The grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

All post 1996 cars are shit.

 

I may go on about this for a while 'cos I am hacked off. 

[Ghosty]

I might be singing from a similar hymn sheet next time I get off the phone, depends what PBIS etc think of a certain type of car well regarded in these parts.

[purplebargeken]

Did you speak to Francesca? She sounds gorgeous. 

[jakebullet]

Evilbay AGAIN.
 
Message from idiot:

I fitted this to my 2cv. The thread is wrong, it is now stuck and my gear lever is ruined. I only did it up loosely, the thread must be badly formed.

 

Idiot of course has opened a case, which means I can pay £3 to get back the gear knob that he's cross threaded (+ £9 refund), or I can give him £9.

 

I point out to idiot he's cross threaded it as it was perfect when it left me. After drilling several hundred 2cv ones it is definitely the correct thread.

 

Thanks, well it wasnt cross threaded and it has completely jammed on the end and wont come off so i would like a refund, which i am entitled to under the distance selling rules. My gear lever is going to cost more than £8.99 to put right.

 

What kind of simpleton can't screw a bloody gear knob on?

 

At this point it is traditional to make a statement that includes the words "argos catalogue". However I've had a new idea and will be testing it shortly. Shares in argos catalogue printers fell 2.9%.

[Captain Furious]

Isn't a gear knob being jammed on very tightly the desired result?

[jakebullet]

I've not seen the result, and am being held to ransom thus have to take his word that it's not fitted correctly. I'm guessing he's cross threaded it at the start and numpty style tried to keep on forcing it and has torn up the thread. The pool ball dust he's created will then bind the thread.

 

The other idiot fail is I'll just tighten it another 3/4 turn > bang! hole in top of ball, n complaint that they hardly tightened it at all.

[robinmasters]

They were supposed to be quite economical for what they are, but that's from a time when mid 30s was considered good for a family car.

Never mind policemen looking younger making you feel old, I still think mid-thirties is a good mpg for a family car.

 

To paraphrase grampa Simpson, what I'm with isn't it anymore. Good.

[xtriple]

So sorry about you little mutt mate, dread the day...

[Billy - Medhurst]

Theres an abandoned sales pitch thats been slowly selling off stock for many years that has been on here before. I cant find my old thread but its Easilease near Swadlincote for those that know it. Looks like robbing gits have struck......

Before - 1991 ROVER 820 SI 1994cc AUTOMATIC H630YRA by JOHN, on Flickr

 

After - MAY 1991 ROVER 820 SI 1994cc AUTOMATIC H630YRA by JOHN, on Flickr

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Blimey. They'll probably clear a solid £8 for those sought-after rimz y0. Is that the last car left there?

[Billy - Medhurst]

3 Left

MAY 1991 ROVER 820 SI 1994cc AUTOMATIC H630YRA by JOHN, on Flickr

DECEMBER 1990 ROVER 1598cc MAESTRO CLUBMAN AUTOMATIC H93EEG by JOHN, on Flickr

AUGUST 1990 VAUXHALL 1388cc CAVALIER L H439CBM by JOHN, on Flickr

[xtriple]

Mmmmmm, grump? I met up with a chap I have not seen for a while today, been avoiding him because of his dog of all things, it's a big bouncy boisterous lab puppy, only its huge and fat (14 months old) but still thinks it's about the size of a lapdog. Anyway, this mutt (who is lovely to be fair) beat the shit out of Chester to the extent that he was hiding under the park bench I was sat on, growling his head off. It has affected his sorry excuse for a brain so badly that he is now a bit of a liability when ANY golden lab comes near him...

 

So this chap was grumbling at me that I'd been missing in action so I told him why.... and he got a bit humpy even though other people have told him the same. So, he started having a go at my car! Saying he thought it was a Rolls Royce and was disappointed when he just saw that it was only a Bentley and that if I worked really hard and saved up for ages I could get one of the new Bentleys...

 

Of course, I was not bothered by this (ha!) so showed him the picture of my cars identical twin parked next to an 05 Continental GT, both for sale and 'my' car up for £500 more than the CGT!  Then I went into my usual (and very boring) tirade/rant about why would I want a VW Phaeton W12 in a party frock? If I wanted a VW, I'd buy one and save a load of money but still have an utterly shit car that will break all the time and be crap....

 

The grump however is not the comments made by the bloke but the fact that I bit! So sad to be annoyed by a few comments that were designed to annoy me. I now feel like an utter twat (which I am but I try to hide it usually) and will probably end up apologising.

 

Feel free to tell me I'm a twat.

[Ghosty]

Did you speak to Francesca? She sounds gorgeous. 

 

Nobody yet guv, haven't got round to enquiries. Don't want the mother to hear what I'm up to 'cause she'll try and intervene.

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

Watching christine getting smashed to bits by the goons in darnells!! Still painful to think that was a real plymouth.

Not that sought after a car back then i know but a waste still..

 

Oh and xtriple proper bentleys>rebodied phaetons mate

[Brodders]

I may be missing some things here. Firstly, what is the story behind the abandoned sales pitch?

 

Secondly, what is this whole thing to do with sending Argos catalogs Jake?  

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

Christine watching pedantry anyone else notice the us market mk2 cortina in the final scene

 

 

Also in the moochie death scene, Anyone else notice the dodge semi drives off down the road and just stops in the dark..

 

/Pedant

 

 

[jakebullet]

I may be missing some things here. Firstly, what is the story behind the abandoned sales pitch?

 

Secondly, what is this whole thing to do with sending Argos catalogs Jake?  

 

It's a petty revenge thing. As any fool kno, you can pretty much steal anything you like from ebay with ebay's blessing. When I get stolen from by a career thief they sometimes receive the argos treatment.

 

Wrap up an argos book and by accident forget to put a stamp on it. They then get a card to go pay to collect their parcel. Of course most of them won't, but that's ok 'cos you put another thief's address on the back, and royal mail will return it to thief 2. Thief 2 gets slowly driven mad by argos catalogues arriving in the mail.

[chaseracer]

I've not seen the result, and am being held to ransom thus have to take his word that it's not fitted correctly. I'm guessing he's cross threaded it at the start and numpty style tried to keep on forcing it and has torn up the thread. The pool ball dust he's created will then bind the thread.

 

The other idiot fail is I'll just tighten it another 3/4 turn > bang! hole in top of ball, n complaint that they hardly tightened it at all.

 

Do you drill/thread directly into the ball without a metal insert?  

 

Genuine question because curious 

[M'coli]

Insurance grumps: policy runs out midnight Tuesday-Wednesday, but insurers won't insure a new car from Saturday and instead will only put it on a new policy. Seeing as the rip-off shisters are wanting 20% more this year than last despite a doubling of my NCD, they can FRO, methinks.

[jakebullet]

They're directly threaded into the ball. I put the ball in a converted padded chuck on my lathe. When you spin it it's then obvious if you have it centred. Drill in tailstock, and I've got a hole that's perfectly in the centre axis of the ball. Swap the drill for a tap and again you can't get the tap at an angle, so thread is perfect every time.

 

There's one guy doing them who puts an insert in, but his are £25 each. They would have to be for the extra time involved. At the other end you've got people doing them with a hand drill which would probably produce fairly bad results.

[Tamworthbay]

You used to be able to get threaded inserts which were one thread inside and a bigger one obviously outside, I can't remember what they were called but were about 50p a time. We used ones with matching threads and used a grubscrew to secure but you could also get them with one left hand and one right hand thread. I think we got them from CW Fasteners but could be wrong.

[jakebullet]

It doesn't really give an advantage having an insert, the ball material is strong enough to hold a thread, and you're still threading the ball for the insert. Only real advantage would be you could have balls ready drilled and just swap inserts to get them out the door a bit faster.

[Supernaut]

It's a petty revenge thing. As any fool kno, you can pretty much steal anything you like from ebay with ebay's blessing. When I get stolen from by a career thief they sometimes receive the argos treatment.

 

Wrap up an argos book and by accident forget to put a stamp on it. They then get a card to go pay to collect their parcel. Of course most of them won't, but that's ok 'cos you put another thief's address on the back, and royal mail will return it to thief 2. Thief 2 gets slowly driven mad by argos catalogues arriving in the mail.

 

Genius! Especially the return address bit. You've really thought this through!

 

Any chance of knocking up an 8 ball for a Xantia, m9?

[Sheefag]

It's a petty revenge thing. As any fool kno, you can pretty much steal anything you like from ebay with ebay's blessing. When I get stolen from by a career thief they sometimes receive the argos treatment.

 

Wrap up an argos book and by accident forget to put a stamp on it. They then get a card to go pay to collect their parcel. Of course most of them won't, but that's ok 'cos you put another thief's address on the back, and royal mail will return it to thief 2. Thief 2 gets slowly driven mad by argos catalogues arriving in the mail.

 

Fucking outstanding example of taking the fight back to the enemy - Bravo Sir!

[Sheefag]

You used to be able to get threaded inserts which were one thread inside and a bigger one obviously outside, I can't remember what they were called but were about 50p a time. We used ones with matching threads and used a grin screw to secure but you could also get them with one left hand and one right hand thread. I think we got them from CW Fasteners but could be wrong.

 

Mic stand thread adaptors follow this principle.

 

http://www.canford.co.uk/THREAD-ADAPTERS

 

[Guest Hooli]

Theres an abandoned sales pitch thats been slowly selling off stock for many years that has been on here before. I cant find my old thread but its Easilease near Swadlincote for those that know it. Looks like robbing gits have struck......

Before - 1991 ROVER 820 SI 1994cc AUTOMATIC H630YRA by JOHN, on Flickr

 

After - MAY 1991 ROVER 820 SI 1994cc AUTOMATIC H630YRA by JOHN, on Flickr

I moved away from that area about six years ago & the Cav had it's window down back then too.

[Guest Hooli]

Got phone call today asking for permission to put my lil dog to sleep ... at least she is in no pain now

 

GUTTED

 

Terrible time

I dread it with ours, they are 10 & 12 so it's approaching.

[Tamworthbay]

I moved away from that area about six years ago & the Cav had it's window down back then too.

It's an odd place, almost as though the guy went home one night and didn't come back. I know a few people around there and no one knows what happened to them.

[gordonbennet]

Mmmmmm, grump? I met up with a chap I have not seen for a while today, been avoiding him because of his dog of all things, it's a big bouncy boisterous lab puppy, only its huge and fat (14 months old) but still thinks it's about the size of a lapdog. Anyway, this mutt (who is lovely to be fair) beat the shit out of Chester to the extent that he was hiding under the park bench I was sat on, growling his head off. It has affected his sorry excuse for a brain so badly that he is now a bit of a liability when ANY golden lab comes near him...

 

So this chap was grumbling at me that I'd been missing in action so I told him why.... and he got a bit humpy even though other people have told him the same. So, he started having a go at my car! Saying he thought it was a Rolls Royce and was disappointed when he just saw that it was only a Bentley and that if I worked really hard and saved up for ages I could get one of the new Bentleys...

 

Of course, I was not bothered by this (ha!) so showed him the picture of my cars identical twin parked next to an 05 Continental GT, both for sale and 'my' car up for £500 more than the CGT!  Then I went into my usual (and very boring) tirade/rant about why would I want a VW Phaeton W12 in a party frock? If I wanted a VW, I'd buy one and save a load of money but still have an utterly shit car that will break all the time and be crap....

 

The grump however is not the comments made by the bloke but the fact that I bit! So sad to be annoyed by a few comments that were designed to annoy me. I now feel like an utter twat (which I am but I try to hide it usually) and will probably end up apologising.

 

Feel free to tell me I'm a twat.

 

Yes it is bloody annoying when you've fallen for provocation from some pillock who's green with envy.

Can clearly see why you avoid him mind, quite apart from the dog's a pain in the arse, he's a cunt.

[Supernaut]

I don't know if this is a grump or a grin, or what.

 

I've been using a tempered glass screen protector on my phone (Moto G3) for the past couple of months. It's been generally misbehaving and running like shit. I read that on this model of phone, glass screen protectors can mess with the proximity sensor that darkens the screen when you hold the phone up to your head while on call. I've noticed some strange behaviour on calls...

I removed the screen protector and put a basic plastic one on instead. Now the phone behaves itself perfectly and everything works much faster! I guess the glass one was registering a slight touch on the screen, or something.

 

Who'da thunk it? I was this close to rooting the phone and installing a custom lightweight ROM on it, as I thought it was shitting itself.