The grumpy thread

[Honey Badger]

£300 for 2 new front calipers on the Lexus RX, looks like i cant afford to buy the LS that Mr Laurel is selling now.

 

4th time its been in for brake work this year, replacement discs on the front, replaced under warranty when one warped. Back discs replaced when a stone got wedged in the pad and scored the fuck out of an 18 month old disc and now new front calipers.

 

Fingers crossed we dont have to spend out on it again.

[dollywobbler]

Usually a sign that the clutch is on it's last legs - expect the dreaded clutch clip to break some time soon.

The clutch should be light as a feather.

 

I've never driven any XUD-powered French car with a 'light as a feather' clutch pedal. They've all been utter arses. My 306 DTurbo was, even with less than 50k miles on it. Every BX has had a heavy clutch pedal. In conclusion, BECAUSE FRENCH.

[Tamworthbay]

Fucking tennis, as if hours and hours of shite isn't enough they add to it with a program 'talking tennis'!!!!! Can I have a refund on my licence fee for these two weeks? I hope a massive storm cloud lands over Wimbledon and stays for a month.

[Timewaster]

There is some entertainment to be had watching womens tennis.

I've no idea how the game works though.

[Lacquer Peel]

New fuel filter 500 mile ish ago. It is down on power though.

Have a look at the tank strainer, under the back seats on the right I think.

Are you still using veg?

[chaseracer]

We put in 10 litres of Aldi Banbury's finest* on the way down to SF16.  I'm sure** this is coincidental... 

[bub2006]

It usually runs fine on veg. Just to be sure though it has diesel in it too but still being a bitch. I'll check tank strainer.

[twosmoke300]

It will be clogged with veg slime somewhere

[dugong]

For fucks sake. The CD multichanger has packed in with 6 of my favourite CDs wedged in.

#firstworldproblems

 

I've never driven any XUD-powered French car with a 'light as a feather' clutch pedal. They've all been utter arses. My 306 DTurbo was, even with less than 50k miles on it. Every BX has had a heavy clutch pedal. In conclusion, BECAUSE FRENCH.

In typical PSA style, they're heavy because they decided to retain the LHD linkage with a load of extra trunking and another mechanism to send operated it on the other side of the car. It's routed very close to the exhaust at one point and they eventually dry out and turn horrid.

[cms206]

I'm in the coach park at Fort William. It's fucking pissing down outside. The bloke in the next coach is cleaning his windows with a squeegee between downpours. I wish he'd do it fucking quietly.

 

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[andy18s]

Currently 1.5hrs into a 3 hour flight to Bulgaria for a week of sun,house finding and chod spotting.

Why the grump?????

'Cos we're still sat on the basterd tarmac at Luton airport due to "issues with Heathrow ATC"..........

[nacho man]

 

I am sure there was a cat here once.

 

 

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[twosmoke300]

Bastards

[Timewaster]

That's a very neat cut. Looks like they came equipped.

[purplebargeken]

Thieving cnuts

[saucedoctor]

Dirty thieving bastards.

 

My grump: I'm supposed to be going out tonight, and for the second night in a row, the local paramilitaries are setting fire to stuff, fighting with each other and generally being the scum of the earth. There's a Eurocopter EC135-T2 rattling the tiles on my house and the Police have closed many roads. I hope the TSG go in mob handed and beat the living shit out of everyone in sight. Fucking sick of this. It all started over two gangsters' molls having a drunken catfight in the street on Wednesday. Thankfully, I live well away from the shithole areas, but the whole damn town is closed off.

[OwdChina]

 

I am sure there was a cat here once.

 

 

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Judging by the mark on the end of the pipe that looks like somebody has discovered just how fast and easy a ratchet type pipe cutter is to use. Originally designed for cutting pipe in confined places, ie: in a trunking or against a wall or floor, bet they had that cat out in under 2 mins.

[Tickman]

 

I am sure there was a cat here once.

 

 

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A friend of mine was on a building site and there was someone under one of the transit vans stripping the cat out and when she questioned him what he was doing was told 'it's alright love, the boos told me to get it sorted' to which the reply was 'Fuck off knobhead, I am the boss' needless to say the cat stayed put and the 'gentlemen' left!

[michael1703]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

Big breakfast yesterday, went to the village fete and had a hot dog and two burgers then fancied a flapjack, then ate a sponge cake,bakewell slice and a cheesecake.

 

Then had dinner on southwold pier which was a massive chicken and chorizo risotto and then ate a load of flapjacks walking the dog on the beach

 

Just say no!

[dugong]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

Big breakfast yesterday, went to the village fete and had a hot dog and two burgers then fancied a flapjack, then ate a sponge cake,bakewell slice and a cheesecake.

 

Then had dinner on southwold pier which was a massive chicken and chorizo risotto and then ate a load of flapjacks walking the dog on the beach

 

Just say no!

Have you tried not having diarrhoea? It's quite pleasant.

[fordperv]

How many pikeys are there in Tamworth, popped a lad from work on home visit earlier and saw a bugger load of travellers on a field looked like quite a bit of rubbish around, one of them had a white 4 door car sized porsche monstrosity to pull their caravan

[daveb47]

Fuck i must be bored,just spent 20 minutes chasing a fly round my computor screen with my mouse pointer........

[Tamworthbay]

How many pikeys are there in Tamworth, popped a lad from work on home visit earlier and saw a bugger load of travellers on a field looked like quite a bit of rubbish around, one of them had a white 4 door car sized porsche monstrosity to pull their caravan

. Usually none, the locals have a habit of getting into 'turf wars' with them. Whereabouts were they?

[barefoot]

Went to a VW show at the weekend.

As usual there were the usual noisy, drunken revellers and on this occasion there was a bloke, (an elderly, decent bloke) who got out of his van

and told them to shut up or he'd call security - it was 01:30.

The following morning he'd only had his tyres slashed!

Tyre slashing at a car show?

That is completely beyond the bounds of anything I have ever experienced.

Fortunately the hard core VW folk rallied round and donated their spare wheels for chap's journey home and identified a bloke who'd come on his own in a black/red T4 & who had left the show mid afternoon (when security started taking an interest in the damaged van).

Sadly* for our suspect, every van entering the show is photographed - people buy pictures of their own vehicles!

Before long, this bloke will find a picture of his van on many, many VW and other enthusiast websites including this one.

I am certain that someone, somewhere will know the car, the bloke, a copper friend, whatever.

This fucker needs hunting down and banning from every motoring event in the country.

[fordperv]

. Usually none, the locals have a habit of getting into 'turf wars' with them. Whereabouts were they?

I don't know Tamworth very well at all mate, they weren't a million miles away from an asda

[The Moog]

Missus Moog has lost her house keys whilst out walking the dogs.  Not end of the world as had to go home and break in.  Bad thing is that it has got her only civic key on it.

 

Without it we have a car sitting on the driveway that cant be moved without a key.

[Bucketeer]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

 

I had always thought that the title above your avatar was a self-appointed one but I'm now beginning to believe that you truly are the World Biscuit Eating Champion.

If that is true, do you know where the next championships are and do you have any advice for an up and coming amateur who feels he is ready to step up to the big time? I believe that after much intensive training I have what it takes to be a contender.

Also, do the governing body of the Biscuit And Wafer Biscuit Annual Games recognise Jaffa Cakes as they are my best apparatus.

[Dave_Q]

I don't know what the official BAWBAG stance is on Jaffa Cakes, but unfortunately there is legal precedent from the case of HM Govt. vs United Biscuits in a VAT tribunal in 1981, where Jaffa Cakes were declared to be cakes rather than biscuits.

 

http://www.pensionsworld.co.uk/article/points-law-taking-biscuit

[anonymous user]

For once I agree with HMRC, when Jaffa Cakes, which are soft, go stale they go hard, like a cake does; if a biscuit, which is normally hard, goes stale, it goes soft. I wonder if this is how they made the decision, probably not because it's bleeding obvious.

[Richard]

Jaffa Cakes go in the biscuit tin and are found on the biscuit aisle in supermarkets, therefore they are biscuits.