The grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

Haha, my uncle smoked cigars - it's what killed him at 61 unfortunately.

Brings back memories!

 

Anyway, feeling calmer now, but don't think a brandy at 5pm is a good idea everyday!

 

There's a very remote possibility my address is flagged by the plod so that anything reported here gets passed on to the estate police protection squad. I'm not holding my breath for a personal visit though.

[Negative Creep]

Not all elderly people smell.

 

 

Just moved the bed and mattress from my grandparent's old room for the council to collect. There was an odd smell in there we thought might be a leaking pipe or dead bird, but having taken those items out it seems to be lifting already.......

[Ghosty]

The cheap quotes I was getting for Kia Prides have gone up to £1100 in line with everything else.

 

Balls.

 

On the flipside this means I have a hell of a lot more choice in conveyances as insurance becomes much of a muchness.

[Ghosty]

Ran a few quotes using my aunt's address in Beckenham, zero change in price on any of them. WTF?

[captain_70s]

You're teh yoof, the first two years of insurance are going to be arse rape regardless. Then you'll have some no-claims and will be able to insure almost anything for £400-600.

 

I remember paying £1300 to insure my Dolly 1300 as a garaged, 2nd car that wasn't used for commuting and limited to 4,000 miles a year and at that point I was 20 years old...

[bramz7]

I saw a 405 TD being sold locally at a bargain price and thought I'd try my luck with a few quotes. £2400 was the offer from my current provider. 

 

Serves me right for taking so bloody long to get passed. 

 

Oh also Kiltox, regarding my Mums C3, you're welcome to it when it passes another MOT but bear in mind it's in Scotland! If that is unworkable, I may offer it on here (sorry in advance for selling a modern) before it goes anywhere else. It'll be cheap.

[richardmorris]

You're teh yoof, the first two years of insurance are going to be arse rape regardless. Then you'll have some no-claims and will be able to insure almost anything for £400-600.

 

I remember paying £1300 to insure my Dolly 1300 as a garaged, 2nd car that wasn't used for commuting and limited to 4,000 miles a year and at that point I was 20 years old...

That's why my first car was a 2cv. It was supposed to be a short term thing- that was 23 years ago!

[Negative Creep]

Insurance seems to be going up across the board. Still can't believe my quotes went from £300 t0 £750+ after moving house

[Kiltox]

I saw a 405 TD being sold locally at a bargain price and thought I'd try my luck with a few quotes. £2400 was the offer from my current provider.

 

Serves me right for taking so bloody long to get passed.

 

Oh also Kiltox, regarding my Mums C3, you're welcome to it when it passes another MOT but bear in mind it's in Scotland! If that is unworkable, I may offer it on here (sorry in advance for selling a modern) before it goes anywhere else. It'll be cheap.

Depends where in Scotland but not usually a problem - short MoT isn't really an issue either

[captain_70s]

That's why my first car was a 2cv. It was supposed to be a short term thing- that was 23 years ago!

I'm 24 now, insuring the same car with the same use/mileage limit costs £150!

[richardmorris]

I'm 24 now, insuring the same car with the same use/mileage limit costs £150!

I seem to remember the first insurance for the 2cv in 1993 was about £600- I was21 and had a licence for 3 years. The car was bought for £800. Only winners are the insurance companies.

[Ghosty]

You're teh yoof, the first two years of insurance are going to be arse rape regardless. Then you'll have some no-claims and will be able to insure almost anything for £400-600.

 

I remember paying £1300 to insure my Dolly 1300 as a garaged, 2nd car that wasn't used for commuting and limited to 4,000 miles a year and at that point I was 20 years old...

 

I can do £1100 for one as my only car now - but for some reason the bastards have gone up in price/all disappeared.

£1200 for a 2 litre P6 too.

[michael1703]

On the subject of insurance, I always thought there were 17 groups

 

Did you know, there are now 50 insurance groups?

 

I think some cars that you'd think would be in a low band are higher than you'd think

[captain_70s]

I can do £1100 for one as my only car now - but for some reason the bastards have gone up in price/all disappeared.

Yup, they days of a half decent Dolomite with MOT for £750-£1000 seem to be over sadly.

 

Having said that, probably for the best otherwise I'd probably even more of the things...

[Kiltox]

On the subject of insurance, I always thought there were 17 groups

 

Did you know, there are now 50 insurance groups?

 

I think some cars that you'd think would be in a low band are higher than you'd think

There's been 50 for about 10 years now, there used to be 20

[Eddie Honda]

There used to be 9. God, I am sounding like a right old cunt.

[M'coli]

Insurance seems to be going up across the board. Still can't believe my quotes went from £300 t0 £750+ after moving house

http://www.carinsuranceexplained.com/car-insurance-explained/car-insurance-postcode-risk-list.html

 

Sort-of explains it - but it also shows why car and house insurance was expensive for us in a rural location when I grew up - our postcode was G82 and hence grade D - the other side of the garden fence was grade B...

[Eddie Honda]

Postcode prefix lottery. I thought though it's down to insurers and some might be more granular with their postcoding (XXnn n)

 

Then again, where you lived was probably looked bad on paper given all the people that couldnae manage to get round your bend.

[dave21478]

Try deleting all the cookies on your computer.

 

This.

 

If you are just hammering quotes all evening do it in incognito mode and use your next door neighbours address, your name spelled slightly wrong, last two digits of phone number swapped round, disposable email address etc etc, then when you finally get a quote you like, run it through again with your real details.

[Tamworthbay]

Yup, they days of a half decent Dolomite with MOT for £750-£1000 seem to be over sadly.

 

Having said that, probably for the best otherwise I'd probably even more of the things...

Mine still needs a bit of work but is mechanically gorgeous and structurally sound, interior is gorgeous. Long Mot as well, could be in that price range if anyone is interested........

[M'coli]

Then again, where you lived was probably looked bad on paper given all the people that couldnae manage to get round your bend.

Oo-er missus! I think the record for one particularily frosty night was 3 seperate accidents, 5 cars written off, 11 polismen in the front room and no clean cups in the kitchen!

[Eddie Honda]

To everyone else, considering both G84 and G82 cover a considerable square mileage between them, just using the first part of the postcode is a very blunt way of weighing up risk. It ends up lumping the rural bits with the scummiest hole in main big town. It's so blunt that they might as well lump the whole country together if they are going to be that lazy.

[dean36014]

Not sure if this is a grump or grin, suppose its a grump as I needed the car this weekend. Fired up the pug of much cheapness today to take it round the back of the house to remove some paving slabs in it. Car started fine, then started misfiring and engine management light came on and an annoying bleep started. Stuck my bluetooth fault code reader in and fired up the torque app. Got a fault code of PO200 so injector related. Did a google and it mentioned checking the resistance on the injectors. Never messed with fuel injection before so first time for everything. got the fuel injectors out in about 15 minutes, someone had been there before as one of the plugs on an injector had been super glued on for some unknown reason. Got the multimeter and and low and behold no readings on number one injector, so caput. The joys of driving a cheap crap car is there are loads of bits on ebay, got a whole fuel rail with wiring and 4 injectors for £22 delivered. So hopefully it will be back on the road soon, just unfortunate i needed it to move my daughter back to uni on Sunday. So fingers crossed the parts turn up in time but doubtful.

[richardmorris]

Following on from yesterday's grumpy incident reporting I had a call at lunchtime from a PC who seemed sympathetic and understanding, says he rides too at the weekends, and has arranged to come over and take a statement. I told him I'd got the car wrong and twas a Nissan not ford but he said that's ok, the details check out. So maybe this car reg has been reported before?

[danthecapriman]

Driving grump from me.

Came home from work this afternoon on A3 in my works van which is limited to 70 and says as much on a sticker on the back.

Anyway, looked in the mirror, nothing there but a red car some distance back so I indicate and pull out into lane 2 to overtake two HGV's and a Transit tipper in lane 1. So I pass the two HGV's and carry on in lane lane 2 to pass the Transit. By now the little red car that was miles back (literally) is now right on my back bumper! It must have been doing three figure speeds to get so close in that time frame.

Next thing I know it's swerving around behind me flashing it's lights! I'm not one to be bullied by such cunts so carried on with my overtake. Then this car swerves across to lane 1, attempts an undertake on me as I'm about to start passing the Transit and squeezes through the gap in between me and the Transit!! It was so unbelievably close I don't know how this stupid cow missed my front wing or the back of the Transit. It was seriously close and was dangerous. So I gave her the horn, flashing lights and some foul language and hand gestures.

She then cuts back across into lane 1 right in front of the Transit and takes the slip road we were all about to pass!

Fucking impatient bitch. Why do people have this mindset these days where being behind someone else, waiting or being patient is completely unacceptable to them? Why would it even enter your fucking thick skull to attempt that sort of stunt just to get ahead by one car length only to immediately take the exit? It's me first me first and that's it.

I was absolutely furious when it happened. It was very nearly a 70 mph crash which would probably of caused me to roll my van if she'd hit me. The Transit driver shit himself when she did it too.

[Supernaut]

Following on from yesterday's grumpy incident reporting I had a call at lunchtime from a PC who seemed sympathetic and understanding, says he rides too at the weekends, and has arranged to come over and take a statement. I told him I'd got the car wrong and twas a Nissan not ford but he said that's ok, the details check out. So maybe this car reg has been reported before?

I remember checking the MOT history of that car and it had advisories for the wheels being dented. Sounds like they've swerved at people before and hit the kerb instead, eh?

[Tamworthbay]

Why do some people not bother to read a post then spend half a thread trying to prove a point that never existed in the first place?

[richardmorris]

Who knows?! All I know is that I wasn't holding him up and he took umbrage at me complaining about his close pass and first swerve into me to avoid the traffic light island. Car also had a loose and taped up n/s wing mirror, so possibly he has hit something / someone before.

Capriman Dan seems to have had a similar experience in his car. What's the world coming to!

As I said to the PC who phoned, most of the time you just shrug off the idiot passes and close left hook turns. But this was deliberate and dangerous intimidation.

 

Grumpy grump today is that I cycled in at 5.30am ( wearing my new fetching 3/4 length fluoescent yellow and black shorts) then found out at 4pm when coming home that I'd forgotten the baggy shorts I normally wear in daylight! Anyway, off to the lakes tomorrow with the whole family and get to drive my dad's new DS4- not a grump!

[richardmorris]

Why do some people not bother to read a post then spend half a thread trying to prove a point that never existed in the first place?

Keyboard warriors.

[fordperv]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/carjacked-ford-cortina-barmaid-tells-8882972.amp