The grumpy thread

[ruffgeezer]

A passing bus has glanced off of the rear corner of Mrs Ruff's Berlingo, I have a nasty feeling it'll be written off.

[Pillock]

Glanced as in get some cash out of the bus company and keep driving it, or glanced as in catapulted 60ft into a telegraph pole and then it caught fire?

[Cavcraft]

Agreed. Maybe some gentle locking of threads and a gentle word to the starters of said threads?

 

Good thinking, worth a try at least asking the thread starter/s.

 

And maybe a general reminder that the Tat thread is not solely for eBay , but any car seen advertised that may be of interest ( or not) to the rest of us. The fact that there are 3 separate eBay threads, it seems unlikely whatever you've seen won't fit in one of them.

 

I'd love to but don't fancy WW3 erupting. It's possible to merge threads (onto the grumpy one, for example) but it lobs all the replies out of kilter and the whole lot becomes unreadable. If it's just one post (the original thread) it's easy enough, but it's hard to get the chance to do it. Might work by starting a 'master thread' and just chucking all the 'I HATE NEW CARS' stuff in, but probably pointless.  

[Ghosty]

I know AS is keen on the whole thing of being casual and not having rules/overzealous mods, but I think a 'dead horse' list is more than reasonable.

[Cavcraft]

Best idea I've seen is to shift some threads over to the other side. If ayone wants to sounds off about car based telly programmes, finance, new cars or whatever, stick it on this thread or go to the other side of the forum.

[Station]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

[Tamworthbay]

Harry Ramsden Blackpool - they let down 800 brownies at the last minute (my daughter was one of them), leaving them to find a place to feed the best part of 900 people at no notice. That's more than a bit shit in my opinion.

[saucedoctor]

My mate's kid is called Kai, however the child's Mum is Japanese. Her maiden name is Fukishima...

[robinmasters]

...I'd quite like the ability to "ignore" a thread as well as a user, I know I can just not click it but they still get in the way of quality stuff. And I'm basically weak-willed and I'll click it anyway, and then I'll reply, and then I'll go and sit in the corner for a bit.

I'm guilty of that. Typing reply, while thinking 'Why am I replying to this?'.

 

The only solution I can think of is to draw a big black line over the titles of threads you want to avoid, in permanent marker.

[Cavcraft]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

 

It's a fad, like all those sort of almost faux-Irish names people started calling their kids in England. I blame 'celebrities' like Mr Beckham and his missus and more sort of 'Americanisms' creeping in.

[Craig the Princess]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

Fans of fuel injected Ford Kas?

[fordperv]

Harry Ramsden Blackpool - they let down 800 brownies at the last minute (my daughter was one of them), leaving them to find a place to feed the best part of 900 people at no notice. That's more than a bit shit in my opinion.

thats toss, did you manage get to see the cars at ford day?

[andrew e]

1) I knew I guy called Kai 20 years ago, but his parents were Finnish.

2) My mates son is called Kai (9) but his wife is German.

 

3) That doesn't explain anything.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm guilty of that. Typing reply, while thinking 'Why am I replying to this?'.

 

The only solution I can think of is to draw a big black line over the titles of threads you want to avoid, in permanent marker.

I've done this loads lately. Write something out then think why so delete it

[Tamworthbay]

thats toss, did you manage get to see the cars at ford day?

Not me sadly, I was at home finishing the welding on the Capri rear arch. That's all the welding finished now

[fordperv]

excellent, i still have that steering column for you when you need it

[DVee8]

I'm on nightshift,i haven't done a sunday night since june.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I read all this moaning, and i just struggle to think of anything worth moaning about. I haven't won the lottery or copped off with Rachel Riley or owt, but just nowt seems worth the effort of typing it out on here. Lets face it, no-one is seriously interested in the parking situation on your street or whatever.

[DodgeRover]

There's a bloke across the road who thinks the space outside his house is his . If some one has the temerity to park there you can see him bobbing in and out of his door and when the offender moves he'll move his car 6 feet back.We just find it amusing! He'll also park in a knob jockey way and try to take up two spaces so his missus has somewhere to park and will adjust when she comes back. I just park wherever there's a space as I'm fit enough to walk an extra 50 feet if I can park exactly outside the house!

This exactly with the woman next door to us, she can't park anywhere other than bang in line with her garden gate which reduces what should be 3 spaces down to 2 and virtually ensures I'll be blocked in come the morning by someone who has parked over our driveway as she's so far forwards.

[Tamworthbay]

excellent, i still have that steering column for you when you need it

Thanks mate, I will get up your way sometime. Sod's law that since I asked you I have been south a dozen times but nowhere North near you.

[DodgeRover]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

I initially wanted to call my son Hemi, which is a Maori name and I like it, but changed my mind as I didn't want people here in the UK to think he was named after an engine design.

[RoadworkUK]

I initially wanted to call my son Hemi, which is a Maori name and I like it, but changed my mind as I didn't want people here in the UK to think he was named after an engine design.

 

I like the idea of calling my daughter Aurora. People will think it's a Disney / Snow White reference, I'll know she was named after a '90s Oldsmobile.

[fordperv]

Thanks mate, I will get up your way sometime. Sod's law that since I asked you I have been south a dozen times but nowhere North near you.

there's no problem mate as i said it doesnt take up much room at all so its not in my way so whenever your around really

[Bren]

Our neighbour has a pug called Kai.

[ruffgeezer]

Glanced as in get some cash out of the bus company and keep driving it, or glanced as in catapulted 60ft into a telegraph pole and then it caught fire?

 

It's still drivable but looks terrible, and I suspect the boot alignment has been compromised.

[myglaren]

Called my first daughter Annika as we lived in Sweden when she was born.

Naturally everyone thinks she was named after Annika Rice

 

Had a slight mishap the other day, driving up the inner lane on the A1 which suddenly terminated with a small triangular island directly in my path (pitch dark).

 

Hammered over it at 70 that launched the car into the air and subsequently crash landed.

Expected total disaster but it just carried on though so all was OK and drove on (another 250 miles).

 

Following day checked tyres which appeared to be OK, checked pressures, on down to 27 and the other 16 (psi).

 

Went to the shops with the intention of blowing them up but on returning to the car ten minutes later the nearside tyre was flat.

 

Drove across the road to the Sainsbury fuel station and inflated them

 

Following morning the nearside tyre was completely flat, so fitted the spare and took the flattie to the local garage to be checked over and replaced if required and noticed the wheel was buckled so a new wheel required, coming next week.

 

Anyway, had a longish journey in front of me today so went for diesel and to check the spare - or at least inflate it a bit as it was a couple of pounds down.

 

50p in the compressor and the bloody thing just sat there schtum.

Filled up and while paying whinged to the bloke in the kiosk about the compressor.

 

It's £1, says he!

 

£1 for bloody air? - I ask you.  Free at Sainsbury's and the Co-Op!

 

Car appears to have survived it's nasty shock though and went perfectly today - except it occasionally tells me there is an airbag fault but no warning light on the dash, also says "Service" (over 10,00 miles until the next one is officially due).

 

And the satnav seemed to get lost, took me on a magical Teeside mystery tour for about thirty miles before depositing me back where I had started from.

[beko1987]

Noticed a wet patch under the front of the Xantia when I went out in it at lunchtime, parked it at mums, came back and the space was still empty so there it was in full view

 

I think it's ever so slightly oily coolant, only oily due to it washing oil off the engine, but I suppose I had better have a look at it... (it's been nearly a month since I first noticed it and the low coolant warning light hasn't come on yet so it can't be that bad). Isn't LHM or oil, it's tasteless, but slightly oily between my fingers

[John F]

I haven't won the lottery or copped off with Rachel Riley

[M'coli]

I've done this loads lately. Write something out then think why so delete it

Sometimes, the act of writing it out is all that's needed. It doesn't need to be published, it doesn't need to have anything else done to it - but I find that sometimes it just needs to be written out, and it means that I've expressed my ire and it's no longer trapped inside my head - job done, no one else needs to know or to read it, but I get rid of the ire and angst.

[Guest Hooli]

I started to reply bu...