The grumpy thread

[bub2006]

I can live without towbar and auto but does need to be large or MPV! I'll have something sorted soon enough if I can get money sorted hopefully

[FakeConcern]

Looking at yours are you actually bothered?

Touché!

 

Well I found the limited to 56mph made quite a difference. Last time we went to Norwich it took just under 3 hours. Today it took 4 hours. Also we left Bexhill at 7.00 am, my daughter left Brighton at 8.30 am and she pulled into Norwich about 1 minute after us. While I am moaning about the van I will add that a Ford sticker on the sunvisor stated it's limited to 62mph (100kph) the speedo showed 59mph and my phone GPS said 55mph! As it got dark I thought the difference between dipped beam and main beam was very noticeable, checked when we took it back and only one dipped headlight working.

[Cavcraft]

I spent a year or two in an Iveco that'd been restricted to 62mph, sort of doubled the misery really.

[Tamworthbay]

Major grump today, going to a funeral of a 16 year old this afternoon. Going to be a hard one. Life is shit sometimes

[FakeConcern]

Major grump today, going to a funeral of a 16 year old this afternoon. Going to be a hard one. Life is shit sometimes

Sorry to hear this. There is no adequate response really.

[Tamworthbay]

Sorry to hear this. There is no adequate response really.

Thanks mate, I am normally really chilled out and don't do stress but feeling really on edge about this, still can't get my head around the whole thing. Such a nice kid too. Can't begin to imagine what his parents are going through.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Right, but it's more likely to fail on a starship mileage diesel Audi that probably hasn't seen a service bay since the death of VHS.You'll get sorted.

In 2005 I recovered an Audi A3 from north wales to Gloucester that had snapped it's cambelt it had 275 miles on the clock.

 

 

Also, when I say recovered TO Gloucester I really mean bridgenorth as that's as far as I got until I lost control of the transit spec lift at the top of a steep hill and careered into some trees writing them both off!!

[Cavcraft]

Major grump today, going to a funeral of a 16 year old this afternoon. Going to be a hard one. Life is shit sometimes

 

That's all sorts of horrible. Sorry to hear your news.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Women.

[mercrocker]

Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em 

 

(Kent Dorfman, 1978)

[Tamworthbay]

That's all sorts of horrible. Sorry to hear your news.

Cheers mate, it all went off as well as could be hoped. There were so many people there we were backed out of the door. The chap doing the service said he had never seen so many which helped the family I think. He loved a takeaway so I came back and ordered a curry in his honour.

[xtriple]

So sorry to hear that, so sad when it's a youngster.

 

My grump is: just broken my back tooth straight down the middle. It doesn't hurt fortunately but it is a mess. So chances of finding a dentist tomorrow?

 

Another grump... rained for two days so now the bootlid is covered in water stains that won't come out, chap is 'supposed' to be coming round today/tonight with a polisher to machine it. I don't know why it keeps doing this but I bet the final answer is respraying the sod.

[OwdChina]

 but I bet the final answer is respraying the sod.

 

Painting the lawn ? Can't see how that's gonna help, but good luck anyway.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em 

 

(Kent Dorfman, 1978)

Right now, I'd happy live in the garage, sans woman, with the cat, beer and pizza for company.

[The Moog]

Slowly turning into victor meldrew, which is a grump in itself.

 

We have got a bit of parking out the front of our house (end of a cul-de-sac). According to land registry bit of paper we own it.

 

Neighbour knocks and speaks to missus, asks her to move her car from the communal land as got a party tomorrow and friends want to park there.

 

I would have explained above, but missus just said ok. It's stupidly making me quite cross.

[Negative Creep]

Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em 

 

(Kent Dorfman, 1978)

 

 

I dunno, I'm managed the latter for years. Unfortunately.

[fordperv]

So sorry to hear that, so sad when it's a youngster.

 

My grump is: just broken my back tooth straight down the middle. It doesn't hurt fortunately but it is a mess. So chances of finding a dentist tomorrow?

 

Another grump... rained for two days so now the bootlid is covered in water stains that won't come out, chap is 'supposed' to be coming round today/tonight with a polisher to machine it. I don't know why it keeps doing this but I bet the final answer is respraying the sod.

Is it a straight colour or is it Base coat and lacquer? have you waxed it recently? I have seen this happen on straight colour before when they are waxed and it's rained the water beaded then dried quickly by sunshine or heat, be prepared it may keep happening if the wax is left on

[timolloyd]

My grump of the week: people who can't drive slowly. 

 

When I'm not piloting chod, I ride a bike. I'm fairly certain that most drivers don't mean to lumber along right behind me, fannying about with gears, dipping the clutch, getting really close then backing away again. They just can't hold a steady 10mph.

 

This isn't a one off. This is every day for the past two years.

 

When I was learning to drive in a Nova, with the notchiest gearbox from hell, you had to learn to change down smoothly and drive slowly. Nowadays it feels like anyone in a modern is incapable of doing less than 20.

[Tickman]

We have got a bit of parking out the front of our house (end of a cul-de-sac). According to land registry bit of paper we own it.

On the piece of paper with our house we own upto the middle of the road, this would be really handy for when people say 'do you think you own the road' and I could reply with 'no I don't think, I know' and produce the paper. However shit happens and roads and footpaths get adopted by the council.

If it is in your deeds then get it fenced off so it is not common land or it will be lost (may have already had enough time to be classed as common)

[dollywobbler]

My grump of the week: people who can't drive slowly. 

 

When I'm not piloting chod, I ride a bike. I'm fairly certain that most drivers don't mean to lumber along right behind me, fannying about with gears, dipping the clutch, getting really close then backing away again. They just can't hold a steady 10mph.

 

This isn't a one off. This is every day for the past two years.

 

When I was learning to drive in a Nova, with the notchiest gearbox from hell, you had to learn to change down smoothly and drive slowly. Nowadays it feels like anyone in a modern is incapable of doing less than 20.

 

To be fair, the Rover is a bit shitty at 10mph or below. You think it'll just chug along nicely like a diesel should, but then it goes all kangaroo-ey and makes you look like an incompetent twat. Apart from when it's absolutely fine. I haven't quite sussed it out yet, but then most of my driving in it so far has been at 70mph or above. 

[Supernaut]

My Xantia is sumptuous at any speed I choose.

Usually as fast as fucking possible, mind.

[beko1987]

I get a look of disgust in my xantia coming behind a cyclist, dropping into second at 20mph then lifting the clutch up slowly to catch the nice slow tickover to take me down to 5mph makes the exhaust bellow as the revs rise then start to fall as the engine braking sorts the speed out

 

Then I overtake them at the next opportunity, after sitting a nice distance behind, and even reving to 2.5k makes a noise, if I go too far to 2.52k it billows black smoke out too.

 

Im sorry cyclists, I do try to be courteous, its easier if I can just waft past without breaking speed...

[twosmoke300]

Modern landrovers just can't go slow without kangarooing . Td5 and the puma engined ones are both terrible for it.

[Tamworthbay]

My old MGB GT daily was fine an any speed part from 60mph where it used to hunt and pop and fart. 55mph fine, 65 fine just not 60. Unfortunately that is a pain in the arse in any road used by artics that isn't a motorway as you can either pop and fart along and look incompetent or sit at 55mph with a different artic 2mm from your bumper. I tries all sorts but never sorted that issue.

[garbaldy]

Slowly turning into victor meldrew, which is a grump in itself.

 

We have got a bit of parking out the front of our house (end of a cul-de-sac). According to land registry bit of paper we own it.

 

Neighbour knocks and speaks to missus, asks her to move her car from the communal land as got a party tomorrow and friends want to park there.

 

I would have explained above, but missus just said ok. It's stupidly making me quite cross.

Gerroff my land.

[burraston2006]

[mercrocker]

I totally get the Moog grump.....Our close is not designed for modern living, a clump of mainly pre-war houses and a small unadopted access road. We have two spaces outside our house and my car port in the back garden.   Gets my arse when people cannot park their bloated modern shit close to a fence or in their own drives and then invite about twenty other fuckers round for a barbecue none of whom can park or walk from the nearby main road car parks.     

 

Then they have the nerve to knock my door for contributions to road repairs - its not me that scuffs the bastard up with over-tyred SUVs on full fucking lock because they cannot do a three point turn.   I have seriously got people up in the middle of the night to move their shit out of my space.   Fucking Napoleon, me.....

[burraston2006]

Grump today is youngsters who can't keep up! Got guests here:he's 2 years younger (40) and she is 10 years younger than us. To be polite we went out on the sherbet last night staggering home at 3am. Me and the millstone have been up and about for a couple of hours already and the youngsters are still in bed! I mean bank holiday weekend and all that but half the day has gone already!!!

[Snipes]

I'd also advise going to the GP. Four years ago I went through depression, though I had already turned the corner by the time I sought help.

 

I know I had a problem when I spent an evening googling the easiest ways to do myself in.

[purplebargeken]

Well back in North London after a few days away. Can't find a parking spot in our road, nor the two fucking adjacent roads.

 

Welcome back!