad when I get back from my holiday, but full of utter bullshit to appeal to these mouth-breathers. Things like 'modern classic, getting rare, great drift project, pulls like a train, starts every time' etc. etc.

sounds a gud un Bruv, ow much do u want 4 it?

[DVee8]

Hmmm.

 

All this selling and un-able to sell.

 

I am going to put the Astra up for sale,that i have had for almost 6 years,it is like a part of the family I want £2000,for it.

 

The thought of dealing with ebay and/or gumtree people.

 

10years ago we use to do some buying and selling,dealing with the general public was easy.

 

Selling my own.ohhh not to sure.

 

Then i am going to put the Daimler up for sale.

[Parky]

Have to admit I feel the same. The daily is in the uncomfortable phase of being 9 years old so too old for dealers and possibly not cheap enough for Bay Mongs. I can honestly see myself taking a rogering from WBAC just to avoid dealing with all the shit. Getting to the stage where I want another vehicle but starting to think that I can't be bothered with the hassle of changing it.

 

Plus I keep changing my mind about what I want as a replacement, still haven't settled in anything for longer than 48 hours

[Urko]

Unfortunately on narrow roads there's lots of bullies these days, it's the sense of entitlement that goes with owning a car for a lot of the population. 

Quite often I've found that not pulling over to the very left until the last minute works - if you straight away make as much room as possible, they'll invariably not want to do the same and take as much as possible. Give yourself a foot of wiggle room, they see you headed straight at them and either slow down or move over at which point you can use the foot of room you were saving. 

 

It used to be more common on country roads when there's an approaching 4x4 driver that didn't want to get their tyres dirty but since moving in here, a lot of local roads are typically narrow residential streets but have a line of cars down one side.

 

I also find breathing in helps as yo go through the gap.

 

What hacks me off is that if one car goes - and there's time for him to get past the parked cars before I (minding my own business on the clear side of the road) arrive, the next 10 will follow on without looking if anyone's coming, meaning I have to stop and wait - and quite often creating an awkward semi-gridlock as the first car reaches the next line of parked cars, but now can't move as he's blocked by the line of cars behind me on my side, created by the cretins that followed him out. 

[Pillock]

Slowly creep forward, making the gap smaller and smaller. If you do it subtly enough you'll end up with a driver struggling to get their car through when everyone else found it really easy. But yes, that is a pet peeve and there's a road here that it happens on every single morning.

[chaseracer]

^ Chris, you evil man!  Good work... 

[dean36014]

Had my first proper senior moment and fell down the steps at my ex wifes house whilst going to collect for a visit to see our daughter. Didn't feel to bad initially but no aching like crazy and typically its the first day of my holiday. Other grump was we went to see our daughter row in a regatta at nottingham, she did her time trial and then the whole event got cancelled due to high winds.

[DVee8]

Parky i agree, i have thought of WBAC.

 

My Astra is 10 years old,with 64k miles,FSH and in good condition,as i am mainly the only one that drives it,for the 20 mile round trip to work.

 

I am going to try and avoid ebay and gtree and use car and classic and maybe autotrader.

[Urko]

Slowly creep forward, making the gap smaller and smaller. If you do it subtly enough you'll end up with a driver struggling to get their car through when everyone else found it really easy. But yes, that is a pet peeve and there's a road here that it happens on every single morning.

That's how I had the mirror clash

[beko1987]

I thought scrap was on its arse? I've been looking for sub £100 stuff locally and theres nothing.

 

Id best wait for more roffles or even fix the car I have

[Supernaut]

Parky i agree, i have thought of WBAC.

 

My Astra is 10 years old,with 64k miles,FSH and in good condition,as i am mainly the only one that drives it,for the 20 mile round trip to work.

 

I am going to try and avoid ebay and gtree and use car and classic and maybe autotrader.

Oooh, car and classic. That may hit the right (giffer) demographic for an OMGa. Is it costly to advertise there?

[DVee8]

Oooh, car and classic. That may hit the right (giffer) demographic for an OMGa. Is it costly to advertise there?

Cost for c&c is omg FREE.

[MarvinsMom]

Car and Classic is free to advertise on,

 

2 peeps say so therefore it is true.

[Urko]

Tell you what's pissing me off, trying to book a holiday. How about if your bastarding website says it's dog friendly and I spend what feels like hours going into all kinds of details to find at the end you don't allow dogs, that maybe, just fucking maybe, you shouldn't advertise as dog friendly?

Also, 'the price of your holiday will be £280, please go to the booking form' yet when you do it's not two £280 at all, it's £490. FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS. Not £280. I wish I was Danny Dyer, I'd tell you to jog on and threaten to come down with a tasty firm.

Not sure what you're looking for but a mate of mine and his wife run this joint 

 

http://www.3dogsholidaylet.co.uk/

 

It is 100% hound friendly as they have dogs usually no fewer than three and they wanted to offer something they'd like themselves.  

[DeeJay]

Yes, but I bet the majority of those comments are 'swop 4 xbox/best price/wel wurf da munny/I wud av it if you weren't not sofar away' (this will be about 4 miles)

 

 

Tell you what's pissing me off, trying to book a holiday. How about if your bastarding website says it's dog friendly and I spend what feels like hours going into all kinds of details to find at the end you don't allow dogs, that maybe, just fucking maybe, you shouldn't advertise as dog friendly?

Also, 'the price of your holiday will be £280, please go to the booking form' yet when you do it's not two £280 at all, it's £490. FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS. Not £280. I wish I was Danny Dyer, I'd tell you to jog on and threaten to come down with a tasty firm.

http://www.chooseacottage.co.uk/dgp

 

From the dogs trust site.

[anonymous user]

 

From the dogs trust site.

It appears I'd still have to leave at least one dog at home, as the number of pets only goes up to three. I used to use Landmark Trust, but they only allow up to two dogs (and none at all in some places)

[dollywobbler]

Was working on the XM and managed to right royally f*ck my back up. I now cannot stand upright. Just about managed to get the rear wheels back on (fortunately I'd finished changing the rear pads) with assistance from my neighbour, but I can't actually drive. This had better get better FAST because I'm on a cannot-miss work trip on Wednesday. 

 

What's especially annoying is that there's now no way I can finish the job. I was changing the rear pads ahead of replacing the hydraulic flush fluid with LHM. This really needs doing, as the notchy steering came back yesterday. That suggests the fluid has done its job and the filters are now once more clogged up with muck. Ugh!

[Cavcraft]

Not sure what you're looking for but a mate of mine and his wife run this joint 

 

http://www.3dogsholidaylet.co.uk/

 

It is 100% hound friendly as they have dogs usually no fewer than three and they wanted to offer something they'd like themselves.  

 

 

http://www.chooseacottage.co.uk/dgp

 

From the dogs trust site.

 

 

Sorted now, but cheers.

[robinmasters]

TV schedules aren't different on Bank Holidays any more. Put the telly on when we got in a while ago expecting something slightly watchable, only to be greeted by Chris-fucking-Packham on The One Show.

 

Bank Holiday telly used to be like a mini Christmas.

[eddyramrod]

Not having a good day today.  I'm grumpy as fuck, MrsR is grumpy as fuck, the bills are coming in much faster than I can ever hope to pay them, I thought I'd have a little browse on ebay to see if there were any models I could buy to cheer myself up.  Er, no, not at any price I can afford!  Computer's playing silly buggers and won't send an email that I need to send.  I need to be up at 5am for work, we've got a lot on this week, but also I need to keep my weekly hours down so I don't tip over a benefits threshold and lose the lot.  Of course telling the boss I can't spare the time to do these extra bits will result in P45, and any reference he writes will include the words lazy and selfish.  That'll help a lot...

I actually like working for a small business, I prefer it over a big company, but why the fuck do they have to be so Dickensian?

[chaseracer]

TV schedules aren't different on Bank Holidays any more. Put the telly on when we got in a while ago expecting something slightly watchable, only to be greeted by Chris-fucking-Packham on The One Show.

 

Bank Holiday telly used to be like a mini Christmas.

 

Wall-to-wall Royal arslikhan* on BBC1 right now.  I am vexed.

 

 

*More on p94... 

[eddyramrod]

FOUR FUCKING HOURS it's been telling me it's "saving" this email I need to send.  FFS, just send the bastard then I can go back to my inbox!

[danthecapriman]

Isn't it lovely having a bank holiday weekend. 3 whole days all to myself.

And now it's all over and I've got to go back to fucking work tomorrow! I'm really on a downer about work at the moment, really hate the place and sick of pissing my life away going to the shit hole place. The thought of another 30 odd years of this shit makes me sick.

 

Could be worse I suppose, at least I've got a job and all that. Doesn't really help though...

[DVee8]

i have to go to work tonight.

[danthecapriman]

Sympathetic "like" on that one. In much the same position and really must look about for something else, but severely lacking motivation at the moment.

Same here.

I keep thinking of doing something else or going abroad to work but I just can not be arsed! I can't stand looking and applying for stuff and I even less can be arsed getting dressed up in a shitty suit for some bum licking interview.

I don't think my problem is solely down to my job tbh, I think it's more a case of being generally down all together.

 

I think the only thing that will drag me out of this is more american car retail therapy!